Syracuse women’s basketball drops 3rd-straight game with 62-50 loss at No. 13 Duke

Women's Basketball

Syracuse Orange guard Dyaisha Fair (2) against Notre Dame at the JMA Wireless Dome, Syracuse, NY, Saturday January 14, 2023. Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com

By Syracuse Athletics

Syracuse, N.Y. — Syracuse women’s basketball finished its two-game road swing with a hard-fought loss against Atlantic Coast Conference rival Duke, 62-50, Sunday afternoon at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina.

Senior guard, Alaina Rice led the Syracuse (13-7, 4-5 ACC) offense with 15 points. Dyaisha Fair, backed up Rice with 12 points and two rebounds. The Orange and Blue Devils were separated by five points after the first half.

WHEN IT WAS DECIDED

With 6:01 left in the third frame, Duke (17-2, 7-1) extended its lead to 13 points, its largest of the day, off a Taya Corosdale jumper. Fair answered with a jumper of her own, sparking an 11-4 Orange run, cutting the deficit to six points to close out the third quarter.

As the fourth quarter began, the Orange continued to keep it close and cut the Blue Devil lead to two points, 43-41, with nine minutes left in regulation. Despite the ‘Cuse rally, the Blue Devils would not relinquish their lead to close out the contest.

“We are going to get better,” Syracuse coach Felisha Legette-Jack said. “We lost to a really good team. At the end of the day we aren’t there yet, but we are coming.”

DEVIL DUO

Duke secured its victory through the play of its backcourt duo of Celeste Taylor and Shayeann Day-Wilson, a former Syracuse commit.

Taylor, a senior guard, recorded 15 points and six rebounds. Wilson, a Toronto native, led all scorers with 16 points.

NOTABLE NUMBERS

  • Fair recorded her 20th straight game with double-digit points.
  • Rice led the Orange in scoring for the second time this season and the third time in her career.
  • Syracuse had two players with double-digit points (Rice-15 and Fair-12)

UP NEXT

The Orange returns to the JMA Wireless Dome on Thursday for another ACC showdown with Virginia on ACC Network Extra at 7 p.m.

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