From: brule@lynx.cat.syr.edu (Mark R. Brule)
Subject: Syracuse University Orangemen get going
Organization: Coherent Research, Inc.
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 08:44:28 EST

The SU Orange avenged their loss of last year to Marathon Oil, handing the
Oilers a 91-79 loss at the Carrier Dome.  The starting lineup was as follows:

	C Siock
	F Moten
	F Wallace
	G Edwards
	G Hopkins

SU started off with a 16-2 run with John Wallace chipping in 10.  As I walked
into the dome a few moments after tip off, I saw a tall, slender, bald guy
with number 44 grab a rebound in put it back in.  Boy, talk about deja-vu all
over again.  Mr. Wallace had a very strong showing, going 7-10 from the floor
(15 total points) and grabbing 11 rebounds.  He and Lawrence Moten hooked up
many times throughout the game, giving perhaps a glimpse of the kinds of
things we can expect out of the tandem over the next 3 years.  This guy
from Rochester showed for one game that he is everything people made him
out to be.  He shot well, he dunked well, and he rebounded well.

Mike Edwards got the start in place of Adrian Autry for reasons that are
not known.  Edwards played a stiff first half but looked solid in the
second, canning a couple of 3's.  Autry came in with 10:00 to go in the
first half, and looked pitiful.  He shook off the summer woes in the second
half and played a solid end-game.

New faces on the court were Wallace, Lazarus Sims, and JB Reafsnyder.  Sims
is a 6-4-ish guard and Reafsnyder a 7-0-ish center, both of whom redshirted
last year.  Sims showed terrific lateral quickness with the ball and made
some really nice passes, but now needs game experience.  Reafsnyder may want
to look into another year of redshirting ;)  Glen Sekunda, Scott McCorkle and
Luke Jackson all saw good minutes, and Sekunda played fairly well.

Notably absent were Conrad McRae (sitting a 3-game suspension for playing
in a non-sanctioned game this summer), Anthony Harris (sophomore) and Otis
Hill (6-8 240lb freshman).  Word is that Hill will redshirt this year, and
Harris is considering the same.  The Orange are now deep enough that the
redshirting option can be considered by the players more seriously.

My overall impression of the game was that SU played very well defensively
in spurts.  Boeheim rotated all 11 guys trying different combinations, and
that made the team kind of herky-jerky.  The starting four and either Edwards
or Autry played the best, and were very active in getting into the passing
lanes and breaking things up.  The fast break opportunities were bungled as
much as made, mostly from passes hitting guys in the chest.  It was apparent
that these guys are still getting to know each other.  Prognosis:  a solid
year is ahead, one which SU will most likely exceed expectations.

AN ASIDE:  is anyone interested in an SU (or Big East) mailing list?  The volume
of postings on r.s.bb.c typically gets large enough that my dial-up connection
makes it difficult to stay abreast.  I would be willing to administer
the list if there was enough interest.  email me (mark@cri.com) with your
thoughts.

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