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.
Sloppy 83-77 win for Syracuse. The Orange looked good on offense and built a double-digit lead each half, but once they built that lead, Iona responded quickly.
After losing his first three games at Iona, the Gaels have reeled off seven straight victories, including their most recent 87-66 trouncing of Fordam on Dec. 11. They will head into the Carrier Dome on Saturday for their first meeting with the Orange (10-0) since 1998.
The Orange (7-5) will play in the first ever Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium against Kansas State on Dec. 30, the first time a postseason football game as been played there since the 1962 Gotham Bowl.
For one game, Triche was back to the player he was in his freshman year, when he hit 40 percent of his 3-pointers. Triche scored 14 points, including 3-for-5 from downtown, helping the Orange to a 100-43 win.
The relatively easy next few games will afford Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim to open up his bench and assess who will be in the rotation come conference play. Southerland hopes he can be one of those players.
Rick Jackson scored 18 points and collected 10 rebounds, and Dion Waiters scored a career high 17 points as No. 8 Syracuse (10-0) completely dominated Colgate (0-8) 100-43.
That was about as dominant as Syracuse could’ve looked. I was a little worried that Syracuse would have somewhat of a let down after a tough victory over Michigan State, but it was obvious from the beginning that it wasn’t going to be much of a game.