Kean Anthony reflects on the first start of his career
The Syracuse Orange moved to 2-0 to start the 2025-26 season after an 83-43 win against Delaware State on Saturday. In that game, Syracuse freshman guard Kyan Anthony made his first career start, and finished with 19 points, three rebounds and four assists.
After Syracuse’s win against Delaware State, Kean Anthony talked about how he first started his career and what he believes it could be betteraccording to the team’s official website.
“Same mindset from last game when I came in the second half and did what I did. Coach decided to put me in there in the first group and I came out and I delivered and I did what I could, and I feel like we had a good game,” Anthony said. “The little things, the shots I could have made that I missed. The free throws, I missed three free throws, that’s unacceptable. So I just have to get in the gym afterwards, shoot some free throws and fix the little things.”
Anthony played a career-high 29 minutes in his start and shot 8 of 11 (72.7 percent) from the field, 2 of 4 (0 percent) from the three-point line and 1 of 4 (25 percent) from the free throw line. He came off the bench during Syracuse’s first win against Binghampton, also playing a team-high 29 minutes.
In Anthony’s college debut with Syracusehe finished with 15 points, three rebounds and three assists while shooting 6 of 10 (60 percent) from the field, 1 of 3 (33.3 percent) from the three-point line and 2 of 4 (50 percent) from the free throw line.
The son of former Syracuse star and Hall of Famer Carmelo, Anthony chose his father’s alma mater over the USC Trojans. Under former head coach Jim Boeheim, Anthony’s father led the Orange to their only national championship in program history in 2003.
Syracuse is in its third year as a program with Adrian Audrey at the helm as head coach, and the team is looking to return to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in five years.
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