SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP)—Tulane was executing a diversion devise only as manager Ed
Conroy had mapped it out. The Green Wave was within 3 points of top-ranked
Syracuse late in a initial half, and afterwards in a blink of an eye any possibility during a
major dissapoint disappeared.
James Southerland and Brandon Triche any strike a span of 3-pointers to pivotal a
19-point swell that enclosed 5 true creates from over a arc in the
final 5:43 of a initial half, and Syracuse degraded Tulane 80-61 on Thursday
night to sojourn unbeaten.
“We executed well. We got good shots,” Syracuse manager Jim Boeheim said.
“We common a ball, and we got 3 or 4 unequivocally good additional passes.
Everyone got a 3. It was only good round transformation and removing a round to the
open man.”
It’s a third true deteriorate Syracuse has won a initial 13 games as it
prepares for a start of Big East play subsequent week. The Orange have won three
straight given reaching a tip mark in a rankings 10 days ago, including
victories over North Carolina State and Bucknell.
On Thursday night, a Syracuse dais did what it’s been doing all season,
accounting for 45 points. Five players strike during slightest one 3-pointer in a 10-for-21
performance from over a arc.
“I consider that’s what creates us so good is that we have so many guys that can
come off a dais and measure a round to make plays,” pronounced beginner guard
Michael Carter-Williams, who had 7 points, 3 assists and no turnovers in
18 minutes. “It gives a starters time to rest so they can come out strong.
Not too many teams have that.”
Tulane (11-2) had faced a No. 1 group in a republic twice before, losing to
Cincinnati (72-59) in Jan 2000 and Memphis (97-71) in Feb 2008. The
Green Wave has never degraded a top-five group and hasn’t beaten a top-10 given a
49-47 feat over No. 9 Memphis in Feb 1983.
Dion Waiters had 15 points, Kris Joseph combined 13 and Southerland 10 for the
Orange.
Kendall Timmons led Tulane with 16 points, Ricky Tarrant had 15 and Jordan
Callahan 10. Josh Davis, a send from North Carolina State who was averaging
12.1 points and 10.2 rebounds, missed all 9 shots he took and finished with
three points and 6 rebounds.
Tulane stayed tough in a opening mins notwithstanding anticipating small room
inside, personification a Orange to a delay as they worked a time in
deliberate fashion. A brief jumper by Kevin Thomas curled a measure during 14-all
midway by a initial half, and Timmons’ 3-pointer during a shot-clock buzzer
moved a Green Wave within 22-19 with 6:57 left.
That was it for Tulane as a Orange’s long-range conflict shifted into high
gear. The Green Wave missed 4 true shots and were called for two
shot-clock violations in a shutting minutes, while Syracuse strike 5 straight
3-pointers to benefit a 41-19 halftime lead.
“We kind of fell into a trap,” Timmons said. “We got out of what we
were doing and they came with a 19-point run and we were not means to stand back
into it. We only have to do a improved pursuit of being mentally tough, not get into
an up-and-down game.”
It all started after a skip by Triche. Fab Melo tapped a miscarry out to
Joseph, and he strike a 3 from a left wing.
Joseph afterwards sent Scoop Jardine off on fast-break layup and Triche strike a 3
from a right dilemma after discerning passes around a fringe by Jardine and
Joseph.
After Melo blocked a asperse try by Tre Drye, it was Southerland’s spin to
shine. He strike another 3 from a right wing, gathering a line and fed Baye Keita
for a resounding dunk, afterwards strike a 3 from a tip of a key.
Jardine finished a emanate by feeding Triche for a 3 from a right corner.
Tulane, called for 3 shot-clock violations in a initial half, shot just
24 percent (6 of 25) and committed 9 turnovers in a opening period, while
the Orange strike 14 of 25 shots (56 percent), including 7 of 12 from over the
arc. In a prior dual games, Syracuse done 19 of 42 3-point attempts, a 45
percent clip.
In a win over a Wolfpack, Syracuse scored 23 true points in a
first-half emanate that took only 6:47—about a notation longer than Thursday
night’s blitz.
“I feel like a offense is kind of contagious,” Southerland said. “Once
one finds a approach to get it going, everybody else gets it going. That’s a great
thing for a team. We have a lot of guys that can score. That’s all it takes
sometimes is one man to get it going.”
Despite a setback, Conroy took some positives into a holidays.
“I consider a guys were so coachable,” he said. “We cut a turnovers
down. We were means to get to a giveaway chuck line, we were means to rebound. Those
are things we can lift forward. We only weren’t pointy offensively in that
stretch.”
