SWC75
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- Welcome to Syracuse basketball 2018. We are mediocre on offense and good on defense. We won’t blow anybody out but we won’t be blown out. We’ll win some. We’ll lose some. We’re in. We’re out. We’re in again.
- A road ACC win over a team that was recently in the Top 25 should help. I guess we got back the “quadrant 1” game we lost when Buffalo slipped a bit.
- Oshae Brissett is evolving into quite a force. After a career high 25 against NC State he had 16 points and 12 rebounds in this game. He might be our best player at this point.
- Frank Howard had one of his best games, brushing aside the pesky Chris Lykes, (he’s hard for an opposing point guard to like), for 18 points, 6 assists and one turnover. Frank had the floater working in this one.
- And Marek Dolezaj got his 12 foot jumper working, hitting three of them to help preserve the lead. He had his usual excellent floor game including a brilliant no-look behind the back pass to Brissett for a lay-up in a crowd. He also hit the free throws that made it a multi-possession game in the last minute.
- Tyus Battle was getting double teamed and no calls but he managed to make a huge three and a couple of key free throws down the stretch. He scored 6 of our last 8 points.
- But our defense won it, holding Miami to 34% shooting including 22.6% from the arc. We also had 7 blocks and 28 defensive rebounds, although we missed a couple we should have had.
18-9 (7-7) with 6+ to go
LET’S GO ORANGE!
- A road ACC win over a team that was recently in the Top 25 should help. I guess we got back the “quadrant 1” game we lost when Buffalo slipped a bit.
- Oshae Brissett is evolving into quite a force. After a career high 25 against NC State he had 16 points and 12 rebounds in this game. He might be our best player at this point.
- Frank Howard had one of his best games, brushing aside the pesky Chris Lykes, (he’s hard for an opposing point guard to like), for 18 points, 6 assists and one turnover. Frank had the floater working in this one.
- And Marek Dolezaj got his 12 foot jumper working, hitting three of them to help preserve the lead. He had his usual excellent floor game including a brilliant no-look behind the back pass to Brissett for a lay-up in a crowd. He also hit the free throws that made it a multi-possession game in the last minute.
- Tyus Battle was getting double teamed and no calls but he managed to make a huge three and a couple of key free throws down the stretch. He scored 6 of our last 8 points.
- But our defense won it, holding Miami to 34% shooting including 22.6% from the arc. We also had 7 blocks and 28 defensive rebounds, although we missed a couple we should have had.
18-9 (7-7) with 6+ to go
LET’S GO ORANGE!