From Associated PressJonny Flynn scored 18 points, Arinze Onuaku had 14, and freshman Kris Joseph added 13 to help Syracuse beat Oakland 86-66 on Friday night.
Oakland (1-2), which opens with nine straight road games, fell behind 22-5 in the first 7 minutes and never recovered. Johnathon Jones finished with 16 points, Erik Kangas 15, and Will Hudson 13 for the Golden Grizzlies.
"One of the things we have done well all year is guard, and we didn't do that tonight," said OU coach Greg Kampe. "We did not have any hop in our step at all and that's what we talked about at halftime.
"When you come into a venue like this and you don't have it, you're going to get embarrassed, and we did in the first half. We just didn't have any effort or excitement in our step like we did in our first two games. They're going to beat some basketball teams in here that are great, so we can't think that we are going to compete with our `C' game."
Paul Harris had 11 points, nine rebounds and three blocks and Eric Devendorf finished with 10 points for Syracuse.
The Orange (3-0) used an aggressive man-to-man defense to post a solid comeback victory over Richmond on Tuesday night, and they kept it up against the Golden Grizzlies in a dominating first half.
Syracuse broke to an 11-2 lead in the first four minutes. Harris had four points, set up Devendorf for a 3, and passed to Onuaku for a two-handed slam dunk. Defensively, Syracuse held Oakland to 1-for-7 shooting and the Golden Grizzlies went 0-for-3 on 3-pointers.
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