Boeheim’s Army opened the game with a unique strategy, putting one of their best players on the bench in John Gillon. We of course remember Gillon for his buzzer beater to take out Duke in the Carrier Dome, but he still has it.
He’s not the only one, thank goodness for Eric Devendorf. In the last game for Boeheim’s Army, only Demetris Nichols made threes for this squad, Devendorf made sure that wasn’t the case this time around.
This team started out red hot shooting 78% from the field. So it was more than perimeter shooting, Arinze Onuaku (without the apparent jet lag this time around) was really the straw that stirred the drink for this team throughout.