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Cheetah Speed
The cheetah is the world’s fastest land animal. They can run 70 mph (or 110 kph), which is as fast as cars drive on the highway. The cheetah can reach its top speed in just 3 seconds!
Spotted Skin
The cheetah’s fur is covered in solid black spots, and so is their skin! The black fur actually grows out of the black spots on their skin.
A cheetah's favorite food
Cheetahs are carnivores, and feed mostly on smaller antelope like springbok, steenbok, Thomson’s gazelle, and duiker. They usually chase down their prey and then bite its throat, killing it by cutting off its air supply (suffocation).
Tail like a rudder
The cheetah has a long, muscular tail that has a flat shape. The tail almost functions like a rudder on a boat because they use it to help control their steering and keep their balance when running very fast.
Almost like flying
When cheetahs are running full speed, their stride (length between steps) is 6-7 meters (21 feet). Their feet only touch the ground twice during each stride.
A lot of kids
A mother cheetah usually cares for anywhere from 2 to 8 cubs per litter, but cubs are often the target of other predators and many do not survive past the first year.
Like Football Players
Cheetahs have “tear marks” that run from the inside corners of their eyes down to the outside edges of their mouth. These marks help reflect the glare of the sun when they are hunting during the day. They work just like the black marks that football players put under their eyes during the games. These marks also work like the sights on a rifle, to help the cheetah “aim” and stay focused on their prey when they are hunting.
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Iowa 68, Syracuse 54: THE GARZA AND WIESKAMP SHOW (blackheartgoldpants.com; Cabel)
Luka Garza, Joe Wieskamp and Jordan Bohannon were a lethal Big 3 for the Iowa Hawkeyes as they blew out the Syracuse Orange, 68-54 at the Carrier Dome in this year’s Big Ten/ACC matchup.
The Hawks were without Cordell Pemsl who missed the game with a back injury, as well as CJ Frederick, who was nursing a quad injury, and only the aforementioned “Big 3” scored in double-digits, but that’s all Iowa needed for the win. The trio scored a combined 53 points, one point away from matching the entire Syracuse squad. Garza finished with a game-high 23 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists and a steal. Wieskamp ended the night with 13 points, including three shots from deep, 9 rebounds and 4 assists, while Bohannon tallied 17 points, mostly in the second half. Connor McCaffery and Joe Toussaint also added five points apiece and Bakari Evelyn added a three-pointer for good measure, as well.
The win puts Iowa at 6-2 on the season while Syracuse meanwhile lost its third game in a row, and falls to .500 on the season at 4-4.
Syracuse got things started on the scoring front as Iowa couldn’t stop turning the ball over, with three consecutive turnovers in its first three possessions that thankfully only resulted in a 4-0 Orange lead. Joe Wieskamp and Luka Garza however would not be denied, and got Iowa into the scoring column early while also making plays on the defensive side of the court. The Hawks took their first lead knotted at 7-all when Wieskamp hit his second three in the first five minutes of the game. Wieskamp and Garza combined for all of Iowa’s first 14 points.
It was back and forth from there, with neither team getting an insurmountable lead. Both teams were locked at 20 with 6:30 left in the first half. Jordan Bohannon missed his first six attempts from beyond the arc before hitting his first one with just shy of 3 minutes left in the half. Wieskamp followed with one of his own on the next possession, and the back-and-forth between the Hawkeyes and the Orange continued, with the Hawkeyes going into halftime with a narrow 30-29 lead.
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Iowa basketball finds some iron men in 68-54 win at Syracuse (thegazette.com)
Iowa was forced to tighten its lineup before its men’s basketball game at Syracuse Tuesday, then it tightened its performance after halftime.
Thus, the Hawkeyes (6-2) powered away from the Orange (4-4) before 20,844 fans at the Carrier Dome, earning a 68-54 win in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge.
Iowa played without starting guard CJ Fredrick and reserve forward Cordell Pemsl. Fredrick (11.1 points per game) had a sore quadriceps muscle and Pemsl had a sore back. The Hawkeyes played like they were short-handed in a first-half slog, but led 30-29 at the break despite making eight turnovers and shooting just 34.4 percent from the field and 5-of-18 from 3-point range.
The second half was the big tighten-up. Iowa made 15 of 29 shots (51.7 percent) from the floor, and didn’t commit a turnover in the half until 2:46 remained. Syracuse, meanwhile, remained cold and careless. The Orange ended with 36.5 percent shooting and 16 turnovers.
“I thought defensively we really took them out of what they wanted to do,” said Iowa Coach Fran McCaffery in a Hawkeye Radio Network interview.
With the two missing players and second-half foul trouble to starting forward Ryan Kriener and backup point guard Joe Toussaint, Iowa went most of the final 13 minutes with the lineup of Jordan Bohannon, Bakari Evelyn, Luka Garza, Connor McCaffery and Joe Wieskamp. All played their season-high in minutes. Things clicked.
Bohannon, who continues to deal with hip soreness, played 37 minutes and scored 17 points after getting held to three points in 23 minutes last Friday in Iowa’s 83-73 loss to San Diego State in Las Vegas.
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SU's starting guards are struggling to score against Power 5 opponents (PS; Ditota)
The numbers tell an unsettling story.
Against the four Power Five teams Syracuse has faced this season, its young backcourt has struggled to make shots. Joe Girard and Buddy Boeheim have combined to shoot 19-of-83 (.229) overall and 8-of-47 (.170) from the 3-point line in Orange losses to Virginia, Oklahoma State, Penn State and Iowa.
On Tuesday, in a 68-54 Syracuse loss to Iowa, the trend continued. Girard, the freshman point guard, was 2-of-8 overall and 0-for-4 from the 3-point line. Boeheim, the sophomore shooting guard, was 2-for-10 overall and 1-for-5 from the 3-point line.
“They just gotta keep shooting,” SU coach Jim Boeheim said. “They are good shooters. They have struggled the last three games. Better defenses. Tougher shots. We can do a better job of screening for them, getting them better shots, but we don’t have an alternative right now. Brycen (Goodine) just looks uncomfortable out there. I’m not sure what is going on with him. Joe and Buddy need to shoot for us to be effective.”
That SU needs Girard and Boeheim to shoot and presumably convert shots for the Orange to “be effective” is not lost on opposing defenses. Joe Toussaint, Iowa’s 6-foot freshman guard, said the Hawkeyes had a particular strategy against the Orange backcourt.
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It’s getting late early: SU falls to Iowa 68-54 (Brent Axe recap) (PS; Axe)
The Syracuse University men’s basketball team sits with a 4-4 record after eight games after falling to the Iowa Hawkeyes on Tuesday night at the Carrier Dome by a score of 68-54 in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge.
That’s the first time in head coach Jim Boeheim’s 44-year tenure that the Orange is at .500 after eight games.
A 4-4 record for the first time in 44 years. There’s something ironic about that considering what the No. 44 means to Syracuse University.
The stinger is Tuesday night was Syracuse’s last chance to add a meaty non-conference win to the ledger as Iowa is ranked No. 38 by Kenpom.com.
It’s getting late early for the Orange when it comes to its postseason resume.
Syracuse has three non-conference losses on the ledger before any of our Cyber Monday purchases have had time to arrive on the doorstep. The Orange had four non-conference losses last season and used the strength of a 10-8 ACC record to make up for that boo-boo.
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B1G/ACC Challenge - Day 2 (RX; HM)
B1G/ACC Challenge - Day 2
ACC/Big Ten Challenge - Day Two
The Challenge is STILL tied, 4-4.
Wednesday's schedule:
7:15 pm on ESPNU - Nebraska @ Georgia Tech
7:15 pm on ESPN2 - #5 Virginia @ Purdue
7:30 pm on ESPN - Notre Dame @ #3 Maryland
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Big Ten ACC Challenge 2019: Scores, Highlights and Reaction from Tuesday (BR; Goldberg)
The 2019 Big Ten-ACC Challenge continued Tuesday with some of the top matchups of the nonconference college basketball season.
After the conferences split the first two games of the competition Monday, the more high-profile teams were in action on Day 2. This included preseason favorites Duke and Michigan State, as well as surging contenders Louisville and Michigan, plus some exciting teams like Indiana and Florida State.
This is all part of the 14-team battle over a three-day stretch for conference supremacy.
Follow along for the latest breakdown of Tuesday's action around the country.
Latest Conference Score: Big Ten 4, ACC 4
Monday's Results
Miami def. Illinois, 81-79
Minnesota def. Clemson, 78-60
Tuesday's Schedule/Results
Iowa def. Syracuse, 68-54
Northwestern def. Boston College, 82-64
No. 1 Louisville def. No. 4 Michigan, 58-43
Indiana def. No. 17 Florida State, 80-64
Pittsburgh def. Rutgers, 71-60
No. 10 Duke def. No. 11 Michigan State, 87-75
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25 Things That Make Syracuse Great: Armory Square (PS; Cazentre)
Twenty-five years ago, Syracuse.com was launched. It was, and remains, the leading source of information and advertising in Central New York. To celebrate, we’re exploring what makes Syracuse great, and we’ve come up with 25 things that fit the bill.
The seasons. Snow. A full house for an SU basketball game in February. You get the idea.
Every day for 25 days we’ll explore the stuff we brag about and wear as badges of honor as a testament to the folks who make our corner of the world such a great place. We want to know what you think makes Syracuse and the Central New York region great. Tell us here. And you can see our previous stories here.
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Armory Square: The go-to night spot of Syracuse
It started in the early 1980s when a downtown eatery with a funky approach to pasta decided to relocate to a neighborhood dotted with crumbling warehouses, seedy hotels and a couple of Pron shops.
With Pastabilities restaurant leading the way, Armory Square flourished from the 1980s into the 21st Century as the go-to spot in Syracuse for trendy dining, drinking and shopping options.
Over the years, it welcomed brewpubs and a high-end guitar shop, women’s and men’s fashion boutiques, Irish pubs and restaurants ranging from sandwich shops and Thai cuisine to brick-oven pizza and Japanese-influenced ramen. There are hair-styling shops, a couple of hotels and a credit union. There are also offices -- the headquarters of a prominent engineering firm, a top advertising agency and a company that monitors draft beer lines at bars nationwide are all here.
It boasts a top attraction in the Museum of Science and Technology, the shrine to the local invention of basketball’s 24-second shot clock and the starting point of the Onondaga Creekwalk. Two theaters -- the Landmark and the Red House -- are close enough to drive night-time traffic into the square.
The trends continue: This month saw the opening of the Gilded Club, a modern take on a 1920s-style speakeasy -- you need a “code” to get in.
Don’t tell anyone, but Armory Square is still buzzing after 35 years.
‘It was sort of a red light district’
The one-time bit of swampland along Onondaga Creek had been a center of commerce during the heyday of the Erie Canal and the adjoining railroads. But by the mid-20th Century, it was a collection or historic and often ornate buildings that were simply run-down.
Along with a few reputable businesses -- such as a music store, a canvas bag maker and a chicken-processing plant -- there were the short-stay hotels and dirty bookstores.
“It was sort of a red light district -- but I don’t think there was even a red light,” remembers Pastabilities owner Karyn Korteling.
“I can remember when I was young we’d drive downtown from Tipp Hill, along Fayette Street,” said Joe Rainone, owner of Mulrooney’s, the “Irish sports bar” on West Fayette Street that is the second oldest business in the square after Pasta’s. “It was scary going through Armory Square. There was nothing there. It was dark and there were no lights. You did not want to stop.”
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