Syracuse Basketball: Should Trevor Cooney Shoot Less?

Rich Barnes-USA TODAY SportsTrevor Cooney has been shooting a lot this season. Is it time for that to change?

At ACC Media Day in October, a reporter asked Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim whether he would give the same "green light" this season to Trevor Cooney, who led the Orange with 376 shots and 230 attempts from 3 in 2014-15.

"He has a green light but we'd like him to shoot a few less," Boeheim said.

Specifically, he said he wanted Cooney to not take the "40 or 50 bad ones" he took last season, which Boeheim hoped would raise Cooney's 30.9% clip on 3-pointers to 37 or 38% in 2015-16.

Through seven games, though, Cooney's shot volume has reduced only slightly — he's taking 6.7 3-pointers per…