Basketball
Orange Watch: Talent spigot for Syracuse basketball gushing at full blast
With the Syracuse coach now settling into his eight man rotation which loses two scholarship players and perhaps one to two others after the season, there’s the three talented freshmen who’s minutes have come almost exclusively in non-spotlighted games so far, and a fourth, big man Chinonso Obokoh, who’s likely to officially redshirt this season.
Syracuse Orange hold off St. John’s Red Storm
Thanks to taking a 12-point lead in the first half, then finishing the game on a 10-3 run, #2 Syracuse survived a strong second half performance by St. John’s and pulled out a 68-63 win Sunday afternoon at Madison Square Garden in New York. The win pushed the Orange to a 10-0 start on the season and also gave head coach Jim Boeheim his 75th career win in the Garden.
Instant Juice: Syracuse 68, St. John’s 63
Freshman Tyler Ennis, who had just taken an ill-advised 3 (which missed) and a silly transition foul, came back with a pair of free throws and layup, which put Syracuse back on top. On the ensuing Syracuse possession, CJ Fair hit a baseline jumper to put SU back up 4 with 3:00 left, and they would not relinquish for the rest of the game.