In The Paint: Georgetown

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SYRACUSE VS. GEORGETOWN DEC. 8, 2018

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OSHAE BRISSETT is Syracuse’s leading rebounder in 2018. He averages 8.3 rebounds per game, which is 3.2 more than SU’s starting center Paschal Chukwu.

Chukwu has started 75 consecutive games for the Orange. alexandra moreo senior staff photographer

Gutierrez: Oshae Brissett should start at center

By Matthew Gutierrez senior staff writer

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shae Brissett takes the jump ball before every game and usually wins.

He’s the best athlete on the team.

He’s the most versatile.

There is no question: He’s also the best fit at center.

Brissett, a 6-foot-8 sophomore, stands six inches shorter than Paschal Chukwu, who’s started each of the past 45 games at center. But Brissett has demonstrated why he should slot in at center over Chukwu for Syracuse (6-2), the tallest team in the country (6-foot-6 average). The move would free up a spot for sophomore Marek Dolezaj to start again. It’s where Dolezaj belongs, considering he started the last 17 games of 2017-18 and keyed the Orange from play-ingame-hopeful all of the way past No. 3 seed Michigan State and into the Sweet 16.

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RUNNIN’ DOWN A DREAM A Brissett-Dolezaj-Elijah Hughes starting three trio at the center/forward positions could strengthen the Orange’s backline and create a faster, more dynamic offense. SU head coach Jim Boeheim said Chukwu got “absolutely destroyed” against the Connecticut bigs, whose 6-foot-9 forward Eric Cobb shoved him around for 13 points and 13 boards. He’s been “ineffective,” Boeheim said, while Brissett continues to prove he’s more than capable inside.

“I’m not pigeonholed to one position on this team,” Brissett said this summer.

“Coach (Boeheim) really expects me to go out and do everything. If it’s handling the ball sometimes, coming off a screen, attacking

the basket, rebounding, defending, anything coach wants me to do.”

Tuesday night against Northeastern, freshman forward Bourama Sidibe’s first defensive position resulted in an easy basket for the Huskies. Boeheim threw up his hands. “Bourama!” he yelled. He stared him down when he returned back on defense.

With Brissett waiting to replace him at the scorer’s table two possessions later, Sidibe left Northeastern center Anthony Green open inside. He dunked to cut the SU lead to three. Boeheim yelled at Bourama again.

Then, on the other end, Sidibe missed a wide-open layup near the basket.

Brissett, almost immediately after subbing in, grabbed a rebound where his fingers eclipsed the height of the basket. He was playing above the rim, literally. Later, not two, not three but four players converged to Brissett when he caught a pass in the paint. see oshae page 9

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33 years ago, an orange created chaos at SU-Georgetown his friends.

Eventually, security gave up, though they stuck around just in case anything else happened. It took five-and-a-half minutes before the game resumed and Ewing retook his free throws. Syracuse would upset the No. 1 team in the nation, 65-63, off Pearl Washington’s game-winner.

By Charlie DiSturco senior staff writer

On his way to the Carrier Dome, Jan. 28, 1985, Frank Strange, a 19-year-old Syracuse fan, grabbed an orange from his kitchen and stuffed it in his coat pocket.

Strange wanted to throw the fruit on the court when the Orange scored its first basket.

It was a tradition for fans to throw oranges toward the court when that happened.

About three minutes into the game, Strange reached into his coat pocket and realized he forgot to throw it. He turned to his friend, who told him to “Get rid of it.” Georgetown’s center, Patrick Ewing, stepped up to the free-throw line.

Fans threw their hands up in unison, swaying their them left and right while screaming. The distraction was perfect timing, Strange thought.

He launched the orange toward the court and it crashed behind the backboard.

“I just remember thinking, ‘This is crazy,’” Ewing said in an email. “The Carrier Dome is a hostile environment.”

On Saturday, when Georgetown (7-1) travels to play Syracuse (6-2), Ewing will return to the Carrier Dome for the first time as a member of the Hoyas since that 1985 game. But aside from 43-year SU head coach Jim Boeheim, Ewing won’t be the only returner from the Jan. 1985 game.

Somewhere, in the upper deck, will sit Strange, who threw the orange toward the court 33 years ago.

“Friend of mine gave me some season tickets,” Strange said. “I think he did it on purpose so I don’t throw anything.” ƀƀƀ wing’s hand quickly shot up, pointing toward the hoop. Syracuse’s Michael Brown hop-stepped and slid the orange off the court with his foot. Then-Georgetown head coach John Thompson yelled as he ran past his

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ƀƀƀ ot many people know the real identity of the orange thrower, but the memory still lives on. At Brad’s Extra Innings, a bar in East Syracuse, Strange and his friends hung out for a few drinks. SU sports would be on, or at the very least discussed, and sometimes, they’d talk about big games in which the Orange played.

At the bar, one person would mention the orange being thrown and the hecticness that ensued. Strange’s friends, sitting just a few spots down, would laugh.

“What’s wrong?” one of the people would ask his friends.

“Well, he’s right there!” they’d say, pointing toward Strange.

That was back then. But, even three years ago, Strange received a text message from Paul Dooling, one of his friends. “Happy 30th anniversary,” the text read.

Strange was confused. It was January, and he and his wife got married on October. He asked his friend what the text meant. It had been 30 years since the orange hit the backboard.

Strange, now 52, isn’t the same 19-yearold he once was, though people still joke with him about throwing items whenever he attends a game.

On Saturday, when Ewing returns to the Carrier Dome, Strange said he wanted to bring an orange and have the NBA Hall of Famer sign it.

“I have a feeling,” Strange joked, “he’d probably smash it over my head.”

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(LEFT) FRANK STRANGE threw an orange onto the court during Syracuse’s 1985 game against Georgetown in the Carrier Dome. courtesy of frank strange

bench and near the scorer’s table. Thompson took his team off the court, forcing them to sit on the bench.

Thank God they didn’t have cell phones or anything back then, because we would have gotten thrown out.

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A couple minutes later, as the referees conversed with the two coaches, Boeheim

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grabbed the microphone and threatened the Carrier Dome crowd. If any other object were to be thrown onto the court, Boeheim said he would ask for a technical foul on his own team.

Between section 101 and 102 where Strange was seated 20 rows up, stadium security frantically searched for the culprit after Ewing’s shot rimmed out.

“Thank God they didn’t have cell phones or anything back then,” Strange quipped, “because we would have gotten thrown out.”

Fans around Strange pointed toward him and his friends. Nerves kicked in and Strange looked at his friends before pointing toward random people in the crowd. Whatever worked, so they didn’t get thrown out.

Security was never able to figure out who exactly did it. There was no proof and no one knew for sure — except Strange and

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TYUS BATTLE worked with NBA trainer Drew Hanlen this summer to improve his jump shot. His shooting percentage has increased from both inside and beyond the 3-point line. Battle is Syracuse’s leading scorer with 17 points per game. tony coffield contributing photographer

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yus Battle was surrounded by reporters after Syracuse’s slim victory against Cornell last Saturday. Seated in the middle of Syracuse’s locker room minutes after dropping 26 points on the Big Red, Battle was distracted by a television on the wall. But when a reporter asked a few questions about his shot, Battle perked up.

Battle lifted his right wrist up toward his chest and started flicking. First, he pantomimed a motion almost directly forward, a line-drive shot. That’s what he said his shot used to look like. Changing his jumper had consumed last summer as he looked to become more NBA-ready.

Then, he raised his right elbow, creating an arm angle slightly greater than 90 degrees to increase his arc. With it raised, his follow-through pointed upward, toward the TV mounted on the wall.

“I’m trying to get my elbow up,” Battle said. “Completely up. And now it’s a better opportunity for the ball to go in the basket.”

Calling the shots

Tyus Battle’s altered jump shot is a work in progress

After leading Syracuse (6-2) in scoring a year ago, Battle’s shots didn’t fall in SU’s season-opener.

Despite the small sample, the questions began, and they haven’t stopped since. But work with NBA trainer Drew Hanlen during the summer — and the hundreds of shots that followed each week — proved the struggles were an anomaly. Battle has quickly turned it around and leads the Orange in scoring (17.0 points per game), again, despite scoring a season-low two points on Tuesday. He’s done it by making perimeter shots consistently.

“It was fine,” Battle said Dec. 1. “It was always fine. I was just missing shots, we played like two games and I didn’t make shots. It happens, slumps happen. I’m making them, so it’s all good now.”

A season ago, Battle shot 39.9 percent from the floor and 32.2 percent from three. He put his name into the NBA Draft discussion, and attended a pre-draft workout with the Los Angeles Clippers. While in L.A., he got in touch with Hanlen, who’s trained young NBA stars like Joel Embiid and Jayson Tatum, among others. Battle and Hanlen worked out the first time the night before the prospective draftee’s workout with see battle page 9

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SU opponent preview: What to know about Georgetown

By Charlie DiSturco senior staff writer

Two former Big East rivals will square off in the Carrier Dome on Saturday afternoon, when Syracuse (6-2) welcomes Georgetown (7-1). Both the Orange and the Hoyas enter on four-game win streaks. SU most recently downed Northeastern, 72-49, while Georgetown beat Liberty by 10 on Monday.

Here’s what to know about the Syracuse-Georgetown matchup ahead of Saturday afternoon.

All-time series: Syracuse leads, 50-43 Last time they played: In an overtime thriller last December between Syracuse and Georgetown, the Orange used a late-game push to pull away, 86-79 at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. Tyus Battle made a pair of 3s and scored eight points in the overtime period — scoring just two points less than the Hoyas did as a whole.

Battle finished the game with 29 points while Oshae Brissett added 25 points and 14 rebounds in the win last December. Frank

Howard shot 9 of 18 with 19 points and nine assists. All three players return when the two take the court Saturday.

The Georgetown report: Georgetown has been solid during its non-conference slate, losing just one of its first eight games heading into Saturday afternoon. It’s a relatively young team that boasts two seniors and three underclassmen in its starting lineup.

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Georgetown’s Jessie Govan averages 19.5 points per game, the highest among all Syracuse and Georgetown players

The offense is led by senior Jessie Govan, the star of the Hoyas team. He dominated the Orange last year, scoring 21 points and grabbing eight rebounds. The Hoyas also feature freshman James Akinjo, who has started all eight

games and averages 14.1 points and 4.9 assists.

Georgetown’s offense is slightly above average in most offensive categories, ranking 90th in offensive adjusted efficiency and around No. 100 in both 3-point and 2-point field-goal percentage, according to Kenpom.com.

Defensively, Georgetown ranks 99th in adjusted defensive efficiency, yet it struggles mightily covering the 3, ranking 249th in defensive 3-point percentage, per Kenpom. com. Opponents shoot 35.5 percent against the Hoyas, an area that could prove the difference maker in tight contests.

How Syracuse beats Georgetown:

Syracuse needs to continue the efficient offense it showed on Tuesday against Northeastern, when the Orange scored over 70 points despite Battle and Howard scoring two points apiece.

There are times when the Orange rely on the 3 too much, which could actually help on Saturday, because of Georgetown’s struggles to defend the long ball.

Battle and Elijah Hughes have been SU’s best shooters from beyond the arc and have

proven to be strong finishers inside the paint.

If they can spread the floor and open up shots for each other — as well as Brissett and Buddy Boeheim, among others — SU should have no problem putting up 70 points yet again.

The biggest threat to Syracuse is Govan, who is very physical in the paint. The Orange may need to double team him near the basket or stand tall when he tries moves in the post. Govan made the game close last season and could lead the Hoyas to another close call on Saturday.

Stat to know: 19.5 — Jessie Govan averages 19.5 points per game, the highest among all Syracuse and Georgetown players KenPom odds: Syracuse has an 88 percent chance to win, by a projected score of 79-66.

Player to watch: Jessie Govan, C, Senior As touched on earlier, Govan will prove the biggest threat for the Syracuse defense. The Hoyas will get the ball to Govan often, and the 6-foot-10 senior is much more physical than SU’s big men. He shoots nearly 60 percent from the floor and has even featured a 3-point shot, where he shoots at a 47.6-percent clip. csdistur@syr.edu

Beat writer predictions: SU to defeat Hoyas on Saturday

By The Daily Orange Sports Staff the daily orange

Two former Big East rivals square off on Saturday afternoon, as Georgetown travels to the Carrier Dome to take on Syracuse. The Orange (6-2) won last year’s game in overtime and returns most of its roster, while Georgetown (7-1) features a relatively young roster — though the Hoyas do bring back leader Jessie Govan. Both teams enter the game on fourgame win streaks.

Charlie DiSturco (6-2)

Keep on keepin’ on Syracuse 72, Georgetown 60 A Syracuse-Georgetown matchup may seem like a down-to-the-wire game, but Syracuse is a much better team. Georgetown does return senior Jessie Govan, who dominated SU last season, but sports multiple freshman that are not used to playing inside a road arena like the Carrier Dome. The Hoyas’ 3-point defense has been horrendous — ranking 249th in the country, per Kenpom.com — and the Orange should be able to exploit that on Saturday.

Georgetown will keep it close for the majority of the game before SU pulls away late, adding another 70-point game to its resume in its fifth-straight win.

Matthew Gutierrez (5-3)

Close call Syracuse 70, Georgetown 66 Let’s hope for a thriller akin to last year’s overtime excitement in the nation’s capital.

Wow, that was fun, and it felt as though the place had more Syracuse fans than anything else. Jessie Govan caused all sorts of havoc inside, bullying the SU bigs to the tune of 21 points, eight boards and three assists. Figure the legendary center Patrick Ewing knows how to develop Govan further. Considering how weak the Orange have played in the paint, his presence alone may keep this game close.

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What’s a Hoya?

Syracuse 76, Georgetown 63 The Hoyas enter as a deceiving one-loss team, because they haven’t really played anyone.

KenPom.com ranks them lower than the Northeastern team Syracuse just beat by 23 on Tuesday. Two Georgetown players have a chance to keep them in the game: 6-foot-10 senior Jessie Govan, who does everything, and freshman guard James Akinjo, who leads the Hoyas in 3s. But the Orange won on Tuesday even with Tyus Battle scoring only two points. He’ll get back in double figures and SU should cruise. sports@dailyorange.com

Syracuse and Georgetown will renew their old Big East rivalry on Saturday. Last season, SU won in overtime against the Hoyas. alexandra moreo senior staff photographer

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oshae “Oshae was tremendous inside, rebounding,” Boeheim said Tuesday. “He gets position.

He gets up quick and gets it. We’ve got to do more of that with our big guys.”

Oshae was tremendous inside, rebounding. He gets position. He gets up quick and gets it. We’ve got to do more of that with our big guys.

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No kidding. While it’s easy to dissect a lineup and point out where its inefficiencies lie, keeping the status quo and starting Chukwu could continue to hold the Orange back. Where exactly Brissett fits in this lineup seems to matter less to Syracuse’s offensive success than that he’s on the floor at all. When he came out for a breather Tuesday, Boeheim turned to his right to call him back in sooner than expected. Sidibe hadn’t gotten to the low block in time to defend a layup.

In the same game, Chukwu was nudged out of the way on rebounds, left out to dry on alley-oops, and held off as bigs play back-to-basket. But you can catch Brissett on select possessions, however, turning away opponents at the rim. The jumper is there, his all-around game rich and smooth.

Brick by brick, he’s building the foundation for a more polished inside game. Brissett’s emphasized finishing with both hands, and he’s up to 16 points and 8.4 boards per game, slightly higher than last season.

Don’t question Brissett’s ability to hang with bigs who are a couple of inches

taller or heavier. On switches, he’s shown last season and through eight games this year that he can alter shots, players and coaches said.

In fairness, Chukwu is battling a nagging groin injury. He’s a capable defender, but even at 7-foot-2, he’s not assertive on either end of the floor. Chukwu plays hard and knows the 2-3 zone as well as anyone in the program, multiple players said. But his early-season slide amid a groin injury coincides with Brissett’s emergence, and there’s no better time than pre-ACC play to tweak the lineup.

Boeheim rarely deviates from one starting five. But over the past two seasons, he’s made two key moves around the start of ACC play. Two seasons ago, he began starting then-freshman Tyus Battle for good beginning Dec. 27. Last season, Dolezaj became a starter Jan. 27 after Matthew Moyer went down with an injury. Dolezaj started the rest of the season.

The process of a seamless lineup transition starts with defense. Much is made of players shifting a position, especially upward — point guards to wings, forwards to centers. Yet experience out of one’s natural positions can sometimes be instructive for a player’s development, assistant coach Allen Griffin said.

As for Brissett, Griffin said he’s built strength since last season and developed into a much better player in the pick-and-roll — a staple of the Syracuse offense — while adding layers to his game. His latest improvement: finishing around the basket.

“Last year I was looking to get fouled and go to the free-throw line,” Brissett said Tuesday. “Now I’m really emphasizing finishing first. If the foul comes, it comes.”

Brissett’s skills will continue to expand. He’s making the next steps.

Chukwu has 17 blocks, but what’s to say Brissett wouldn’t block just as many shots if he were in similar positions down low?

It doesn’t make sense to keep starting him when there are better options, starting with Brissett.

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Hanlen, an NBA skills coach and consultant, hoped to “iron out” some of the hitches in Battle’s jump shot, so they worked out for a few hours that night. And they worked well together, Hanlen wrote in an email. They continued their partnership throughout the summer. Their goal: create a “smooth, free-flowing shot,” Hanlen wrote. By the end of the summer, Hanlen wrote that Battle’s shot-release time dropped from a second to half a second.

“He has some of the tightest handles I’ve seen in a college player,” Hanlen wrote, “so we really locked in on shooting mechanics.”

But it didn’t show up in game one: Battle shot 3 for 10 against Eastern Washington on Nov. 6. That was followed by three more games

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Percetange that Frank Howard has shot as the primary ball-handler

below 50 percent from the floor, including only one 3-pointer in SU’s first four games.

Then, Battle broke out. He made 8-of-10 shots against Colgate on Nov. 21, including all three of his 3s. Afterward, Boeheim said he hoped “nobody ever changes his shot again.”

Battle didn’t feel like he’d done anything differently, he said. He rewatched six games worth of his tape before facing Colgate and noticed he wasn’t ready to shoot on the catch. But Battle’s shooting mechanics didn’t change. Many of his early-season attempts came after some dribbling or late in the shot clock. But now, when a swing pass comes, he often catches on his way down from a hop step, already preparing to shoot.

That day, and against Ohio State and Cornell, the shots went in. But Battle struggled against Northeastern on Tuesday, going 1 for 7. In response, Boeheim summed it up simply, saying “It happens.”

With the return of Frank Howard as the primary ball-handler, Battle shot 64.8 percent, including 8 for 11 from 3-point range, in their first three games together this season. The junior thinks he’s benefited from better looks this season, and that’s allowed him to take advantage of the major mechanical shift he feels this summer gave him: a higher arc.

In the season’s first few games, Battle seemed intent on driving to the basket, shooting runners off one leg and hoping for fouls. Now, he’s locked back into his pull-up jumper that was so effective a season ago. The 6-foot-6 junior rises up so high on his shot that he’s at no risk of getting blocked.

Now, in a groove, Battle doesn’t hesitate.

His left foot lands first, then his right a little ahead. All that’s left to do from that point, with the threat of an explosive first step keeping the defender off of him, is to rise up and knock it down.

“When you see the ball go in, it makes things a lot easier,” Battle said. “Especially when you’re looking to score the ball.”

He’d put the work in. Battle spent time watching film of his own shot, along with watching tape of his idol Kobe Bryant’s jumper. Battle worked out with professionals like Embiid and Tatum, but also took shots under his father, Gary’s, supervision even as the Dome floor was being converted to a football field after SU’s season opener.

Most importantly, based on Battle’s continued self-message this season, he just shot.

He shot before practice. He shot after practice. He shot between classes.

After the shots finally fell against Colgate, Battle wasn’t surprised. He “knew they were gonna start falling,” he said afterward. He’d put in too much work for them not to. wmheyen@syr.edu | @wheyen3

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Frank Howard Position: Guard Height: 6’5 Weight: 205 Hometown: Suitland, Md.

James Akinjo Position: Guard Height: 6-0 Weight: 180 Hometown: Oakland, Ca.

Tyus Battle Position: Guard Height: 6’6 Weight: 205 Hometown: Edison, N.J.

Mac McClung Position: Guard Height: 6-2 Weight: 185 Hometown: Gate City, Va.

Elijah Hughes Position: Forward Height: 6’6 Weight: 215 Hometown: Beacon, N.Y.

Jamorko Pickett Position: Guard Height: 6-8 Weight: 205 Hometown: Washington, D.C.

Oshae Brissett Position: Forward Height: 6’8 Weight: 210 Hometown: Mississauga, Ontario

Trey Mourning Position: Forward Height: 6-9 Weight: 220 Hometown: Miami, Fla.

Pascal Chukwu Position: Center Height: 7’2 Weight: 228 Hometown: Westport, Conn.

Jessie Govan Position: Center Height: 6-10 Weight: 255 Hometown: Queens Village, N.Y.

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