Senior Rakeem Christmas scored 14 points and became the 59th player in school history to record 1,000 career points in Syracuse's 65-60 victory at No. 9/8 Notre Dame. Christmas also pulled down 12 rebounds for his 11th double-double of the season...
When the Syracuse University men's basketball team's self-imposed ban from the 2015 postseason was announced, the expression "play for pride" was used often.
Play 'for' pride? No, you got it wrong.
Syracuse's 65-60 win over Notre Dame was further proof of how this Syracuse team playswith pride ...and guts, grit, heart, toughness and any other blue-collar descriptions you want to throw in there.
Syracuse beat the No.9 team in the country Tuesday night with their best player on the bench for the last five minutes, a rarely-used bench player putting up a career-high and a guard with a bad back and a shooting slump silencing the critics (including this one) playing with some 'onions' in the second half.
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