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january 28, 2013
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VILLA-NO-FUN Inconsistency catches up to Orange as Syracuse falls to unranked Villanova in OT By Chris Iseman SPORTS EDITOR
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HILADELPHIA – The seconds ticked off of the clock, each one moving Syracuse closer to a fate it’s flirted with many times this season. This time, there were no clutch shots, at least from the Orange’s side. This time, there was no defensive stand. There were five extra minutes of basketball, but the Orange only displayed the inconsistency it demonstrated throughout an entire game. In a dramatic back-and-forth battle, the missed shots, the missed free throws, the turnovers and the failure to close out shooters caught up to No. 3 Syracuse. Villanova upset the Orange 75-71 in overtime at the Wells Fargo Center on Saturday with the type of grind-itout effort that defined Syracuse (18-2, 6-1 Big East) to this point. It was the Wildcats’ (13-7, 4-3) second straight upset over a top-five team after they beat No. 5 Louisville on Tuesday, and for the second time in one week, Wildcat fans
photo illustration by ankur patankar and andrew renneisen | the daily orange BRANDON TRICHE and the Orange came up short against Villanova on Saturday, failing to close the game out in the final minutes.
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Carter-Williams struggles late in game with up-and-down performance By Ryne Gery STAFF WRITER
PHILADELPHIA — Jim Boeheim held his hand out as he yelled to his point guard. Approaching the threeminute mark, his Syracuse team held a six-point lead. It was time to wait, be
patient and put the game away. His point guard Michael CarterWilliams got the message and parked himself well beyond the 3-point line and waited. He calmly swayed the ball back-and-forth between his right and left hands until only nine ticks
remained on the shot clock. It was time to go, so Carter-Williams took off and recklessly turned the ball over. He ran an identical isolation play twice on the next possession and came up empty each time. “We just tried to take some of the
clock down by holding the ball out and using the ball screens,” CarterWilliams said. “We didn’t execute.” Syracuse’s inability to execute down the stretch left the door open for Villanova and set in motion a dramatic sequence of events in the
Wildcats’ 75-71 overtime victory Saturday. It was Villanova’s second upset of a top-five team at the Wells Fargo Center this week after it upset No. 5 Louisville on Tuesday. The No. 3 Orange made late-game
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Early offensive outburst surges Syracuse past Hofstra, Holy Cross in pair of scrimmages By Jacob Klinger ASST. SPORTS EDITOR
Two quick leads ended in bench-emptying wins for Syracuse as the Orange swept its season-opening scrimmages with Hofstra and Holy Cross on Saturday in the Carrier Dome.
JoJo Marasco and Derek Maltz clicked from the outset, firing SU out to an early 7-1 lead against Hofstra before ultimately running out as 15-10 winners. The Orange started more slowly against Holy Cross, resting Maltz and Brian Megill, but SU’s
QUOTE OF THE DAY “Oh, that’s awful. Now listen, we have a bad history, but I never wish that on anyone.”
Dwyane Wade
TO ESPN’S JACKIE MACMULLAN ON RAJON RONDO
AT A GLANCE
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fringe players outlasted the Crusaders 16-6 and proved that the depth and talent that makes Syracuse lacrosse what it is, is still there.
“To see that they came in there, played as well as they did, they didn’t miss a beat,” regular defender Steve Ianzito said. “I can do as well as I do on the field, come off the field and cheer for my teammates.” It took SU four minutes to find its
@ 9 TWEET OF THE DAY @BigJoeGun: Didn’t watch the Pro Bowl and glad for it! No defense at all! 62-35?! What a joke!
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first goal of the afternoon. Luke Cometti buried a feed from Kevin Rice. In the 23:11 that followed Cometti’s opener, the Orange scored six goals – all of which were either assisted or scored by
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STAT OF THE DAY The number of 3s hit by former Syracuse star Carmelo Anthony in the New York Knicks’ 106-104 win against the Atlanta Hawks. The total in his 9-of-12 performance is a career high.