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Daivien Williamson’s 3 gets Wake Forest past Syracuse
from March 2, 2023
By Anish Vasudevan senior staff writer
GREENSBORO, N.C. — It’s impossible for Jesse Edwards to describe the feeling of losing a close game. But it’s one he’s experienced countless times this season, fittingly again in Syracuse’s last matchup of the year.
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Wake Forest took full advantage of a final swing, awarding Daivien Williamson a game-winning, last second 3-pointer after Syracuse failed to take the lead. All Edwards could do was stare at Williamson’s shot and hope that it didn’t go in so SU had a chance in overtime. But it did.
“We just couldn’t get the stop at the other end,” head coach Jim Boeheim said.
Syracuse’s (17-15, 10-10 Atlantic Coast) 77-74 defeat to Wake Forest (19-13, 10-10 ACC) was the sixth time this season it has lost a game by five points or less. This loss stung even more, though, because the Orange handled the Demon Deacons convincingly at home five days ago. But Wake Forest’s improvements in less than week outmatched SU’s with its balanced attack giving the zone issues down the stretch. The game had all the inklings for a close win, but that evaporated once Williamson’s shot fell through.
“It doesn’t matter if you play them a week ago, a month ago or a year ago,” Joe Girard III said. “We knew they were going to be a different team. It’s just unfortunate that we couldn’t come out on top.”
Throughout all their close wins this year, the Orange have had the dependability of Edwards, Girard and Judah Mintz. In their 62-61 win over Notre Dame in December, Edwards and Girard combined for 42 points. Then, with 20 seconds left,
Mintz, who had scored seven points up to that point, used a screen and an open lane to drop in a go-ahead, right-handed layup to grant Syracuse a one-point lead.
But Edwards was doubled from the get-go, Girard was faceguarded by Cameron Hildreth and Mintz had an off-night, going 7-for-21 from the field. The Orange needed more options, and they finally found some from their forwards.
Chris Bell has been responsible for a corner 3 every now and then, Maliq Brown can provide Edwards some help on the boards and Benny
Williams has shown he can go on a scoring run. But only Williams has taken over a game, and multiple forwards have not heavily contributed this entire year.
After nailing his corner 3, Bell stationed himself in the same position a minute later. Instead of waiting for a kick-out pass, he bolted into the lane, catching a laser from Mintz for a wideopen layup. When Williams missed a step back 3-pointer, Bell was the only SU player to go for the rebound, securing it and feeding Williams again. Williams drilled his second- see boeheim page 9 see acc tournament page 9
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