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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
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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. Derrick Coleman 143 1986-90 3. Derrick Coleman 145 319 2.2 1986-90 C.J. Fair 143 2010-14 Rony Seikaly 136 319 2.3 1984-88 Rick Jackson 143 2007-11 6. Baye Moussa Keita 142 2010-14 5. Darryl Watkins 106 273 2.5 2003-07 Rakeem Christmas 142 2011- 6. Jeremy McNeil 135 260 1.9 1999-04 8. Scoop Jardine 140 2007-12 7. Rick Jackson 143 259 1.8 2007-11 Kris Joseph 140 2008-12 8. Rakeem Christmas 142 247 1.7 2011- 10. Sherman Douglas 138 1985-89 9. John Wallace 131 209 1.6 1992-96 10. Craig Forth 136 205 1.5 2001-05
Christmas’ Career Statistics TOTAL 3-PTS REBOUNDS Year G GS FG FGA Pct 3FG 3FGA Pct FT FTA Pct O D Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2011-12 37 35 43 75 .573 0 0 .000 16 28 .571 40 68 108 2.9 63 4 7 23 30 11 102 2.8 2012-13 40 40 87 164 .530 0 0 .000 31 54 .574 72 111 183 4.6 100 3 9 35 73 20 205 5.1 2013-14 34 34 76 124 .613 0 0 .000 45 62 .726 71 101 172 5.1 107 2 23 26 66 16 197 5.8 2014-15 31 31 203 368 .552 0 1 .000 136 191 .712 97 185 282 9.1 105 7 47 78 78 29 542 17.5 Totals 142 140 409 731 .560 0 1 .000 228 335 .681 280 465 745 5.2 375 16 86 162 247 76 1046 7.4 • NEW YORK’S COLLEGE TEAM • CUSE.COM SU 1,000 Point Scorers No. Player Points Avg. Years 1. Lawrence Moten 2,334 19.3 1991-95 2. Derrick Coleman 2,143 15.0 1986-90 3. John Wallace 2,119 16.7 1992-96 S Y R A C U E 4. Gerry McNamara 2,099 15.6 2002-06 25 5. Hakim Warrick 2,073 15.4 2001-05 6. Sherman Douglas 2,060 14.9 1985-89 Rakeem Christmas 7. Stephen Thompson 1,956 13.6 1986-90
O R A N G E 8. Preston Shumpert 1,907 14.2 1998-02 Senior 6-9 250 9. Dave Bing 1,883 24.8 1963-66 Philadelphia, Pa. 10. Rafael Addison 1,876 14.9 1982-86 Academy of the New Church 11. Erich Santifer 1,845 14.9 1979-83 12. Billy Owens 1,840 17.7 1988-91 NEW YORK’S COLLEGE TEAM 13. Rony Seikaly 1,716 12.6 1984-88 14. Eric Devendorf 1,680 14.5 2005-09 15. C.J. Fair 1,660 11.6 2010-14 16. Dave Johnson 1,614 12.2 1988-92 Oscar Robertson Trophy The Abdul-Jabbar Award 17. Brandon Triche 1,575 10.6 2009-13 Rakeem Christmas is one of 14 Rakeem Christmas is one of five finalists for the 18. Roosevelt Bouie 1,560 13.2 1976-80 finalists for the Oscar Robertson Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award. The award is given Todd Burgan 1,560 12.5 1994-98 Trophy. The list was announced on annually to the top center in men’s college basketball 20. Adrian Autry 1,538 12.7 1990-94 February 26. The list will be narrowed to five and will be 21. Dennis DuVal 1,504 15.0 1971-74 The Oscar Robertson Trophy announced in early March. The winner will be chosen 22. Jason Hart 1,503 11.4 1996-00 presented by Aflac honors the nation’s by Mr. Abdul-Jabbar and the Naismith Hall of Fame 23. Rudy Hackett 1,496 17.2 1972-75 Division I Player of the Year. selection committee and will be announced by Wendy’s Dale Shackleford 1,496 12.8 1975-79 Once finalists are announced, the entire USBWA at ESPN’s College Basketball Awards on Friday, April 10. 25. D. Washington 1,490 15.7 1983-86 membership will vote for the winner. Bobby Portis Arkansas 26. Louis Orr 1,487 12.8 1976-80 Ron Baker Wichita St. Jahlil Okafor Duke Jahlil Okafor Duke 27. Kris Joseph 1,476 10.5 2008-12 Malcolm Brogdon Virginia Kevin Pangos Gonzaga Willie Cauley-Stein Kentucky 28. Bill Smith 1,451 20.7 1968-71 Willie Cauley-Stein Kentucky Bobby Portis Arkansas Rakeem Christmas Syracuse 29. Otis Hill 1,416 10.9 1993-97 Rakeem Christmas Syracuse D’Angelo Russell Ohio State Frank Kaminsky Wisconsin 30. Greg Kohls 1,360 19.2 1969-72 Jerian Grant Notre Dame Seth Tuttle Northern Iowa 31. Mike Lee 1,351 16.3 1970-73 Frank Kaminsky Wisconsin Kyle Wiltjer Gonzaga 32. Billy Gabor 1,344 14.6 1942-48 Georges Niang Iowa State Delon Wright Utah Demetris Nichols 1,344 10.9 2003-07 34. Etan Thomas 1,340 11.0 1996-00 35. Vinnie Cohen 1,337 19.7 1953-56 36. Tony Bruin 1,294 11.6 1979-83 The Wooden Award The Naismith Trophy 37. Scoop Jardine 1,265 9.0 2007-12 Rakeem Christmas is one of five Rakeem Christmas has been named 38. Paul Harris 1,253 11.7 2006-09 finalists for the 2014-15 John R. to the Naismith Trophy Midseason 39. George Hicker 1,245 16.0 1965-68 Wooden Award. Top 30. The award, presented by Rick Jackson 1,245 8.7 2007-11 Created in 1976, the Wooden AT&T, is the most prestigious national 41. Arinze Onuaku 1,232 9.2 2005-10 basketball award and is given annually Award is given to the nation’s best 42. Damone Brown 1,230 10.9 1997-01 to the men’s college basketball player player who is making progress 43. Wendell Alexis 1,212 9.7 1982-86 of the year. toward graduation and maintaining 44. Jonny Flynn 1,211 16.6 2007-09 The midseason list was compiled a 2.0 grade-point-average. 45. Jack Kiley 1,193 15.1 1948-51 The 2013-14 Wooden Award was by the Atlanta Tipoff Club’s Board of 46 Ryan Blackwell 1,175 11.8 1997-00 presented to Doug McDermott of Creighton. Selectors. Ten semifinalists will be named on Friday, 47. Jim Lee 1,165 13.4 1972-75 March 6 and the four finalists will be announced on 48. Marty Byrnes 1,159 11.0 1974-78 Sunday, March 22. The 2015 Naismith Trophy winner Marty Headd 1,159 10.9 1977-81 will be unveiled on Sunday, April 5. 50. DeShaun Williams 1,136 11.7 1999-02 51. Andy Rautins 1,121 8.8 2005-10 52. James Williams 1,119 11.0 1973-77 The Lute For the latest information on 53. Ed Stickel 1,096 11.0 1945-49 54. Jon Cincebox 1,087 15.8 1956-59 Olson Award 55. Kueth Duany 1,084 8.5 1999-03 Rakeem Christmas is one of 25 candidates on the Rakeem Christmas visit 56. Pete Chudy 1,079 16.1 1958-61 2015 Lute Olson National Player of the Year Award 57. Vaughn Harper 1,070 13.5 1965-68 Midseason Watch List. The list was announced on www.cuse.com/rak-city 58. Rakeem Christmas 1,046 7.4 2011- January 20. 59. Leo Rautins 1,031 12.1 1980-83 The Lute Olson Award is presented annually to the nation’s top Division I player who has played at least two seasons. The award is to be presented at the CollegeInsider. com Awards Banquet on April 3, 2015 in Indianapolis.
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