SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Cedric Jackson swished a 60-foot shot at the buzzer to give Cleveland State a 72-69 victory over No. 11 Syracuse on Monday night.

Cleveland State players celebrate as Syracuse's Jonny Flynn looks on after Cedric Jackson's game-winning shot at the buzzer in NCAA college basketball in Syracuse, N.Y., Monday, Dec. 15, 2008. Cleveland State won 72-69. (AP Photo/Kevin Rivoli)

Jackson took an inbounds pass with 2.2 seconds remaining and let the desperation shot go just as time expired to send the Orange (9-1) to their first loss.

Cleveland State's last appearance in the Carrier Dome was also a memorable one.

The Vikings (7-4) won NCAA tournament games over Indiana and Saint Joseph's in the building in 1986 to advance to the round of 16. The 83-79 victory over Indiana was the first by a No. 14 seed over a No. 3 seed in tournament history and was the first time former Hoosiers coach Bob Knight lost a first-round game.

Neither team led by more than six points and there were 16 ties and 15 lead changes. When Norris Cole hit a 3, and D'Aundray Brown followed with a fastbreak layup off a Syracuse turnover, Cleveland State had a 64-59 lead with 2:31 remaining.

Eric Devendorf responded for the Orange with a 3 from the right corner to make it a two-point game. But the Orange, beaten much of the game on the offensive glass, were victimized again when Jackson missed and Chris Moore grabbed the rebound to set up J'Nathan Bullock's shot off the glass that put the Vikings ahead 66-62 with 71 seconds left.

Jonny Flynn fed Paul Harris for a layup to pull the Orange back within a basket, but Bullock hit a 3 with 26.5 seconds left to boost the lead back to five.

Undaunted, Flynn hit a 3 from the right corner to make it 69-67 with 19 seconds left, and the Orange press forced Bullock to lose the ball out of bounds with 15 seconds to go, giving Syracuse a chance to win or tie it.

Andy Rautins went for the win but missed a 3 from the right corner. Syracuse's Arinze Onuaku grabbed the rebound and tied the game with 2.2 seconds to go.

Bullock led Cleveland State with 18 points, all in the second half, while Cole had 16 and Jackson 13, including his only make in five tries from beyond the arc.

Devendorf led Syracuse with 17 points, while Flynn had 16 and Harris and Onuaku added 11 each.

Syracuse, which continued its erratic first-half play, was fortunate to go into the locker room tied 30-30 at halftime. The Orange shot 52.2 percent but took 14 fewer shots in the half as the Vikings dominated the offensive glass 11-1, scoring eight second-chance points to none for Syracuse. But Bullock, a 41 percent shooter, struggled. Averaging 13.5 points, he missed all nine of his shots in the first half.