SSyracuseyracuse ((17-13)17-13) aatt MMiamiiami ((14-15)14-15) MMarcharch 77,, 20202020 SSYRACUSEYRACUSE WWatscoatsco CCenterenter CCoraloral GGables,ables, FFla.la. 22019-20019-20 ((17-13,17-13, 110-9)0-9) November Jay Alter Matt Park JD Raucci 6 #11/9 VIRGINIA L, 34-48 Matt Doherty Jim Satalin Justin Paura 13 COLGATE W, 70-54 SU Ends Regular Season at Miami vvs.s. NIT Season Tipoff , Syracuse, N.Y. Syracuse (17-13, 10-9 ACC) completes its 2019-20 SSeasoneason 2019-20 16 SEATTLE W, 89-67 regular-season schedule with a match against 17-13, 10-9 WW-L-L 14-15, 6-13 Miami (14-15, 6-13 ACC) in Coral Gables on 20 CORNELL W, 72-53 4-6 LLastast 1100 4-6 March 7. Both teams are angling for seeding 3-2 LLastast 5 2-3 NIT Season Tipoff , Syracuse, N.Y. position in the upcoming ACC Tournament, 74.4 PPPGPG 71.5 23 BUCKNELL W, 97-46 which begins on March 10. Coach Jim Boeheim’s crew enters the contest 69.8 OOPPPP PPPGPG 73.7 NIT Season Tipoff , Brooklyn, N.Y. winners of three-of-the-last four. +4.6 MMarginargin -2.1 27 vs. Oklahoma State L, 72-86 The Orange have locked up a fi rst-round bye .437 FFGG % .433 29 vs. Penn State L, 64-85 in the conference tournament and can fi nish .410 FFGG % DEFDEF .445 as high as fi fth in the regular-season standings .333 33PTPT % .318 December depending on the results from Saturday. Big Ten/ACC Challenge Syracuse has a 19-8 advantage in the all-time .325 33PTPT % DDEFEF .346 .748 FFTT % .756 3 IOWA L, 54-68 series with the Hurricanes. The Orange have won two straight pairings with Miami. 35.5 RRPGPG 34.2 7 at Georgia Tech W, 97-63 Syracuse Notes 36.7 OOPPPP RRPGPG 38.7 Elijah Hughes has scored 20-or-more points 14 at rv/-- Georgetown L, 79-89 -1.2 MMarginargin -4.5 14 times this season. 18 OAKLAND W, 74-62 Buddy Boeheim has posted back-to-back 14.1 AAssistsssists PPGG 9.9 21 NORTH FLORIDA W, 84-72 20-point scoring outings -- 22 versus North 11.5 TTurnoversurnovers PPGG 12.1 28 NIAGARA W, 71-47 Carolina and 22 at Boston College. 1.2 AA/TO/TO RatioRatio 0.8 Bourama Sidibe has four straight 10-or- January 4.5 BBlockslocks PPGG 3.8 more rebound games for the Orange. 7.3 SStealsteals PPGG 5.9 4 NOTRE DAME L, 87-88 Miami Notes 7 VIRGINIA TECH L, 63-67 Senior guard Dejan Vasiljevic (12.9 ppg.) is the only Miami player who has started all SSYRACUSEYRACUSE STORYLINESSTORYLINES 11 at #18/18 Virginia W, 63-55 OT 29 contests. 1. Syracuse owns the top seven home 15 BOSTON COLLEGE W, 76-50 Junior guard Chris Lykes (15.2 ppg.) and crowds in college basketball in 2019-20. 18 at Virginia Tech W, 71-69 Kameron McGusty (12.5 ppg.), a redshirt 2. Elijah Hughes (19.1 ppg.) continues to junior, give the Hurricanes two additional lead the ACC in scoring average. 22 at Notre Dame W, 84-82 double-digit scorers. 3. Buddy Boeheim and Bourama Sidibe 25 PITTSBURGH W, 69-61 Miami has seven regulars averaging at least were named to the Men’s Basketball All- 28 at Clemson L, 70-71 20 minutes per game. ACC Academic Team. February 1 #9/8 DUKE L, 88-97 SSYRACUSEYRACUSE VETERANSVETERANS 8 WAKE FOREST W, 75-73 2019-20 2019-20 No. Player Pos. Class PPG RPG No. Player Pos. Class PPG RPG 11 NC STATE L, 74-78 35 Buddy Boeheim G So. 15.4 1.9 33 Elijah Hughes F RJr. 19.1 5.0 15 at #8/8 Florida State L, 77-80 19 at #11/11 Louisville L, 66-90 Career-high 26 points at Georgia Tech,at Virginia Tech Double-digit points in 29-of-30 games 22 GEORGIA TECH W, 79-72 Seven 3-pointers at Georgetown, vs. Notre Dame Career-high 33 points at Georgia Tech 26 at Pittsburgh W, 72-49 20 Robert Braswell F So. 1.7 1.1 34 Bourama Sidibe F Fr. 6.0 7.3 29 NORTH CAROLINA L, 79-92 Season-best six points versus Niagara Averaging 11.3 ppg., 11.8 rpg. over last 4 contests March Lower leg pain ended his season 17 points and 15 boards vs. North Carolina 3 at Boston College W, 84-71 5 Jalen Carey G So. 1.5 3.0 10 Howard Washington G Jr. 1.3 0.9 7 at Miami 4:00 p.m. Started first two games of 2019-20 On 11/13 made first game appearance since 11/21/2018 10- ACC Tournament TBD Successful surgery on his right hand 11/22 Career-high eight assists at Georgia Tech 14 at Greensboro, N.C. 21 Marek Dolezaj F Jr. 10.1 6.5 Pronunciation Guide Marek Dolezaj ma-WRECK DOUGH-le-ji Averaging 9.8 ppg, 6.9 rpg. in ACC contests Bourama Sidibe boe-RAH-ma C-D-Bay Career-high 22 points versus Duke 22019019-2200 @@CUSE_MBBCUSE_MBB SSYRACUSEYRACUSE February’s Best Elijah Hughes SSYRACUSEYRACUSE FRESHMENFRESHMEN 2019-20 2019-20 1 game No. Player Pos. Class PPG RPG No. Player Pos. Class PPG RPG 28.0 ppg. 2 John Bol Ajak C Fr. -- -- 0 Brycen Goodine G Fr. 2.0 1.1 4.0 rpg. 1.0 apg. Pennsylvania Sports Writers Class 2A Second Team Game-winning basket against Wake Forest 0.0 bpg. Ajak is redshirting in 2019-20 5 points, 4 assists at Pittsburgh 1.0 spg. 14 Jesse Edwards C Fr. 2.3 1.6 1 Quincy Guerrier F Fr. 6.8 5.2 39.0 mpg. 10 points, 5 rebounds, 2 blocks against Bucknell 16 points, 10 rebounds vs. NC State Elijah Hughes 7 points, 3 rebounds, 2 blocked shots at Louisville 14 points, 12 rebounds at #11 Louisville March Orange Notes Pronunciation Guide March 3: Elijah Hughes had 28 points 11 Joseph Girard III G Fr. 12.7 3.0 John Bol Ajak ahhhh-JOCK and Buddy Boeheim added 21 in an 84-71 All-time leading scorer in NYS high school history triumph at Boston College. SU fought off 19 Brycen Goodine guh-DINE 3-point baskets from the Eagles. 30 points against NC State Quincy Guerrier GURR-e-A Bourama Sidibe produced his fourth straight double-digit board game with 12. Joseph Girard III contributed 22 points, Jan. 22: Elijah Hughes had a game-high 26 seven rebounds and fi ve assists. The points and Syracuse won its fourth straight February’s Best Seminoles won their 19th straight at home. game, 84-82, at Notre Dame. The Orange Elijah Hughes Feb. 11: Joseph Girard III tallied a career- overcame an 11-point, fi rst-half defi cit. 8 games high 30 points but NC State emerged with Joseph Girard III scored 15 points and 17.5 ppg. the victory, 78-74. hauled in a career-high nine rebounds. 4.6 rpg. Quincy Guerrier posted a career-high 16 Jan. 18: Buddy Boeheim scored 18 points and 10 rebounds. Elijah Hughes left consecutive points during one fi rst-half 2.5 apg. the game three minutes in with an injury. stretch and fi nished with 26 points in 0.9 bpg. Feb. 8: Brycen Goodine scored on a put- Syracuse’s 71-69 victory at Virginia Tech. 1.1 spg. back with two seconds remaining to lift Elijah Hughes added 17 points and Marek 34.7 mpg. Syracuse past Wake Forest, 75-73. Dolezaj tallied 11 points and 11 boards. Buddy Boeheim had 23 points and Elijah Jan. 15: The Syracuse defense forced Elijah Hughes Hughes had 20 points and eight rebounds. Boston College to miss its fi rst 18 3-point February Orange Notes Feb. 1: A career-high 22 points from Marek attempts in a 76-50 victory. The Orange Feb. 29: North Carolina hit 11-0f-26 3-point Dolezaj and 21 from Elijah Hughes were limited the Eagles to 13 fi rst-half points. shots and defeated the Orange, 92-79. The not enough and #8/9 Duke defeated the Marek Dolezaj had 10 points and 11 Heels beat SU for the ninth straight time. Orange, 97-88. rebounds and Buddy Boeheim tallied a Buddy Boeheim had 22 points and Bourama Duke scored 44 points in the paint and game-high 22 points versus the Eagles. Sidibe had 17 points and 15 boards. freshman Vernon Carey contributed 26 Jan. 11: Syracuse defeated defending Feb. 26: Syracuse earned a regular-season, points and 17 rebounds. national champion Virginia, 63-55, in series sweep of Pittsburgh but capturing Joseph Girard III tallied 17 points, seven overtime. a road win, 72-49. Elijah Hughes had 25 assists, four rebounds and four steals. The Orange tallied 20 points in the extra points and nine rebounds and Bourama session, converting 6-of-7 shots from the Sidibe added 13 pionts and 10 boards. January’s Best fi eld, including 5-of-6 3-point attempts. Feb. 22: After trailing by as many as 12 Elijah Hughes Joseph Girard III had 19 points and Elijah points in the fi rst half, Syracuse outscored 8 games Hughes contributed 18 points and nine Georgia Tech 52-34 after intermission and 18.6 ppg. rebounds. Marek Dolezaj had 12 boards. emerged with a win, 79-72. 5.8 rpg. Jan. 7: Syracuse squandered an 11-point, halftime lead, and lost to Virginia Tech, 67- Marek Dolezaj and Elijah Hughes led 3.1 apg.