PHILADELPHIA (AP) — For one night free throw shooting in the Big East turned upside down.
No. 17 Syracuse, last in the 16-team league in that stat at 65.5 percent, made the foul shots that counted Monday night in a 69-64 victory over No. 15 Villanova, the conference’s best team at 76.8 percent.
Scoop Jardine and Rick Jackson – a couple of Philly kids – combined for 38 points and freshman Dion Waiters, another Philadelphia product, and Jackson made the final free throws that sealed the win.
“We’ve been pretty good at the end of games,” Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim said. “We’ve been pretty good when we need them and tonight we needed them.”
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