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Maple syrup is used on breakfast foods such as pancakes, waffles, and French toast, and can be added to many dishes as a sweetener. It can even be poured on top of ice cream for dessert. Today we use a little more of it than usual, as it is National Maple Syrup Day.
Maple syrup is made from sap from sugar maple trees—trees that are also known as rock maples or hard maples. Maple syrup is a North American product; Canada produces most of it, and in the United States most of it comes from Vermont and New York. Native Americans in the northeastern part of the continent were the first to make it, by cutting the bark on trees and letting the sap drip out.
By the 1720s, colonists learned the technique, which became known as sugaring. After the thaw in late winter allowed the sap to begin flowing through the maple trees, the colonists would gash the trunks and guide the sap into troughs. They would then boil it over fires. Using maple as a sweetener was done in part to save money, as cane sugar from the West Indies was more expensive. This especially was the case after 1764, when the Sugar Act placed high duties on imported sugar.
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Inside Quincy Guerrier’s strategy for gaining position, grabbing rebounds, scoring Syracuse points (PS; Ditota)
Quincy Guerrier has a strategy.
He spies Syracuse shooters preparing to fire, then anticipates a miss and slides into position at the opposite side of the basket. That’s where most rebounds ricochet off the rim. And that’s where Guerrier plants his 6-foot-7, 220-pound immovable frame to await one of the easier ways to score the basketball:
The offensive rebound put-back.
“If, for example, Joe’s taking a shot from the left side, there’s a lot of chances (the miss) will go on the right side,” he said of teammate Joe Girard. “So I’m getting ready, boxing out my player right away and trying to be physical and trying to get the rebound. That’s my mentality every time somebody is shooting the ball.”
That strategy is a time-worn basketball tradition. But Guerrier’s ability to quickly evaluate when a shot is coming and then immediately slither into a likely rebounding crevice is the difference between corralling the ball or surrendering the chance to a savvier opponent.
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Syracuse basketball wins, Jim Boeheim disappointed and rips Alan Griffin (itlh; Adler)
The Syracuse basketball recent rout of Boston College is not the “reality” of the Orange team, head coach says.
Syracuse basketball made a boatload of 3-pointers last Saturday afternoon in a blow-out of Boston College on the road, which naturally got Orange fans like me excited.
However, that success turned to utter ugliness on Wednesday afternoon inside the Carrier Dome, as the ‘Cuse went an awful 2-of-18 from beyond the arc against a scrappy Northeastern crew that put forth a tremendous effort.
The Huskies, out of the Colonial Athletic Association, had struggled on defense in their only two prior contests in the young 2020-21 term, but Northeastern competed with physicality versus the Orange, despite their best player, sophomore point guard Tyson Walker, not suiting up for the bulk of the second half.
Yes, the Huskies proved solid on defense. But Syracuse basketball also stunk it up on offense, particularly after intermission, when the team couldn’t get anything going.
Still, in the game’s waning minutes, guys like sophomore point guard Joe Girard III and sophomore forward Quincy Guerrier boasted a handful of monumentally important, big-time plays, and the ‘Cuse held off Northeastern, 62-56.
With this result, Syracuse basketball improves to 5-1, while the Huskies drop to 1-2. Up next for the Orange is a date this coming Saturday evening on the Hill with fellow New York state foe Buffalo, with the ACC Network providing television coverage.
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Syracuse basketball escapes Northeastern behind Quincy Guerrier (247sports.com; Bailey)
As Buddy Boeheim turned outside the left block and rose up for a fadeaway jumper, Quincy Guerrier carved out his typical space underneath the hoop. The shot came down wide left of the rim, Guerrier caught it, and powered up through contact for the bucket.
The putback gave Syracuse a 51-48 lead over Northeastern with about five minutes left on Wednesday afternoon. It marked Guerrier's 15th rebound and paved the way for the Orange (5-1, 1-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) to escape the Carrier Dome with an ugly win against an inferior opponent.
Sophomore guard Joe Girard turned a steal into a three-point play moments later before freshman guard Kadary Richmond sealed the 62-56 win with a steal of his own and a pair of late free throws. For the second time in six games, SU was nearly upset on its home court -- and this time, the close call didn't come after a two-week program shutdown.
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The Quincy Guerrier show has officially arrived in Syracuse (theathletic.com; $; Gutierrez)
On the recruiting trail, Jim Boeheim watched a teenage Quincy Guerrier play six consecutive grassroots games. It was the summer of 2018 at an event in Orange County, Calif., where the forward prospect made six 3s in Game 1, eight in Game 2, then four, five, three and five. The sum total left Boeheim feeling encouraged he’d have a floor spacer. “I don’t think he got a rebound,” Boeheim recalled. “But he shot the lights out.”
It’s funny to consider this now, as Guerrier explodes into a double-double regular, with averages of 16.5 points and 9.8 rebounds per game this season. He isn’t a major threat from 3, although he is 5-of-11 from deep (45 percent) on limited attempts. Rather, when Syracuse needs to grind it out in the half-court, there’s Guerrier. If the shooters are off — such as they were Wednesday in a 62-56 win over Northeastern, when SU shot 2-of-18 from 3 and Alan Griffin went scoreless — Guerrier is there inside to clean up the scraps. While Boeheim thought he was recruiting a wing on the perimeter, Guerrier has turned into something else, something powerful.
He is everywhere on the court, with energy and hustle. Try to take your eyes off him. You can’t.
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Messy Matinee: Syracuse basketball defeats Northeastern 62-56 (Brent Axe recap) (PS; $; Axe)
What a difference one game can make.
Last Saturday, Syracuse exploded for 101 points with the help of record-setting 16 three-pointers in a 38-point win over Boston College.
In Wednesday afternoon’s midday matinee at the Dome just four days later, Syracuse would miss the Red Kettle from a foot away if it were trying to make a donation to the Salvation Army, let alone a shot from 22 feet, 1¾ inches as the Orange were 2-of-18 from three-point range in a 62-56 grinder over Northeastern.
Syracuse leaned on its defense to force 21 turnovers against the Huskies, including 10 steals.
“We’ve always been in the top two or three (in the conference) forcing turnovers,’' Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim said. “Our defense was the difference today. We were moving. We didn’t leave them many open shots and it’s a good thing because when we left them open, they made it.’'
Boeheim insisted after the game that the late addition to the schedule (Northeastern was added to Syracuse’s slate just three days ago) and the unusual 3 p.m. start time had nothing to do with SU’s offensive struggles.
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Syracuse Basketball moves to 5-1 on the season (SI; Rao)
Jim Boeheim called the game vs Northeastern a "wakeup call" for his team at halftime. The Huskies came into the contest as heavy underdogs, having never beaten Syracuse in program history. They led the Orange 32-31 at the half.
Syracuse was abysmal shooting the three-ball all night, while the Huskies shot the ball at a respectable 32% from deep. Despite the rough shooting, the fact that Alan Griffin finished the game with 0 points, and Buddy Boeheim's struggles from the field (1-12), Syracuse was able to pull out its fifth win of the season over the Huskies, in ugly fashion.
The game was tailor-made for Syracuse's Quincy Gurrier, who has shown signs of dominance to begin his sophomore season. Guerrier recorded a career-best 16 rebounds along with a ferocious 18 points, recording his third double-double of the season. He had three all of last year. Guerrier had the play of the game as he came down with an offensive rebound and finished through contact for a successful three-point play in the waning minutes of the game. That bucket put Syracuse up 51-48, and the Orange never looked back.
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3 takeaways from Syracuse's 62-56 win over Northeastern (DO; Emerman)
Syracuse struggled out of the gates but eventually pulled away Wednesday for a 62-56 win against Northeastern, a team it was favored to beat by 17.5 points.
Alan Griffin, who entered Wednesday afternoon’s contest — one that was scheduled only two days prior — averaging 18.4 points per game, was held scoreless. He and Buddy Boeheim struggled all game, combining for just two points on 16 shots. Forward Quincy Guerrier, meanwhile, bailed them out with 18 points and a career-high 16 rebounds.
Here are three takeaways from the tight win:
Defending champions Syracuse Orange
At halftime, with his team leading 32-31, head coach Jim Boeheim told team reporter Matt Park he thinks the team needed this dud of a performance as a “wake-up call.”
“Everybody thinks we won the national championship,” Boeheim told Park. “We beat a (BC) team that had a bad game. We came here and didn’t play the whole first half. It’s inexcusable.”
Griffin and Buddy were held to two points on 1-for-8 shooting in the first half. Buddy continued to struggle, missing his first six shots of the second half.
Boeheim broke out a full-court press to give his team a jolt in the second half, as SU remained sluggish. SU started the second half 1-for-11 (0-for-5 from 3), allowing a 10-4 Huskies run. Griffin threw away a pocket pass to Guerrier and missed a wide-open 3 after forcing a turnover in the press. This was all after Northeastern’s best player, Tyson Walker, left with an injury.
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Syracuse basketball sweats one out but survives against Northeastern - The Juice Online (the juice; Stechschulte)
Wednesday afternoon, Syracuse and Northeastern met in a game that had been scheduled two days earlier. The level of play often looked like both teams were actually enjoying a day off, but the Orange (5-1) pulled it together late for long enough to eke out a 62-56 home win.
SU was lousy overall on offense, but bailed out by Quincy Guerrier’s effort and some strong free throw shooting. Guerrier finished with his third double-double of the season, pulling down a career-high 16 rebounds, seven on the offensive glass, to go with 18 points. Joe Girard III drained all nine of his foul shots as part of the team’s 22-for-26 effort at the stripe, finishing with a game-high 21 points. Marek Dolezaj was the third Syracuse player in double digits, adding 14 points.
Outside of those three players, the Orange got nine points. The team collectively shot just 31.7 percent from the floor and Dolezaj, Girard, and Guerrier made all but one of the team’s field goals. Buddy Boeheim made his first shot of the day, then missed his next 11. Alan Griffin missed all four of his shots from the floor and ended up on the bench for the contest’s final 9:41.
At least SU was pretty effective on the defensive end of the floor. They wrung 21 turnovers out of the Huskies (1-2) and held them to 38.3 percent shooting on the day. Syracuse was particularly stingy in the second half, allowing Northeastern to make just one-third of their shots, including just 2-of-20 threes, and forced a dozen miscues.
After giving up the open basket of the day, the Huskies scored the next eight points to go in front. The Orange responded with 15 of the game’s next 20 points. Joe Girard III and Quincy Guerrier did most of the heavy lifting in that span. Girard had eight points, including a pair of triples, and tossed a long lob to Guerrier for a lay-in that accounted for two of his five points in the run. When that stretch ended, SU held a 17-13 lead just past the midpoint of the opening half.
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Late surge pushes Syracuse men's basketball past Northeastern 62-56 (thenewshouse.com; Barnes)
Syracuse created their own storm inside the Carrier Dome ahead of the incoming winter weather set to hit upstate New York, beating Northeastern 62-56. The rare matinee matchup was announced after their 101-63 win at Boston College last Saturday, their first conference game and win of the season.
Both teams struggled early in the first half, with Syracuse shooting two for seven on field goals and the Huskies barely surpassing that mark, making just three for seven early in the first half.
Buddy Boeheim – who passed his dad and coach Jim Boeheim on Syracuse’s all-time scoring list against BC – put up the first two points of the game on a quick jumper 38 seconds into the game. But the Huskies were quick to answer, sinking two of their own just over a minute later.
Although Northeastern pulled ahead early, making back-to-back three pointers, the game saw a lot of back-and-forth movement for the entire first half. The Huskies brought strong offense but couldn’t finish and Syracuse struggled to sink any three pointers, the Orange’s strongest offensive tactic so far this season.
The Orange went almost five minutes without a single successful three-point shot. Eventually, Joe Girard III made the team’s first three to bring the team within three at 4:14 of the first half.
Tied at 13 around the halfway point of the first 20, both teams had a lot of work to do and took every point they could. The neck-and-neck contest saw four ties each in the first half but with 6:09 left in the first, the Huskies held a 25-19 lead over the Orange. Syracuse didn’t score for two minutes until Quincy Guerrier sunk a jumper, bringing Cuse within four.
A space in scoring resulted from a missed jumper by Boeheim and a turnover by the Huskies but Girard’s steal ended with a layup that lifted Syracuse to a 31-30 lead. Northeastern was unable to capitalize on their field goal attempt, leaving Marek Dolezaj to grab two more for the Orange, taking a slight lead, 32-31, with 32 seconds left in the half.
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Vote for the Erie Canal Museum’s top gingerbread gallery bakers (PS; 4; ECM)
This year’s panel of judges recently completed scoring submissions in the 35th annual gingerbread gallery at the Erie Canal Museum in downtown Syracuse.
This year’s judges were Tykemia Carman of Crave Dessert Studio who’s been featured on Food Network’s “Christmas Cookie Challenge”, Rebecca Riley of Peace, Love and Cupcakes at 121 W. Fayette St., and Brandon Roth of CNYCentral. In all, 31 gingerbread submissions were judged on the basis of overall appeal, originality, difficulty and creative use of materials.
Top bakers in the Youth, Family/Group and Senior categories are honored with ribbons. Cash prizes go to the top three winners in the Confectioner category, and a special ribbon is awarded to the baker whose work is judged to best represent the Erie Canal.
Museum visitors may continue to vote for the People’s Choice winner through Dec. 27. The winner of this award will be announced at the end of December.
Here are this year’s top Gingerbread Gallery creations and their bakers:
Youth
First Place: Christmas on the Canal by Samuel Thomas Cosentino
Second Place: The Scary Place by Elizabeth Turton
Third Place: Christmas in the Caribbean by Alicia Snyder
Family/Group
First Place: Look Who’s on the Shelf by Family
Second Place: Chenango County Historical Society - Ward School No. 2 by Debi Pierce
Third Place: Row House Christmas by Kaylah
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