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Boeheim within one of milestone

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) James Southerland broke out of a slump with 21 points and Brandon Triche had 19 to lead No. 4 Syracuse over Canisius 85-61 on Saturday night in the Gotham Classic.
Michael Carter-Williams added 12 points and 14 assists as Syracuse (9-0) extended its home winning streak to 29 games - the longest in the nation - and moved head coach Jim Boeheim within one victory of 900. Mike Krzyzewski (936) and Bob Knight (902) are the only Division I men's coaches to reach that milestone. The Orange's next game is at home against Detroit on Monday night.
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Canisius (6-2) was off to its best start since 1973-74 and was riding a three-game winning streak on the road. The Golden Griffins haven't beaten a ranked team since a 72-69 win over No. 13 Cincinnati in December 1994.
Southerland, who had gone 0 for 10 on 3-pointers in three games since hitting 9 of 13 at Arkansas, was 3 of 6 from beyond the arc and 9 for 14 overall. Rakeem Christmas finished with 10 points.
Billy Baron and Isaac Sosa each scored 15 points to lead Canisius, which outrebounded Syracuse 37-34. Harold Washington, the team's leading scorer at 18.6 points per game, finished with nine, going just 1 of 6 from beyond the arc a week after hitting a career-high six in a 94-82 win at Marist. Alshwan Hymes, who played ball with the Orange's Triche at Jamesville-DeWitt High School in suburban Syracuse, sat the first half for violating team rules and finished with six points.
Syracuse fell behind late in the first half, regrouped and took a three-point lead into halftime, then started the second half with a 15-3 spurt to take control.
A 3-pointer by Southerland completed an 11-0 run spanning halftime and gave Syracuse a 41-32 lead with 18:36 left. The Orange led only 35-32 at the break and broke loose with 50 points in the second half, shooting 21 of 34 (61.8 percent).
The Griffs had four turnovers in the first six minutes of the second half, and the Orange capitalized. Christmas hit a jumper from the foul line, Southerland converted an alley-oop dunk from Triche, C.J. Fair hit off the glass, and Carter-Williams passed to Triche for a 3 from the wing to give Syracuse a 50-35 lead with 14:45 to go.
Canisius was within 69-57 after Sosa's 3 with 4:17 left, but Carter-Williams fed Christmas for a dunk and Southerland scored five straight points.
Canisius fell behind by as many as nine in what was a tight first half. The Griffs trailed 23-14 after Carter-Williams swished a 3 from the top of the key, but they stayed patient, searching for the open man, and slowly came back.
Washington hit consecutive layups and Isaac Sosa nailed a 3-pointer to thwart the Orange's press and move the Griffs within 30-26 with 5:32 left.
After Syracuse missed in close and from beyond the arc, Jordan Heath and his brother Josiah powered Canisius into the lead. Jordan swished a 3 from the wing and Josiah completed a three-point play on consecutive trips down court to give the Griffs a 32-30 lead with 2:24 to go.
Two free throws by Carter-Williams and Triche's layup at the buzzer gave the Orange a 35-32 halftime lead.
Canisius hit 5 of 16 from long range and outrebounded Syracuse 21-17 in the first half, while the Orange converted just 5 of 11 free throws.
The Gotham Classic also includes Temple, Detroit and Alcorn State. The format features 10 games with all teams facing each other once. Syracuse and Temple will meet in the feature game at noon on Dec. 22 at Madison Square Garden.
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