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Miami can't stop 'Cuse

By wire services
Published February 15, 2004

CORAL GABLES - Hakim Warrick and the Syracuse Orangemen spent Saturday setting records. Miami's season continued to play like a broken record.

Warrick made all 11 shots he tried to set a Syracuse mark for shooting in a Big East game and tie a conference record, helping the Orangemen shoot a season-high 64.4 percent to easily beat Miami 91-74.

The win extended the Hurricanes' longest losing streak in a decade to seven games.

"I got some easy opportunities early. I think that really got me going," said Warrick, who was a combined 8-for-24 from the field in his previous two. "I just made shots that I'm capable of making, shots I haven't been making the last couple of games. It was good to finally get it going again."

Warrick became the third league player to shoot 11-for-11 in a game, joining Rutgers' Rob Hodgson (1999) and Pittsburgh's Brian Shorter (1990).

Gerry McNamara added 23 for the Orangemen, who made only seven turnovers .

"Once probably every year, there's a game like this in this league where you just get control of it and everything goes in," Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim said. "This was our game."

William Frisby had 16 points for Miami, which fell one game behind idle Virginia Tech for 12th place in the standings.

With three minutes left, Syracuse was threatening to break its school mark for field-goal percentage, 73.3 set in 1983. But the reserves missed five of their final six shots.

"When they play like they did today, they're awful tough for anyone to beat," Miami Coach Perry Clark said.

JACKSONVILLE 70, FAU 69: Aubrey Conerly converted a three-point play with 7.8 seconds left for the visiting Dolphins. The win was the 89th for coach Hugh Durham, making him the winningest at Jacksonville. It also made him the first coach in NCAA history to win the most games at three different Division I schools. He holds the same distinction at Florida State and Georgia. Trailing 69-65 late in the second half, the Dolphins pulled to within two on a pair of free throws by Haminn Quaintance with 1:39 left. After each team failed to score on its next possession, FAU's Jimmy Bishop missed a 3-pointer with 16 seconds left to set up Conerly's drive at the other end. Mike Bell led the Owls with 15 points and nine rebounds.

B-CC 51, NORFOLK STATE 50: Markey Picard scored 13 and Anis Taylor added 10 for the visiting Wildcats. Nicholas Byrd missed a game-tying free throw with two seconds left. Bethune-Cookman trailed by two at the half.

FAMU 77, HAMPTON 59: Tony Tate and Demarcus Wilkins each had 15 points for the visiting Rattlers. After leading 40-33 at halftime, FAMU doubled its lead to 14 with a 7-0 run to start the second half, capped by a Michael Harper layup with 17:44 remaining. Twice the Pirates cut the lead to 12, the second time on a layup by Dewayne Spencer with 14:41 left to make it 49-37, before the Rattlers pushed their lead as much as 26.

UCF 74, STETSON 54: Dexter Lyons and Roberto Morentin combined for 40 points as the host Knights ended Stetson's four-game winning streak. The Hatters, trailing 34-24 at the half, opened the second with a 6-0 run capped by a dunk from E.J. Gordon to narrow the deficit to 34-30. Lyons put an end to the run converting a 3-pointer that ignited a 14-6 UCF run, giving the Knights a double-digit lead they would not relinquish.

ROLLINS 69, TAMPA 57: Eric Faber scored 23 and the host Tars outscored the Spartans 44-34 in the second half. The win was the Tars' seventh in a row. James Mereus led the Spartans with 19 points and 13 rebounds. Tampa cut a 17 deficit to 57-50 with 3:56 remaining, but within the next minute, Faber had a three-point play, Deon Troupe converted a 3-pointer and Chad Dircks had a layup to get the lead back to 15 points.

[Last modified February 15, 2004, 01:15:45]


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