BeernutsWorld: Cuse Game

Well I went to the Cuse Notre Dame yesterday and almost died. We were driving down weather was sunny here and cold but when we got around the Watertown area it got bad quick. It was snowing so hard you literally couldn't see the front of the vehicle. So we are cruising doing around 20-25 when out nowhere there was a huge wreck. It kind of reminded me of Days of Thunder when he is going through the smoke, except I'm the camera guy riding in the back going "oh shit, oh shit". My uncle was driving and somehow drove through it without hitting anything. No idea how I think he found his calling. As we drove through there was at least 10 vehicles anywhere from car's to tractor trailers piled up, and the way we came up on the accident I guarantee there was more involved. As we make it through we hear on the radio that the part we just drove through was closed on 81. After doing 5mph for 45 miles and seeing my life flash before my eyes we made it through the storm. We stopped took a leak and made it to our seat's at the dome right for the national anthem. Not bad timing. Here is a couple pictures i took from the game. What a great game it was. Here is the article:

"SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim gave Arinze Onuaku and Rick Jackson a simple task -- make Notre Dame star Luke Harangody work hard for his points.

The Orange's big men did that and more.

Onuaku matched his season high with 19 points, Jackson had 14 points and 10 rebounds, and the eighth-ranked Orange held off Notre Dame 93-74 on Saturday.

Fast Facts

• Six Syracuse players scored in double figures and four scored 15 or more as the Orange snapped a three-game losing streak against Notre Dame.

• Notre Dame has lost nine of its last 10 road games vs. ranked opponents.

• Luke Harangody led Notre Dame with 25 points and 16 rebounds, his sixth straight game with 25+ points and seventh straight with 20+ points and 10+ rebounds.

-- ESPN research

Harangody had 25 points and 16 rebounds, his 10th straight 20-point game and seventh consecutive double-double. But he found it tough going inside, shooting 9-for-28 against an inspired Orange man-to-man defense.

"Coach told us to stay down and make him take tough shots," said Onuaku, who combined with Jackson for seven blocks. "He's such a great player that you have to make him work hard and think about it. You just try to put a hand in his face to discourage the shot."

The Orange (17-2, 5-1 Big East), coming off a loss at Georgetown that stopped a seven-game winning streak, snapped a three-game losing streak against the Irish (No. 13 ESPN/USA Today, No. 12 AP).

Paul Harris had 15 points and 10 rebounds for Syracuse, while Jonny Flynn finished with 17 points and nine assists, Eric Devendorf had 16 points and Andy Rautins 10 points.

Kyle McAlarney finished with seven 3-pointers and 24 points and Ryan Ayers had 11 points for the Irish (12-5, 3-3).

Harangody took the blame for the Irish's second straight defeat. They also lost in overtime at No. 20 Louisville on Monday night. Harangody went scoreless over the final 11 minutes against the Cardinals and had only one field goal after McAlarney's 3 moved the Irish within 74-69 of Syracuse with 6:01 left.

"This one's on me," Harangody said. "I've reached the time in my career where I need to step up and 9-for-28 from the field is unacceptable. I can't lay a goose egg like that, especially on the road."

Harangody, staring at either Onuaku, Jackson, or Harris every time he turned around, moved away from the basket in the second half and wasn't as effective, managing 11 points and five rebounds.

The Orange outscored Notre Dame 54-24 in the paint, had 39 fast break points, and limited the Irish to 35.5 percent shooting.

"We forced them into tough shots," said Rautins, who had three steals and showed no effects of spraining his knee against Georgetown. "It was important to get off to a good start. This was a huge game. It shows what we can do."

Syracuse jumped to a 13-point lead in the opening 10 minutes behind outbursts by Flynn, Onuaku and Rautins. Flynn hit his third 3 in a 3-minute span to give Syracuse a 15-12 lead at 14:21 send the Carrier Dome crowd of 30,021 into a frenzy.

The Orange never trailed again, but every time they seemed set to take command, the Irish came back.

After Harris hit only his third 3-pointer of the season and then followed Onuaku's fast break miss, Syracuse had a 61-45 lead with 12:21 left. McAlarney, who had nine 3-pointers last season to key an Irish win over the Orange at the Joyce Center, hit two from beyond the arc and just like that Notre Dame was back within eight.

Jackson then dunked over Harangody and finished an eight-point spurt with a hook over the Irish star to give Syracuse a 16-point lead midway through the period.

The Irish responded with a 16-5 run that ended with McAlarney's 3 that made it 74-69.

But even though Devendorf missed three straight shots, the Irish failed to take advantage. Harris had a tremendous block on Harangody, who then committed one of two straight Irish turnovers and missed a 3 from the right corner.

"We were trying to get back in the game," McAlarney said. "You fight so hard to get back in that position, and when you get to that point, it's hard to switch gears a little bit. We did a good job of trying to, but they just kept running on us, kept pushing on us and made some big shots down the stretch."

Flynn started the final flurry by scoring on an inbounds pass with 4:04 left. Devendorf then hit from the top of the key and Flynn scored on a fast break layup off a feed from Devendorf to boost the lead to 82-72 with 3:03 to go.