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SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Senior quarterback Ryan Nassib set the new mark for completions in a single-season with 217 in Syracuse’s 37-17 loss to USF at the Carrier Dome on Friday night. The Bulls improved their record to 5-4 (1-4 BIG EAST). Syracuse is now 5-5 and 1-4 in conference action.
 
Nassib was 23-of-46 for 297 yards and threw two touchdown passes. He broke his previous record of completions in a season which he set last year with 202. Junior wide receiver Alec Lemon set a career-high with 179 receiving yards on 10 catches against the Bulls. It was his second straight game with more than 150 yards receiving. Lemon had the second multi-touchdown game of his career with a 10-yard touchdown reception at the end of the second quarter and a 58-yard score with 3:41 remaining in the game. The 58-yard touchdown strike was the longest catch of his career.
 
USF had three different players combine to rush for four touchdowns on the evening, and redshirt junior kicker Maikon Bonani added three field goals.
 
On their first possession of the game, the Bulls started on the Syracuse 40-yard line and drove to the Syracuse 12-yard line, but were held to a field goal. Bonani converted from 29 yards out to give the Bulls a 3-0 lead.
 
USF opened the second quarter by marching 62 yards in nine plays for the first touchdown of the game. Running back Marcus Shaw rushed up the middle for a three-yard touchdown.
 
After the Bulls touchdown, the teams exchanged possessions until Syracuse got on the board. Syracuse drove 52 yards in five plays to cut USF’s lead to 10-7. Nassib had two 20-yard completions on the drive and capped it off with a 10-yard touchdown strike to Lemon with 3:52 left in the first half.
 
On USF’s next possession, quarterback B.J. Daniels scored on a two-yard touchdown run to give the Bulls a 17-7 lead with 3:27 remaining in the first half.
 
Syracuse responded with a 28-yard field goal by sophomore Ross Krautman, cutting the deficit to seven, 17-10, with 1:21 remaining in the half. The Bulls extended the lead to 10 with a 46-yard field goal by Bonani as time expired.
 
Out of the halftime intermission, USF drove down to the Syracuse 18-yard line. For the second time in the game, the Orange held the Bulls to three points as Bonani made his third field of the game from 35 yards out.
 
After a USF fumble on the Syracuse goal line, the Orange drove down to the USF three yard line on the following possession.  After an incompletion on third down and goal, Syracuse elected to go for it on fourth down. Nassib’s pass for sophomore tight end Beckett Wales fell incomplete and USF took over on downs.
 
Syracuse forced a USF punt, then drove down to the USF 12-yard line. For the second straight possession, Syracuse elected to go for it on fourth down but did not convert.
 
With the score 30-10, Nassib connected with Lemon for the 58-yard touchdown, cutting the lead to 13 with 3:41 remaining. The Bulls responded with a touchdown of their own for the final score of the night.
 
Syracuse is off next weekend before hosting the Cincinnati Bearcats on November 26th. Tickets are available online, at the Carrier Dome Box Office (Gate B) or by calling 1-888-DOMETIX.
 

Article source: http://suathletics.com/news/2011/11/11/FB_1111114530.aspx

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