Syracuse Beats South Florida, Reaches 20 Wins

Syracuse (20-4, 7-4) cruised to a 72-49 win over South Florida today, reaching 20 wins for the 33rd time in Jim Boeheim's 35 years as coach.

The crowd of 10,051 was predominantly orange, making it a virtual home game for Syracuse.

Rick Jackson scored a season high 21 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, for his 16th double-double for the year. Kris Joseph added 14, and Dion Waiters scored 10 coming off the bench.

Despite being near the bottom of the Big East standings, South Florida (8-16, 2-9) has played a lot of tight games against its conference opponents so far. 

Rick Jackson: double-double machine (AP Photo/Mike Carlson)

Today, though was a different story, as Syracuse went on big scoring runs midway through the first half and at the beginning of the second. The Orange controlled the game with its defense, holding the Bulls to only 3 points in the last 5:37 of the game.

Jarrid Famous didn't start but led the Bulls with 14 points.

Syracuse is now on only its second winning streak all season. But if this one is as good as the last one was, they'll be in good shape.

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