SYRACUSE, N. Richard Sherman Jersey .Y. -- Nothing seems to phase No. 1 Syracuse. Not a rowdy road crowd nor a silent one at home. Three days after beating North Carolina State at a soldout RBC Center in their first true road game of the season, the Orange returned to a quiet Carrier Dome on Tuesday night and methodically beat Bucknell 80-61. "Theres going to be some games youre going to be more excited about than others," Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim said. "We made some really good plays in the first half. We just made some good decisions to get some people open and knocked down some shots." The veterans led the way as Montreals Kris Joseph had 17 points and Scoop Jardine added 14 as the Orange had 10 steals and seven blocks in a workmanlike performance. Freshman Rakeem Christmas was the only other player in double figures with a season-high 10 points. "Theres going to be games where I might be 1 for 7 but making defensive plays," said Jardine, who had four assists, three steals and only one turnover in 29 minutes. "I might be on the bench cheering. Thats the type of team we have. "Whatever were doing to win games and making those game-changing plays thats going to make us win games, me and Kris will have to be there." The Orange (12-0), who retained the No. 1 ranking for the second straight week, won their 30th straight non-conference home game. It was only the second time Bucknell (7-5) has played the No. 1 team in the nation. The Bison lost to Duke, 84-50, on Jan. 2, 2006. Bucknell entered the game 1-8 against Syracuse, but that lone win, a 74-69 triumph over the 17th-ranked Orange, came in the Bisons last visit to the Carrier Dome in November 2005. Thoughts of another upset vanished in a flash. Christmas scored seven straight points in the opening 3:20, completing his personal spurt with a follow of a miss by Joseph to give the Orange a 9-4 lead. "When I get involved early, it makes me play harder," said the mild-mannered Christmas, who had two blocks. "Coach wants me to start yelling at people and get more mad." Syracuse shot 50 per cent in the opening half and held the Bison to 8-of-28 shooting (29 per cent) in gaining a 39-22 halftime lead. Mike Muscala, the Patriot League player of the year last season, entered the game with five double-doubles, three more than Syracuse as a team. He was 8 for 8 on free throws and finished with 14 points and seven rebounds. Ben Brackney had 11 points and Joe Willman 10 for the Bison. Bucknell entered the game shooting nearly 40 per cent from long range and went 2 of 10 in the first half, then hit 5 of 12 in a hot second. It was too little and much too late. "I thought our team in the first half came in in awe of them," Bucknell coach Dave Paulsen said. "We have tremendous respect for Syracuse and their ability and their talent, but wed like to think that we would not come in in awe. We had some decent looks and couldnt knock them down." Bucknell shot 60 per cent in its previous two games, wins over Binghamton and Richmond, but the Bison found few openings against Syracuse, and when they did they misfired a lot. After James Southerland hit a three-pointer to stake the Orange to a 19-8 lead midway through the first half, Willman missed a short jumper and Steven Kaspar missed an open three on consecutive possessions. Then, after Brackney hit a three from the left corner to move Bucknell within 24-13 with 5:39 left, he missed an open layup, Brian Fitzpatrick failed to convert in close, and Willman missed another layup, taking his eyes off the basket as the Orange big men swarmed all around him. "We missed our shots and it took away some of our defensive intensity, maybe," Fitzpatrick said. "I think if we could do it over, wed probably come out a little more aggressive on the offensive end. We had our opportunities, we had a bunch of open shots, a bunch of layups. I feel like if we played like I know were capable of, we could have given them a better game." In their 79-65 win over Richmond on Saturday night, the Bison trailed 31-27 at halftime before hitting 14 of 20 field goals and 19 of 19 free throws in the second half. Bucknell again fought gamely in the second against the Orange. Bryson Johnson hit three three-pointers in a span of just over four minutes and Brackney hit another. That did little to dent a lead that ballooned to as many as 23 points as the Orange kept pace. Syracuse finished with only nine fast-break points but hit 8 of 17 from behind the arc as the long-range game clicked again. The Orange made 11 of 25 in the 88-72 win over the Wolfpack. "We didnt get any transition baskets as we usually do," Joseph said. "We work hard in practice on our offensive sets. Tonight was just a great showing of what were capable of. Were disciplined, and if we just show patience a little more, we can run our offensive sets in the half court. We did a good job tonight." Syracuse shot 52.8 per cent (28 of 53) for the game while holding Bucknell to 37.3 per cent (22 of 59). Kevin Norwood Jersey Super Bowl . Louis that coach Randy Carlyle termed "brain-dead" and with the league-leading Chicago Blackhawks in town. Cliff Avril Jersey . It all paid off Friday night, when the Toronto right-hander earned his first victory since 2008 with an effective and emotional effort at Baltimore. McGowan allowed five hits over 6 1-3 innings, and the Blue Jays used two unearned runs to beat Chris Tillman and the Orioles 2-0.ROME -- Mattia Destro came off the bench and scored the winner in his first appearance of the season as unbeaten Roma ended a streak of four draws with a 2-1 victory over Fiorentina in Serie A on Sunday. The win moved Roma back within three points of Italian league leader Juventus, which beat Bologna 2-0 Friday. "Were following our own road and were never going to stop fighting," Destro said. "We realize were a great squad." Also Sunday, fourth-place Inter Milan was held to a 3-3 draw by Parma in a wild match at the San Siro. At the Stadio Olimpico, right back Maicon put Roma ahead from close range seven minutes in after being set up by Gervinho. Juan Vargas equalized for Fiorentina in the 29th with a powerful shot after Nenad Tomovic carried the ball deep into the area. Destros winner came in the 68th after he also was set up by Gervinho in the area. Among Europes major leagues, only Roma and Bayern Munich remain unbeaten. Roma visits Juventus in January immediately after the winter break. Destro, a forward who has also played for Italy, had his left knee operated on in January and played sporadically at the end of last season then took more time off after experiencing further pain and swelling. "I couldnt take it anymore being out," said Destro, who ran toward Romas bench after scoring and was shown a yellow card for taking his shirt off to celebrate. Max Unger Jersey. "Now all of that is behind me." Two minutes after Destros goal, Roma goalkeeper Morgan De Sanctis preserved the lead by leaping to tip away a dangerous free kick from Fiorentina captain Manuel Pasqual in the 70th. Roma midfielder Kevin Strootman had hit the post in the 62nd. Roma played the final two minutes with 10 men after Miralem Pjanic picked up his second yellow card. Roma opened the season with a record 10 wins but had struggled in recent matches without its 37-year-old captain Francesco Totti, who was on the bench for the first time Sunday after being out since October with an injured right hamstring. In other matches Sunday, it was: Cagliari 2, Genoa 1; Sampdoria 2, Catania 0; Sassuolo 0, Chievo Verona 1; Torino 1, Lazio 0; Hellas Verona 2, Atalanta 1. In Milan, Nicola Sansone put Parma ahead in the 12th, Rodrigo Palacio equalized in the 44th and Marco Parolo restored Parmas lead in first-half added time. Palacio scored another in the 54th to make it 2-2, then Fredy Guarin gave Inter a brief lead two minutes later -- before Sansone found the target for Parma again in the 60th when he beat Inter midfielder Esteban Cambiasso to a cross. cheap jerseyscheap jerseys from china ' ' '
