Philadelphia, Pa. – Naithan George had missed his first three shots of the game.

The Syracuse point guard had already handed out a half-dozen assists as the first half of Saturday’s game against Drexel neared its end, but he couldn’t get his own offensive game going.

But as Syracuse inbounded the ball at the opposite end of the court from its basket with 9 seconds left in the first half, George had little choice but to take the ball to the basket himself.

He brushed off a screen from reserve center Akir Souare and then went straight for a layup and a 37-32 Orange lead as the first half ended.

“He just set that hook screen in the backcourt that got us downhill,’’ George said. “We knew that their big was going to drop. So, really just testing his feet, and that’s what I did. I got downhi

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