Syracuse’s next WNBA player: Dyaisha Fair outgrew Buffalo, but not the coach who’s a ‘mom away from home’

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

Syracuse, N.Y. — Dyaisha Fair and her roommates just couldn’t get warm. They put on their winter coats, but that wasn’t enough. The heat to their dorm room at the University of Buffalo had gone out, and maintenance wasn’t going to be there until the morning.

“OK, let’s go ahead and get you in a hotel,” her mother, Shatara, told her over the phone.

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