Connecticut 55
(20-13, 8-10 Big East)
(2) Syracuse 58
(31-1, 17-1 Big East)
Coverage: ESPN/WatchESPN
12:00 PM ET, March 8, 2012
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
Top Performers
Connecticut: A. Drummond 14 Pts, 10 Reb, 1 Stl, 3 Blk
Syracuse: D. Waiters 18 Pts, 1 Reb, 1 Ast, 1 Stl
| Connecticut Huskies | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Alex Oriakhi, F | 17 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Roscoe Smith, F | 13 | 0-6 | 0-3 | 1-4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Andre Drummond, C | 27 | 7-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| Shabazz Napier, G | 38 | 5-17 | 3-9 | 2-3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| Jeremy Lamb, G-F | 40 | 4-9 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Niels Giffey, G-F | 6 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Tyler Olander, F | 26 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Ryan Boatright, G | 32 | 2-9 | 0-5 | 1-1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| DeAndre Daniels, F | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 22-64 | 6-23 | 5-10 | 14 | 39 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 55 | ||
| 34.4% | 26.1% | 50.0% | ||||||||||
| Syracuse Orange | ||||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Kris Joseph, F | 38 | 1-8 | 0-1 | 8-13 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| C.J. Fair, F | 15 | 0-4 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Fab Melo, C | 32 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| Scoop Jardine, G | 18 | 1-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Brandon Triche, G | 30 | 3-8 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| James Southerland, F | 27 | 3-6 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| Dion Waiters, G | 24 | 8-11 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 18 |
| Michael Carter-Williams, G | 8 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Rakeem Christmas, F | 8 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 20-52 | 3-14 | 15-23 | 8 | 32 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 58 | ||
| 38.5% | 21.4% | 65.2% | ||||||||||
Officials: James Breeding, Tim Higgins, Ed Corbett
Attendance: 20,057
