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WHO’sHOT Click the links below for more Syracuse It’s slim pickings after Syracuse’s lackluster basketball coverage on performance against Notre Dame. James Southerland scored 15 points in the loss to the Irish. His 15 points were a career-high against a Big East foe for the 6-foot-8 junior. » Videos » Photo galleries » Live game updates THREEPOINTS » The Orange Basketball blog with Observations from an assistant coach familiar with the The Post-Standard’s : Mike Waters and Donna Ditota facebook.com/PostStandard at the conversation Join “Cincinnati doesn’t have one great shooter, but » Bud Poliquin, The it has lots of guys who shoot a good percentage. Post-Standard’s sports 1 Syracuse has be active on the perimeter of the columnist zone.” » Mike’s Mailbox has answers to your SU “Cincinnati has to minimize its turnovers. That’s basketball questions The Post-Standard what Notre Dame did. Notre Dame didn’t feed » Follow @PSBasketball 2 Syracuse’s transition offense.” on Twitter POWERING » Subscribe to the “Yancy Gates has been playing really well since Orange Scouting coming back. He’s tough to defend once he gets Report find us find us find us find us find us find 3 the ball inside.” SYRACUSESTATS CINCINNATI

GP-GS Min. FG% 3FG% FT% Reb PF A TO Blk ST Pts STARTERS 32-Joseph 21-21 29.6 42.7 36.8 80.2 4.6 1.6 1.8 1.2 0.5 1.4 13.6 1-Cashmere 3-Waiters 21-0 22.7 50.7 36.7 70.0 1.9 1.6 2.8 1.5 0.4 2.4 13.0 Wright 20-Triche 21-21 21.7 43.3 39.5 87.2 2.5 1.3 2.9 1.3 0.2 1.1 9.8 Jr., 6-0, 175 10.8 ppg, 4.8 apg 5-Fair 21-1 25.3 46.4 25.0 74.6 5.1 1.3 0.9 0.9 0.5 1.1 8.5 A quick, 11-Jardine 21-21 22.5 50.7 30.6 53.8 2.2 0.8 4.9 2.1 0.1 1.5 8.3 dynamic point 43-Southerland 21-0 16.2 50.4 37.3 65.2 3.1 1.3 0.5 0.3 0.9 0.9 7.9 guard. A pesky 51-Melo 20-20 22.6 56.3 0.0 54.8 5.7 3.0 0.6 1.6 3.0 0.4 7.2 defender. He’s improved 25-Christmas 21-21 12.1 56.0 0.0 66.7 3.0 1.9 0.0 0.7 0.7 0.4 3.4 his 3-point 12-Keita 20-0 13.0 72.4 0.0 75.0 2.9 1.9 0.1 0.4 1.1 0.2 2.9 shooting to 38 1-C-Williams 18-0 12.6 38.8 25.0 57.1 1.8 1.0 2.5 0.8 0.3 0.9 2.9 percent. SU totals 48.0 35.4 70.8 36.0 15.7 17.0 11.1 7.5 10.5 78.9 Opponents 38.5 31.4 67.4 35.4 17.5 13.3 18.3 2.3 5.5 60.7 34-Yancy Gates Sr., 6-9, 260 12.2 ppg, 9.4 rpg home away neut KEY KEYBEARCAT Gates served a six-game YANCY GATES is a 6-foot-9 senior center who averages suspension 12.2 points and 9.4 rebounds. for his role in CINCINNATI’SLAST5 Assistant’s take: “It was Sean Kilpatrick before Syracuse a brawl with lost Fab Melo, but without Melo inside, the key guy Xavier. He’s L 55-57 St. John’s has got to be Yancy Gates. Syracuse couldn’t stop Jack averaging at Georgetown W 68-64 Cooley without Melo. Gates could have a field day.” close to a double- Villanova W 82-78 double. at Connecticut W 70-67 CINCINNATIBENCH at West Virginia L (OT) 74-77 JaQuon Parker, a 6-3 junior, is the fourth guard in 3-Dion Cincinnati’s four-guard lineup. Jeremiah Davis is a solid Dixon 3-point threat. Cheikh Mbodj, a 6-10 junior college Sr., 6-3, 195 SYRACUSE’sLAST5 transfer, is Cincinnati’s lone big man off the bench. 13.9 ppg, 3.7 rpg A strong Marquette W 73-66 combo guard. at Villanova W 79-66 STRAYFACT Dixon had 17 points and Providence W 78-55 Cincinnati’s Mick Cronin is one of just three coaches in the Big East who are alums of the school where they coach. The nine assists Pittsburgh W 71-63 in Saturday’s others are Syracuse’s and West Virginia’s Bob at Notre Dame L 58-67 overtime Huggins. loss at West Virginia.

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