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New York Post: Syracuse takes surviving and advancing to whole new level
By Mike Vaccaro
DAYTON, Ohio — After two hours of haymakers, Syracuse beat Arizona State in the NCAA Tournament’s First Four by doing something that, traditionally, has been a challenge for the Orange: Ask a mediocre free-throw shooter to make free throws.
Paschal Chukwa, a 63 percent foul shooter made two free throws late to give the Orange exactly as much cushion as they needed, defeating the Sun Devils 60-56 and advancing to the main draw, where they’ll dance with TCU in Detroit.
“Our offense struggles,” Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim said of his 33rd NCAA Tournament team. “But I thought our defense has been good all year and that’s where we hang our hats, on the defensive end.”
Read more at https://nypost.com/2018/03/14/syracuse-takes-surviving-and-advancing-to-whole-new-level/
By Mike Vaccaro
DAYTON, Ohio — After two hours of haymakers, Syracuse beat Arizona State in the NCAA Tournament’s First Four by doing something that, traditionally, has been a challenge for the Orange: Ask a mediocre free-throw shooter to make free throws.
Paschal Chukwa, a 63 percent foul shooter made two free throws late to give the Orange exactly as much cushion as they needed, defeating the Sun Devils 60-56 and advancing to the main draw, where they’ll dance with TCU in Detroit.
“Our offense struggles,” Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim said of his 33rd NCAA Tournament team. “But I thought our defense has been good all year and that’s where we hang our hats, on the defensive end.”
Read more at https://nypost.com/2018/03/14/syracuse-takes-surviving-and-advancing-to-whole-new-level/
