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Beverly Oliver has been providing child care to children in Onondaga County for over 35 years.

Throughout the pandemic, Oliver kept her services running.

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Buddy Boeheim shared his love for working with companies that have ties to the Syracuse community and athletes nationally.

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Despite moving from Cornell to Syracuse this season, Jimmy Boeheim has been one of the Orange’s top scorers, averaging over 13 points per game.

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Masking policies confuse students

By Ivana Xie

asst. digital editor

SU student forced to evacuate Moscow SU junior Grace Sainsbury was studying abroad in Moscow, but the ongoing invasion forced her evacuation Story by Kyle Chouinard

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Illustration by Yiwei He

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race Sainsbury started her Saturday night in a Moscow bar.

Sainsbury said her friends at the bar were all European, besides one other American. Her friends were getting worried about the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, and a few had even booked flights to Europe as a precaution. As they were sitting at the bar, she said, they got an alert that all of their flights home had been canceled.

The group, most of whom were international students, ran out of the bar to find an ATM. “We just wanted to make sure we would have cash to buy tickets if we needed to,” Sainsbury said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a “military operation” in the early hours of Feb. 24, two days before the students left the bar to find an ATM. Seth Tucker, Syracuse University’s Director of Global Safety and Student Services, confirmed to The Daily Orange in an email statement that a singular student was studying in Russia.

Sainsbury, a junior at SU studying international relations,

went to Russia to further specialize in the country’s foreign relations. This semester, Sainsbury said she planned to take classes at the Moscow Institute for International Relations through The School of Russian and Asian Studies, which Tucker called a “partner organization” to SU. He confirmed to The D.O. that Sainsbury was in the organization’s Diplomacy and International Relations program in Moscow.

She wanted to study Russian as a language because she thought the country would be one of the U.S.’ largest adversaries over the next 20 years.

“I was sadly correct,” she said.

She was first contacted by the U.S. Embassy in Russia on the morning of Feb. 21. She said the message warned her of potential attacks to public places in Moscow and to stay away from busy metro stations and large crowds.

“Have evacuation plans that do not rely on U.S. government assistance,” the U.S. Embassy wrote in a security alert Sainsbury received.

The next communication would come later that day from SU’s School of Russian and Asian Studies. She said the message she received from SRAS was “blasé,” assuring her that the situation was under control.

The next day, she said, SU contacted her.

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Students who take classes in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management have noticed that some professors have chosen not to wear masks when standing by their lectern, which, for many classrooms within the college, is designated by red tape pasted onto the ground.

These students said that their professors cited Whitman’s masking policy that allows them to remove their mask within these boundaries.

Syracuse University is currently on the “BLUE” masking level, meaning faculty, staff and students — vaccinated or not — must wear masks during academic instruction.

But according to a university press release from August 2021, professors within “designated teaching areas” can remove their masks.

Emily Gray, an environmental policy major at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs who takes a class in Whitman, said that she was confused by the mask policy that her professor explained to her. She said she was shocked that Whitman seemingly has a different protocol than the rest of the schools she has classes in. “(My professor) said that it was a Whitman rule. I was literally sitting there in the middle of class trying to Google the faculty masking policy on campus. I was like, ‘There’s no way this is right,’” Gray said.

Tenzin Norzin, a senior majoring in biology and psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences, also has a class in Whitman. She was unaware that Whitman professors are allowed to unmask during class.

Norzin added that the red line in Whitman classrooms will not stop the spread of COVID-19. She said she would be more comfortable if all students and professors kept their masks on.

“It’s the safest option,” she said.

Sarah Scalese, the senior associate vice president for university communications at SU, said that faculty across schools and colleges are allowed to remove their mask when in a teaching box in an email statement to The Daily Orange. However, because of classroom sizes and spacing, not all classrooms have this accommodation, she said. Scalese

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Beverly Oliver provides care amid pandemic Pelosi to speak at Toner Prize ceremony

By Grace Katz

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After 35 years of providing childcare, Beverly Oliver is retiring. Continuing her work over the pandemic, she said she would not have been able to keep working if it wasn’t for the support of C. Grant Grimshaw Elementary School courtesy of beverly oliver

By Sarah Marshall contributing writer

For over 35 years, Beverly Oliver has been providing quality child care to the Onondaga County community, most notably the town of Lafayette.

Oliver is the founder of the After School and Early Learning Program at the C. Grant Grimshaw Elementary School in Lafayette, where she works with a diverse population of students.

“I just want them to know we can get along no matter what you look like,” Oliver said.

Oliver received one of Syracuse University’s 2022 Unsung Hero awards, which SU gives to faculty, staff, students and community members in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. and his commitment to positive change.

Oliver said her passion for childcare came from her mother, who

worked with children her whole life. Originally from Queens, Oliver did computer work prior to child care and ran a small farm with her husband. She was also a stay-athome mom.

“I never thought I’d be doing so much work with kids,” she said.

The after-school program provides school-aged children attending C. Grant Grimshaw Elementary after-school child care. When asked how she came to establish her after-school program, Oliver said the amount of “latchkey kids” during that time inspired her to open a program where parents could leave their children rather than leaving them home alone after school.

“I spoke to my neighbor and a few others, and they got me housed in a church, and after the church I got to a larger church,” she said.

Oliver’s program continued to grow out of building after build-

ing until she moved it to C. Grant Grimshaw Elementary School, where she found a supportive and diverse community.

When Oliver found out she was awarded the Unsung Heroes Award, she thought it was a scam.

“I had no words when I realized it was legit,” she said. “I think I cried for a long while that my community would think that much of me.”

“It’s a great community,” Oliver continued. “They treat me very, very well. When I found out that these people got together, including my superintendent, it took my breath away.”

With the start of the pandemic, most educational facilities shut down operations, worsening an already existent national child care crisis. Oliver made the decision to keep her program open.

“I knew these parents needed their care,” Oliver said.

Oliver credits the school for

being supportive of her decision and helping her remain open.

The school gave her the space, rules and resources she needed to be successful.

“I didn’t have those fears of catching COVID, getting sick.

That’s not me. I was just happy to do what I did,” Oliver said. “If it wasn’t for the school system being so supportive, I don’t know if we could make it work.”

In 2000, Oliver also brought a group of students to Afterschool Advocacy Day in Albany. A student of hers wrote an essay and was invited to the event.

“We advocated for funds for the school program,” Oliver said.

“To this day a lot of the same children talk about that trip. It was very, very exciting.”

Colleen Cameron, a professor of practice in human development and family science at Syracuse see unsung

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Brave Space welcomes marginalized students

By Dominic Chiappone

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Danara Dormaeva had just finished a difficult exam and had to prepare for another assessment. Dormaeva, a sophomore at SUNY-ESF student who moved to the U.S. in 2016, decided to spend the rest of her day at the college’s new Brave Space, an area designed for traditionally underrepresented and marginalized communities on campus.

“It’s pretty inclusive here,” said Dormaeva. “I feel welcomed here.

I use the Brave Space about two times a week.”

In November 2021, ESF announced the opening of the Brave Space, which was designed to improve campus climate and foster a sense of community for underrepresented and marginalized groups as well as their allies, according to a press release. An

anonymous $10,000 donation to the school’s Undergraduate Student Association funded the space — located in Room 11 of Bray Hall — and its Office of Inclusion, Diversity and Equity worked with the USA to oversee the project.

Lexi Chipules, a fifth-year ESF student and the president of ESF’s USA, said these students needed a place to feel comfortable and welcomed at the university. Marshall Hall, one of ESF’s main buildings, has been closed for construction, making the Brave Space an even larger priority, she added.

“It was really important that people from different backgrounds, cultures and identities had a space on campus where they could feel safe,” Chipules said.

Chipules said ESF’s USA has worked tirelessly over the summer to begin preparations for renovating the space. Addition-

ally, because the ESF University police are also housed in Bray Hall, she said the building is accessible 24/7.

The Brave Space is just the start of projects designed to better welcome and comfort ESF’s students from diverse backgrounds, Chipules added.

Lizette Rivera, the director of student inclusion initiatives at ESF and special assistant to the chief diversity office, said that as a head faculty member at ESF’s Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity, she was a key figure in developing the new Brave Space. She added that the Brave Space is just the first of many projects they hope they can complete.

“We are working to get a commitment from the college for a bigger, larger space,” Rivera said. “That’s what we’re working on right now. The current Brave

Space is open to anyone on ESF, but also specifically designated for marginalized communities to come together.”

But the Brave Space is just the first of many projects she hopes the college will complete, Rivera said. Her office has a new grant, titled the Louis Stokes Alliance of Minority Participation, she said, and organizations such the Black Student Union are working with the college to create a larger space on campus.

“We created those initiatives about two years ago specifically from listening to students, and hearing what they wanted,” Rivera said. “They wanted more representation and more programming.

So, we created these initiatives.”

Additionally, Ebby Adukkalil, the temporary coordinator for student involvement and leadership at ESF, said ESF has hosted events, see brave

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Nancy Pelosi, the 52nd Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, will be the featured guest and keynote speaker at the pre-recorded ceremony for the 2022 Toner Prizes for Excellence in Political Reporting.

The recording, traditionally held in Washington D.C., will be posted at 7 p.m. on Monday, March 28. Students can register for the event to receive a confirmation email to view the ceremony.

Pelosi will discuss the current situation of the nation and the world in an interview with Washington Post reporter Karen Tumulty. Previous speakers of the ceremony include political figures such as former President Barack Obama, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton and then-vice president Joe Biden.

The Toner Prize is an award created to honor Syracuse University alumna Robin Toner, who passed away in 2008. She was the first woman to be a national political correspondent for The New York Times.

Toner graduated in 1976 from the Newhouse School of Public Communications with a dual degree in journalism and political science.

The prize is administered through the Toner Program for Political Journalism, and is given to both local and national publications for political reporting. Previous recipients include reporters from publications such as The Atlantic, WBEZ Public Media, The New York Times and LehighValleyLive.com.

Entries must be fact-based reporting and books are ineligible, according to the program’s website.

Submissions were open from Dec. 1, 2021, until mid-January.

Winners are chosen for their writing that either has illuminated the electoral process, revealed the politics of policy or engaged the public in democracy, according to the website. Each award includes a $5,000 honorarium.

During her career at The New York Times, Toner covered five presidential campaigns, congressional and gubernatorial campaigns and political policy issues, according to the release.

Winners are invited to Newhouse to deliver the annual Toner Lecture. Past topics lectures include the power of political journalism and keeping calm under pressure when reporting.

“While the pandemic once again prevents us from gathering in person in Washington, D.C., we will gather virtually to celebrate the work of the latest prize winners and to hear from another of our nation’s most important leaders,” the program’s website reads. “Your participation still assists the Toner Program’s work at the Newhouse School, bringing journalism students to the capital and providing valuable networking and learning opportunities.” gdkatz@syr.edu

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russia Luhansk ‘independent’ and was preparing to move in,” Sainsbury wrote to The Daily Orange over WhatsApp. “I am not resentful, but it would have been a great help to my level of stress for them to reach out to at least tell me they were keeping track of the situation (prior to Feb. 22).”

Sainsbury told The D.O. in a message that Syracuse Abroad has worked hard for her throughout the crisis, and it even found a program in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, so she can safely leave Russia and continue her studies.

“I just wish there (had) been more communication from Syracuse from the start,” she said.

Sainsbury was scheduled to evacuate to Bishkek Wednesday, SRAS Director Renee Stillings told The Daily Orange in an email from page 1

whitman added that there is no exemption for any specific groups of faculty.

Despite Scalese’s statement, Dawn McWilliams, Whitman’s director of marketing and communications, wrote in an email to The Daily Orange that all students, faculty and staff must wear masks when inside the building.

Only when they are in their offices can they remove their masks. “The Whitman faculty are not exempt for wearing a mask at Whitman … same as the rest of the campus,” she said.

In the August 2021 press release, John Liu, the interim vice chancellor and provost at the time, wrote that courses that have a firm pedagogical reason for instructors to unmask can coordinate with their department chair.

Dona Hayes Storm, the associate dean of the Newhouse School of Public Communications, said in an email statement she doesn’t recall hearing that faculty were communicating with their department chairs about unmasking in the classroom.

Additionally, Martin Walls, the director of marketing and communications at School of from page 3

unsung hero University, started occasionally volunteering with Oliver’s program after she became familiar with it. From volunteering with Oliver, she got a stronger sense of what she does for the community.

“I realized she worked with children and families as if they’re her own family,” Cameron said. “I realized this was more than just from page 3

brave space such as a banquet, to help recognize and commemorate Black History Month on campus.

He also said he set up community breakfasts for students from across campus to connect.

Adukkalil works with Registered Student Organizations and special student interest groups on campus, and he said he worked closely with ESF’s USA to create programs and events to provide a welcoming environment for all ESF students. Ultimately,

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statement. Stillings said Sainsbury will be part of a group of nearly 40 students in Bishkek.

She was scheduled to be accompanied by 12 other students, who were either studying in Moscow or St. Petersburg, and two other SRAS staff members, Stillings said.

Sainsbury confirmed to The D.O. Wednesday that she had made it to Bishkek.

“It appears that she should be able to continue some courses online from the program in Moscow and supplement this with in-person language study in Bishkek,” the SRAS director said.

In Moscow, Sainsbury said she was originally scheduled to take five classes as well as a Russian language course.

Sainsbury said many international students in Moscow believed it was not safe to stay as they feared SWIFT, a global transaction service, would be sanctioned. Their fears were realized on Feb. 27, on Moscow time, when the U.S. and its allies removed select

Russian banks from SWIFT. Sainsbury, along with many other international students, said she feared if SWIFT went down, it would be difficult or impossible to pay for anything using an international card, including food.

Additionally, the ruble has been volatile over the last week, losing nearly 26% of its original value over a few days. Sainsbury said on Tuesday that the price of goods hadn’t yet risen to meet the devaluation of the currency.

Since the outbreak of the invasion into Ukraine until her eventual evacuation from the country, Sainsbury saw changes in the city.

On Sunday, Russian police detained over 2,000 people protesting the war across the country, including in Moscow, Reuters reported. Sainsbury was told by the U.S. State Department through the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program to avoid protests.

Since the protests, Sainsbury has seen a noticeably larger police presence in Moscow. She

said she saw police in riot gear with batons just standing outside of a metro station when she was out. At Red Square in Moscow, Sainsbury said she had previously seen police cars in the square, but following the protests there was an unmarked black van “waiting to take anyone away.”

Sainsbury, along with a friend of hers, a student from Italy, agreed to only speak Russian to each other to not attract attention from police. “(It was) nerve-wracking, especially as an American,” Sainsbury said.

Though, Moscow hasn’t changed completely. “It’s also a little weird how normal life still is here in the city,” she said.

Sainsbury said now that she is in Bishkek, she does not have to worry about her personal safety, getting caught up in a protest, or her cards not working.

“I’m relieved.”

Education, said the school doesn’t have any special masking policies or guidelines beyond the official university’s. “We follow University masking policy, which is currently that masks are required for all in instructional settings.”

Other schools such as Maxwell, the College of Visual and Performing Arts and the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics are following the standard policy of code “BLUE,” which means masks are required during academic instruction.

Alex Dunbar, the communications manager of the College of Engineering and Computer Science, referred to Scalese’s statements, while the remaining six colleges at SU have not responded.

Students from various said they are confused about the masking policy. Tyler Lavaway, a computer engineering major at the College of Engineering and Computer Science, also said he didn’t understand the current mask rules in Whitman, especially relating to other colleges and the university as a whole.

“I don’t think it makes a difference if you’re in Whitman, if you’re in engineering, if you’re in Newhouse. The mask policy should still be the same,” Lavaway said. “If one school isn’t following the university’s policy, then I feel like that’s

contradictory to what they’re telling all of us.”

Some students, however, were comfortable with their professors unmasking.

Olivia Browndorf, a real estate major in Whitman, has four out of five classes in Whitman, and all four of her professors do not wear a mask when teaching. She said she prefers her professors not wear a mask because it creates a normal setting and makes her professors more engaged.

Similarly, Annie Chazen, a marketing major in Whitman, also has four of her five classes in Whitman, where two of her professors do not wear a mask during academic instruction. She said she understood that professors are in class all day, and the freedom to take off their masks during instruction is helpful for them.

“Teachers work long days and they’re stuck behind their desk and there’s kind of a limited ability to drink and eat, so I find it fair that they’re allowed to take off their mask in that box,” Chazen said.

Eleanor Mellin, a sophomore majoring in supply chain management and marketing, said she’s had COVID-19 twice, so she doesn’t mind professors unmasking during academic instruction because she doesn’t believe that she will be infected again.

Mellin said she acknowledges that many students have different health conditions which may put them at a higher risk of being infected of COVID-19.

“I feel like people are just ready to get back to normal (after) hiding behind a mask for so long,” she said. “But for the people with health issues, it’s unfair.”

Sharina Desai, a freshman majoring in marketing at Whitman, also said that she doesn’t mind professors unmasking, but if no universal rule allows them to do so then they should keep their masks on.

“Everybody should wear their mask above their nose,” she said. “If you’re a teacher and you’re not wearing your mask, and you’re not setting an example. And you’re telling other people to wear a mask. I don’t think that’s smart.”

Gray said it is hypocritical when professors require students to wear masks yet they unmask during academic instruction, and both she and Lavaway said they’d prefer if professors wear masks in class.

“I thought that the university policy applied to all schools,” Lavaway said.

going into work every day.”

Oliver plans on retiring after this year to work with Syracuse’s Light a Candle for Literacy Program. She’s partnered with the program in the past to bring children from her program and theirs together.

“She creates community with children at a very early age,” Cameron said. “From a developmental perspective, you can be one person in a child’s life who creates an impact.” semarshall21@wells.edu

students have been at the forefront of recent changes designed to better comfort traditionally underrepresented students at the university, he said.

“That’s something that we’re still working on, as a college,” Adukkalil said.

“I’ve seen just from my time here the leaps and bounds now. Groups on campus and students who fi nd themselves in those organizations to feel empowered, and to be able to go and do those things.” dcchiapp@syr.edu @DominicChiappo2

The Brave Space is the first of many projects designed to better welcome and comfort underrepresented students at ESF. corey henry senior staff photographer

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Title IX failed to protect my sister David Bruen should not run for reelection

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Title IX is failing at protecting college students who are survivors of sexual assault. Colleges and universities need to reform it. emily steinberger editor-in-chief

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t’s heartbreaking to be far away and helpless. The only thing I can do is pick up the phone and talk to my sister. The institution that should protect her, failed. My sister Sophia, a sophomore at Ithaca College, followed all the right steps and instead was taken down a humiliating and random path that helped no one but the students that hurt her.

While working as an orientation leader in August of 2021, she was harassed by two male student athletes. What should be an easy process becomes one akin to her college making it seemingly impossible for her to receive justice.

A grueling three and a half month process including multiple people in Ithaca’s Title IX Office telling her she should not hold a hearing. During midterms she was given a case file, and the only dates offered to her for a hearing were at the end of the semester, during finals week. She was given no information throughout the investigation. All of her work and effort to be heard resulted in nothing to show for it and no one believing her.

My sister’s hearing was a direct

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result of the Title IX change that became law in 2020. It forced students who are assaulted to be subject to cross examination by the assaulters’ defenders. This also forces the survivor to be in the same live hearing as the attacker.

While I understand that Ithaca was following law, the law needs to be reformed. It would be naive for me to think that her experience is unique and that this can change overnight, but there needs to be a stronger effort to push for change.

Don’t schools see their students are suffering in this process?

Syracuse University is no stranger to issues with Title IX. As recently as December of 2021 a report found that SU had committed six rule violations regarding Title IX, the most in New York state. SU Student Association’s President David Bruen has acknowledged that he would like to see reform to include more anonymity in the process. Protests on campus in the fall also called for change to Title IX. Title IX failed my sister, it fails students across the country and will continue to fail students across the country too if there is no reform.

The repercussions of her harassment will continue to hurt her and with no justice, they will only enable the students who harassed her. *** The Daily Orange reached out to Ithaca College’s Title IX office for comment. While it said it cannot comment on specific cases, Linda Koenig, Ithaca College’s Title IX coordinator, said, “We work diligently to make sure each complainant feels empowered to make their own decisions, which includes letting a complainant know that if they engage in a formal complaint process, they have the option to withdraw from that process should they choose to do so at a later point.” Further, she commented on the timing of their process in general, and she added, “It is important to note that we prioritize thoroughness over timeliness so that we may offer a full review of the evidence we gather in relation to the allegations to the decision makers for the hearing.

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ecently, the incumbent Student Association president David Bruen was the first to announce his intention to run for reelection. Many Syracuse University students probably also had his “campaign account” try to follow them on Instagram. While I am not entirely surprised, I am disappointed because I believe that he is morally obligated to end his campaign and not seek reelection.

The chief reason for my opposition is Bruen’s use of the student body’s lack of attention to our student government to transform internal structures of SA. He is doing this in ways that now make it much harder for anyone outside of his circle to retain influence. He played a high-level role in the creation of the new constitution and originally ran unopposed. Now that he has served a term and reformed the SA in some way, he is obligated to step down.

Relatively few people know that by the end of Bruen’s freshman year, he ran the student government’s infrastructure for elections, with all questions or complaints running through him. In his sophomore year, he took an even higher office as the Speaker of the House, where he gained influence over the majority of members in the SA. SU has seen disputed elections in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, the latter of which two candidates opposed Hastings and Golden in the campaign that Bruen chaired. Bruen, however, ran unopposed in the spring of 2021, which strikes me as strange after multiple straight years of contested elections.

This new election occurred under the new rules that were recently rewritten in the new constitution. He struggled significantly to get the necessary number of votes to legitimately win the election, but it wouldn’t have mattered anyway. In the event that there weren’t enough votes, constitutionally, the presidency would have been handed to … the Speaker of the House. Bruen certainly was not the only person organizing the new constitution, but his primary role puts the intentions behind his subsequent actions in doubt.

While Bruen’s campaign messaging was full of vague plati-

tudes about “fighting for us,” his actions as the president were far from what he promised. As a student, I have seen no change in my experience because of any of Bruen’s work.

Bruen’s intentions with his position seem far more self-serving than anything else. One of the few times that I can remember him talking about his specific work has been the petition he signed about student loan debt. While a letter like that is not bad, his emphasis on this makes it seem that his time in SA has been primarily a means to advance his career. There is nothing implicitly wrong with the policy itself, but his choice to list this as one of his main accomplishments shows how little change he has brought to our campus.

My point is not to come across as angry or jealous, because I think that Bruen is a hard worker and a smart person. The reality is that the students at SU need someone who is willing to raise hell for students, even when having to go against the administration. Students feel constantly betrayed and disenfranchised by decisions made by the bureaucrats running our school, and we need representation that reflects that.

The larger point to why he should not run for reelection is because his term as president should have been transitional — moving into a new constitution and change for the SA. Even if he had lived up to his promise to fight for students, he should now be allowing a more energized group of young students to take his role.

From the very beginning of his time at SU, Bruen has been an insider within SA and a friend to the administration, a major reason why many students are so frustrated. Any real change now needs an outsider.

That’s why I was so excited to hear about Maram Ahmed and Zikora Lotachukwu Nnam’s announcement of their campaign. They are hard-working STEM students who have witnessed the ineptitude of the administration as resident advisers. They participate wholly and enthusiastically in our thriving student culture, representing a new and exciting future for SU. Representatives who have the strength and determination to demand change is what the students need. I am excited to see the future that Maram and Zikora will bring to SU. Patrick Fox, Class of ‘22

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La Casita holds local panel

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Buddy Buckets’ brands Buddy has made it a point to work with companies that have ties to the Syracuse community since signing with Roc Nation Sports

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uddy Boeheim didn’t know what to expect when he began working with Roc Nation Sports management on his brand deals instead of with his mother.

At the end of the summer, Buddy met Jack Overdyk, a Syracuse University alumnus and sports representative at Roc Nation, who is now Buddy’s manager.

Overdyk helped Buddy organize contracts with brands that either have ties to the Syracuse community or strong backgrounds with athletes.

“My mom was already really stressed with trying to manage brands to work with, and my dad didn’t want to deal with it — he just wanted to coach,” Buddy said. “When Jack came up to Syracuse and explained that he would help me with deals and negotiating, it was a no-brainer.”

Buddy said it’s important for him to work with brands that have ties to the Syracuse community, are knowledgeable about athletes and have a product he believes in. Name, image and likeness legislation passed over the summer, allowing collegiate athletes to enter partnerships and profit from the use of their name and brand. In addition to Roc Nation, Buddy has worked with Three Wishes Cereal, Beak and Skiff

Apple Orchards, and his most recent deal is with Athletic Brewing Company.

Buddy started working with Three Wishes in the middle of June, and Beak and Skiff, an apple orchard and distillery, contacted him to shoot a video in late August.

“Beak and Skiff was really my first local thing. I grew up going to that orchard so it was a good connection, and I had a lot of fun shooting the video,” Buddy said. “When I was shooting the video they just said, ‘Be goofy, be yourself, have fun with it,’ which made it really easy.”

Sarah Ditterline, the social media and brand development coordinator at Beak and Skiff, focused on finding influencers and athletes to collaborate with who are recognizable to college students and the wider central New York area.

Buddy was a natural fit for collaborating with Beak and Skiff because of his popularity in the Syracuse area and his excitement to be working with a company he has grown up supporting, Ditterline said.

“When you think of Syracuse, Buddy is one of the top things that comes to mind, as well as Beak and Skiff,” Ditterline said. “We wanted to make the wider Syracuse community aware of what we do and have to offer through Buddy.”

Athletic Brewing, a non-alcoholic beer company, is Buddy’s most recent sponsorship. Buddy was drawn to working with Athletic Brewing because he knew C.J. Stroud, an Ohio State football player who was sponsored by them, he said.

Ryan Cranston, the assistant manager at Winstate Sports Consulting, spoke about Winstate’s process pairing Buddy with Athletic Brewing. The company reached out to Buddy before the basketball season began and outlined a contract that includes five Instagram posts and a promotional video.

“We want people with a key name in sports, a loyal following and teams that are nationally relevant. Buddy was first team All-(Atlantic Coast Conference) last year and was coming back to Syracuse to play, so that was a huge appeal for us,” Cranston said.

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By talking with many Syracuse community partners like La Liga and the Young Women’s Christian Association during the pandemic, Tere Paniagua learned that each organization was facing the same issue: trying to survive in order to be the lifeline for many vulnerable communities during an unprecedented time. ​​”My hope is that the conversation that we’re going to have here today is going to lead to some new insights, maybe some new initiatives that are going to result in closer collaborations, shared resources, and to see what we can do together to address this problem that we are all facing,” Paniagua said.

On Thursday, La Casita Cultural Center, located in the Near Westside of Syracuse, held a hybrid panelist event titled “Engaging Urban Communities: Rebounding from COVID19 and the ‘New Normal.’” La Casita invited Syracuse University faculty, students and community partners from across the city of Syracuse.

Paniagua, executive director of the Office of Cultural Engagement for the Hispanic Community at SU, was the moderator of the panel.

The conversation focused on how community partners are engaging and supporting primarily marginalized urban communities that have been met with significant barriers in the midst of isolation and loss. Panelists also emphasized the different roles communitybased programs serve and the challenges that arise with community building and involvement.

Zachary Pearson, a master’s student in social work at SU and a volunteer at La Casita, designed the ECHOES of the Culture program, which hosts improvisational theater workshops. ECHOES uses the creative process as a parallel for important social and emotional skills for young students.

Pearson said that low attendance has been an issue as La Casita transitioned from online to in-person activities and offered a potential reason as to why. “(Something that) I’ve noticed is, for our students, our staff and our volunteers to be in a space with people again … meeting new people and collaborating with new people is very challenging,” Pearson said.

Zakery Muñoz, a Ph.D. fellow in composition and cultural rhetoric at SU, said that he first visited the center to work on compiling and organizing La Casita’s archive. At the time, there were not any active programs because attendance was very low for both in-person and online events.

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slice of life

Speedy Morman talks career, time at SU

By Louis Platt

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Chris “Speedy” Morman came to a crossroaChris “Speedy” Morman came to a crossroads when Complex offered him the weekend news host position after his second summer interning with the media company. The rising broadcast and digital journalism senior contemplated how he would manage the job that required him to be in New York City while finishing his studies at Syracuse University.

That school year, the senior commuted six hours on Fridays to NYC, hosted the news show on Saturdays and Sundays, and then hopped back on a Greyhound bus to Syracuse on Sunday afternoon. In an interview last year on the radio show “The Breakfast Club,” Morman said he graduated on Sunday and started working full-time for Complex on Monday. Morman, who is 27 years old, is still working at Complex, and last summer he began hosting a streetwear design show called “The Hype” on HBO Max. The Newhouse School of Public Communications graduate has seen more career success than most journalists will throughout their entire career, Dean Mark Ladato said while introducing him in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium. Morman returned to SU on Wednesday to speak to students, faculty and staff about how he carved his own path to success.

The Daily Orange interviewed Morman prior to his “Leaders in Communication” speaking engagement hosted by SU junior Jordan Pierre. This interview has been edited for clarity and brevity.

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partnerships no major professional sports team in Upstate New York, Cranston said. Buddy is a big name in the Syracuse community and can reach a younger demographic other than the typical 40 to 50-year-old non-alcoholic beer drinker, he said.

Cranston hopes that Buddy’s Instagram posts about Athletic Brewing will raise awareness in the Syracuse area for anybody who wants to pursue a healthier lifestyle or cut down on drinking altogether.

“We’re hoping that just by enforcement from Buddy and helping to raise awareness around Syracuse, people will see it in the grocery store and walk past and say, ‘Wow, Buddy promotes this. Let me give it a try,’” Cranston said.

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la casita amount of programming activities for children in grades K-12 to participate, Muñoz said. After witnessing the issues, he came up with a suggestion to spur higher attendance numbers.

“I just pitched to Tere, ‘Hey, let’s teach these kids how to write.’ I’m a writing instructor, I’m teaching right now in my home, so we designed a four-week program where we teach the students how to write,” Muñoz said. “Then the catch was concerning attendance, (so) we were paying them to be in the space, even the young kids that were coming here to do mental health workshops.”

Both the writing and theater workshops are creative processes, so Muñoz spoke about approaching programming through an ethic of contingency.

Attendance has always been an important aspect for many of the community partners at the event, but accessibility has also played a major role in how they have united to support one another.

Brice Nordquist, a dean’s professor of community engagement and associate professor of writing, rhetoric, and composition, pointed out the need for computer literacy and supplies to make it easier for members of the community to

Who would be the most stylish and least stylish celebrity you’ve interviewed?

Speedy Morman: I would say stylish is very subjective, so for me the celebrity who I like the way they dress the most has to probably be DJ Khaled. He is not at all like a fly person, but he does wear a lot of tracksuits. And I’m “sweatsuit Speedy,” like I wear a lot of tracksuits and sweatsuits, and he does have a great collection of tracksuits.

The least stylish person I’ve ever interviewed, judging them based only on the outfit they wore while I was interviewing them, has to be (former) President Barack Obama. He had on slacks, a button down and some shoes — which for him is great because we always see him in a suit, but compared to everyone else in terms of being fly, he was definitely the least fly person that I’ve ever interviewed.

D.O.: What was it like 24 hours before you got to sit down with President Obama?

S.M.: I knew something special was about to happen that day. It was just a really intense research session and then traveling down to D.C. We also shot that in the height of the pandemic, so that was interesting, because we had to stay a certain distance, and we had to jump through a lot of hoops with the Secret Service. We had to get COVID tested before and I was praying that I was negative — thank God I was. I was just thinking about making history, and it’s not every day that I get a call from one of my producers that says, “Barack Obama wants to do an interview with you.” So it’s a moment I’ll cherish for the rest of my life.

D.O.: Your summer going into senior year and your senior year sounded like it was the grind that you were kind of always leading up to. Could you talk about what that lifestyle was like for you at that time in your

life? What was it like working seven days a week during senior year?

S.M.: Dawg, it’s tough. I missed everything. I missed everything that there is to know about being a senior in college. Youth, parties, dating, hanging out. But it was an investment, and it was something that I had no choice but to do and it kind of paid off. So I’m grateful that I did it. But yeah, I definitely missed the social side. It was no fun. It was business only. But because of the business that I did then, it’s a whole lot of fun now.

D.O.: Where do you think the programs here can improve?

S.M.: Listen to the students because the students are the future and are going to be the ones sitting in the seats of the next big anchor.

You got to stay abreast of the trends. And I feel like the program while I was here was pretty antiquated and kind of set in one particular way, and it groomed people for that role very, very well. But if you were outside of that, it didn’t do the best job. So I would say make modifications, because obviously it’s a very well-oiled machine here and it has a very high level of success, but it can be more successful.

D.O.: How can SU improve to ensure more students that look like you and have the same ambitions as you get here and feel welcomed and succeed?

S.M.: I think that a big reason why a lot of students aren’t able to come here is the very obvious financial burden that comes with a major university. So I think being able to offer resources financially, help kids get here and (offer) options that aren’t taking on a quartermillion dollars worth of debt when you get out of here. Finding ways to help people with that burden is a start.

In the beginning of the year, Buddy felt worried when he was being contacted by brands from around the country. He didn’t know how his teammates would react. Some members of the SU men’s basketball team are international students and can’t take NIL partnerships, and others don’t have as big of a following as Buddy does.

Luckily, his teammates have been nothing but supportive and excited for Buddy’s endeavors, he said. Buddy even plans to do something with his teammates, like a basketball camp or clinic that everyone can participate in.

“I was a little nervous at first because I had no clue what to expect. The team has been so encouraging, and they want to know about deals — when they see me do something fun, they want to ask how it was and if it was cool,” Buddy said. “I’ll always share stuff with them too, like Beak and Skiff sent some doughnuts,

and I shared it with them.”

Buddy’s biggest concern this year was making sure he didn’t have to shoot any videos or commercials during the basketball season and ensuring the companies he partners with have a connection to Syracuse or sports in some way.

He would also love to work with a company that is run by an SU student, whether it be a clothing line or sports venture.

“If I liked the product and message, I would totally be on board to help a fellow student at ’Cuse. I have a friend who plays at Grand Canyon University, and he created his own clothing brand,” Buddy said. “Prior to the season, we talked about doing some Instagram posts or stories of me wearing his stuff. I’m always down to partner with peers.”

participate in programming.

Through these obstacles, Nordquist was glad to receive support from other community members such as Bea González, community organizer and former vice president for community engagement.

“The Office of Community Engagement sent out a call … ‘How can we support you, and how can the Office of Community Engagement support what’s going on in the community?’”

Nordquist said. “Through this office, (they) provided computers for those spaces (and) gave us some tablet computers that could sustain the kind of internet connectivity we needed.”

Having access to electronic devices and workshops on how to use them to do homework took some stress off of students and families. Some were previously struggling to attend online classes and complete assignments because they only had access to phones.

Addressing the need of accessibility has helped the community not be limited to only the classroom, but become open to other learning opportunities as well.

Elisa Morales, executive director of the Spanish Action League, also known as La Liga, opened after Nordquist and said she admired hearing him talk about his collaboration with

the Office of Community Engagement.

“La Liga has provided PPE and toiletries, first-aid kits, food boxes and milk, drinks, and just everything you can imagine to over 21,000 households,” Morales said. “We normally see 2,000 clients a year, so this is very overwhelming, and we’re very short staffed.”

Morales reached out to the Syracuse community partners even though she said she was aware some of them did not get along. She said she believes one person can’t do everything, but even so, you should try to do something. Through adversity, they found strength through unity.

The final subject of the night, which panelists identified with and which pushed all the community members and volunteers to continue their work, was faith.

Fanny Villareal, executive director of the YWCA, said that having faith without fear is important for progress and innovation to occur when seeking new methods to sustain and increase community engagement and programming.

“If you are afraid, you don’t have faith, because that is the other side … of change,” Villareal said, “Really have faith and don’t be afraid, because everything will be just fine.”

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CONCERTS THIS WEEKEND The Regrettes After canceling their performance in Syracuse earlier this semester, The Regrettes’ rescheduled show will be coming to the Westcott Theater this weekend. The LA-based pop rock group — who released two singles in 2021, “Monday” and “You’re So F**king Pretty” — will be supported by pop-punk artist Kississippi.

Doors open on March 3 at 7 p.m. and the show will begin at 8 p.m.

Advanced tickets cost $22.

WHEN: Thursday, Mar 3.

ARTIST: The Regrettes, Kississippi Mardi Gras at The Harrington This Friday, The Harrington will host a Mardi Gras-themed concert featuring STUMP, Studio89 and LIV For Now. Tickets cost $5 in advance and $7 at the door, and doors open at 10 p.m.

Direct message The Summit (@ thesummitcuse) or The Harrington (@theharringtoncuse) on Instagram for more information.

WHEN: Friday, Mar. 4 ARTIST: STUMP, Studio89 and LIV For Now The Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band Two-time Blues Music Award nominees The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band will make their way to Syracuse Friday to play their “front-porch blues” at the Westcott.

The band’s album, “Dance Songs for Hard Times,” previously appeared on top of both Billboard’s and iTunes’ Blues Charts, and features songs like “Ways and Means” and “Too Cool to Dance.”

Advanced tickets are on sale for $17. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the show starts at 8 p.m.

WHEN: Friday, Mar. 4 ARTIST: Peter Groppe and Lauren Dua Lipa If you are interested in venturing further off campus for a concert, global superstar Dua Lipa will be in Buffalo, New York, on Saturday.

The London-born artist is known for smash hits like “Don’t Start Now” and “New Rules.” She will be joined by artists Caroline Polachek and Lolo Zouaï to take the stage at KeyBank Center this Saturday at 7:30 p.m. This performance is part of her Future Nostalgia tour, which has been postponed since the album’s initial release in 2020.

Tickets are on sale from $39.

WHEN: Saturday, Mar. 5 ARTIST: Dua Lipa, Caroline Polachek, Lolo Zouaï B-Lovee Bronx artist B-Lovee will take the stage at the Westcott Theater on Sunday. B-Lovee, who recently signed to RECORDS/Columbia Records, will perform his drill-driven music that has grown increasingly popular in recent months. Some of his top hits include “IYKYK,” “My Everything” and his recent single, “Don’t Change.” General admission tickets are on sale for $30 and early entry tickets are on sale for $50.

Doors open at 6 p.m. and the show will start at 7 p.m.

WHEN: Sunday, Mar. 6 ARTIST: B-Lovee

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coach Gary Gait said. “Those types of things just kept happening in the fourth.”

Much like the fourth quarter, Syracuse struggled to generate offense early on despite scoring on its first possession of the game when Brendan Curry rifled a shot over Schupler’s right shoulder.

But the Orange only took four more total shots that quarter, as Army took 16, with half of them making it on net. It led to an early string of five unanswered goals from the Black Knights, with Brendan Nichtern accounting for three of their first four goals.

Nichtern recorded seven points, including four goals, in last season’s meeting between the two teams, which Army won 18-11. On Wednesday, his hat trick came less than 10 minutes in. Nichtern’s first goal came after a miscommunication between Syracuse’s Nick Caccamo and goalkeeper Bobby Gavin caused Caccamo’s errant back pass to sail out of bounds.

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clemson advantage of what was there possession by possession,” Clemson head coach Amanda Butler said. “She played a really complete game.”

At the start of the game, though, Washington wasn’t immediately successful, botching her first layup attempt. Coming off a 20-5 run to end its loss against Boston College, Syracuse was able to bring that momentum into the first quarter of Wednesday’s game.

Hyman struck first, using the same isolation play that she’s relied on throughout the season.

She took on two defenders at the top of the key before muscling past both down the right side of the lane. Hyman then shifted once more with a euro step to the left side for a reverse layup.

Then, Hyman took a charge just two minutes into the game as the Orange brought out their full-court press. On the ensuing possession, Chrislyn took her opportunity to strike from deep, finding space on the left wing for a wide-open shot to give Syracuse a 9-6 lead.

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shooting from straight on and watched again as the ball swirled in and out of the hoop.

“The way the game is, when we get momentum, our shots start falling,” Hyman said.

“When we tend to miss, I think our confidence goes with our misses as well.”

During the third quarter, Christianna had the ball at the top of the key, hoping to follow up the success of Chrislyn’s shot from the field on the previous possession. She faked the shot, allowing Clemson’s defender to fade over to her, leaving Murray wide-open on her left. But from page 9

miami without Symir Torrence, they’ll have to lean on a good Girard game to do so. Girard has had turnover struggles this season despite being one of Syracuse’s top point-getters. He’s had issues handling the press, too. If Girard isn’t playing well at point guard, SU doesn’t really have a backup option to turn to off the bench.

It’ll likely have to shuffle Buddy Boeheim or Swider to the backcourt.

Swider is coming off a monster 36-point outing in Chapel Hill, and he’ll need to get going once again if Syracuse wants to beat Miami. Like many other games this season, this will be a matchup between two strong offenses and mediocre defenses. Syracuse has been shooting very well as of late, despite its losses, and it’ll need to outpace Miami’s offense to get this victory.

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close shot in front of the net by Kielbasa that went wide left. But Nichtern picked it up and scored, shooting right over Gavin’s head, to make it 1-1.

Then on the next possession, the Black Knights won the ensuing faceoff and were able to set up Nichtern, who scored a similar shot, faking inside and rifling an off-balance shot right over Gavin.

“Initially (Syracuse) gave me a lot of space to kind of dodge by the five-by-five,” Nichtern said. “I can’t say that we kind of expected that.

But I felt pretty comfortable getting to my space and I kind of just played off that.”

Nichtern had four points by halftime as the Orange held him to just one shot on goal in the second quarter. Without Nichtern generating the majority of Army’s attack, the Black Knights were held to just seven total shots in the second quarter.

Syracuse took advantage and notched 12 shots on goal, making up for its season-low five first-quarter shots. In the opening period, the Orange only took four shots after Curry’s goal, and didn’t shoot until the final three minutes

of the frame, but still scored twice on its final three shots of the quarter.

After Army scored its fifth unanswered goal, Jakob Phaup won the faceoff and Syracuse immediately started its attack. The ball was worked to Saam Olexo, who stood just above the left corner of the 8-meter where he hesitantly took his shot after no defenders immediately crashed him. Olexo’s shot went high and into the right corner for his first goal of the season.

Then, Seebold hit a backhand shot from close range on the ensuing possession and the Orange trailed by just two goals heading into the second quarter. Their late first-period push generated much needed momentum for its seven-goal second period.

Both teams struggled to find secondary scoring, and both relied on a pair of players to score four goals each. For Syracuse, it was Seebold and Curry, who made up for Tucker Dordevic’s second straight one-goal game after scoring five in its first two games. Seebold, in particular, was pivotal for the Orange early on, scoring the game-tying goal — the

fourth of an eventual 6-0 run early in the second quarter.

For Army, Abshire and Nichtern scored four goals apiece, which included Abshire’s fourth-quarter hat trick. It held Syracuse scoreless and to a season-low four total shots mainly due to the Orange’s seven fourth-quarter turnovers. They also failed on three clear attempts, leading to Abshire’s fourth goal where he stole a loose ball from Olexo and put away a close-range shot for Army’s 16th goal.

Gait acknowledged that Syracuse has struggled offensively throughout the first and fourth quarters this season, but it’s not indicative of how productive his offense can really be, he said. But the Orange have now fallen to three straight ranked teams, and his options are slowly dwindling.

“I don’t know how many more changes we can make on the offensive end,” Gait said. “We used a lot of different sets, we’ve been trying to come up with ways to utilize the players that we have and get them good scoring opportunities.”

Tigers started to punish SU inside. Washington worked one-on-one on Chrislyn, getting separation for a baseline jumper with a single crossover to give Clemson the lead.

Syracuse’s press continued to tire out the Tigers though, forcing them to make basic mistakes after getting past half court. After Hyman drew a charge, she was able to get two steals off high passes on back-to-back plays.

But like they did against Boston College three days ago, the Orange were unable to turn those defensive stops into points as Alaysia Styles and Najé Murray both missed. Early in the second half, Christianna jumped to intercept a pass at half-court, quickly finding Murray at the right wing. But she airballed, unable to make a 3-pointer until early in the fourth quarter.

At one point, Hyman drew two defenders onto her at the top of the key. Hyman passed to Chrislyn in the left corner, but she airballed.

Still, Hyman continued to find Chrislyn throughout the second quarter, threading a nolook pass to her directly under the basket as the Orange got back within seven. And Hyman found Styles on a few occasions too, assisting

her on two of her three baskets in the period.

But defensively, Hyman and the rest of Syracuse’s defense were unable to stop the Tigers inside in the second quarter. Washington first assisted Hank, who was left wide-open in the middle of the paint as Styles tried to close out on Washington.

With four seconds left in the half, Washington backed down Hyman in the paint for her fifth basket. But she was called for a technical foul after, allowing Hyman to score her sixth bucket of the game. Still, Washington led all scorers with 13 points heading into halftime.

Washington continued to dominate the Orange’s zone at the beginning of the second half, roaming into the lane at full speed in transition twice to extend the Tigers’ lead to 10. The Orange continued to fight back, however, with Christianna, Chrislyn and Murray aiding Hyman.

The Tigers maintained their lead late in the third quarter, matching every Syracuse basket with one of their own inside. With three minutes left in the third quarter, Murray scored her second basket of the game.

The Orange had used the full-court press

as early as two minutes into the game and Murray notched SU’s eighth steal, poking the ball out of Bradford’s hands right after she received the inbound.

Clemson immediately bounced back though, with Amari Robinson easily backing down Alaysia Styles at the left block. Then, Bradford got back on Murray’s earlier play, stealing the ball before sending it to Washington in transition. Washington scored, maintaining the Tigers’ 10-point lead.

“We did a really good job of looking up the floor and putting the ball in the net,” Washington said.

In the final seconds of the game, Washington struck again. Hyman took the ball up for the Orange, but like her play earlier in the period, Washington poked it out. She went to the other end alone, with Hyman simply holding her hands on her hips, giving Clemson a 19-point lead to finish regulation.

“Fighting back at the end, we kind of gave in a little bit,” Chrislyn said. “We just have to fight and keep doing it the whole time.”

once again, Christianna passed the ball over, Murray turned to get off a quick 3-pointer and watched as the ball rolled around the rim and fell to the court. Murray stood in place with her hands on her hips staring toward the hoop.

Murray’s make on the first play of the fourth quarter seemed like a shift in luck. It was the same quick-shot, good look that Syracuse wants, and it was the first of three for the quarter. However, Chrislyn and Christianna’s makes from beyond the arc didn’t make a dent in the eventual 19-point lead Clemson amassed. Teams typically shoot 33.1% from beyond the arc against the Tigers, according to Her Hoop Stats, but as Syracuse tired out and

its form from talented college guards dropped, so too did the chance of redeeming a solid percentage from deep.

“We had some pretty good looks, but our players didn’t knock them down,” Read said.

Once Clemson adjusted to Syracuse’s pick-and-roll and built up enough of a lead to comfortably allow Hyman and Chrislyn to score in the paint, it brought more players out to the 3-point line, further complicating the Orange’s struggle on shots from deep. That happened toward the end of the second quarter and persisted during the third, when SU didn’t connect on any shots. But the open 3s that Murray missed quickly became contested

ones that she’d either have to pass away from or attempt a more difficult look.

Murray went 4-for-8 from deep the last time SU played Clemson, Chrislyn went 3-of-7 and Christianna went 5-of-7. At the end of the second matchup, they combined to go 4-for-19.

One of the few successful attempts from deep came in the second quarter when Chrislyn was fouled on a 3-pointer and made two of her three free-throw attempts.

“We got really good looks today, we just didn’t make them,” Chrislyn said. “I think we really shared the ball. We just got to make them.”

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the bottom teams in the country in bench production (20.8%), per KenPom. The Hurricanes actually played nine different players in the teams’ first matchup, with seven players exceeding 10 minutes. But their season stats reveal a significant drop-off after the five starters — Anthony Walker and Bensley Joseph are the only two players who get significant, regular minutes off the bench.

Syracuse played a difficult stretch of three games in six days, against Notre Dame, Duke and UNC, but it’ll get two more days of muchneeded rest. That could potentially pay off against the Hurricanes’ thin rotation — Miami played BC on Wednesday and then Saturday at SU.

Player to watch: Charlie Moore, No. 3, Guard

Moore posted 25 points in the first SyracuseMiami game on 6-of-10 shooting from deep.

He’s shooting 38.8% from 3-point range this season, and he is bound to get some good looks against the Syracuse zone.

Syracuse’s focus could easily drift toward

Miami, who defeated Syracuse 88-87 on Jan. 5, enters Saturday’s game as the fourthbest team in the ACC. courtesy of acc

McGusty (17.7 points per game) or Wong (15.1 points per game), but that should open up scoring opportunities for Moore to capitalize

against the Orange once more.

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Observations from SU vs. Army: Nichtern, slow start

By Roshan Fernandez senior staff writer

Syracuse’s starting goalie Bobby Gavin had the ball in his stick in the first quarter against Army while SU was trying to successfully clear. But two Army players remained in the way, and when he tried to dish a pass to his right toward an SU defender, the Black Knights’ star attack Brendan Nichtern jumped in the way.

Syracuse has had a problem stopping Nichtern in the past. The senior attack scored seven points during the last matchup between the two teams, and he notched four goals the year prior. On Wednesday, Nichtern finished with six points (four goals and two assists) but this particular first-quarter chance was far easier than the others.

The moment Nichtern forced the turnover against Gavin, he knew he had an empty net.

Gavin was way out of position, vacating the cage. The mistake led to an easy Nichtern goal, putting No. 12 Army up 4-1 and marking the fourth of its five-goal unanswered run in the first quarter.

Gavin, who transferred from Virginia before this season, headed to the sideline

near the end of the first period and was replaced by backup Harrison Thompson.

Through SU’s first three games this season, Gavin played all 60 minutes against No. 1 Maryland and No. 2 Virginia. Thompson and Gavin split time against unranked Holy Cross, with Gavin starting and finishing the first half, and Thompson playing most of the second half.

Head coach Gary Gait said SU made a change because Gavin wasn’t performing at the same level as he had been in previous games. He reiterated that SU has “a good goalie crew” and Thompson proved that on Wednesday.

“We felt comfortable making a change, and we did it because we thought Bobby wasn’t seeing the ball like he was in the past games in the early quarter,” Gait said afterward. “Why not mix it up when you have another very good goalie ready to go?”

No. 14 Syracuse went on to lose 17-13, failing to score a goal in the fourth quarter. Thompson allowed 12 goals and made eight saves in 45 minutes on the field, compared to Gavin’s five allowed goals and three saves in 15 minutes.

The Orange had definitively stuck with Gavin in big moments — against the No. 1 and No.

2 teams in the country — but Wednesday’s change-up resurfaces questions about what Gait and the SU staff will do at the goalie position moving forward.

“Bobby’s a great goalie, lots of great competition between the both of us,” Thompson said after the loss. “Maybe he didn’t see the ball well. I just went out there and did what I do. I was just prepared.”

With Thompson in during the second quarter, he immediately made a save against Gunner Philipp when his long-stick midfielder, Max Rosa, tripped over the cage on the play.

Thompson made a nice pass to Tucker Dordevic across the midway line for a clearance.

He got two more second-quarter saves against Philipp, the final one of which came from point-blank range when the Army midfielder shot from right outside the crease.

Thompson had one against Nichtern too.

By the end of the half, Thompson and the SU defense had settled into the game and started to limit their turnovers and failed clears.

He made an excellent fourth-quarter save against Reece Burek, but the ball came crashing off his stick with the rebound landing in the lap of another Army player. Danny Kiel-

basa corralled the ball and fired home the second-chance goal.

Before Thompson came in, Gavin had a ball thrown over his head by defenseman Nick Caccamo that led to a turnover. He was beaten on a shot from Bo Waters that skipped off the turf and into the net to make it 3-1, a side-arm shot from Burek to make it 5-1, as well as three close-range Nichtern goals. Gavin only recorded three saves — against Jacob Morin, James Pryor and Burek.

Gait said after the Holy Cross game that both goalies played outstanding, and the addition of Gavin gives the team depth. He said Thompson was outstanding in the fall, but Gavin came in and made it tough. “They’re both outstanding. They give us depth,” Gait said. At the time, he said the staff would discuss what direction they wanted to go in for Maryland, and they chose Gavin.

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Opponent preview: Everything to know about the Hurricanes

By Roshan Fernandez senior staff writer

Syracuse plays its final g ame o f t he r egular season, where it’ll aim to avoid its first regular season below .500 in head coach Jim Boeheim’s 46-year tenure. The first matchup with Miami on Jan. 5 featured a blown 18-point lead on the road in what could’ve become Syracuse’s first — and only — Quadrant I win of the season. The Orange recorded a season-high 19 turnovers and allowed 58 points in the second half, falling 88-87 in Coral Gables.

Now, SU will face Miami for the second time this season. Here’s everything you need to know about the Hurricanes (20-9, 12-6 Atlan-tic Coast) before they play Syracuse for the second time this season:

All-time series

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jimmy was a role player for the bulk of his freshman year with the Big Red. He was still adjusting to college basketball and didn’t want to try anything too far outside his skillset, former Cornell teammate Bryan Knapp said.

He did have a knack for being in the right spots and made his limited minutes productive, Earl said. But the team had Matt Morgan, who had the second-most career points in Ivy League history, so Cornell didn’t really need to get Jimmy the ball, Earl added.

By his junior year, though, that’s exactly what the Big Red were doing. Jimmy learned to utilize his 6-foot-8 frame to his full advantage, Knapp said, and he got stronger and more aggressive.

In Jimmy’s last game at Cornell, Princeton stormed back from a 14-point deficit to take a one-point lead with a minute left.

Jimmy took the ball straight to the post, got the jumper to fall and hit the ensuing free throw, sealing a win. “That wouldn’t have happened as a freshman,” Earl said.

“It was a pleasant surprise, he was sort of a skinny shooter to start, and he became a somewhat physical, Ivy League jack of all trades by his (last) year,” Earl said.

Jimmy said he made his biggest jumps during summers. Between his freshman and sophomore year, McBride said Jimmy spent most of his time in the gym. He improved his

Miami has the 18th-best offense in the coun-

try, according to KenPom, though its production has slowed down as of late. The Hurricanes topped 80 points of offense in five of its first seven conference games, and all five of those ended in wins. The only contests where they didn’t were a 76-74 upset of Duke and a loss to Florida State. Since then, Miami has exceeded 80 points just once when it beat Pittsburgh on Feb. 22.

The Hurricanes are led by Kameron McGusty and Isaiah Wong, the backcourt duo that rank fifth and 14th in the ACC in scoring, respectively. Charlie Moore ranks sixth in the conference in assists per game (4.2) and leads the ACC in steals per game (2.1).

Miami boasts a relatively balanced offense that ranks 83rd in the nation in 3-point shooting percentage and 44th in 2-point shooting percentage, per KenPom. It knocked down 11 3-pointers when it played Syracuse the first time around but also managed 34 points in the paint.

finishing touch around the rim, which Knapp called the best of anyone he’s played with.

Getting stronger was probably one of the biggest areas of emphasis, Jimmy said.

Teammates used to call him skinny, but that stopped by his sophomore year. Jimmy estimated he weighed about 200 pounds when he started at Cornell, and he grew to 215 pounds by his last year. He could barely do one rep of the NBA Draft Combine’s 185-pound bench test during his freshman year, said McBride, his lifting partner. But by the 2020-21 season, he hit nine or 10 reps.

During the canceled 2020-21 season, he worked even more. Knapp recalled running hill sprints near J-D in the heat of a summer afternoon with Jimmy. They trained with Eric Devendorf at the Boeheim family’s basement court. Now, Jimmy’s listed at 225 pounds on SU’s roster.

“Jimmy got better every year at Cornell, his last year he was really good, and he’s probably 75% better this year than he was then, (be)cause he’s gotten stronger, bigger and he’s worked really hard on his shooting,” Boeheim said before the season.

Along with his increased strength, Jimmy is ambidextrous — in a way. Growing up, he’d shoot left-handed. His dad tried to get him to shoot right-handed when he was little, but Jimmy couldn’t do it, Boeheim said in November. “He doesn’t listen to me,” Boeheim joked.

Like everyone else in the Boeheim family, Jimmy is right-handed when it comes to

“anything you can name in life,” he said. He bats right-handed, writes right-handed and throws right-handed — everything except shooting a basketball.

Jimmy doesn’t remember how the habit developed. He used to shoot a little bit twohanded until high school, using his right hand to help get the ball to the hoop since his left hand was weaker. But eventually, a bad shooting night in high school prompted Boeheim to tell Jimmy that he should only keep one hand on the ball during his stroke. He stuck with his left.

What Jimmy calls an “enigma” has proved beneficial over the years, Boeheim said. Everyone who knows him or has watched him knows he prefers to drive right. But since most players are rightys, Earl said there was always a split-second of confusion for opponents to watch Jimmy shoot left-handed.

“It’s probably just enough of a jarring thing that it gives him a pretty good advantage,” Earl said.

Buddy Boeheim said he always had trouble forcing Jimmy to go one way when they’d play one-on-one as kids. Even then, the elder Boeheim was good at going right, but he could also spin back and shoot a left-handed floater, Buddy said. It’s uncommon to see someone of Jimmy’s size who’s able to use both hands and finish near the rim so well, Buddy added.

“It’s why he’s so crafty. He’s so tough to guard, you don’t know which way he’s going to go and he’s really used it to his advantage,” Buddy said.

Jimmy’s two-handedness also helps him

Last time they played

Syracuse traveled to Miami on Jan. 5 to take on the Hurricanes. The Orange led by as many as 18 points in the first half. But during the second frame, Miami scored 58 points and capitalized on a season-high 19 SU turnovers.

Cole Swider, Jesse Edwards and Joe Girard III all scored 20 points or more, but it wasn’t enough as the Hurricanes shot 36.7% from beyond the arc and won 88-87.

“If we didn’t have the turnovers, they would’ve scored 76 points or something and we would’ve won the game,” Boeheim said afterward. “But the turnovers were the difference in the game. Period.”

KenPom odds

KenPom gives Syracuse a 55% chance of victory by a projected score of 80-79.

The Miami report

Miami takes good care of the ball on offense, ranking seventh in the nation in turnover percentage, per KenPom. It’s the Hurricanes defense, which ranks 154th in adjusted defensive efficiency, that’ll pose the biggest issue.

How Syracuse beats the Hurricanes

Syracuse will need a win to avoid ending the regular season on a four-game losing streak.

Miami ranks 11th in the nation in defensive steal percentage, per KenPom, and that’s something that caused SU problems in the first matchup, with Jordan Miller recording six steals and McGusty adding three. The Hurricanes finished with 14 as Syracuse failed to take care of the ball.

It was the turnovers — and more specifically, the steals — that cost Syracuse. The Orange need to take better care of the ball, and see

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execute his signature move, the hook shot, which he’s been working on for years. Since he’s usually guarded by a defender comparable in size, Jimmy’s quick enough to get by the opponent, Knapp explained. If the defender wants to cut him off, then Jimmy can convert a hook shot with either his right or left hand.

He didn’t have as much confidence in the shot during his freshman year at Cornell, McBride said, but as the seasons progressed, he started going to it three or four times a game.

It really developed at Cornell when matchups with smaller post players helped build his confidence, Jimmy said. Now, it’s something that’s become his shot that he can score with “no matter who’s guarding him,” McBride added.

“He’s scoring in the same ways he’s scored throughout his entire career,” Knapp said.

“The only thing that’s changed is the competition. And I think he can score that way against anyone, at any level.”

Jimmy scored SU’s first basket in 10 of the first 12 games this season. He’s scored doubledigit points in 23 of 30 games, and he started all of them. He said the biggest adjustment at Syracuse has been the higher level of athleticism. Some close to Jimmy are surprised that he’s translated his game so fluidly to the next level. But Jimmy isn’t.

“To look at where I am now, once in a while, it does hit me,” Jimmy said. “I’m just kind of thankful that I’ve made it this far.” rferna04@syr.edu @roshan_f16

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Syracuse has ‘ironclad plan’ for who will succeed Boeheim

By Roshan Fernandez senior staff writer

Syracuse has a plan in place for who will be Jim Boeheim’s successor, the Syracuse head coach said on Brent Axe’s “On the Block” radio show on Wednesday afternoon.

“I’m not going to tell you or anybody when this is going to be. We have a plan in place, a good plan, an ironclad plan,” said Boeheim, who’s currently in his 46th season at the helm of Syracuse’s program, of who will succeed him. ”It’s not my decision.

I’m not naming the coach like people say all the time.”

Boeheim, who is 77 years old, said after the Duke basketball game that he will be back next

season. He’s also said he didn’t intend to retire before the 2021-22 season, and he reiterated that sentiment once more on Wednesday’s radio show. But he also said that he knows he can’t “coach forever,” and his time to retire will be coming.

Boeheim said the succession plan has been in place for a while, and he knows when he will retire. He would not reveal the details of that plan though, beyond the fact that he’ll return next season.

In regard to his successor, Boeheim said he does have some input on the decision but it’s not entirely up to him. He added that he’s never had input into an athletic director hiring, assistant athletic director hiring or basketball athletic director hiring.

“And that’s fine, I’m not the athletic director, I’m not the chancellor,” Boeheim said.

“But we have a plan, we obviously aren’t going to release it, because we don’t want everybody we’re recruiting against to know what we’re going to do. … But we have a plan.”

He said he promised next season’s recruits that he would coach them, and he will stick by that.

“If I said I’m quitting now, after giving my word to these players, to me, it would look like ‘Oh, Boeheim had a bad year so he’s just going to quit.’ That’s what it would look like to me.

Maybe not to you, maybe not to somebody else, but that’s what I would see. ‘He’s given his word to these players, he’s healthy, he feels great, but they’re having a bad year so he’s just

going to quit,’” Boeheim said.

He emphasized that the No. 1 question recruits asked him was whether he’d be coaching, and he told them yes. Moving forward, SU may choose to explain its succession plan to recruits if applicable to them, Boeheim said.

“We have a plan and everybody will think it’s a good plan,” Boeheim said. “There’s no solution that guarantees success. There have been cases where they had a great plan, a coach came in, and everybody was on board and the guy couldn’t win any games. And there’s plans where somebody comes in and does well. You don’t know.” roshan.fernandez168@gmail.com @Roshan_f16

football

Former Syracuse assistant George DeLeone dies at 73

By Connor Smith sports editor

Longtime former Syracuse assistant coach George DeLeone died Tuesday night. He was 73 years old.

DeLeone coached for 50 years, spending 17 of them at SU as an assistant under head coaches Dick MacPherson and Paul Pasqualoni.

After stints at Rutgers and Holy Cross in the early 1980s, MacPherson hired DeLeone to be his offensive line coach in 1985. Two years later, DeLeone added offensive coordinator to his duties, and he helped bring in the freeze option to the Orange’s offense, propelling them to an undefeated season in 1987 behind quarterback Don McPherson.

After one year with the San Diego Chargers in 1997, DeLeone returned to Syracuse as an associate head coach, and he led both the offense and defense before Pasqualoni was fired after the 2004 season.

DeLeone spent time with several college and NFL teams after leaving SU, including a stint as the Cleveland Browns offensive line coach in 2015. DeLeone reunited with Pasqualoni as an assistant at Connecticut from 2011-13.

The New Jersey High School Football Coaches Association tweeted on Sunday that DeLeone, who had been battling cancer, was being moved to hospice care. DeLeone last coached at Baylor as an offensive line coach in 2017, and he also worked with the Bears as a

consultant. The Baylor program confirmed his death Tuesday night in a tweet.

DeLeone was well known for his recruiting efforts, particularly in New Jersey. DeLeone, Pasqualoni and other Syracuse coaches frequently ran clinics in the state, as well as around the northeast, developing strong relationships with area high school coaches in the process.

“It was the work of, I believe, DeLeone and Pasqualoni doing clinics … in high schools in the northeast that really helped the pipeline of players coming to Syracuse,” McPherson told The D.O. last summer.

DeLeone was also the lead recruiter on quarterback Donavan McNabb, who won three Big East championships at Syracuse

and was drafted No. 2 in the 1999 NFL Draft.

The Orange enjoyed a stretch from 19872000 where they won double-digit games five times and made 13 bowl game appearances while consistently playing in a soldout Carrier Dome.

“It was a golden time,” DeLeone told The D.O. in July when speaking about his time at SU. “We had great players that worked their tail off. We had a great culture. I haven’t been around anywhere — and I’ve coached in a lot of places all over this country — where there was that strong a football culture of kids that wanted to be good and kids that wanted to work.” csmith49@syr.edu @csmith17_

men’s basketball

Kameron McGusty emerges as all-conference star at Miami

By Tim Skeval

contributing writer

In 2018, Kameron McGusty left Oklahoma after just two years in the program. Despite being named a preseason All-Big 12 honorable mention before his sophomore season, McGusty averaged nearly three points per game fewer than he did as a freshman, and he knew a change of scenery would help his career.

McGusty landed in Miami, where he has become the Hurricanes’ leading scorer. The team travels to Syracuse on Saturday, and it is in contention for a spot in the NCAA Tournament.

To Shannon Heston, who coached McGusty in high school, the guard was always a “gamer” who worked hard, making McGusty’s success this season as unsurprising. While playing for Heston, McGusty won district MVP as a sophomore at Seven Lakes High School (Texas)

before moving to Sunrise Christian Academy in Kansas. He developed into a 4-star recruit, and Miami assistant Chris Caputo said McGusty has the work ethic and talent to make it in the NBA. McGusty tested the NBA draft waters after last season, when the Hurricanes went 10-17 but advanced to the ACC Tournament quarterfinals. But Miami never saw the “best of Kam,” Caputo said, since the guard had missed seven games that year. He ultimately decided to return for a sixth collegiate season this year.

“He felt that if he got in unbelievable shape, and tried to stay as healthy as possible, he would find himself having a season like the one he’s having now,” Caputo said.

McGusty is now having a career year in practically every statistic. He’s averaging almost 18 points per game on 47% shooting, and also records five rebounds and three

assists per game while defending the opposing team’s best player.

“I don’t think you can put an All-ACC first team together that he’s not on,” Caputo said.

Even after McGusty scored at least 20 points in three of Miami’s first seven games, the Hurricanes still sat at just 4-3. But after a 32-point loss to Alabama, they went on to win nine straight, capped off by a two-point road win against then-No. 2 Duke. During that stretch, McGusty poured in 29 points on 63% shooting in a win against Lipscomb while also adding three blocks.

“Whatever I can do to contribute I will do,” McGusty said.“I want to help our team win games.”

In the Hurricanes’ 13 games since upsetting Duke, McGusty has scored at least 10 points 11 times, but Miami also lost five times by four points or less. Although dominating

each game is the Hurricanes’ goal, playing in so many close games will help the Hurricanes once they start postseason play, McGusty said.

“They all want to get back. The focus is there.

It’s been very, very refreshing to have a group like that,” Caputo said of the Hurricanes.

Miami currently sits at 20-9, and is projected to be a No. 10 seed in Joe Lunardi’s latest Bracketology prediction. With one regular season game remaining against SU, McGusty hopes to have both his team and their seeding projection heading in the right direction prior to Selection Sunday. Caputo and Heston both described McGusty as “relaxed” and ready for “any challenge” heading into Saturday’s game and the postseason as a whole.

“Whenever you have guys around you that want to see you do well, it’s hard to not have success,” McGusty said. tbskeval@syr.edu

women’s basketball

Poor 3-point shooting performance sinks SU in loss to Clemson

By Anthony Alandt

digital managing editor

Teisha Hyman thought Syracuse entered the first round of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament “in a 3-point shooting slump.”

The team has shot over 40% from beyond the arc just twice in the last two months, and Wednesday was no different. The Orange started with a missed 3-pointer from Hyman, who was guarded by Delicia Washington, that rattled in and out of the basket, spelling a disastrous beginning to another terrible percentage on 3-pointers.

A few possessions later, Najé Murray collected a cross-court pass from Hyman and shifted her shoulders for her first of eight

attempts from deep. This one was wide-open, the type of “good looks” Hyman, Chrislyn Carr and acting head coach Vonn Read said Syracuse saw all afternoon. But the shot was too strong and it rolled off the backside of the rim, quickly ending an SU possession while the game was still tied at six.

The Orange lost by double digits for the fifth straight game. And while they went 13-for-28 in the 40-point blowout win the first time they faced the Tigers, shots didn’t fall in the first round of the conference tournament.

Syracuse (11-18, 4-14 Atlantic Coast) went just 4-of-24 from deep in its season-ending loss to Clemson (10-20, 3-15 ACC).

“We knocked them down in our first game, we just didn’t knock them down (today),”

Read said. “They just didn’t go down for us, and that happens.”

Syracuse entered the season with Chrislyn and Murray as proven 3-point shooters, guards that Read and the rest of the lineup knew they could rely on throughout the game to quickly pull up or create enough space to bury 3s at any point in the game. Murray, however, injured her ankle and had to be carried off by an assistant coach and Priscilla Williams in the third quarter in SU’s last regularseason game against Boston College. And after the game, Chrislyn said that her knees were hurting when asked how she was dealing with averaging over 30 minutes per game.

Chrislyn made two 3-pointers, the most by any player for the Orange, while Murray con-

tinued to clank shots off the rim, finishing 1-of8 from deep. Christianna Carr, who scored 19 points the previous time the two teams faced off, also couldn’t hit from deep, even when left wide-open at the top of the key. Syracuse didn’t make a single shot from beyond the arc in the second and third quarter, opting instead to run the offense through Hyman and pickand-roll plays utilizing Alaysia Styles.

In the second minute of the third quarter, Chrislyn took a contested 3 with a Clemson player towering over her. Then Murray tried from the other end of the court for a 3-pointer of her own, but she pushed the ball too far right and it missed everything. To end the scoreless sequence, Christianna hoisted up a 3 see shooting page 8

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Syracuse falls 17-13 against Army

By Alex Cirino

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Jimmy Boeheim averages 13.3 points per game, third-best for the Orange, in his first season at Syracuse after transferring from Cornell. elizabeth billman senior staff photographer

EXCEEDING EXPECTATIONS Jimmy Boeheim has jumped from the Ivy League to the ACC and remained a consistent scorer

By Roshan Fernandez senior staff writer

W

hen Jimmy Boeheim knocked down his first collegiate basket directly in front of his father and the Syracuse bench, the Carrier Dome crowd cheered in response. The points, which marked the first of the game and of Cornell’s 2017-18 season, came from a player that was virtually unrecruited out of high school. They came from a player who was one of the last commits to the Big Red’s recruiting class, one that head coach Brian Earl said Cornell wasn’t “exactly counting on.”

They came from a player who exceeded many expectations — except his own — and developed into Cornell’s top scorer before transferring to the ACC. “Wherever I’ve been, I think I’ve been counted out, more or less,” Jimmy said. “I don’t think too many people probably thought I was a Division I player in high school. And look at where I am now.”

Four years later, Jimmy is playing what’ll likely be his

last collegiate basketball season on the team he first scored against. Most, including his dad and head coach Jim Boeheim, didn’t anticipate Jimmy would play as well as he has for SU. Jimmy wasn’t expected to average the third-most points on the Orange (13.3). He wasn’t expected to make a seamless transition from the Ivy League to the ACC, especially considering he had a canceled season between those two.

Playing DI basketball at Syracuse wasn’t attainable when Jimmy graduated from high school, he said. He was always an “at-level” player compared to those his age, JamesvilleDewitt coach Bob McKenney said in October. But through continual improvement, Jimmy has completed the journey from a prep school player with only one collegiate offer to a consistent ACC scorer.

“It means a lot to him just to show people that ‘I’m not here just because of my last name, or just because of my brother, my dad,’” former Cornell teammate Terrance McBride said. “He earned his spot there at Syracuse.”

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women’s basketball

SU falls to Clemson 88-69 in ACC Tournament

By Anish Vasudevan asst. sports editor

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Teisha Hyman drove into the lane a minute into the fourth quarter, successfully scoring a layup for her 10th basket of the game. Then on the next possession, with SU trailing by four, she was double teamed by Delicia Washington and Daisha Bradford as she

crossed midcourt.

Hyman coughed up the ball, leading Washington to score on the ensuing fast break. Then, the Orange ran a ball-screen to free Christianna Carr along the right wing, but she missed. On the other end, Hannah Hank drained a 3-pointer from the top of the key to give them a nine-point lead. Hyman tried to answer back with a 3-point-

er of her own, but it bounced over the backboard and out of bounds.

“I thought we gave up some easy transition buckets and they kind of got behind us a little bit,” acting head coach Vonn Read said postgame.

After an early deficit, Syracuse (11-18, 4-14 Atlantic Coast) continued to fight back against Clemson (10-20, 3-15 Atlantic Coast), getting as close as four points in the

second half in its 88-69 loss. But the Orange were unable to prevent a first-round ACC Tournament exit despite Hyman’s 25 points and Chrislyn Carr’s 20. Washington torched the Orange’s defense, recording 33 points and six assists as the Tigers scored 52 points in the paint to effectively end SU’s season. “(Washington) really just took

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Wyatt Schupler’s save on Dami Oladunmoye’s shot was enough to prevent Syracuse from taking a two-goal lead as the third quarter ended. The Orange appeared to be in charge heading into the final period, but Brett Barlow, who was in the crease, slashed Schupler’s stick following the save.

Simultaneously, Max Rosa and an Army player tackled each other to the ground. Then as Schupler and Barlow went down, Oladunmoye joined in with two other players. And it was Syracuse who received the brunt of the altercation as Oladunmoye and Rosa received unsportsmanlike conduct and interference penalties, respectively.

It put Army two-men up heading into the fourth quarter. After the Black Knights missed three straight shots high and wide, the ball was worked toward Danny Kielbasa along the left wing, and his high shot fell below the crossbar and over the line, giving Army its equalizer after it had trailed since midway through the second quarter.

Then, the fourth quarter solidified SU’s chances of picking up a win, as No. 12 Army (3-1) scored five unanswered goals to hand No. 14 Syracuse (1-3, 0-1 Atlantic Coast) its third straight loss against a ranked opponent, losing 17-13. The Orange led for nearly half the game until the Black Knights’ man-up goal, and their 19 turnovers proved costly late in the game as SU gave into its first three-game losing streak since 2016.

“Too many times we had a good defensive stand, whether we’d get the ball on the ground or Harrison would make a save,” Brett Kennedy said. “We just got to work on keeping our head up and picking up the ball on the first time.”

Army regained the lead it held earlier in the game after a block on an Owen Seebold pass led to an offensive push. The ball found Brendan Nichtern, who played a pass inside that didn’t connect as he fell to the ground. Grant Murphy collected the loose ball and passed behind the net to Oladunmoye. But as he tried to clear the ball, Bobby Abshire pried it loose and rushed in along the left wing to put Army up 14-13.

It was the first of what would become four goals from Abshire, as Syracuse’s clearing struggles continued from its loss to No. 2 Virginia, where it went 13-for-18. In the fourth quarter, the Orange failed on three clearances and Army controlled most of the final period’s possession, outshooting SU 16-4 and recording seven shots on goal.

“Instead of making a mistake, recovering and making a great play, we compounded those mistakes and kept making more and more, and the game just got out of control,” head

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