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St. John's 84, Syracuse 72: Three Takeaways from Orange's Surprising Loss
Here are four things we learned in SU's loss to the Red Storm.NEW YORK — Syracuse suffered a surprising 84-72 loss to St. John's on Sunday at Madison Square Garden, the Orange's third loss in four games. Here are four things we learned:
1. It's possible for the Orange to get beat at their own game
Entering Sunday, it wasn't a secret that arguably Syracuse's biggest strength has been its ability to stroke from 3. The Orange love the 3; they take 25.3 attempts per game. Before Sunday, they were making an impressive 38.8% of those shots.
But SU has also been pretty solid defending the 3. Entering Sunday, the Orange were holding teams to just a 30.3% clip from beyond the arc.