SU Back Home For Marquette

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SYRACUSE N.Y.- #5/5 Syracuse (18-1, 5-1) will return home on Saturday, Jan. 23 to take on Marquette (11-7, 2-4) at 2 p.m. in the Carrier Dome. The Orange recently completed a successful three-game road trip that extended its winning streak to five games. Saturday's matchup is the first home game for the Orange in almost two weeks. Syracuse's most recent home date was a Jan. 10 victory against USF.

Tickets for Saturday's game against the Golden Eagles are available online, by phone (1-888-DOMETIX) or in person at the Carrier Dome Box office. The game will be broadcast live nationally on ESPNU. Fans can also listen to the action live via the Syracuse ISP Radio Network and its flagship TK 99 (99.5 FM). The audio stream of the radio broadcast will be available on SUathletics.com as part of Orange All-Access.

In addition, Syracuse University student-athletes will be helping collect donations for the Red Cross to benefit those affected by the earthquakes in Haiti. Red Cross collection cans will be placed at the gates of the Carrier Dome and in the backcourt for Saturday's game against Marquette and Monday night's game against Georgetown. All the money donated will go directly to the Red Cross relief efforts in Haiti.

Orange head coach Jim Boeheim recently pledged $5,000 to the cause through the “Hoops for Haiti” telethon.

ABOUT SYRACUSE
The Orange maintained its place among the nation's elite with its string of road victories, the most recent being an 84-71 win at Notre Dame. Junior Wes Johnson (22) and senior Andy Rautins (21) combined for 43 points in the victory. Rautins was lethal from 3-point range, connecting on five trifectas to spur the Orange to seven first-half 3-pointers and a 39-32 halftime advantage.

The Irish were within five late in the game, but Syracuse outscored Notre Dame 17-9 over the final three minutes to secure the win.

The Orange is 18-1 for the third time during Boeheim's 34-year tenure as head coach. Syracuse was also 19-0 once, in 1999-00.

The Orange is the most efficient offensive team in the country, leading all of Division I in team field-goal percentage (.532). Senior Arinze Onuaku is on pace to break his own school season field-goal percentage record. He is currently at 66.9 percent from the floor, two-tenths of a point better than his 66.7 clip in 2008-09.

ROAD WARRIORS
The Orange notched BIG EAST road wins against Rutgers, West Virginia and Notre Dame over a six-day span to improve its record to 7-0 away from the Carrier Dome. It also marked the first time the Orange played three straight conference foes on the road and beat them all was since 1983-84 when Syracuse won at Seton Hall, at Providence and at Connecticut in consecutive outings. Syracuse is off to a 4-0 road start in the conference, the first time it has won its first four BIG EAST away games in a season since 2004-05.

JACKSON MOVES UP ON CAREER BLOCKS LIST
Junior Rick Jackson moved into 10th all-time on Syracuse's career blocks list with three rejections against the Irish. He has 141 blocks in 92 career games (1.5 bpg). He surpassed Dan Schayes (1977-80) who had 140 rejections in 117 games.

SCOUTING THE GOLDEN EAGLES
Buzz Williams is in his second year as Marquette's coach. He replaced Tom Crean, who was hired by Indiana. Williams has led Marquette to a 36-17 record during his tenure. The Golden Eagles advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament a season ago and finished with a 25-10 overall record.

The Syracuse encounter will be Marquette's seventh against a nationally-ranked team this year. The Golden Eagles have lost four of their last six games, including a 51-50 defeat at DePaul on Wednesday. It was the latest in string of close losses for the Golden Eagles. All four of their losses in the conference have been by two points or less and five of their six BIG EAST games have been decided by three points of fewer.

Senior forward Lazar Hayward leads the squad in scoring (18.5 ppg) and rebound (7.4 rpg) averages. Jimmy Butler, a junior swingman, is averaging 14.8 points and 6.6 boards per outing. The club's other double-digit scorer is sophomore guard Darius Johnson-Odom (11.9 ppg).

Marquette has six different players who have scored at least 10 3-pointers this year. The Golden Eagles lead the nation in 3-point shooting percentage (43.1 pct.) and they average 7.9 made 3-pointers a game.

THE SERIES
Syracuse is 6-2 in the series against Marquette, including an 86-79 overtime victory in last year's game. The Orange holds a four-game winning streak in the series and has won all three pairing since Marquette joined the BIG EAST Conference. Syracuse is 4-0 all-time against the Golden Eagles in games played in the Salt City.

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