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SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Syracuse has made a habit of feasting on lesser opponents this season. That trend continued Monday night, so it was difficult to gauge just where Jim Boeheims team is with just two games to go before the start of ACC play.We made some shots tonight. Were still making some mistakes we want to eliminate, Boeheim said.Eight Orange players scored in double figures and Syracuse cruised to a 105-57 victory over Eastern Michigan.Syracuse (7-4) shot 59 percent from the field, including a season-high 15-of-28 from beyond the arc. The Orange had 34 assists on its 37 baskets and assisted on all 19 field goals in the first half. Frank Howard had 10 points and 11 assists. Backcourt mate John Gillon had 14 points and nine assists.Tyus Battled had 18 points to lead the Orange, Andrew White III scored 14, and Dajuan Coleman added 12. Taurean Thompson had 11, and Tyler Roberson had 10.Tyler Lydon had 12 points, six rebounds and four assists in the first 16 minutes before leaving the game with a strained Achilles. Boeheim said he didnt know if Lydon would be available Wednesday against St. Johns.We dont have any more leeway to lose so were just going to approach it with that mentality. This is just one game in the right direction. No disrespect to that team but these havent necessarily been the games that have determined what well be as a team, White said. Were 7-4. Its not where we wanted to be.White was brutally honest when asked if his team was ready for ACC play, which starts New Years Day.Today were not because our record doesnt show anything that would determine us to be a good team in the ACC right now, so luckily we have two games to get ready. We have a lot of work to do but we can be ready by ACC play if we choose to.Eastern Michigan coach Rob Murphy was a bit more impressed.This was a huge step for them, losing four out of their last six, and then to win a game like this builds confidence. Syracuse is going to be a good basketball team moving forward.Quaran Jones led the Eagles (6-5) with 12 points. Jordan Nobles had 11 and 10 rebounds for his first-career double-double, while Willie Magnum IV scored 10.The Orange raced to a 52-24 halftime lead on 19-of-32 shooting from the field, including eight 3-pointers.Syracuse freshmen Thompson and Battle came off the bench and combined for 21 first-half points.Eastern Michigan, which entered the game shooting 47 percent from the field and averaging 84.8 points a game, shot 35 percent.BIG PICTUREEastern Michigan was sloppy Monday, committing a season-high 20 turnovers, many of which were unforced.Syracuse continued its pattern of beating up on lesser opponents.TIP INSEastern Michigan: The Eagles three leading scorers were held below their season averages. Willie Mangum IV (17.5) had 10; Ray Lee (17.4) scored just two; James Thompson IV (15.6) managed four.Head coach Rob Murphy spent seven seasons as an assistant under Jim Boeheim.Entering Mondays game the Eagles were fifth in the country with 117 steals, and second in steals per game at 12.6.Syracuse: Tyus Battle hit 4 of 7 from beyond the arc.Andrew White was 4 of 8 from behind the arc.White has scored in double figures in all of Syracuses games.Taurean Thompson had five assists, several of the no-look variety. Frank Howard leads the ACC in assists.UP NEXTEastern Michigan hosts Marygrove College Thursday.Syracuse hosts former Big East rival St. Johns Wednesday. Paul George Shoes Replica Paypal .05 million next season unless Graham and the Saints subsequently agree on a long-term deal. The designation was released Monday after the deadline passed for NFL teams to use franchise or transition tags on players becoming free agents. Paul George Shoes Discount . 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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Such is the juggernaut that is the U.S. womens basketball team that there must have been something terribly wrong on Friday when, horror of horrors, it got off to a slow start against Canada, won by 30 points and scored less than 100.Earlier this week, the women were too good. On Friday, their 81-51 victory was almost a case of, What happened?Such is the supremacy of this team that Canada, one of the more formidable groups in the competition, was actually pretty pumped over the whole thing.We were really happy we were able to keep them under 100 and be the only one that [has done] that, said Natalie Achonwa, who plays for the Indiana Fever as the only Canadian player on an WNBA team.It was the 45th straight Olympic victory for the U.S., which is pursuing its sixth straight gold medal. But given the U.S. womens soccer teams loss to Sweden on Friday, anything is possible, right?Maybe not.The womens hoops team watched part of the soccer game before its contest versus Canada, and U.S. coach Geno Auriemma later related a conversation he once had with the legendary UConn womens soccer coach Len Tsantiris.We weere talking once after a game, Auriemma said, and I asked him, So, what happened? And he said, We dominated the game.dddddddddddd Dominated. We had 24 shots on goal. They had two. ... We lost, 1-0.Auriemma shook his head.See, I dont have to worry about that, he said. If we dominate a game that bad, were going to win. Thats a crazy game, a crazy game. I dont know how they do it.Even if Auriemmas team doesnt dominate, as it did in the first half, theyre still going to win -- ?and, on most occasions, win big.The Canadians were more physical than usual on defense and disciplined in their offensive sets.Some teams, their style of play isnt going to necessarily allow [100 points], Auriemma said. They maximize every shot clock opportunity, and they run their offense over and over and over.And we shot the ball lousy in the first half.If 48 percent is lousy, however, Canada was far lousier, connecting on just 1 of 10 shots in the second quarter, 6-of-19 in the third and 19-of-58 overall for 33 percent. ' ' '