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Syracuse took control of the first half early. "The referees let us decide it, they let us play, they didn't call no touch fouls and it's just great to play in this conference," Joseph said. Melo's dunk off a miss by Fair gave Syracuse the winning margin despite protests from UConn's bench that Melo touched the ball while it was in the cylinder. A 3-point shot from Boatright cut that to single digits, and a behind-the-back pass from Shabazz Napier to Lamb led to a three-point play with 11:53 left that cut the deficit to 56-49.ĭrummond followed Smith's miss with a layup that cut the lead to 63-61 and then took a pass from Napier from beyond halfcourt and tied the game with just more than 4 minutes left. Syracuse led 46-29 early in the second half after a 3-pointer by Joseph, but UConn began chipping away.
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At the end of the game, we didn't get the foul call that we were looking for." "We had a couple of tough plays down the stretch and they made their shots. "We should have won that game," Drummond said.
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The Orange led 69-65 with 2:12 remaining when Drummond got free for a dunk and then tipped in Boatright's miss to leave it tied again with 47 seconds left. Ryan Boatright started the spurt with a layup and Drummond finished it with a rebound basket and a fast-break layup. Scoop Jardine made a layup with 9:55 left to give Syracuse a 60-49 lead, but Connecticut responded with a 14-3 run to tie it at 63 with 4:18 to go. The win was the first for Syracuse at Gampel Pavilion, where the Orange had been 0-4. "For us to come up with a win like this is big." "This was a big character win, because we didn't have the momentum for the last 5 minutes and everything was going right for them," said Fair. Jeremy Lamb had 19 points, and Andre Drummond added 17 points and 14 rebounds for UConn (17-11, 7-9), which overcame a 17-point second-half deficit to tie the game with 47 seconds to go. Kris Joseph had 21 points to lead the Orange (29-1, 16-1 Big East). Fair blocked a shot by Roscoe Smith just before the buzzer to preserve the victory for Syracuse, which has won nine in a row since its only loss of the season Jan.
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Syracuse found another way to win Saturday night, and in the process secured the Big East regular-season championship.įab Melo's follow-up dunk with 31 seconds left lifted the second-ranked Orange to a 71-69 win over Connecticut. 2 Syracuse survives scare at UConn to earn Big East title