SYRACUSE (AP) -- Scoop Jardine, James Southerland and Dion Waiters each had 13 points and No. 10 Syracuse hit 11 of 16 from beyond the arc to beat Division II Le Moyne 91-48 in an exhibition game on Tuesday night.
It was the second and final tuneup for the Orange, who open the season at home against Northern Iowa on Friday night, and it atoned for an embarrassing preseason loss a year ago to the Dolphins.
Chris Johnson led Le Moyne with 23 points and Nate Champion had nine.
Kris Joseph had 12 for Syracuse, and Brandon Triche and Mookie Jones each had nine.
Johnson, Le Moyne's leading returning scorer, hit the game-winning 3 in the closing seconds that beat the Orange 82-79 a year ago. There was no chance of anything like that happening again on this night.
Despite a solid, disciplined performance by the Dolphins, who returned two starters from last season's squad that went 18-10, Syracuse assumed control with a barrage of 3-pointers in the first half.
Joseph, Southerland, and Jones each hit two from beyond the arc as Syracuse made 6 of 10.
After Johnson's 3 from the right corner moved Le Moyne within 27-21 with 6:57 left, Southerland swished a 3 from the left side and Jones hit another from the left corner to key a 10-0 run.
Southerland's second 3 made it 40-23 with 1:48 left as Syracuse gained a 41-25 halftime lead.
The Orange opened the second half with a 14-0 spurt. Fab Melo's block down low sent the Orange on a fast break that Triche finished with a layup and Jardine set up Joseph for a two-handed slam dunk for a 55-25 lead at 16:36.
Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim started the same five as he did a week ago in the Orange's first preseason game: Jardine, Rick Jackson, Joseph, Triche, and the 7-foot Melo at center.
It was the first and only exhibition game for the Dolphins, who host Queens in their regular-season opener on Saturday. Le Moyne was picked to finish 13th in the Northeast-10 Conference in the preseason coaches poll.
Syracuse and Le Moyne have played six times during the regular season with the Orange winning all six at home. Following the loss, Syracuse opened the season with 13 straight victories and made it to No. 1 in the Top 25 by season's end.
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