Goodine Hits Game-Winner to Down Deacs

Saturday, February 8

Syracuse, N.Y.

8 PM

Syracuse University

14-9,7-5ACC

Wake Forest

10-13,3-10ACC

Wake Forest

Syracuse

2/8/2020 10:40:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Freshman Brycen Goodine's only field goal of the night proved to be the most important one as Syracuse (14-9, 7-5 ACC) edged Wake Forest (10-13, 3-10 ACC), 75-73, Saturday night in the Carrier Dome. Goodine played the final six minutes of the contest after key Orange players had fouled out and his two points with twoseconds left were the difference.

Buddy Boeheim knocked down five 3-pointers and finished with a game-high 23 points and four steals. Elijah Hughes provided 20 points and secured a team-high eight rebounds. Syracuse snapped its two-game losing streak and is now 9-1 in program history against the Demon Deacons.

GOODINE GAME-WINNER!
After Wake Forest freshman Ishmael Massoud buried a 3-pointer to tie the game at 73 with 21 seconds remaining, Syracuse had the ball and the chance to win. The Orange's leading scorer for the season, Hughes, took a shot from beyond the arc that did not go. Goodine was there to clean up the offensive rebound and lay in the decisive field goal with two seconds to play. The Demon Deacons called timeout to draw something up, but were unable to convert, and 'Cuse held on for its seventh conference win of the season.

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ORANGE DOMINATE DEACONS EARLY
Boeheim and Hughes carried Syracuse to an early 16-4 lead, going on a 14-0 scoring run for which they provided all of the Orange points. Boeheim went 3-for-4 from beyond the arc and Hughes added a 3-ball and a jumper of his own in the Syracuse surge. Hughes also grabbed four rebounds in the early-going to lead the squad.

Wake Forest was unsuccessful in its first eight attempts from 3-point range, Andrien White finally making one for the Demon Deacons at the 9:39 mark of the first half. Five of the first seven field goals for the Orange came via the 3-ball.

'Cuse took a 38-30 advantage into halftime. The Orange led by as many as 12 points over the first 20 . Boeheim paced the Syracuse offense with 12 points, all by way of the 3-pointer, and Quincy Guerrier scored in double figures, tallying 10 points in eight minutes of work. The freshman was a perfect 6-for-6 from the free throw line.

Hughes' seven rebounds in the opening half were a game-high for both teams. The Orange won the battle on the glass in the first half, 24-19.

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WAKE FOREST WAKES UP
The teams played almost even basketball in the first 5:33 of the second half, Syracuse outscoring Wake Forest 16-14 in that time. The Demon Deacons scored the next seven points of the contest, deflating the Orange cushion to three for the first time since 13:36 of the first half. Six different Wake Forest players contributed points in the first seven minutes after halftime.

Syracuse answered with an 8-2 scoring run to get back a bit of breathing room and take a 62-53 lead with 10:17 to play in regulation. Guerrier and Joseph Girard III each made baskets while Boeheim knocked down another 3-ball in the stretch. The Demon Deacons responded with an 8-0 burst of their own, one that included an Ismael Massoud 3-pointer and three points form Olivier Sarr. The Orange lead was 62-61 with 8:40 remaining. Wake Forest owned the glass to this point in the second half, outrebounding Syracuse, 16-4.

Two free throws and a jumper from Sarr gave Wake its first lead since 4:32 into the game, 65-63, and a Hughes layup tied things up at 65 with the clock showing 6:12.

'CUSE LOSES KEY PLAYERS
With 8:49 to play in the second half, Quincy Guerrier took his place on the bench for the rest of the night following his fifth foul. Bourama Sidibe recorded his fifth personal foul nine seconds later and Marek Dolezaj was assessed a technical foul, his fifth personal of the contest, with 5:42 showing on the clock.

Sidibe finished the evening with two points, two rebounds and two blocks, while Dolezaj posted seven points, seven boards and four assists. Guerrier had the most productive scoring night of the three, adding 13 points, one shy of his career high.

Freshmen Jesse Edwards and Brycen Goodine entered the game to take the place of those who fouled out,bumping Boeheim from his usual guard spot to forward in the Orange's 2-3 zone.

FINAL TUG-OF-WAR
Brandon Childress cashed in on the Dolezaj foul, connecting on two free throws. Chaundee Brown's jumper put the visitors ahead, 69-65, with 5:29 remaining.

Hughes hit two free throws to cut the lead in half and an Edwards make from the charity stripe left Wake ahead, 69-68, with 3:33 left. Hughes tied it up with a free throw, which was answered by Adrien White's one make from the line for the Deacs.

A steal by Edwards led to Boeheim's layup at the 1:43 mark, providing Syracuse with a 71-70 edge. Two more free throws from Hughes had the Orange ahead, 73-70, with 32 ticks on the clock, setting the stage for the final drama.

NOTABLE NUMBERS

Hughes finished with 20+ points for the 10^th time this season and scored in double figures for the 23^rd straight contest. Boeheim eclipsed the 20-point plateau for the ninth time in his sophomore campaign.
Wake Forest was led by Olivier Sarr, who finished with 15 points and nine rebounds.
The Orange made their first 17 free throws and finished the evening 24-of-30 (.800) from the line.
'Cuse turned the Deacons over 15 times. Wake took the ball out of Orange hands on 11 occasions.
Syracuse had nine blocked shots, including four from Hughes.

UP NEXT
The Orange play the last contest of a three-game home stand Tuesday, February 11, when NC State comes to the Dome. Tip-off is at 7 p.m. and will be shown on ESPN 2.

Tickets for NC State and all regular-season home games are on sale online (Cuse.com/tickets), by phone (888-DOME-TIX) and at the Dome Box Office located in the Ensley Athletic Center.

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