Brent Axe chats live following Syracuse basketball's 77-68 loss to Clemson on Saturday afternoon at the Dome. 

Joe Girard made his return to the Dome and led the Tigers in scoring with 18 points. Syracuse fans certainly let Girard have it in terms of the boo birds (mostly from the student section) but Girard not only led Clemson in scoring, he reached 2,000 career points at the Dome on Saturday. Syracuse got back in the game in the 2nd half with a better defensive effort that led to 21 turnovers for Clemson, but couldn't get over the hump at the end. SU continues to have issues in the paint as it was out-rebounded 41-24. The Orange got out-rebounded 40-21 by Louisville on Wednesday. 

Brent also played back some audio from the locker room from Coach Autry, Quadir Copeland and Justin Taylor and reacted to opinions and comments from Syracuse Sports Insiders about the game. 

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