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Thursday / March 28.
  • C.J. Fair Gets Bloodied, Notches Double-Double in Win

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    [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebG4qWVYpuk&w=560&h=315]No foul was called on Minnesota’s Austin Hollins on this play where he appeared to rake Syracuse’s C.J. Fair across the face — leaving him bloodied in a Maui Invitational quarterfinal.

    “I forgot who passed me the ball, but I cut down a lane and I went up for the dunk, and I felt like I hit my face,” Fair said after No. 8 Syracuse won, 75-67 .  “Then as I came down I seen blood on my hand, and then from there I knew it was something bad.”

    Fair stayed in the game and finished with his first double-double of the season with 16 points and 10 rebounds.

    According to the Syracuse Post-Standard, the gash on Fair’s face was swollen and covered with a gauzy bandage after the game. He was due to get stitches today.

    “That was like a football game,” Trina Bennett, Fair’s mother, told the Post-Standard

    Redshirt sophomore Trevor Cooney contributed 15 points on 5-of-11 from long distance. Jerami Grant and Tyler Ennis also reached double-figures with 12 points apiece. Ennis added game-bests of five steals and five assists.

    Syracuse (5-0) will face Cal in one semifinal today, while Baylor meets Dayton in the other.

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    Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle. A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.

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