St. John's University Athletics
St. John's University
10-12, 3-8BE
Syracuse
17-7, 5-5BE
| Team | 1 | 2 | F |
|---|---|---|---|
| Syracuse | 34 | 41 | 75 |
| St. John's | 29 | 31 | 60 |
St. John's Falls To Syracuse, 75-60
2/12/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Feb. 12, 2006
NEW YORK (AP) - Gerry McNamara, limited in his last two outings because of injuries, had 23 points and eight assists Sunday in Syracuse's 75-60 victory over St. John's as the Orange regrouped after losing five of their previous six games.
The 6-foot-2 senior guard started his 124th consecutive game, the longest active streak in the country, but unlike the last two games he didn't leave this one until the Orange (17-7, 5-5 Big East) had it well in hand.
Eric Devendorf and Demetris Nichols both rebounded from horrible shooting efforts in the 73-50 loss to No. 1 Connecticut on Wednesday.
Devendorf, who missed all 11 shots he took against the Huskies, finished with 18 points on 9-for-11 shooting. Nichols, who was 1-of-11 against Connecticut, was 4-for-10 against St. John's and had 10 points.
Darryl Watkins added 11 points and 14 rebounds for the Orange.
Darryl Hill had 15 points and Aaron Spears added 11 for the Red Storm (10-12, 3-8), who lost their sixth straight overall and sixth straight to Syracuse. St. John's dropped into 13th place in the Big East in which only the top 12 in the 16-team league advance to the conference tournament.
Devendorf had four points and McNamara hit a 3 in the Orange's 9-2 run to open the second half that gave them a 43-31 lead.
McNamara hit a 3 and then fed Devendorf for an easy basket and Devendorf scored on a drive in a 6-0 run that gave Syracuse its biggest lead, 68-45 with 6:21 to play.
McNamara, who helped the Orange to the national championship as a freshman, injured his thigh in the win over Rutgers and was limited to 15 minutes and two points. He injured his Achilles' tendon in the loss to Connecticut and played only 24 minutes and had seven points.
He showed he was OK right away against the Red Storm, scoring 13 points on 4-of-6 shooting in the first half. He left the game for good with 4:34 to play and the Orange leading by 22. As he sat and removed a thigh pad from his shorts, the Syracuse fans in the crowd of about 5,000 at Madison Square Garden chanted his name.
The Orange still struggled from 3-point range, finishing 5-for-19. They were 3-for-26 in the loss to Connecticut and came into this game shooting 33 percent from there for the season.
Four of the losses in Syracuse's recent slide were to top 10 teams, two to Connecticut and one each to Villanova and Pittsburgh.
