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Cuse puts it in cruise control – advances 59 – 44
Compliments of the AP
The Orange came out strong from the get go and ran off to a relatively easy 59 – 44 win over the Lumberjacks of Stephen F Austin. The Cuse was just too good athletically against the smaller Lumberjacks. The tone was set on the opening possessions of each half. Rick Jackson and Arinze Onuaku had emphatic blocks that epitomized the athletic disparity between the two teams.
SFA’s two main cogs, Josh Alexander and Matt Kingsley combined for 10 points. The Lumberjacks were content to chuck up 21 3 pointers, hitting just two. The game was never in doubt.
But it wasn’t all sunshine and happiness out there. The Cuse committed an atrocious 21 turnovers, mainly by trying to make the trivial look superlative. There was too many one on 4 forays by Jonny Flynn and Eric Devendorf. Also the Orange managed to hit just 2 of its 16 three point attempts. Andy Rautins looked like he left his legs at MSG coming up short on all of his 6 three attempts and all of them of the wide open variety.
The good news is that the team was able to cruise without having to play Kristof Ongenaet who came down with flu like symptoms before the game. Hopefully this doesn’t spread across the team.
Syracuse plays the winner of Temple and Arizona St on Sunday.
