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SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- A win is a win is a win. But when a 24-point, second-half lead shrinks to five, and youre outrebounded by eight, a victory doesnt feel quite as satisfying, especially at home.But survive is what Syracuse did Saturday.Andrew White scored a season-high 26 points and Frank Howard had 10 points, a career-high 13 assists and just two turnovers to lead No. 22 Syracuse to a 77-71 victory over North Florida on Saturday.Syracuse (5-2) survived North Florida (3-7) despite nearly blowing a 56-32 lead with just over 12 minutes left. Dallas Moore, who scored 31 points against Florida on Thursday, led the Ospreys comeback with a 30-point effort, including 22 in the second half, many of those points coming on NBA-range 3-pointers.Freshman Tyus Battle, inserted into the starting lineup for the first time this season by coach Jim Boeheim, had a career-high 19 points, 16 in the second half. Dajuan Coleman had a career-high 15 points.We established a 24-point lead, and played very well to get to that point, but we gave it back, Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim said. We got some people in the game and they werent ready to play. It got real close. Thats what happens when youre not ready to play and compete. Thats disappointing. Our bench and rebounding have got to be better.The Orange were outrebounded 41-33.In particular, Boeheim was referring to guard John Gillon and forwards Tyler Roberson, a senior who lost his starting slot to Battle, and freshman Taurean Thompson.White, a fifth-year transfer from Nebraska, has scored in double figures in all seven games. He hit 7 of 13 from beyond the 3-point line. Battle was 4 of 5 from beyond the arc.I thought we fought hard, Moore said. At the 12-minute mark (down 56-32) we just decided to keep fighting, keep fighting and thats what we did. Defending and rebounding, that was the key. As long as we defend and rebound we can beat a lot of teams.And Moore hitting NBA 3s after adjusting to the expansive confines of the Carrier Dome.Their zone is different, I normally cant shoot from out there but those guys are so long. Its the best 2/3 zone Ive ever seen but down the stretch we got it going to cut the lead, he said. And the background is different, I was shooting long at first. I just had to see the ball going in a few times. But I adjusted and my teammates found me, and I started knocking down shots.Moores 3-pointer brought the Ospreys to 73-68 with just over a minute to go but three foul shots by Howard and another by Battle sealed the win for the Orange.BIG PICTURENorth Florida: Despite being ranked 305th nationally in defensive efficiency, the Ospreys hung in with Syracuse.Syracuse: Coming off losses to South Carolina and Wisconsin, the Orange continued to look sluggish, particularly on the offensive end in the first half, then got lazy defensively in the second. 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Cheap Adidas NHL Jerseys .Y. - New York City has been selected to host the NBA All-Star weekend in 2015, with the game played at Madison Square Garden and the slam dunk contest and other skills events held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.AFL boss Gillon McLachlan is anticipating a fortnight of anticipation and celebration rather than procrastination during the pre-finals bye.The league has scheduled a break between the home-and-away season and the finals for the first time in 2016 as a response to North Melbournes round 23 mass-rest last season.Some coaches and players have been critical of the change, with Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson calling it the seasons biggest wild card.McLachlan admits there is certainly a risk of a lack of momentum into the finals but wants people to judge the experiment at seasons end.I think people understand why we made the call after last year, he told Melbourne radio station 3AW.I accept the potential is a loss of momentum.The alternate view is that we have the All-Australian (announcement and) we get a greater level of respect and focus on that.(We have) the Rising Star, the womens game and the (E.J. Whitten) legends game.We also get the chance to celebrate all eight teams making the finals ... if we go back last year, the Bulldogs were an extraordinary story to make the eight and that was gone and done in five days.ddddddddddddRight now theres some negativity but we should wait and have a look.McLachlan admitted the break wasnt his preferred solution to the perceived integrity issue.We concluded that we couldnt find a way legally to stop what had occurred, he said.Theres likely to be a 10-day break without games, with the league endeavouring to open the finals with a Thursday night match in Adelaide, Sydney or Perth.Our preferred timings would be Thursday night, Friday night, Saturday afternoon-twilight and Saturday night, he said.McLachlan also effectively ruled out a final at Geelongs Simonds Stadium.I dont think so ... theres a reduced capacity there, he said.If we have only one Melbourne final (on a weekend) we are contractually obliged to play it at the MCG. ' ' '