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THREEPOINTS Click the links below Syracuse has a 44-game for more Syracuse win streak against Colgate. coverage on 1 The Raiders’ last win over Syracuse was a 67-63 victory in the 1961-62 season. • Photos » Videos • Search Colgate guard Mike » Photo galleries Venezia missed all but three • Track » Live game updates 2 games last season. He was • Email averaging 9.2 points this season » The Orange • Extended Descriptions until missing Colgate’s game Basketball blog with against St. Francis (N.Y.) earlier WHO’sHOT The Post-Standard’s this week. Rick Jackson is Mike Waters and syracuse.com/classifieds averaging 12.8 Donna Ditota Colgate’s John Brandenburg rebounds per » Bud Poliquin, The is a sophomore who sat game. The last Post-Standard’s sports out last season after SU player with a Discover the advantage. 3 columnist transferring from the University higher average for of Virginia. He averaged 1 point a season was Bill » Mike’s Mailbag has per game in his freshman year at Smith with 14.5 in answers to your SU Post- Standard Media Virginia. 1970-71. basketball questions » Follow PSBasketball on Twitter In print and online. TOTHEPOINT » Subscribe to the It’s the ultimate mismatch tonight. The challenge for the Orange Scouting Orange will be to stay focused and not suffer a letdown Report after the big win over Michigan State. COLGATE SYRACUSE PRIMEMATCHUPPOWERFORWARD 33-Yaw Gyawu 00-Rick Jackson real-time Jr., 6-5, 219 Jr., 6-9, 240 A good athlete. Not only did Jackson He can score from ring up 17 points and season. 15 feet in. Should 16 rebounds against better at Michigan State, but their level. he also did a good job of passing out of FAST!jobsEASY! NOW! double-teams. He’s going to see a lot more of those this Search POINTGUARD 3-Joe Hoban 11-Scoop Jardine Sr., 6-1, 194 Jr., 6-2, 190 A steady ball-handler Jardine, who was and good shooter. 12-for-46 from the Gives them some field in the previous experience. four games, made seven of his nine shots in the win over Michigan State. SHOOTINGGUARD Videos 2-Mitch Rolls 20-Brandon So., 6-0, 173 Triche So., 6-4, 205 A shooter who’s struggling. He shot Triche has gone really well last five straight games year, but he’s down without making a 3- this year. Prone to point shot. However, turnovers. he did go 7-for-8 at the foul line against Michigan State. SMALLFORWARD 5 Pat Moore 32-Kris Joseph Fr., 6-5, 186 Jr., 6-7, 210 Current Jobs A really athletic Joseph likes to attack power forward. He the basket. He went attacks the glass. 8-for-9 at the line against Michigan State. He’s hitting 74.5 percent of his free throws this season. CENTER 25-John 51- Brandenburg Fr., 7-0, 244 So., 6-11, 263 Melo doesn’t have to It’s all there on: Real big kid. A score (he went 0-for- transfer from 3 against Michigan syracuse.com/jobs Virginia. He’ll make State), but he must a difference in their defend and rebound. league. Still scraping Discover the advantage. In 13 minutes against off the rust after the Spartans, Melo sitting last season. had zero rebounds. Post- Standard Media COLGATEBENCH Nick Pascale (Jamesville-DeWitt) has added some weight. He gives them another inside In print and online. option. Brandon James is a good-sized forward who shoots as many threes as he does twos. Chad Johnson’s a freshman guard with good skills who just needs time. SYRACUSESTATS MIKE’SMAILBAG GP-GS Min. FG% 3FG% FT% Reb PF A TO Blk ST Pts Post-Standard basketball writer 32-K. Joseph 9-9 29.3 41.1 27.3 74.5 4.8 1.8 1.7 2.0 0.4 1.4 13.8 Mike Waters answers readers’ questions about the Orange, the 00-R. Jackson 9-9 35.0 56.5 0.0 54.5 12.8 1.4 2.1 1.9 1.7 1.3 13.6 Big East, all of college basketball 11-S. Jardine 9-9 31.8 36.1 28.0 73.0 2.4 0.9 6.4 2.6 0.4 2.1 13.2 and just about anything else. 20-B. Triche 9-9 28.1 37.3 21.4 76.2 2.1 1.9 3.3 2.7 0.0 0.9 8.0 Submit your question to Mike at season. 3-D. Waiters 9-0 15.2 41.3 38.5 71.4 1.3 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.0 1.0 6.4 » [email protected] 5-C.J. Fair 9-0 12.9 54.8 100.0 64.7 2.0 1.0 0.0 0.4 0.3 0.9 5.1 I thought the team that 21-M. Jones 5-0 8.6 35.7 35.7 100.0 1.4 0.6 0.4 0.0 0.2 1.0 3.8 Q. got the first-half jump 12-B. Keita 9-0 21.3 57.9 0.0 41.2 5.7 2.8 0.2 0.8 1.4 0.4 3.2 ball did not get the first posses- 43-Southerland 6-0 11.0 25.9 18.8 50.0 1.8 1.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 3.0 sion of the second half. Am I 51-F. Melo 9-9 13.4 50.0 0.0 23.1 2.3 2.3 0.3 0.4 0.9 0.3 2.3 wrong or was it a mistake that 34-Tomaszewski 3-0 0.7 50.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 Michigan State got the ball to 13-G. Hoffman 1-0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 open the second half? 14-Lyde-Cajuste 1-0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 — Paul W. 24-B. Reese 2-0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 Mike Waters: Michigan 2-N. Resavy 1-0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 State did win the opening tap in SU totals 43.1 29.0 64.8 40.3 14.2 15.4 11.8 5.6 9.1 70.1 Tuesday’s game with Syracuse, Opponents 37.6 28.1 60.8 35.6 20.3 13.3 15.1 2.8 6.1 58.8 and the Spartans also got the ball to start the second half. The reason is there was a COLGATESTATS INSIDE LASTFIVEGAMES held-ball situation during the Pts Reb A THESTATS Colgate first half. At that time, Syracuse 33-Y. Gyawu 13.7 5.3 1.0 was awarded the ball and the Rick Jackson Duke 58-110 12-M. Venezia 9.2 1.8 1.7 possession arrow went back to leads the Big East Columbia 63-76 Michigan State. So on the alter- 3-J. Hoban 8.2 3.3 3.5 and ranks fourth Dartmouth 63-80 nating possession, Michigan 2-M. Rolls 5.7 2.7 3.6 nationally with 12.8 rebounds per game. New Hampshire 60-65 State got the ball at the start of 1-N. Pascale 5.1 5.1 0.9 St. Francis (NY) 57-68 the second half. 5-P. Moore 4.4 1.9 0.4 Not all levels have the same Syracuse 25-J. Brandenburg 4.4 2.6 0.1 possession rules. For instance, Michigan 53-50 22-B. James 4.3 3.9 1.1 the NBA has a jump ball at the Georgia Tech 80-76 beginning of the game and the Cornell 78-58 team that didn’t win the jump Home ball gets the ball at the start of N.C. State 65-59 Away the second and third quarters. Neutral Michigan State 72-58 The team that won the jump ball gets the ball at the start of the fourth quarter. Held-ball situations during the game are decided by jump balls. International rules are similar to the NCAA with alternat- ing possessions throughout the game, including held-ball situ- CATCH IT IF ations. The only jump ball in the YOU CAN. college game after the opening tap is at the start of an overtime period. 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