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Pat LaFontaine Islanders Jersey . -- The Chicago Bears say they have agreed to a one-year contract with centre
Roberto Garza. The Bears had expressed a desire to bring him back, and they
announced the move on Thursday. Garza, who turns 35 in March, was the lone
holdover on a line that featured four new starters last season. He has appeared
in 194 games and made 164 starts over 13 seasons with the Bears and Atlanta
Falcons.
Pat LaFontaine Jersey . Then he got back at the team that released him five days before the start of last season, hitting a
tiebreaking double in the ninth inning of the first game at Fenway Park since
Boston won the World Series last October.
Christopher Gibson Islanders Jersey . -- The Phoenix Coyotes have won three in a row for the first time in 4 1/2 months, and
theyve done it just in time for the stretch run to the playoffs.SYRACUSE, N.Y.
-- Trevor Cooney and C.J. Fair each scored 17 points and No. 4 Syracuse hit
Binghamton with a long-range barrage in a 93-65 victory on Saturday night.
Syracuse (9-0), which beat Indiana 69-52 on Tuesday night, upped its
nonconference home winning streak to 48 games in the Carrier Dome and figures to
move up to No. 2 next week after top-ranked Michigan State and No. 3 Kentucky
lost this week. With a starting lineup of one sophomore and four freshmen,
Binghamton (2-7) figured to struggle against the bigger, more athletic Orange,
and the Bearcats did after a solid start. Jerami Grant had 14 points for
Syracuse, Dajuan Coleman had 13 points and 10 rebounds, and freshman Ron
Patterson added a season-high 10 points, hitting two of the Oranges 13
3-pointers, two off the school record. Freshman point guard Tyler Ennis had his
first off-game of the season, picking up four fouls and finishing with three
points and three assists in 19 minutes. Sophomore Jordan Reed, who leads
Binghamton in nearly every statistical category, led the Bearcats with a
season-high 26 points and seven rebounds. Marlon Beck II had 14 points and Nick
Madray 11. Syracuse was torched three times from long range in the first 4
minutes. Beck started the surge with a 3 from the right wing and Madray followed
with two more, the second giving the Bearcats an 11-3 lead as Ennis picked up
two quick fouls and went to the bench. The Bearcats had snapped a four-game
losing streak with a 74-70 victory at Mount St. Marys on Wednnesday night,
thanks to 68 per cent shooting, but they nearly blew a 19-point lead by
committing 23 turnovers against a pressing defence.
Johnny Boychuk Jersey. The Orange used the same strategy to rally and it worked like a charm. Syracuse reeled off 18
straight points, the first 10 coming in 76 seconds thanks in part to three
steals. Michael Gbinije started the surge with a 3, Cooney added two more, and
Grant finished it with a resounding two-handed slam dunk to give the Orange an
21-11 lead at 12:46. Binghamton notched just four baskets in the final 10:51 of
the first half as the Orange steadily pulled away. Syracuse hit nine 3-pointers,
nabbed eight steals, scored 22 points off Binghamtons 11 turnovers, and
out-rebounded the Bearcats 24-15, 12-5 on the offensive glass, to take a 54-30
halftime lead. Syracuse finished 13 of 36 from long range, forced 18 turnovers
and notched 12 steals. Binghamton finished 6 of 22 from beyond the arc after its
hot start. Three of Syracuses freshmen -- Patterson, B.J. Johnson, and Tyler
Roberson -- hadnt played in five games, since the Oranges 69-50 win over Colgate
on Nov. 16. That changed after Ennis picked up his second foul less than 4
minutes into the game. Patterson played 15 minutes, one more than Johnson and
Roberson, who had six points. Johnson was 0 for 5, all on 3-pointers. Syracuse
led by 33 midway through the second half after 3-pointers by Patterson and
Gbinije and a putback by Coleman. The Oranges biggest lead was 37 in the closing
minutes.
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