Rakeem Christmas Career: 21 Vs
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CUSE.COM Christmas’ Season and Career Highs Points Season: 35 vs. Wake Forest Career: 35 vs. Wake Forest, 2014-15 FG Made S Y R A C U E Season: 13 vs. Wake Forest Career: 13 vs. Wake Forest, 2014-15 25 FG Attempted Season: 21 vs. Wake Forest Rakeem Christmas Career: 21 vs. Wake Forest, 2014-15 O R A N G E Senior 6-9 250 3-Point FGM Philadelphia, Pa. Season: 0 Career: 0 Academy of the New Church 3-Point FGA Season: 1 at North Carolina NEW YORK’S COLLEGE TEAM Career: 1 at North Carolina, 2014-15 FT Made Ranks third in the ACC in scoring (17.5 ppg.), fourth in rebounding (9.1), fi fth in fi eld goal Season: 11 vs. Louisville percentage (.552), second in blocked shots (2.52), sixth in off ensive rebounds (3.13) and Career: 11 vs. Louisville, 2014-15 FT Attempted fi fth defensive rebounds (5.97). Season: 13 vs. Louisville Nominated for the 2015 Allstate NABC and WBCA Good Works Teams. Career: 13 vs. Louisville, 2014-15 Finalist for the Wooden Award. Rebounds Season: 16 vs. Hampton Finalist for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award. Career: 16 vs. Hampton, 2014-15 Finalist for the Robertson Trophy. Off. Rebounds Named to Lute Olson Award Watch List. Season: 6 vs. Kennesaw State, Hampton, St. John’s, Long Beach State, at Duke Named to Naismith Award Midseason Top 30. Career: 8 vs. Boston College, 2013-14 Earned ACSMA Most Improved Player Award and was named to ACSMA All-ACC First Team Def. Rebounds and ACC All-Defensive Team. Season: 11 at Pittsburgh Became the 59th player in program history to 1,000 career points at Notre Dame. Career: 11 at Pittsburgh, 2014-15 Assists Tied with Baye Moussa Keita for most games played by a Syracuse center (142). Season: 5 vs. Duke Tied for sixth on Syracuse’s all-time games played list. Career: 5 vs. Duke, 2014-15 Scored 21 points in the season opener against Kennesaw State. Blocks Pulled down a career-best 16 rebounds and had 15 points against Hampton for his second Season: 6 vs. Loyola, at Pittsburgh Career: 7 vs. North Carolina State, 2013-14 career double-double. Steals Tallied a then career-high 25 points against Holy Cross. He became the fi rst Syracuse center Season: 4 vs. Virginia Tech to score 20 or more points in a game since March 2, 2010 (Arinze Onuaku vs. St. John’s). Career: 4 vs. Virginia tech, 2014-15 Minutes Led the team with 18 points at Villanova. Season: 45 vs. Wake Forest Posted his third career double-double and second of the season with 15 points and 15 Career: 45 vs. Wake Forest, 2014-15 rebounds against St. John’s. Recorded his fourth career double-double and third of the season with 16 points and 11 rebounds versus Colgate. Player of the Week (Dec. 29) Player of the Week (Jan. 19) Posted his fi fth career double-double and fourth of the season with 24 points and 10 rebounds against Long Beach State. Scored 19 points and pulled down nine rebounds against Cornell. Division I Metro/Upstate NY Recorded his 200th career blocked shot at Virginia Tech. Finished the game with 17 points Player of the Week (Jan. 19) and nine rebounds. Led the team with 18 points at Georgia Tech. Had his sixth career double-double and fi fth of the season with 14 points and 11 rebounds ACSMA Most Improved Player against Florida State. First Team All-Conference ACC All-Defensive Team Was 13-for-21 from the fi eld and 9-for-12 from the free throw line for a career-high 35 points against Wake Forest. Also grabbed nine rebounds against the Demon Deacons. Posted 21 points and 10 rebounds for his seventh career double-double and sixth of the season at Clemson. Led the team with 23 points against Miami. Recorded his seventh double-double of the season and eighth of his career with 22 points and 12 rebounds at North Carolina. Scored 15 points and pulled down 12 rebounds for his eighth double-double of the season and ninth of his career against Virginia Tech. Also had a career-high four steals. Recorded his third consecutive double-double, which was his ninth of the season and 10th of his career, with 23 points and 12 rebounds, including a career-high 11 on the defensive end, at Pittsburgh. He also tied his season high with six blocked shots against the Panthers. Dished out a career-high fi ve assists against Duke. Was 9-for-10 from the fi eld and 11-for-13 from the free throw line for a game-high 29 points against Louisville. Also had eight rebounds and four blocked shots against the Cardinals. Recorded his 10th double-double of the season and 11th of his career with 20 points and 12 rebounds against Pittsburgh. Scored 14 points and grabbed 12 rebounds at Notre Dame for his 11th double-double of the season and 12th of his career. Posted his 12th double-double of the season and 13th of his career with 15 points and 12 rebounds at North Carolina State. • CUSE.COM • CUSE.COM 25 S Y R A C U E Rakeem Christmas O R A N G E Senior 6-9 250 Philadelphia, Pa. Academy of the New Church NEW YORK’S COLLEGE TEAM Christmas Game-by-Game 2014-15 Opponent MP FG 3PT FT REB F A T B S TP Syracuse Center Scoring KENNESAW STATE* 24 8-13 0-0 5-7 9 4 1 2 2 0 21 1970-present HAMPTON* 33 5-10 0-0 5-7 16 4 1 1 1 1 15 Name Points Date Opponent vs. California* 23 3-10 0-0 2-2 9 5 0 1 3 0 8 1. Bill Smith 47 1/14/71 Lafayette vs. Iowa* 33 7-11 0-0 4-6 6 4 1 2 0 2 18 LOYOLA* 30 7-14 0-0 4-9 9 4 2 1 6 0 18 2. Bill Smith 36 12/19/70 Fordham HOLY CROSS* 27 8-10 0-0 9-10 8 3 2 2 3 1 25 3. Rakeem Christmas 35 1/13/15 Wake Forest at Michigan* 34 7-9 0-0 1-2 6 3 2 6 2 1 15 4. Otis Hill 34 1/11/97 at Alabama ST. JOHN’S* 40 5-8 0-0 5-6 15 2 3 2 3 1 15 LOUISIANA TECH* 25 5-6 0-0 3-4 2 4 3 2 2 0 13 5. Rony Seikaly 33 1/31/88 Michigan at Villanova* 34 8-12 0-0 2-2 5 5 0 4 2 2 18 Rony Seikaly 33 1/19/87 Florida COLGATE* 22 6-10 0-0 4-5 11 3 2 0 1 1 16 Dan Schayes 33 12/10/80 at Detroit LONG BEACH STATE* 37 8-11 0-0 8-11 10 0 1 0 2 1 24 8. Bill Smith 31 2/25/71 Rutgers CORNELL* 34 9-12 0-0 1-3 9 2 0 5 2 1 19 at Virginia Tech* 36 6-12 0-0 5-6 9 3 1 0 3 0 17 9. Roosevelt Bouie 30 1/30/80 Temple at Georgia Tech* 40 7-17 0-0 4-4 8 2 3 4 2 2 18 Bill Smith 30 12/5/70 Rochester FLORIDA STATE* 35 5-13 0-0 4-6 11 4 2 2 5 1 14 11. Roosevelt Bouie 29 1/26/80 Connecticut WAKE FOREST* 45 13-21 0-0 9-12 9 4 2 3 1 2 35 at Clemson* 40 10-13 0-0 1-3 10 2 0 1 0 0 21 Rakeem Christmas 29 2/18/15 Louisville BOSTON COLLEGE* 23 5-8 0-0 2-2 7 5 1 0 0 0 12 12. Roosevelt Bouie 27 1/20/79 at Canisius MIAMI* 40 9-17 0-0 5-11 8 1 1 5 2 0 23 Chris Sease 27 12/10/76 St. Bonaventure at North Carolina* 40 6-12 0-1 10-10 12 3 1 1 1 3 22 VIRGINIA TECH* 40 5-12 0-0 5-10 12 4 2 3 5 4 15 15. Etan Thomas 26 12/1/98 Quinnipiac at Pittsburgh* 40 9-13 0-0 5-8 12 4 1 5 6 0 23 Roosevelt Bouie 26 1/24/80 Rutgers at Boston College* 40 3-8 0-0 1-1 10 3 2 5 3 2 7 DUKE* 38 5-17 0-0 1-3 6 4 5 2 5 0 11 LOUISVILLE* 35 9-10 0-0 11-13 8 4 1 4 4 2 29 PITTSBURGH* 40 8-14 0-0 4-8 12 2 2 3 2 0 20 at Notre Dame* 28 5-14 0-0 4-5 12 5 1 6 2 1 14 at Duke* 30 3-6 0-0 5-6 5 5 1 1 1 1 11 VIRGINIA* 39 4-9 0-0 2-4 4 4 3 2 2 0 10 at NC State* 39 5-16 0-0 5-5 12 3 0 3 5 0 15 *indicates start SU Career Games Played SU Career Blocked Shots Name GP Years Name Games Blk. Avg. Years 1. Brandon Triche 147 2009-13 1. Etan Thomas 122 424 3.5 1996-00 2. Stephen Thompson 144 1986-90 2. Roosevelt Bouie 118 327 2.8 1976-80 3.