Jim Stechschulte, Author at The Juice Online

Syracuse season mercifully comes to end with loss against NC State

March 7, 2015 Jim Stechschulte

One day after the NCAA blasted the Orange basketball program with one of the strongest penalties in intercollegiate athletics history, the Wolfpack routed SU, 71-57, in the regular season finale between the two teams.

Syracuse forward Michael Gbinije should be All-ACC Third Team

March 5, 2015 Jim Stechschulte

Michael Gbinije has evolved into an all-purpose player who is simply one of the best in the ACC and should be named to one of the all-conference teams.

For Syracuse, a quick start but a bad ending against Virginia

March 3, 2015 Jim Stechschulte

Anthony Gill paced Virginia with 17 points and nine rebounds. Malcolm Brogdon, London Perrantes, and Mike Tobey each chipped in ten points.

Sputtering offense dooms Syracuse in blowout loss to Duke

March 1, 2015 Jim Stechschulte

In Saturday night’s game at Duke, Syracuse showed how a basketball game gets out of control.

Syracuse defense forces Notre Dame to shoot poorly in upset

February 25, 2015 Jim Stechschulte

B.J. Johnson scored 19 points, Rakeem Christmas added 14 despite being in foul trouble and Syracuse held ninth-ranked Notre Dame to 35 percent shooting in a 65-60 victory Tuesday night.

Syracuse rally falls short against Pittsburgh with Cooney, Roberson injured

February 21, 2015 Jim Stechschulte

With Trevor Cooney limited by back stiffness and Tyler Roberson looking like he went at least eight rounds following an accidental elbow to the head, Syracuse once again just did not have enough to win a game.

Syracuse rallies to vanquish Louisville as Christmas scores 29

February 19, 2015 Jim Stechschulte

Wednesday night, Syracuse posted a 25-12 finishing kick over the game’s final ten minutes as they defeated #12 Louisville at the Carrier Dome, 69-59.

Duke shrugs off slow start, pulls away from Syracuse 80-72

February 15, 2015 Jim Stechschulte

Jahlil Okafor had 23 points and 13 rebounds for his ninth double-double of the season, outplaying Syracuse big man Rakeem Christmas as No. 4 Duke beat the Orange 80-72 on Saturday night.

Syracuse Basketball: Do free throws matter? No, not really

February 13, 2015 Jim Stechschulte

I understand free throws have value in basketball. A made free throw is worth a point and points are used to determine the winner of a basketball game, specifically that the team that scores the most points is the winning team.

Syracuse uses late run to power past Boston College

February 12, 2015 Jim Stechschulte

Michael Gbinije scored 21 points and grabbed seven rebounds, Trevor Cooney had 15 points and Syracuse pulled away for a 70-56 victory over Boston College on Wednesday night.