Dec. 22, 2009
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NO. 5/5 SYRACUSE 92, OAKLAND 60
CARRIER DOME (18,669)
SYRACUSE, N.Y.
DECEMBER 22, 2009
POST-GAME NOTES
OAKLAND GOLDEN GRIZZLIES (6-7)
- With Drew Maynard's 3-pointer at the 13:24 minute mark of the first half, the Golden Grizzlies extended their streak to 643 games of making at least one trey (7th-longest streak in the country)
- Maynad reached a season-high with 18 points off the bench, three shy of his career high at OU
- Oakland falls to 0-11 versus the BIG EAST
- The Grizzlies are now 1-21 against nationally-ranked teams and 0-3 this season
- OU is 5-49 vs. teams that hail from BCS conferences, 0-5 this season (No. 1 Kansas, No. 5 Syracuse, No. 12 Michigan State, Oregon, Wisconsin)
- OU trailed 43-28 at the half tonight and fall to 0-7 this season when down at intermission
- With his start tonight, Johnathon Jones moves into a tie for first place all-time in school history with 113 consecutive games started, matching Dan Champagne's 113 from 1997-02
- With his six rebounds tonight, Derick Nelson moves into seventh all-time in school history with 714
- Drew Valentine scored a career-high six points off the bench
- OU's Division I record falls under .500 with the loss tonight, 173-174
NO. 5/5 SYRACUSE ORANGE (12-0)
- The Orange are off to their best start since the 1999-00 season where SU rattled off 19 consecutive victories
- With the win tonight, Syracuse is one of two Division I schools (Kentucky) where both the men's and women's programs are still undefeated
- Brandon Triche scored a career-high 27 points (6-for-6 from three-point range)
- SU leads the overall series with Oakland 2-0, winning twice at the Carrier Dome
- The Orange have now won 1,765 games all-time (5th in the NCAA), with Coach Jim Boeheim leading SU to 811 of them (7th in the NCAA)
- SU leads the nation in field goal percentage (.553), assists average (22.5) and steal average (13.5)
