Syracuse v. Cincinatti: Box Score

Wow. Barely won that one, eh? 77-76, final score. From 19-point blowout to 1-point squeaker. Ugly stuff. T.Rob (who dominated early, see link) and Watkins had an awful second half — two FG attempts, 1 point — and SU almost dropped the ball. Well. A win is a win. I'm a broken record, but we need our bigs to play well. Clearly.

Box score:
1. Wright: 31 min, 8 pts, 7 assists, 5 TOs, 0 steals.
2. Devendorf: 36 min, 17 pts, 8 assists, 3 TOs, 7-8 FT, 4 fouls.
3. Roberts: 34 min. 17 pts, 10 boards, 3 fouls.
4. Nichols: 36 min, 22 points, 5 boards, 7-12 FG.
5. Watkins: 29 min, 0 pts, 10 boards, 8 blocks, 3 fouls, 3 TOs.

Awful line from Wright. 5 TOs against 0 steals doesn't work. You'd need 15 assists to make that line look reasonable. Four fouls from Devendorf scares me as he's prone to trouble there, but otherwise a great game. Roberts's line looks great, but he cannot disappear like that. Ditto Watkins. 8 blocks against 3 fouls? Awesome, if not for the second half collapse. Nichols just scores. Keep it up, buddy. Finally, team stats: Cinci put up 77 shots. Syracuse put up 49. Wow. SU turned it over 21 times, Cinci 8.

I cannot believe we won. Box scores, clearly, don't tell the whole story.