Up Next: Notre Dame
1/9/2006 5:12:02 PM | Men's Basketball
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- ESPN2 will televise the Orange's next men's basketball game, a road trip to Notre Dame (9-4, 0-2 BIG EAST) on Wednesday, Jan. 11, at 7 p.m. Coach Jim Boeheim's team has won 10-straight games (13-2, 1-0 BIG EAST) and is ranked No. 24 in this week's ESPN/USA Today Poll, while still receiving votes in the Associated Press Poll.
The Syracuse ISP Radio Network will provide a broadcast of the game on WAQX-95.7 FM, WNSS-1260 AM in Syracuse and through the internet at www.suathletics.com. SIRIUS Satellite Radio will carry a broadcast of the game on channel 111.
This will be the 36th meeting between Syracuse and Notre Dame. The Orange leads the series, 20-15, and has won the last two meetings which were both played last season. On Jan. 10, 2005, Syracuse won a 70-61 decision in South Bend. On Feb. 5, 2005, an NCAA on-campus record crowd (33,199) watched the Orange defeat the Irish, 60-57, at the Carrier Dome.
SU won its BIG EAST Conference opener against South Florida, 63-57, on Jan. 8. Gerry McNamara leads the team in scoring with 16.6 points per game, while juniors Demetris Nichols and Terrence Roberts have stepped up their games so far this season with 15.3 and 11.9 points per game, respectively. Roberts paces the Orange in rebounding with 8.6 an outing.
Notre Dame will be looking for its first conference victory of the season after a 100-97 double overtime loss to Pittsburgh on Jan. 4, and a 73-67 setback to DePaul on Jan. 7. Both games were played on the road. Chris Quinn is the Irish's leading scorer with 16.3 ppg. Francis Torin (12.8 ppg, 9.3 rpg) and Colin Falls (12.6 ppg) are important contributers. Falls had 26 points (5-of-6 second-half three's) in the team's most recent outing against DePaul.
