SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9,2001 ;;A HOLLOW VICTORY The Post-Standard tephan Eberharter (left) of Austria won f Saturday's World Cup season-opening race at Val D'Isere, France, but the event was marred by a high-speed crash involving i^ilvano Beltrametti of Switzerland. ^Beltrametti, 22, was permanently paralyzed fwhen he lost control on the icy course and SPORTS ^suffered a fractured spine Labor strife again looms on baseball's horizon STORY, PAGE C-3 Crunch stops skid with 6-0 win over Phantoms HIS Irish Crouch corrals Heisman In o close vote, Nebraska Crouch won the award Satur- ultimate individual pnze, Crouch eyes on quarterback becomes the day night, beating out Florida edged Grossman by 62 points, quarterback Rex Grossman. 770-708. Dorsey was next with third Cornhusker to win. Crouch, a 6-foot-1, 200-pound 638 points and Harrington had The Associated Press senior from Omaha, Neb., ran for 364 points in the balloting. The O'Leary 1,115 yards and 18 touchdowns, winning point total was the New York — Eric Crouch al- passed for 1,510 yards and seven smallest since Oregon State's Notre Dame reportedly most quit the team, now the Ne- scores and even caught a 63-yard Terry Baker won in 1962. braska quarterback is the Heis- touchdown pass in a big win over makes offer to former SI) man Trophy winner in one of the The Heisman ceremony was Oklahoma. He's one of only held at a midtown hotel, the first assistant and Liverpool coach. most unpredictable races in the three major college quarterbacks history of the award. time it's been away from the The Associated Press to run for 3,000 yards and pass Downtown Athletic Club. The Crouch, who briefly left the for 4,000 yards hi a career. George O'Leary might be team three years ago when he club was damaged in the Sept. 11 Grossman was second, with terrorist attacks. close to becoming the next foot- lost the starting job* capped a Miami quarterback Ken Dorsey ball coach at Notre Dame. sensational career by keeping the third and Oregon quarterback The closest Heisman vote was New England Cable News re- Huskers in the national title race Joey Harrington fourth in the Bo Jackson's 45-point victory ported Saturday night that Notre all season. A 62-36 loss to Colo- fourth-closest race in the Heis- over Chuck Long in 1985. Other Dame offered the job to the rado two weeks ago ended Ne- man's 67-year history. than the first Heisman, when The Associated Press Georgia Tech coach and hoped to braska's run at a perfect season. TJJ winning college football's CROUCH, PAGE C-9 NEBRASKA QB EricCrouch poses with the Heisman Trophy. make an announcement within 48 hours. Notre Dame athletic di- rector Kevin White was not available for comment. "We've stuck to this all week. Knicks Regardless of what comments people have made, Kevin said we won't .confirm, deny or discuss any of them. The next time there is something official from him is need a when we are ready to announce a coach," John Heisler, Notre SU fizzles Dame's associate athletic direc- tor, told The Associated Press. in all phases coach On Friday, Oregon coach Mike, Bellotti said he met with Jeff Von Gundy suddenly White but was not interested in of 82-68 loss the job. quits in the middle of his " Oklahoma's Bob Stoops and to N.C. State seventh season in New York. NFL coaches Jon Gmden of By Mike Waters The Associated Press Oakland and Steve Mariucci of Staff writer San Francisco also have said they Jeff Van Gundy resigned un- are riot candidates for the posi- This one might "have put Jim expectedly as head coach of the tion, which opened up Sunday Boeheim back in.the hospital. New York Knicks on Saturday, when Bob Davie was fired. Notre The Syracuse' Orangemen, saying he had lost his focus and Dame also reportedly received playing their second straight thought about quitting since the permission to meet with Stanford game wirnourathek coach; fell summer. coach Tyrone Willingham. " -", apart in an 8^1|Jo|sAt<^Noifti The stunning O'Leary is 52-33 in seven sea- Carolina State m^^front of decision came son at Georgia Tech, including a 20,150 fans-at trie 'Carrier as the Knicks 7-5 mark this year. The Yellow Dome Saturday night. were playing Jackets will play Stanford in the Syracuse' s^ .iheir.^best. .bas- Seattle Bowl. - .complete and^-t^ ketball of the O'Leary was an assistant ^defense, phy'sjfcaT"and menial. season, win- coach at Syracuse University The Orangemen'loo'ked in dis'-' ning five of six from 1980-86, working withJhe array on offense, committed 17' games to get Orangemen's defensive line costly turnovers and allowed' above .500 Van Gundy throughout his tenure. ' the Wolfpack/to shoot 53.8" after a poor start. From 1977-79, O'Leary was , percentfrom the field. head coach at Liverpool High '-"' Beriiie 'Fine',' Boeheim's Van Gundy was in his sev- School. longtime assistant who has enth season with New York, the •filled in as Boeheim underwent longest tenure by a Knicks head surgery on his prostate earlier coach since Red Holtzman -this week, expressed dissatis- guided the team for 10 seasons 'faction with - Syracuse's per- beginning in 1968. NFL exec •formance as much as he did "In my heart I knew what was the team's first loss of the sea- right, but it was still a difficult son. decision to come to," Van Young . "I'm embarrassed and I'll Gundy said at the Knicks' prac- take the blame for this because tice facility. .Coach Boeheim does not teach COACH, PAGE C-10 dead at 71 to play1 basketball like this. Former New York Giants ' That's not a Syracuse team the way we played. We did not do Knkfcs under Yon Gundy general manager returned the a good job. franchise to glory. "I wouldn't be-this upset if Jeff Van Gundy was in his seventh i we came and played Syracuse season with the New York Knicks The Associated Press when announced his resignation. i basketball and lost the game," • George Young, who turned the He took over as head coach Fine said. "That's not what we during the 1995-96 season after floundering New York Giants did tonight.'' Don Nelson was fired. into a two-time Super Bowl win- Syracuse (9-1) suffered its Van Gundy, 39, took the Knicks to ter and was one of the NFL's top first home loss to an unranked, the playoffs in each of his first six executives for more than two non-conference foe since a seasons, including a trip to the decades, died Saturday night 61-55 loss to Ohio on Dec. 4, 1999 NBA Finals and two trips to 'after a short illness. He was 71. 1998. North Carolina State the Eastern Conference finals. Stephen D Cannerelli/Staff photographer Young left the Giants after 19 (7-2) earned the second road He leaves as the third-winmngest DESHAUN WILLIAMS of Syracuse shoots over North Carolina State's Josh Powell (33) during coach in team history with a years following the 1997 season OFFlNSS,M«C-8 Saturday's non-conference game at the Carrier Dome. and became the NFL's executive record of 248-172, including 10-9 vice-president for football opera- this season. tions. He died in Baltimore, where he was born and where he began his NFL career in 1969 with the then-Baltimore Colts after teaching history and coach- Olympic hopeful begins with modest goals ing high school football. "He was in essence a teacher, Fulton native Maureen Hangac focused," said her mom, Kathie. country and tapering for the trials, It's no wonder, then, that when she looks forward to finishing the both in the history class and in eyes spot on U.S. women's football who helped people at all the nation's top 23 women short- season with a flourish. levels," said commissioner Paul snort-track speedskatmg team. track speedskaters gather Friday in "I just want to make the top 16 Salt Lake City to determine the and then after thflt, T think it'll he Tagiiabue, who spent Thursday By Donna Ditola and Friday with Young. Staff writer makeup of this year's Olympic more fun for me," she said. "Just to team, Maureen Hangac will be have the racing opportunity and the "No one cared more about the he was always the plucky sort. among the aspirants. Now 19, she experience of doing that — there's game of football than George When her mother dropped her has been training at the Saratoga not many people who get to do it." Young. He loved it and lived it Soff at kindergarten amid the Winter Club under the watchful eyes Hangac's been speedskating since for his entire life." frantic children who clutched their of Pat Maxwell, the longtime United she was 7. Her family would drive mom's legs and wailed at the States national coach and 1992 to Syracuse a couple times a week Index | impending separation, little Mau- Olympic coach. to skate at Sunnycrest reen simply waved her hand and dis- Hangac has set modest goals for UflTMfM-n C-2 missed her mom with an insouciant the trials, which will produce six CoHigebosVetUl'. C-6,C-7,C-8 "OK, see ya later." Olympic team members. She wants C-9 When she was 14 and had fin- to make the first-day cut of 16, after NgnsuMOis. ished her first summer at Lake which almost anything can happen. Hotkey Ic-iic-is Placid working out at the Olympic Her discipline, the short-track, None raring., C-14 Training Center, she phoned her par- resembles roller derby on ice, which ents in Fulton and begged them to means the slightest bobble or an •Fi.ru _.G4,C-5 let her stay the rest of the year. At all-out crash can eliminate the ... Ml age 17, after living in Lake Placid best skaters. Olympics — without parental supervision for Ovnoors . She is coming off a persona] nearly three years, she moved again, best time at the Junior World Photo courtesy of Maureen Hangac SCOTeboord. .C-14 this time to Saratoga Springs, to ... C-3 Team Trials in Milwaukee, FULTON NATIVE Maureen Hangac is work with another coach at another where last month she finished one of 23 women competing in the short track C-16 renowned program. seventh. She is healthy. And after a speedskating comeptition Friday at Salt Lake City to "She's always been very whirlwind fall spent traveling the determing the makeup of this year's U.S. Olympic team. Start Ctrik, sports editor 470-6053 PAGE C-8 THE POST-STANDARD Sunday, December 9, 2001 COLLEGE BASKETBALL

JUi»the Bronx also indicated that he felt State man scored 23 of his career-high Anthony Gmndy first discov- players grabbed Shumpert 32 points in the first half to lead eied Hodge's version of face throughout the game. While Clif- Le Moyne to an 82-65 victory guarding an opponent when ford "Crawford split duty with over Saint Michael's on Saturday Hodge pulled a headband over Hodge on Shumpert, Hodge is- at Ross Sports Center in Col- Giundy's eyes in a summer pick- sued his self-proclaimed "Magic chester, Vt. up game. The victory was the first for "That's his tnck." Grudy said Johnson smile" when talking about his defensive tactics came Stephen D Cannerelli/ Staff photographer the Dolphins at the Ross Sports with a laugh "He ines to blind SU'S KUETH DUANY looks down the court after turning the ball over during Saturday's Center since 1985. your sight." up "Whether you're grabbing on game against North Carolina State at the Carrier Dome. The Dolphins (5-2, 3-2 North- As Preston Shumpert found east-10 Conference) have won out in No 9 Syiacuse's 82-68 to a guy's jersey or poking a guy in the stomach," Hodge said. three consecutive league games loss to N C Suite on Saturday for the first time in three seasons. night, when Hodge face guards "You give him a little something Coleman made 12-of-21 shots somebody, he Jueially tries to so he can't focus on his shot " from the field and 6-of-10 from touch then eyeballs. Hodge said a Shumpert elbow Hodge not only blinded Shum- to his lace early in the game real- 3-point range. He rallied Le Moyne from a pen's sight, he also made him ly got him motivated. 1 lose his cool duimg a critical se- ''He gave me a couple of 13-point deficit in the first half: quence that sealed unranked cheap shots," Hodge said with a He scored 23 first-half points on State's upset While Shumpert lit shrug OFFENSE, FROM PAGE C-1 'We lost the game tonight 8-of-ll shooting from the floor up the Wolfpack lor 29 points, Hodge played just 22 minutes, win over a ranked opponent in coach Herb because we were not patient and 5-of-7 from 3-point range. Hodge slowed Shumpert with his however, as two early fouls Sendek's four-plus years. The Wolfpack beat The Dolphins led 40-36 at the' face-guarding, grabbing and limited him to seven first-half then-No. 1 North Carolina 86-72 on Feb. 21, on offense. We did not run end of the first half. pmdding in a key 11-4 run late in minutes. He finished with 12 1998. our offense." The Dolphins shot 52,6 per- the second hall points, seven on free throws, but Syracuse fans came to the Carrier Dome cent from the floor; trie Purple ended up with the last laugh. looking for payback for losing standout recruit Bernie Fine Knights, 28 8 percent. Shumpen stiongly denied that SU acting head coach Hodge rattled him, saying he's After the game, State head Julius Hodge to North Carolina State a year Coleman was one of four Dol- "too old foi that" and he coach Herb Sendek beamed. ago. phins in double figures'. Flagari "smoked his (postenoi)" the en- While Hodge hasn't wowed any- Instead, it was the Wolfpack that got its ic- North Carolina State senior Anthony Grun- Pnnce scored 14 points, Jamie dy led the Wolfpack with 26 points on Inegame one so far this season, Sendek venge. The victory made up for a heart- McArdle had 13 and Rob Thorpe Hodge, who nearly chose the said he's coming alongjust fine wrenching 54-53 loss to Syracuse in Raleigh 10-for-16 shooting. The Wolfpack placed three (ShernhYVVS) scored 11 points. other players in double-figures Josh Powell Oianaemen ovei N C Slate in a •'They'ie so heralded and last season in which the Wolfpack squandeied McArdle led the way on the glasS heated leciuitmg battle, disa- there's so many expectations, an U-point, second-half lead. scored 14, while Hodge and Clifford Crawford with six rebounds. , • - each added 12. Le Moyne was outrebounded greed that when guy plays pretty good There would be no miracle comeback for the Hodge found irony in the fact (it's not enough) because we're North Carolina Slate led the entire first half, 48-37. Orangemen this time but clung to a narrow 35-33 advantage at the that 20.150 people in the Carrier expecting Superman in a cape," Fine focused on Syracuse's lack of offensive Colgate 76, Harvard 64: At Dome came to rattle him. and he Sendek said. "People want more. break after a late run by the Orangemen. Boston, Tim Sullivan scpred 18 cohesion and execution. Preston Shumpert and Syracuse took its first lead of the game just ended up throwing a senior All- It's unrealistic. He's been thrust DeShaun Williams combined for 49 of SU's points and handed out five! assist? Amencan off his game into a pi eminent role and he's re- over a minute into the second half on a Wil- for the Raiders. While their opinions varied, 69 points and 36 of the team's 57 field goal at- liams 3-pointer for a 38-37 edge. State prompt- sponded great." tempts. Shumpert scored 29 points on Former Bishop Ludden star the tension between the two be- ly went on a 9-0 run with Grundy scoring Pat Campoheta added 15 'points'; came most obvious late in the 10-for-20 shooting, but Williams struggled. seven points. The Wolfpack led 46-38 with The junior guard made just six out of 16 shots and a game high eight rebounds, second half. 16:31 remaining while Dave Hardy had 12 'points Aftei a Hodge fastbreak layup and finished with 20 points. Williams also Syracuse came back again. Shumpert turned the ball over five times and Martin Marek 10 for the gave Stale a 66-59 lead with 4 slipped underneath the basket for a lay-in, then Raiders (5-2). \ < '"DeShaun thought he was on a playground minutes. 57 seconds remaining, dropped in a baseline jumper to make it 46-42 Patrick Harvey paced Harvaid. and nol playing for Syracuse," Fine said. Hodge's unique version of face- A few minutes later, Shumpert's bank-shot (4-3) with 17 points, including guaidmg — fingers to forehead Syracuse's offense was weighted too much brought SU to within 48-46 with 13:02 left. three 3-pomters. Andrew Gellert — ioiced Shumpert to jack up an toward Shumpert and WilJiams Syracuse's North Carolina State stood strong, though, added 11 points 1 -' ' airball. next highest scorer was reserve center Jeremy scoring the game's next rune points for a 57-46 The Raiders built a 30-17, lead After the shot. Shumpert McNeil, whose six points were two shy of Ins lead with 9-47 left. with 7:07 Ml in the first half on turned to refeiee Tim Higgins career high. "We started out the game, we ran our off- a Sullivan 3-pointer. ' and yelled. "Ref." with his "There's too much one-on-one," Fine said. ense," Fine said. "Then we started going one- Harvey's 3-point shot |with • hands in the air Before the ensu- "We have two guys taking an awful lot of on-one. We settled down for the last four min- 4.51 on the fust-half clock' ing inbounds play, Shumpert shots and then we're not getting on the boards utes of the first half and we cut the lead from started an 8-2 Harvard runl that. neaily knocked over diminutive Preston and DeShaun are going lo take most of 10 or 11 down to two. We discussed it at half- saw the Crimson close the gap to > State guard Archie Miller with a the shots each game, but we've got to have bet- time and I tried lo make a point of the fact that 36-29 at intermission. > • body check. Then, Shumpert ter balance. We've got to have somebody else you play together, you make them defend you Harvard trimmed the lead to rushed over to Hodge and deliv- step up." and we got good looks. We come out and we 40-35 on Tim Coleman's layup* ered a frustration foul before That somebody has usually been Kueth do it a few times, then we get careless and we at 17:27 of the second half. State even inbounded the ball. Duany until Saturday. In SU's first nine start going one-on-one again, not running what But Camploheta's jumper'at- "I just felt like hitting some- games, Duany averaged 14.9 points per game. we're running." 16:58 set the Raiders on a 13-4 body," Shumpert said. "I wasn't In the loss to N.C. State, Duany, who was in The Wolfpack shot 60.7 percent (17-for-28) run gave them a 53-39 lead. , really mad. I just felt like fouling foul trouble much of the night, took just two in the second half to hold off Syracuse, while Lafayette 73, Cornell 44: Alt somebody. I knew it was over so shots, missed both and failed to score until hit- the Orangemen just kept shooting themselves I wasn't really worried about it." Easlon, Pa., Rob Dill had a ca-' ting two free throws with 11.9 seconds left in in the foot. reer-high 15 points and 11 re- i While Hodge hit one of his the game. two tree throws to put State up ' 'We lost the game tonight because we were bounds to lead Lafayette to a yic- 67-59, Shumpert stood at half- "I just didn't get into the flow of the not patient on offense," Fine said. "We did tory. •,-_, not run our offense. court lobbying with referee Ed Stephen D Cannerelli / Staff photographer game," Duany said. "The fouls had nothing to Cornell was led by Cody Top- Corbett. Shumpert pointed to his NORTH CAROLINA STATE'S do with it." "They were patient. We weren't." pert, who scored 12 points, and. eyes during the conversation, in- Julius Hodge walks off the Eric Taylor, who had] seven- timating to Corbetl that he didn't Carrier Dome floor in triumph along with a career-high! 10 re-, appreciate Hodge's idea of face- after the Wolfpack handed SU bounds. 'i • guarding. its first loss of the season. Women's games ; ','„'. Hkiess slows SU's Forth Le Moyne 60, Saint Mi; NORTH CAROLINA STATE (82) (7-2) chael's 57: At Colcheste>, Vt.,,, fg 3pt fto-r«b pf a to bk spts sophomore Jennifer Feher iscored* By Mike Waters 1 Julius Hodge 22 2-4 1-2 7-10 0-0 4 1 1 1 1 12 to their recent prolific recruiting plea to Hodge at last year's Pitts- 13 of her team-high 15 points'in' and Pete Thamel the second half to lead Le MoyneJ Marcus Melvin 33 2-3 1-2 0-0 0-2 1 4 4 1 0 5 Staff writers run. burgh football game, which read, "Fab 4 needs 1 one more." over Saint Michael's in a North-1' Josh Powell 35 7-9 0-0 0-0 2-9 2 0 1 1 0 14 Two high school freshmen and Syracuse freshman Craig Forth When Hodge spumed the Or- east-10 Conference game. ' , Anthony Grundy 33 10-16 1-4 5-5 2-4 2 5 4 0 4 26 complained at the team's dinner a sophomore visited the Orange- men on Saturday night. angemen, SU ended up with for- The Dolphins (5-2, 3-2 ftforth- Archie Miller 27 2-7 1-6 3-4 0-2 2 1 1 0 2 8 prior to Saturday's game against ward Hakim Warrick, who's easl-10) snapped a two-game los^_ Mian Evtimov 8 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 1 0 North Carolina State that he fell The two freshmen are the two started eight games for the Or- ing streak. Saint Michael's is"-^ Levi Watkins 9 1-3 1-2 0-0 1-2 2 1 1 0 0 3 poorly. most highly regarded young angemen this season and showed 2-6,0-6. : I *' players in Canada." Canadian Junior forward Missey Dugm" Scooter Sherrill 9 0-2 0-2 2-2 0-1 0 0 0 0 1 2 Forth, a 7-toot center, played a boundless potential. AAU kingpin Ro Russell brought hit a turnaround jumper in jlne!, Clifford Crawford 20 4-6 2-2 2-5 0-1 2 1 1 0 1 12 season-low 11 minutes in Syra- Others read "Julius Who?" cuse's 82-68 loss to the Wolf- down 6-foot-9 forward Theo and "Ball HodGe." lane with 31 seconds remaining^ Jordan Collins 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-3102000 Davis and 6-foot-4 shooting pack. He scored four points, but to give Le Moyne a 58-57 lead. r guard Nathan Skinner. Hodge said he saw the signs, Team 2-10 had zero rebounds and no blocks. noting that the ball hog one was On the defensive end, Dugan* Totals 20028-52 7-2119-26 8-34 17 14 17 3 10 82 l don 1Iik e to Skinner attends St. Michael's picked off a Saint Michael's pass^ NOTEBOOK!] " ' f "pretty weak." 1st half 2nd half Totals make excuses or College, the same high school to the post. Senior point guard' The SU student section chant- Regan Bums sealed LeMoyneV Field-goal percentage 458(11-24) 60.7(17-28) 53.8 (28-52) any of our players," SU interim that former Orangemen Leo Rau- ed, "Bad decision (clap, clap, head coach Bemie Fine said. tins attended. Skinner won the fifth wm of the season with a pajr Three-point percentage 36.4(4-11) 30.0 (3-10) 33.3 (7-21) clap, clap, clap)" before the of free throws. ,|" "Craig didn't feel well. He saw MVP at the Junior ABCD Camp game. Free-throw percentage 90.0(9-10) 62.5(10-16) 73.1(19-26) the trainer today. He was not in Flint, Mich.! this summer. The Dolphins played all but It was a quiet night for War- feeling well. I asked him if he the first five minutes without He said Davis has already re- rick, who came into the game could go and he told me he leading scorer Jill HammoncJ.,, SYRACUSE (68) (9-1) ceived initial interest from Duke, fired up because Hodge delayed fg 3pt ft o-Kb pf a to bk »ptt could." The sophomore forward came Michigan State, Aubum. Louis- the decision for SU to offer him a into the game averaging 13.2 02025 Forth said he fell good enough ville Davis won the lop hie man Hakim vVarricic 17 2-6 0-0 1-2 23 •scholarship. points, but left the game after i" Preston Shumpert 39 10-20 4-8 5-6 0-1 1 3 3 0 1 29 to play better. award at the same camp where While Hodge raised his hand cut opened above her eye on a Skinner won the MVP. Craig Forth 11 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0000004 "I played hard when I was in in victory after the game. War- scramble for a loose ball early in- ; Kueth Duany 30 0-2 0-1 2-2 1-3423102 there and I tried to do my best," Davis and Skinner indicated rick walked off the court with his thefirs thalf . . ' head buried in a towel. Warrick DcShaun Williams 33 6-16 3-9 5-6 1-4 4 4 5 0 2 20 he said. that they'll likely be a package Senior guard Erika Enge'- deal when they do sign with a finished with five points on scored 15 points to lead Saint 11 1-3 0-1 0-0 1-3200002 In Forth's place. Jeremy Josh Pace school. Both indicated they liked 2-for-6 shooting and committed Michael's. The Purple Knights Ronneil Herron 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0000010 McNeil stepped in with a solid effort. McNeil registered a team- the atmosphere at the Dome. two turnovers in 17 minutes. held a 48-39 edge on the glass,' James Thues 30 0-4 0-2 0-0 1-1263010 high and career-high 13 re- Fowler sophomore big man led by Liz LeFebvrc's 11 re-, Jeremy McNeil 21 3-4 0-0 0-1 3-13 301306 bounds McNeil also had six Dayshawn Wright was also in at- Boeheim expected bounds. Junior Stacy Schroder Billy Celuck 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0200010 points and three blocks. No other tendance, along with Matt Gor- pulled down eight rebounds j^ to return to town lead Le Moyne. " Team 1-2 SU player had more than four re- man, a signee from Watertown As scheduled, SU head coach Burns scored 12 points and' Totals 20024-57 7-2113-1710-30 19 15 17 4 868 bounds. Jim Boeheim is expected back in had four assists. She needs one< 1st half 2nd half Totals "Jeremy was the one guy re- Fans show Hodge town tomorrow. It's stili not de- assist to lie Le Moyne head] Field-goal percentage 44.4(12-27) 40.0(12-30) 42.1 (24-57) bounding for us," Fine said. "I how they really feel termined whether he'll make the coach Jeanne Duprce for the, thought Jeremy came up big and trip to Atlanta this week for Syr- most career assists in school his- Three-point percentage 42.9(6-14) 143(1-7) 33.3(7-21) The fans in the Carrier Dome did a great job. We've got to re- acuse's game at Georgia Tech on tory. Schrader joined Feher and Free-throw percentage 750(3-4) 76.9(10-13) 76.5(13-17) lined the court early to heckle bound better as a team." Dec. 16. ... Syracuse's last non- Bums in double figures with ll Odds and Ends: could-have-been Orangemen Ju- Haiftime North Carolina State, 35-33 Attendance 20,150 conference home Joss came to points. Get them while lius Hodge, who last October Tennessee last year. ... Billy Technicals none chose to play for the Wolfpack Long Island 69, Colgate 65: Officials Tim Higgms, Ed Corbett, Karl Hess Celuck again appeared in the first they're young over the Orangemen. At New York. Kim MacMillan Starters in bold face half, contributing one steal and scored 23 points and fellow jun- Kev 'n - IT iu!es nlwl fq 'eld qom rrvirt? v ' •, r,o '•••, (C/cd more " The signed played off a assists onds as Long Island extended its s streak to three sanies