
Cincinnati 71
(24-9, 12-6 Big East)

(2) Syracuse 68
(31-2, 17-1 Big East)
Coverage: ESPN/WatchESPN
7:00 PM ET, March 9, 2012
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
Top Performers
Cincinnati: S. Kilpatrick 18 Pts, 3 Reb, 5 Ast, 5 Stl
Syracuse: D. Waiters 28 Pts, 2 Reb, 4 Ast, 2 Stl, 1 Blk
| Cincinnati Bearcats | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Yancy Gates, F | 37 | 6-13 | 0-0 | 6-8 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 18 |
| Dion Dixon, G | 37 | 5-8 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| Cashmere Wright, G | 38 | 4-11 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 |
| Sean Kilpatrick, G | 38 | 6-10 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 18 |
| JaQuon Parker, G | 31 | 2-8 | 0-1 | 5-7 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Justin Jackson, F | 16 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Cheikh Mbodj, C | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 25-55 | 10-22 | 11-18 | 13 | 31 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 71 | ||
| 45.5% | 45.5% | 61.1% | ||||||||||
| Syracuse Orange | ||||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Kris Joseph, F | 33 | 2-6 | 2-6 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| C.J. Fair, F | 22 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Fab Melo, C | 33 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| Scoop Jardine, G | 26 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| Brandon Triche, G | 27 | 4-13 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| James Southerland, F | 23 | 1-7 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Dion Waiters, G | 32 | 8-16 | 7-10 | 5-6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 28 |
| Baye Keita, C | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Carter-Williams, G | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Rakeem Christmas, F | 2 | 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 | |
| 23-57 | 13-29 | 9-16 | 14 | 32 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 68 | ||
| 40.4% | 44.8% | 56.3% | ||||||||||
Officials: Karl Hess, John Gaffney, Michael Roberts
Attendance: 20,057

