The Syracuse women’s basketball team fell into a hole in the third quarter and couldn’t dig itself out in a 70-63 loss to Minnesota in the Battle 4 Atlantis in the Bahamas on Sunday.
Former Syracuse player Kadiatou Sissoko had a game-high and season-high 23 points and 13 rebounds for Minnesota. The Paris, France, native played for the Orange as a freshman in 2018-19. She was the 10th-ranked player overall and the No. 2 guard in the 2018 recruiting class, according to ESPN’s rankings.
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The Orange (2-3) led 36-32 early in the quarter but the Golden Gophers (4-2) went on a 24-12 run to close the period.
Syracuse closed the lead to six points several times in the fourth quarter but didn’t get any closer.
“Our girls played extremely hard,” said Syracuse acting head coach Vonn Read. “In the third quarter, they scored 27 points and that was the difference in the game, but I thought we did a lot of great things offensively and defensively.”
Chrislyn Carr led Syracuse with 18 points and Christianna Carr had 16.
The Orange will next face Buffalo in the tournament’s seventh-place game at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. Buffalo is coached by Felisha Legette-Jack, who had her number retired by Syracuse last Sunday.