Even though The Karate Kid can be found on TV on any given channel 24 hours a day, I was working the remote the other night and found myself sucked into it once again.
As any frequent viewer of this movie knows, one of the lessons Mr.Miyagi found several ways to stress to Daniel LaRusso in the movie was about balance.
"Better learn balance. Balance is key. Balance good, karate good. Everything good. Balance bad, better pack up, go home. Understand?"
The Syracuse University men's basketball team finally found some balance in a 69-61 win over Boston College at the Carrier Dome Tuesday night.
Syracuse found the right time for its starting five of Rakeem Christmas, Kaleb Joseph, Trevor Cooney, Michael Gbinije and Tyler Roberson to all score in double figures for the first time this season.
Christmas, Syracuse's "rock", found himself in foul trouble and was limited to 23 minutes, but still managed to drop in 12 points.
Gbinije and Cooney needed to bounce back from tough games at Clemson on Saturday and both responded with big scoring nights.
Joseph only took seven shots, but was granted 11 shots at the foul line and cashed in nine of them.
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