Syracuse, N.Y. — Teisha Hyman is the first Syracuse women’s basketball player to record a triple-double comprised of points, assists and steals.
The redshirt sophomore guard finished with 27 points, 15 assists, 11 steals and eight rebounds in a dominant 116-65 win over Central Connecticut State on Sunday. Hyman’s total in assists, steals and rebounds marked career-bests. She tallied a career-high in points (30) earlier this week in the Orange’s upset win over No. 18 Ohio State.
Hyman played 37 minutes and made 10-of-12 attempts from the field, including a perfect 2-of-2 from the 3-point line. Her 11 steals are a program record — the most since Cintia Johnson had eight against Seton Hall on Feb. 3, 2007.
Hyman’s performance this season, averaging 15.3 points, 6.2 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 2.5 steals on 51% shooting, is remarkable coming off recovery of a knee injury that sidelined her last season.
“Game after game, I feel like I’m improving, calming down,” Hyman said. “I’m back to my old self. It’s just a joy to play.”
Syracuse broke a school record on Sunday with 116 points, the most since Nov. 20, 2013, when the Orange dropped 113 in a blowout win over Maryland Eastern Shore. SU led 65-29 at the half, which set another program record for the most points scored in one half.
The win was the third in a row for Syracuse (5-4, 0-1 ACC) after a three-game losing streak in the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament. The Orange is now 4-0 all-time against Central Connecticut (1-5).
Naje Murray surpassed the 1,000-point milestone on Sunday, totaling 13 points and six assists. She entered the game with 991 career points (most of them scored at Texas Tech and San Diego State), nine away from the 1,000-point mark. She accomplished the feat in the second quarter when she made a jumper off an assist from Hyman.
“At this level. At this school. With these people … I’m truly at a loss for words, but so humbled! This is a dream,” Murray wrote in a post on Twitter.
Murray is the second Syracuse player to reach the 1,000-point milestone this season, joining Chrissy Carr, who scored her 1,000th point against Morgan State on Nov. 17. Carr finished with 17 points and three rebounds in Sunday’s game.
Chrislyn Carr, who finished with 22 points and three assists, recorded her fourth consecutive game of scoring 20 points or more. Syracuse forward Alaysia Styles, who secured the program record for points with less than two minutes remaining in the game, tallied 16 points and eight rebounds.
Central Connecticut was led by Ashley Berube, who tallied 15 points and nine rebounds. Eden Nibbelink added 17 points.
Sunday’s game served as a homecoming for Central Connecticut freshman Amaya Williams, a Syracuse native and former All-CNY player who played at Nottingham High School. Williams entered the game in the second quarter and made both of her shot attempts, finishing with four points and one rebound.
Syracuse will look to extend its win streak to four when Cornell comes to the Carrier Dome on Wednesday (7 p.m., ACC Network Extra).
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