SWC75
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- This was basically the Central Connecticut game all over again, except it was a Big East game. Rutgers had a good perimeter game, (Carter has amazing range), but nothing inside and as soon as we figured that our and extended the zone, they stopped scoring. We missed a lot of shots in the paint early. But then we hit some outside shots and we started making them inside. We also got some steals and got the transition game going.
The result was a 21-0 run to end the half, (which became a 24-0 run when MCW hit a trey to open the second half) An 18-20 deficit turned into a 42-20 lead and the game basically over.
- Brandon Triche had his best game of the year, scoring 25 points on 8 for 11 shooting, 5 for 7 from the arc and 4 for 4 from the line. He also had 6 assists from passes that opened up because he was making shots. It’s no accident that his slump coincided with the team’s slump and that we broke out of the slump when he did. MCW may be the team’s best player but this is the guy that puts us over the top.
- MCW had 12 points and 10 assists. Wash, rinse, repeat.
- CJ Fair continued his run of solid games with 15 points and even had a couple of assists on his event horizon.
- We had only 9 turnovers, a rare single digit performance this year. Last season, (with the under-appreciated Scoop Jardine at the point), we averaged 10.5 turnovers a game. This year, though the easy part of the schedule, we averaged 14.2. MCW is basketball’s Brett Favre. He maketh great plays but he throweth the ball away.
- Jerami’s Grant late-game block, trialing a fast break and reaching over the shooter to gather the ball in, (it was really more of a steal), was highlight film stuff. Even by the standards of Syracuse big men, this guy is exceptionally long and athletic- and worth the price of admission.
13-1 and seventeen to be done! (and then some!)
LET’S GO ORANGE!!!
The result was a 21-0 run to end the half, (which became a 24-0 run when MCW hit a trey to open the second half) An 18-20 deficit turned into a 42-20 lead and the game basically over.
- Brandon Triche had his best game of the year, scoring 25 points on 8 for 11 shooting, 5 for 7 from the arc and 4 for 4 from the line. He also had 6 assists from passes that opened up because he was making shots. It’s no accident that his slump coincided with the team’s slump and that we broke out of the slump when he did. MCW may be the team’s best player but this is the guy that puts us over the top.
- MCW had 12 points and 10 assists. Wash, rinse, repeat.
- CJ Fair continued his run of solid games with 15 points and even had a couple of assists on his event horizon.
- We had only 9 turnovers, a rare single digit performance this year. Last season, (with the under-appreciated Scoop Jardine at the point), we averaged 10.5 turnovers a game. This year, though the easy part of the schedule, we averaged 14.2. MCW is basketball’s Brett Favre. He maketh great plays but he throweth the ball away.
- Jerami’s Grant late-game block, trialing a fast break and reaching over the shooter to gather the ball in, (it was really more of a steal), was highlight film stuff. Even by the standards of Syracuse big men, this guy is exceptionally long and athletic- and worth the price of admission.
13-1 and seventeen to be done! (and then some!)
LET’S GO ORANGE!!!
