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A brief look at the three Big East games tonight.

St. John’s at Syracuse (7 p.m. ET, SNY): The Red Storm heads to Syracuse fresh off one of the worst shooting performances in memory. A 28 percent shooting night against Virginia Tech was perhaps less startling than that St. John’s only lost by six. The days of Larry Wright and Eugene Lawrence knocking down jumpshots seems as long gone as Thanksgiving. The defense hasn’t waned despite a couple of nights at the Holiday Festival when SJU couldn’t get shots to fall. Norm Roberts will need that defense and the re-emergence of Anthony Mason — who played well over the weekend — to keep his team in the game. Syracuse probably has too much offensive firepower to lose this game, but the 2-3 zone will allow St. John’s some open looks, so a great shooting night could mean a nailbiter. On the other hand, when’s the last time St. John’s had a great shooting night? I think Bootsy Thornton was involved.

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