Friday 8 March 2013

No. 10 Louisville beats No. 12 Syracuse 58-53

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) a Luke Hancock hit a 3-pointer from the spot to break a link with 99 seconds left, and No. 10 Louisville beat No. 12 Syracuse 58-53 on Saturday, exacting a way of measuring revenge for a to the Orange early in the day this season. It was the next straight loss for Syracuse (22-7, 10-6 Big East), which was humbled 57-46 in a loss to No. 7 Georgetown yesterday before an archive Carrier Dome group of 35,012. That clicked the Orange's 38-game property winning streak, and they were beaten again, 74-71, at No. 22 Marquette on Monday night to fall right into a tie with Notre Dame behind the league-leading Hoyas, Louisville and Marquette. The Irish were at Marquette later Saturday while the competition to obtain a double-bye in to the Big East tournament heated up. A three-game losing streak was snapped by louisville ( 24-5, 12-4 ) against Syracuse, and the Cardinals made it happen before a stunned audience of 31,173. Russ Smith light emitting diode Louisville with 18 points, Hancock had 12, all on 3s, and Gorgui Dieng finished with 11 points and 14 rebounds. C.J. Honest had 19 points to lead the Orange, James Southerland added 13 and Michael Carter-Williams 11. Syracuse outrebounded Louisville 41-36 but was victimized by ten 3-pointers and shot defectively again (20 of 56 for 35.7 %). A 16-9 edge was held by louisville on details off turnovers and a edge at the free throw line. Fair hit a spinning layup as Dieng fouled him but missed the free throw and Syracuse trailed 41-40 with 7:34 to go, after Hancock swished a 3 for Louisville. Louisville began to press and the strategy repaid with two direct turnovers. The ball was lost by southerland off the dribble and Triche mishandled an inbounds pass. Advantage was taken by the Cardinals as Dieng sank two free throws and Hancock hit a 3 from the side for a 47-40 cause at 5:35. Straight points were scored six by carter-williams in an amount of just over one minute to rally the Orange, hitting four free throws and an attempt off the glass as Syracuse trailed 47-46 with 4:27 left. Fair's standard jumper offered Syracuse the lead and Smith's free throw tied it at 48-all with 1:39 to go. After Triche missed a baseline layup against Dieng, Hancock stole Triche's following inbounds pass and Hancock drained his next 3 to break the tie. Johnson then hit two free throws and Triche's return sealed the Orange's fate as the Cardinals hit 7 of 8 free throws in the final moment. Syracuse beat Louisville 70-68 in mid-January in the final moments when Carter-Williams stole a at the top of the key and ran the period of the court, landing hard on his back underneath the backboard and slamming a two-hander to house that Dieng could not contest. Accurate documentation crowd of 22,814 at the KFC Yum! Center found Syracuse beat a No. 1 team for next time, and the Cardinals remain the only real top-ranked team to reduce at home in 2010. Syracuse, which trailed 23-19 after a poor first half, found a way to foil Dieng, Louisville's shot-blocking defensive ace, early in the second half. Carter-Williams provided Rakeem Christmas for a slam dunk and significantly less than one minute later Southerland criticized yet another home to accomplish a three-way moving play in the street with Christmas and Triche to go Syracuse within 28-27. With Dieng on the counter, Southerland, who'd just one container in the first half, then cleared a from the top of the arc to give Syracuse just its 2nd lead of the game. It had been short-lived as Kevin Ware hit a 3 from the most effective of the key 24 moments later. Carter-Williams attempted to electrify the audience, but his driving two-handed dunk try caromed off the back of the rim. Carter-Williams then took the ball and provided Southerland for a 3 and a 35-33 Orange guide approaching the midpoint of the next half. It had been Southerland's third directly make after an awful first half and he was not completed. Triche fed him for another 3 as he curled off a screen in the place. Fair's follow with 88 seconds left were the final points of the first half while the Orange trailed 23-19, their fewest points in a first half this year.

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