I’ve been waiting to give Cooney a good grade. Finally, the shots were falling, and he even had a nice dunk for conventional 3-point play toward the end of the second half for 11 points.
Michael Carter-Williams filled the stat sheet with 11 points, 11 assists, seven rebounds and three steals, as No. 4 Syracuse cruised to an 84-48 victory over Eastern Michigan on Monday.
Karl Towns will announce his college choice Tuesday at 10 a.m. at St. Joe’s-Metuchen High School and all signs point to him selecting Kentucky, multiple sources close to the recruitment told SNY.tv Monday.
Multiple scouts were on-hand for Michael Carter-Williams’ double-double. He not only showed how he could score, but he showed how he could effectively pass the rock.
Syracuse employed a devastating full court press that changed the dynamic of the game—and the lead—in a 84-48 win over Eastern Michigan on Monday night.
Syracuse missed 9 of its first 11 shots to start and trailed 10-3 with 14:59 in the first half. SU head coach Jim Boeheim switched the Orange into a full court press, and Syracuse closed the half on a 32-5 run, and led 35-17 at intermission.
The Orange will play only one preseason ranked opponent in its non-conference schedule, and will leave New York for only two games. But does that mean Syracuse is playing a weak non-conference schedule?