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Should Syracuse men’s basketball shoot fewer threes?
Rob Kinnan-USA TODAY Sports“We’re going to take the shots when we’re open,” Tyus Battle said following the Syracuse Orange men’s basketball team’s 95-91 overtime win against the Duke Blue Devils.
A quick look at Monday night’s box score shows one glaring difference between Syracuse and Duke’s statistical performances: the Orange were lights-out from beyond the three-point line shooting 44 percent on 25 attempts while Duke shot an abysmal 20.9 percent on 43 attempts. The on-brand 44 percent clip that Syracuse shot at marks the team’s second highest single game shooting percentage of the season and is 14 percentage points higher than the team’s mark for the season.