Johnson, Syracuse rally from 12 down to beat Seton Hall
Posted by GameSetMatch on December 30th, 2009
Down by six points to Seton Hall almost midway through the second half, Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim called a timeout and reminded his team that they were playing a Big East Conference game, and it was time to get physical.
The message from the boss was heard loud and clear.
Wesley Johnson had 20 points and a career-best 19 rebounds and the Orange came out of that timeout to run off 15 straight points in an 80-73 victory Tuesday night.
Johnson said Boeheim read the team the riot act during the timeout.
“I told them that we had to get tough. We weren’t tough and we hadn’t had a tough game all year, at least not physical like this, you know, Big East tough,” Boeheim said. “It had to become more of a physical game and we weren’t being physical. But after the timeout, we made a few good defensive plays and that got us going.
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