The good news is the Orange won today 68-66 to get themselves to 10-4 and 1-0 in the ACC. The bad news is they blew a nineteen point lead, and could not seal the win with their free throw shooting.
Syracuse led by nine points, 62-51, with 2:22 left to play. They would go to the free throw line sixteen times from that point on, and would make only six of them. Those ten missed free throws almost cost the Orange the game.
We cannot even pin the poor free throw shooting on one player; this was truly a team effort:
Ron Patterson, 2-6
Michael Gbinije, 1-4
Tyler Roberson, 1-2
Trevor Cooney, 1-2
Rakeem Christmas, 1-2
In that same time period, the Hokies made three 3-point baskets, two 2-point jumpers and a layup for 15 points. The Hokies had a chance to win the game with a last second three point basket, but fortunately for the Orange that the Hokies had to rush the shot and the Orange played good defense on the play.
But, it was a win, a road win at that. And a win is a win.
As an interesting note of trivia: Ron Patterson played 183 minutes of collegiate basketball, and was in his 22 game, before he made his first free throw.
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