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Syracuse Basketball: Forwards playing great, but guards really struggling

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Syracuse basketball head coach Jim Boeheim recently said that his team’s make-up is primarily that of outside shooters, and not so much drivers.

The Orange, in recent games, has proven woeful from beyond the arc, save for a solid performance from deep in a win against former Big East Conference rival Georgetown on the Hill, when Syracuse basketball connected on about 42 percent from 3-point range.

It’s no wonder, then, that the ‘Cuse has lost three of its past four contests. Syracuse fared relatively well from 3-point land in defeating the Hoyas, but the Orange was really sub-par from downtown in two losses to Pittsburgh, one each at home and on the road, and at North Carolina.