Articles by Wes Cheng

About Wes Cheng

Wes has worked for Rivals.com covering the New York Knicks, as well as for Scout.com covering Syracuse athletics. Wes has also been a contributing writer for the South China Morning Post (Hong Kong), for SportsNet New York (SNY) as a news desk writer covering all of New York professional sports, and reported on the NBA and MLB for the New York Sportscene. A native of Long Island, New York, Wes graduated from Syracuse University in 2005 with a degree in journalism. Contact him at wes[at]sujuiceonline.com.

Triche does it all as Syracuse advances

March 10, 2011 Wes Cheng

Triche was at the center of the charge, as he had 22 points, six rebounds and five assists.

Melo, Triche lead Syracuse over St. John’s

March 10, 2011 Wes Cheng

Melo scored a career-high 12 points, including several clutch baskets in the finals minutes, as No. 11 Syracuse advanced to the semifinals of the Big East tournament by defeating No. 18 St. John’s, 79-73. The Orange has now won six straight games dating back to a Feb. 14 win over West Virginia.

Scouting the Red Storm

March 10, 2011 Wes Cheng

The No. 11 and fourth-seeded Orange will play No. 17 and fifth-seeded Red Storm in the quarterfinals of the Big East championship. St. John’s has making its first quarterfinals appearance since 2003.

Amid controversy, St. John’s knocks off Rutgers

March 9, 2011 Wes Cheng

Dwight Hardy had 17 points as No. 5 seed St. John’s advanced with a 65-63 win over No. 13 seed Rutgers. The Red Storm will advance to the Big East quarterfinals for the first time since 2003 where it will face No. 4 seed Syracuse.

Rutgers tops Seton Hall, will face St. John’s

March 8, 2011 Wes Cheng

For the first time since 2006, Rutgers will be advancing in the Big East tournament. Jonathan Mitchell scored 17 points and made several critical free throws in overtime as Rutgers defeated Seton Hall 76-70 in the 12/13 matchup.

Syracuse’s bench providing quality minutes

March 8, 2011 Wes Cheng

Syracuse’s bench was so good in Saturday’s 107-59 blowout against DePaul that the reserves scored 55 points, nearly as many as the entire Blue Demons team combined.

Jackson finishes career at Carrier Dome

March 7, 2011 Wes Cheng

In Saturday’s 107-59 win over DePaul, Jackson played just 27 minutes, yet managed to end up with 14 points, seven rebounds and four blocks, while shooting 7-for-10 from the field.

Week in review (3/6): Big East awards

March 6, 2011 Wes Cheng

With the Big East Player of the Year and the rest of the Big East awards to come out today, I figured this would be a good time to give out my conference awards.

Orange clinches double-bye, downs DePaul

March 5, 2011 Wes Cheng

After DePaul (7-23, 1-17 Big East) scored the first points of the game, the No. 12 Orange (25-6, 12-6) went on an 11-0 run and never looked back as Syracuse notched a 107-59 victory in the final game of the regular season.

Scouting the Blue Demons

March 4, 2011 Wes Cheng

This section would normally be filled with information about freshman forward Cleveland Melvin, who leads DePaul in scoring at 14.3 points per game on 52 percent shooting. But he will be out for the rest of the year after he sprained his left thumb in a 76-51 loss to St. John’s on Feb. 23.