Hometeam: Friday's Games.

• Position: Sports

COLLEGES

Men's basketball

Syracuse 72, Holy Cross 48

HOLY CROSS (3-1)

Malcolm Miller 7-11 3-3 18, Eric Green 2-14 0-2 4, Taylor Abt 1-4 1-1 3, Anthony Thompson 0-4 8-9 8, Justin Burrell 2-7 1-2 7, Chris Jayne 0-1 0-0 0, Cullen Hamilton 2-6 0-0 4, Christopher Morgan 0-0 0-0 0, De'Vaughn Reid 0-0 0-0 0, Malachi Alexander 1-5 2-4 4, Robert Champion 0-0 0-0 0, Isaiah Baker 0-2 0-0 0, Patrick Kerrigan 0-0 0-0 0, Matt Husek 0-2 0-0 0, Mitchell Hahn 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 15-56 15-21 48.

SYRACUSE (5-1)

B.J. Johnson 3-10 0-0 6, Chris McCullough 7-11 0-1 14, Rakeem Christmas 8-10 9-10 25, Trevor Cooney 1-7 3-3 5, Kaleb Joseph 4-9 6-7 14, Michael Gbinije 2-5 0-0 4, Mike Sutton 0-0 0-0 0, Carter Sanderson 0-1 0-0 0, Ron Patterson 0-1 0-0 0, Christian White 0-1 0-0 0, Doyin Akintobi-Adeyeye 0-0 0-2 0, Chinonso Obokoh 1-1 2-2 4. Totals 26-56 20-25 72.

Halftime: Syracuse, 39-17. 3-point goals: Holy Cross 3-16 (Burrell 2-6, Miller 1-3, Green 0-1, Thompson 0-3, Hamilton 0-3), Syracuse 0-14 (Sanderson 0-1, White 0-1, Patterson 0-1, Joseph 0-1, Johnson 0-3, Gbinije 0-3, Cooney 0-4). Fouled Out--None. Rebounds--Holy Cross 29 (Green 5), Syracuse 50 (McCullough 13). Assists--Holy Cross 9 (Burrell 4), Syracuse 11 (Joseph 6). Total Fouls--Holy Cross 19, Syracuse 15. A--19,167.

Men's hockey

Worcester City Cup: First Round

Nichols 4, Assumption 2

ASM (1-7-0)0 1 1-- 2

NCH (6-1-1)0 2 2 -- 4

First period: No scoring. Penalties: A 3, N 1.

Second period: 1, N, Joe Sposit (Tyler Beasley), 9:21. 2, A, Ryan Gomez (Brandon Bete), 11:12. 3, Kyle Shapiro (unassisted), 15:24, sh. Penalties: A 0, N 4.

Third period: 4, N, Shane Totten (Joey Quintina, Haroutiun Sarkisian), 4:30. 5, A, Paul Amarone (Matt Cowles), 15:47. 6, N, Frank Butler (Brett Jackson, Sean Fleming), 19:25, pp. Penalties: A 3, N 0.

Goalies: Assumption -- Nick Commesso (38 saves); Nichols Patrick Salkind -- (28).

Becker 4, Worcester St. 1

WSU (2-4-2)0 1 0 -- 1

BC (2-7-0)2 1 1 -- 4

First period: 1, B, Connor Merrick (Cody Edwards, Conner Allison), 4:33. 2, B, Nicholas McKee (Tyler Auricchio, Edward Osowski), 12:54, pp. Penalties: W 4, B 1.

Second period: 3, Osowski (Christopher Aitcheson, David Kann), 11:24. 4, W, Joe White (Alex Taddeo), 14:15. Penalties: W 1, B 0.

Third period: 5, B, Auricchio (McKee, Cody Edwards), 17:54. Penalties: W 3, B 1.

Goalies: Worcester St. -- Tyler Fallica (22 saves); Becker -- Tyler Stepke (28).

Women's hockey

Stevenson 7, Nichols 2

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