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Welcome to Carl Sagan Day!
Carl Sagan Day is a celebration of the life and teachings of Carl Sagan, whose many books, television appearances (most notably Cosmos), and NASA projects influenced a generation of thinkers.
Following the remake of his incredible series COSMOS: A Spacetime Odyssey last year, Sagan’s name is once again a household name. Host Neil deGrasse Tyson has brought the importance of science back to the forefront and has inspired a whole new generation of space enthusiasts.
SU News
What we learned: 3 takeaways from Syracuse's 97-64 exhibition win over Le Moyne (DO; Schwedelson)
Syracuse won its second and final preseason game Tuesday night in the Carrier Dome against Le Moyne, 97-64. The Orange’s press was iffy, Andrew White showed what he’s capable of and SU’s point guards provided a dynamic duo.
Next up, Orange kicks off the regular season on Friday at 7 p.m. against Colgate in the Dome.
Here’s what we learned from the Orange’s win over the Dolphins.
Syracuse’s press can still use some work
SU came out for the second straight exhibition and pressed often, mostly in the first half. It forced Le Moyne to play at a high tempo but once the Dolphins beat the press, they had open shooters on the perimeter.
Le Moyne’s C.J. Asuncion-Byrd and Tanner Hyland combined to go 10-for-22 from behind the arc, capitalizing on the available space.
“Our defense, particularly our press, was not good,” Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim said. “We let them get into open shot situations and they’re good shooters, they made them.”
Forty-two of Le Moyne’s 64 points came on 3s, highlighted by Hyland’s five deep balls within a five-minute span at the end of the first half.
On the way to the locker room, Boeheim gave Andrew White and Frank Howard an earful.
“I think the lesson for some of our new guys is in transition you have to do a better job of identifying the shooters,” Boeheim said. “They had two guys that shot it well. We really never identified them.”
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Andrew White makes splash with 24 points in exhibition against Le Moyne (DO; Grossman)
When the media convened to meet Syracuse for the first time in the 2016-17 season, television cameras and microphones took aim at Andrew White. Everyone wanted to know more about the fifth-year senior out of Nebraska.
The 6-foot-7 guard finished second on his team with 16.6 points per game last year and was expected to bandage the loss of SU’s three best shooters last year. So, reporters asked, what was his plan to do that?
“We’ll see, we’ll see,” White said at SU’s media day on Oct. 21. “I don’t like to talk a whole lot.
“With games coming up here in the next two or three weeks, the world will see.”
The Carrier Dome finally laid eyes on White last week against Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and his 2-for-9 shooting performance was nothing to gloat about. But in White’s second exhibition with the Orange, a 97-64 win over Le Moyne, SU fans, at least, finally did see. White led the Orange with 24 points and a 6-for-10 night from 3.
It was a promising performance with Friday’s season-opener looming, but it was an essential performance with Tyler Lydon dropping in eight points (only two in the first half). They’re the duo that will be leaned on to drive the offense, and in a meaningless exhibition, it didn’t matter that White provided the only fuel.
“When the game starts, you want to start on a good note. You don’t want your bench players to have to come back from a deficit,” White said. “Tonight that was my emphasis.
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Three takeaways from SU’s exhibition win over Le Moyne (TNIAAM; Godnick)
Exhibition play has come to an end and Syracuse has plenty to take away in anticipation for Friday night’s opener versus Colgate. Tonight’s performance showed how dominant this offense can be…without Tyler Lydon even hitting a three. With a 97-64 win, the Orange move to 2-0 in exhibition play, which everyone expected. Now the show begins. After these two performances, Syracuse fans should feel good with the state of their team. Let’s see what we learned...
The pick and roll will be used a lot
The pick and roll is taking over the NBA, and now the Orange are using it more than ever. Coach Jim Boeheim has always enjoyed using the pick and roll, but with this year’s roster and tonight’s showing, it will be used early and often.
Frank Howard and John Gillon are perfect point guards to run the play, but what makes this year’s team different is they have an endless amount of players who can handle the ball. Tyus Battle and Andrew White III called-off the initial play to run their own pick and roll, which led to a numerous amount of easy buckets. The surprise on the night was Tyler Lydon who used his ball-handling skills to create space for his shot—which didn’t fall at all. This team is versatile to say the least and come the regular season, the offense will be as diverse as ever.
Andrew White III is going to score…a lot
Tonight showed who the real Andrew White III is. White’s opener versus Indiana University (PA.) didn’t show the kind of talent Syracuse picked up in the senior transfer. White got hot early and didn’t slow down. When the buzzer hit zero, AW3 had tallied 24 points and hit six threes. He looked confident and hungry from the tip and created shots off the dribble for himself with ease. This is who Andrew White is, so Syracuse fans, get ready for a fun time.
It’s going to be hard for Jim Boeheim not to start Tyus Battle
Having a good sixth man is needed for a Top 10 team, but Tyus Battle isn’t a good six man. He isn’t a six man at all. He’s a starting college basketball player, plain and simple. This team is so deep that a player who could be a one-and-done freshman will come off the bench—does Dion Waiters ring a bell?
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MEN’S BASKETBALL FALLS TO SYRACUSE IN EXHIBITION GAME (lemoynedolphins.com)
MEN’S BASKETBALL FALLS TO SYRACUSE IN EXHIBITION GAME
Graduate student guard Andrew White III tallied 24 points to lead Syracuse University to a 97-64 victory over the Le Moyne College men's basketball team in an exhibition game on Tuesday night at Jim Boeheim Court in the Carrier Dome.
Junior guard Tanner Hyland (South Portland, Maine/South Portland/Bridgton Academy) led the Dolphins offensively with 18 points off the bench, 15 of which came in the first half. Sophomore guard C.J. Asuncion-Byrd (Greenwich, Conn./Greenwich/St. Thomas More/Gannon) registered 15 points, five assists and a pair of rebounds in his first action as a Dolphin.
White led four Orange in double figures with his 24 points, 19 of which came in the first half. Freshman guard Tyus Battle and graduate student guard John Gillon came off the bench to register 17 and 14 points, respectively. Sophomore guard Frank Howard tallied 11 points and seven assists.
The Orange opened the game with 11 of the first 14 points over the opening 5:16. White tallied five of the points, while three others each scored two points.
After junior guard Tyree Chambers (Bayreuth, Germany/Graf-Münster Gymnasium/Providence) hit his second three-pointer of the opening six and one-half minutes to get the Dolphins within 11-6, the Orange rattled off 12 of the next 14 points to open up a 23-8 advantage with 8:45 left in the opening half. Battle scored the first eight points of the run with a pair of three-pointers around a fast-break lay-up, while Gillon and Howard followed with lay-ups.
Following back-and-forth play over the next three minutes, which resulted in a 31-15 Syracuse lead, the Dolphins registered a 16-7 run to get within seven points. Hyland buried four three-pointers in the run, including three straight at the end, while junior guard Russell Sangster (Rockville, Md./Bullis School)knocked down a pair of jump shots.
Senior forward Tyler Roberson finished off an alley-oop from Howard for Syracuse's final points of the half with 42 seconds left, while Hyland drained his fifth three-pointer of the half with 11 seconds left to get the Dolphins within 45-36 at halftime.
Syracuse opened the second half with 10 of the first 12 points to extend its lead to 17 for the first time. Five different players accounted for the 10 points, including three by graduate student center DaJuan Coleman.
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Empire Exports Brews To Beijing - Syracuse New Times (syracusenewtimes.com; McCormick)
Empire Brewing Company celebrated a major milestone last week: Its first shipment of Slo Mo’ India Pale Ale and White Aphro, a Belgian-style wheat ale with hints of lavender, ginger and lemon peel, arrived at Panda Brew, in Beijing, China.
Empire founder and owner David Katleski planted the seeds for international trade during a trip to China with Central New York business leaders in 2014. On that trip, he met the owner of Jingwei Fu Tea Company, which later resulted in Empire’s East-meets-West, black tea-infused beer called Two Dragons, created at the Empire brewery and brewpub, 120 Walton St., in Armory Square.
Katleski has said that China is about 20 years behind the United States in terms of craft beer, so he saw an opportunity to do business and be one of the first breweries in the States to bring craft beer to China. He hired Jing Zhang, a native of China living in Syracuse, to help navigate and expedite the export process. She now serves as export specialist for Empire Brewing.
The opening of the Empire Farmstead Brewery earlier this year made it possible for Empire to bottle its beers for the first time. In the United States, Empire’s beers are now distributed throughout New York and in New Jersey and Delaware.
Meanwhile, in Cazenovia: If you want to get a firsthand look at the brewing process, the Empire Farmstead Brewery, 33 Rippleton Road (Route 13), has begun offering brewery tours on Saturdays and Sundays, 1 to 5 p.m. each hour. Reservations for same-day tours can be made in the retail area at the entrance of the tasting room. Sign up when you arrive and enjoy a pint while you wait.
Tours are offered on a first-come, first-serve basis and tend to fill up quickly. They last about 30 minutes and end with a complimentary five-ounce beer sample. You must be 21 years old with a valid ID to participate in the sampling.
Closed-toe shoes are required for the tour and no pets are allowed, including service animals. Children over age 5, accompanied by a parent or guardian, may participate. Empire reserves the right to cancel weekend tours, if needed, to accommodate brewing operations.
Carl Sagan Day is a celebration of the life and teachings of Carl Sagan, whose many books, television appearances (most notably Cosmos), and NASA projects influenced a generation of thinkers.
Following the remake of his incredible series COSMOS: A Spacetime Odyssey last year, Sagan’s name is once again a household name. Host Neil deGrasse Tyson has brought the importance of science back to the forefront and has inspired a whole new generation of space enthusiasts.
SU News
What we learned: 3 takeaways from Syracuse's 97-64 exhibition win over Le Moyne (DO; Schwedelson)
Syracuse won its second and final preseason game Tuesday night in the Carrier Dome against Le Moyne, 97-64. The Orange’s press was iffy, Andrew White showed what he’s capable of and SU’s point guards provided a dynamic duo.
Next up, Orange kicks off the regular season on Friday at 7 p.m. against Colgate in the Dome.
Here’s what we learned from the Orange’s win over the Dolphins.
Syracuse’s press can still use some work
SU came out for the second straight exhibition and pressed often, mostly in the first half. It forced Le Moyne to play at a high tempo but once the Dolphins beat the press, they had open shooters on the perimeter.
Le Moyne’s C.J. Asuncion-Byrd and Tanner Hyland combined to go 10-for-22 from behind the arc, capitalizing on the available space.
“Our defense, particularly our press, was not good,” Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim said. “We let them get into open shot situations and they’re good shooters, they made them.”
Forty-two of Le Moyne’s 64 points came on 3s, highlighted by Hyland’s five deep balls within a five-minute span at the end of the first half.
On the way to the locker room, Boeheim gave Andrew White and Frank Howard an earful.
“I think the lesson for some of our new guys is in transition you have to do a better job of identifying the shooters,” Boeheim said. “They had two guys that shot it well. We really never identified them.”
...
Andrew White makes splash with 24 points in exhibition against Le Moyne (DO; Grossman)
When the media convened to meet Syracuse for the first time in the 2016-17 season, television cameras and microphones took aim at Andrew White. Everyone wanted to know more about the fifth-year senior out of Nebraska.
The 6-foot-7 guard finished second on his team with 16.6 points per game last year and was expected to bandage the loss of SU’s three best shooters last year. So, reporters asked, what was his plan to do that?
“We’ll see, we’ll see,” White said at SU’s media day on Oct. 21. “I don’t like to talk a whole lot.
“With games coming up here in the next two or three weeks, the world will see.”
The Carrier Dome finally laid eyes on White last week against Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and his 2-for-9 shooting performance was nothing to gloat about. But in White’s second exhibition with the Orange, a 97-64 win over Le Moyne, SU fans, at least, finally did see. White led the Orange with 24 points and a 6-for-10 night from 3.
It was a promising performance with Friday’s season-opener looming, but it was an essential performance with Tyler Lydon dropping in eight points (only two in the first half). They’re the duo that will be leaned on to drive the offense, and in a meaningless exhibition, it didn’t matter that White provided the only fuel.
“When the game starts, you want to start on a good note. You don’t want your bench players to have to come back from a deficit,” White said. “Tonight that was my emphasis.
...
Three takeaways from SU’s exhibition win over Le Moyne (TNIAAM; Godnick)
Exhibition play has come to an end and Syracuse has plenty to take away in anticipation for Friday night’s opener versus Colgate. Tonight’s performance showed how dominant this offense can be…without Tyler Lydon even hitting a three. With a 97-64 win, the Orange move to 2-0 in exhibition play, which everyone expected. Now the show begins. After these two performances, Syracuse fans should feel good with the state of their team. Let’s see what we learned...
The pick and roll will be used a lot
The pick and roll is taking over the NBA, and now the Orange are using it more than ever. Coach Jim Boeheim has always enjoyed using the pick and roll, but with this year’s roster and tonight’s showing, it will be used early and often.
Frank Howard and John Gillon are perfect point guards to run the play, but what makes this year’s team different is they have an endless amount of players who can handle the ball. Tyus Battle and Andrew White III called-off the initial play to run their own pick and roll, which led to a numerous amount of easy buckets. The surprise on the night was Tyler Lydon who used his ball-handling skills to create space for his shot—which didn’t fall at all. This team is versatile to say the least and come the regular season, the offense will be as diverse as ever.
Andrew White III is going to score…a lot
Tonight showed who the real Andrew White III is. White’s opener versus Indiana University (PA.) didn’t show the kind of talent Syracuse picked up in the senior transfer. White got hot early and didn’t slow down. When the buzzer hit zero, AW3 had tallied 24 points and hit six threes. He looked confident and hungry from the tip and created shots off the dribble for himself with ease. This is who Andrew White is, so Syracuse fans, get ready for a fun time.
It’s going to be hard for Jim Boeheim not to start Tyus Battle
Having a good sixth man is needed for a Top 10 team, but Tyus Battle isn’t a good six man. He isn’t a six man at all. He’s a starting college basketball player, plain and simple. This team is so deep that a player who could be a one-and-done freshman will come off the bench—does Dion Waiters ring a bell?
...
MEN’S BASKETBALL FALLS TO SYRACUSE IN EXHIBITION GAME (lemoynedolphins.com)
MEN’S BASKETBALL FALLS TO SYRACUSE IN EXHIBITION GAME
Graduate student guard Andrew White III tallied 24 points to lead Syracuse University to a 97-64 victory over the Le Moyne College men's basketball team in an exhibition game on Tuesday night at Jim Boeheim Court in the Carrier Dome.
Junior guard Tanner Hyland (South Portland, Maine/South Portland/Bridgton Academy) led the Dolphins offensively with 18 points off the bench, 15 of which came in the first half. Sophomore guard C.J. Asuncion-Byrd (Greenwich, Conn./Greenwich/St. Thomas More/Gannon) registered 15 points, five assists and a pair of rebounds in his first action as a Dolphin.
White led four Orange in double figures with his 24 points, 19 of which came in the first half. Freshman guard Tyus Battle and graduate student guard John Gillon came off the bench to register 17 and 14 points, respectively. Sophomore guard Frank Howard tallied 11 points and seven assists.
The Orange opened the game with 11 of the first 14 points over the opening 5:16. White tallied five of the points, while three others each scored two points.
After junior guard Tyree Chambers (Bayreuth, Germany/Graf-Münster Gymnasium/Providence) hit his second three-pointer of the opening six and one-half minutes to get the Dolphins within 11-6, the Orange rattled off 12 of the next 14 points to open up a 23-8 advantage with 8:45 left in the opening half. Battle scored the first eight points of the run with a pair of three-pointers around a fast-break lay-up, while Gillon and Howard followed with lay-ups.
Following back-and-forth play over the next three minutes, which resulted in a 31-15 Syracuse lead, the Dolphins registered a 16-7 run to get within seven points. Hyland buried four three-pointers in the run, including three straight at the end, while junior guard Russell Sangster (Rockville, Md./Bullis School)knocked down a pair of jump shots.
Senior forward Tyler Roberson finished off an alley-oop from Howard for Syracuse's final points of the half with 42 seconds left, while Hyland drained his fifth three-pointer of the half with 11 seconds left to get the Dolphins within 45-36 at halftime.
Syracuse opened the second half with 10 of the first 12 points to extend its lead to 17 for the first time. Five different players accounted for the 10 points, including three by graduate student center DaJuan Coleman.
Other
Empire Exports Brews To Beijing - Syracuse New Times (syracusenewtimes.com; McCormick)
Empire Brewing Company celebrated a major milestone last week: Its first shipment of Slo Mo’ India Pale Ale and White Aphro, a Belgian-style wheat ale with hints of lavender, ginger and lemon peel, arrived at Panda Brew, in Beijing, China.
Empire founder and owner David Katleski planted the seeds for international trade during a trip to China with Central New York business leaders in 2014. On that trip, he met the owner of Jingwei Fu Tea Company, which later resulted in Empire’s East-meets-West, black tea-infused beer called Two Dragons, created at the Empire brewery and brewpub, 120 Walton St., in Armory Square.
Katleski has said that China is about 20 years behind the United States in terms of craft beer, so he saw an opportunity to do business and be one of the first breweries in the States to bring craft beer to China. He hired Jing Zhang, a native of China living in Syracuse, to help navigate and expedite the export process. She now serves as export specialist for Empire Brewing.
The opening of the Empire Farmstead Brewery earlier this year made it possible for Empire to bottle its beers for the first time. In the United States, Empire’s beers are now distributed throughout New York and in New Jersey and Delaware.
Meanwhile, in Cazenovia: If you want to get a firsthand look at the brewing process, the Empire Farmstead Brewery, 33 Rippleton Road (Route 13), has begun offering brewery tours on Saturdays and Sundays, 1 to 5 p.m. each hour. Reservations for same-day tours can be made in the retail area at the entrance of the tasting room. Sign up when you arrive and enjoy a pint while you wait.
Tours are offered on a first-come, first-serve basis and tend to fill up quickly. They last about 30 minutes and end with a complimentary five-ounce beer sample. You must be 21 years old with a valid ID to participate in the sampling.
Closed-toe shoes are required for the tour and no pets are allowed, including service animals. Children over age 5, accompanied by a parent or guardian, may participate. Empire reserves the right to cancel weekend tours, if needed, to accommodate brewing operations.
