Christianna Carr leads Syracuse’s defense in strong performance against Morgan State
Christianna Carr recorded a career-high 15 rebounds in Syracuse’s 79-60 win over Morgan State. Read more »
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Beat writers predict SU will win its 54th consecutive game against Colgate
The Raiders have lost two consecutive games since opening the 2021-22 campaign with a seven-point victory over Northeastern. Read more »
Observations from Syracuse’s 79-60 win over Morgan State
Teisha Hyman scored half of Syracuse's first half points, going 6-for-10 from the field. The Orange guard scored 23 points in SU's victory over Morgan State. Read more »
Teisha Hyman’s 23 points lead Syracuse to 79-60 win over Morgan State
Teisha Hyman went into the locker room at halftime with half of Syracuse’s points. She added six more points in the second half. Read more »
SU faced another dilemma at center. This time, Jesse Edwards was ready to fill in.
After showing flashes of potential last season, Jesse Edwards has stepped up as the starting center for Syracuse Read more »
Opponent Preview: Everything to know about Morgan State
Against Stanford, Morgan State scored just 36 points, only making eight shots from the field. More on the Bears before they face SU. Read more »
Syracuse generates 20 turnovers, holds Drexel to 60 points in 15-point win
After trailing at halftime, Syracuse’s defense stepped up in the second behind four blocks from Jesse Edwards and five steals from Cole Swider. Read more »
Fans, family agree Felisha Legette-Jack’s jersey retirement is long overdue
Felisha Legette-Jack became the first female athlete to have her number retired at Syracuse following a decorated career with the Orange. Read more »
Observations from SU vs. Drexel: Buddy leads offense, defense creates 21 turnovers
After scoring 18 points against Lafayette, Buddy Boeheim hit his first two 3-pointers against Drexel, and finished with a team-high 23 points. Read more »
43-point 2nd half catapults Syracuse to 75-60 victory over Drexel
The Orange entered halftime with a deficit, but they opened the second half with a 16-6 run to win. Read more »
Alaysia Styles is ‘bright spot’ for Syracuse in blowout loss to Notre Dame
Alaysia Styles led the Orange in points with 14, and also recorded six rebounds and one block despite a home loss to Notre Dame. Read more »
Observations from Syracuse’s blowout loss to Notre Dame
Syracuse loss its first game of the season after securing an easy win against Monmouth on Wednesday. Read more »
SU surrenders 21-0 run across final 8 minutes in 82-56 loss to Notre Dame
Syracuse tried to replicate last season's comeback as Chrislyn Carr buried a 3 to bring Notre Dame’s lead down to six. Read more »
Felisha Legette-Jack becomes 1st woman in SU history to have jersey retired
“There’s nothing special about me,” Legette-Jack said during the halftime ceremony after seeing her jersey lifted into the rafters. “I just put in the work.” Read more »
After 4 years at Monmouth, Melik Martin finally reached his potential at Drexel
While receiving interest from Power 5 schools such as West Virginia and St. Bonaventure, Martin committed to Drexel University. Read more »
Retiring Felisha Legette-Jack's jersey opens door for more women to be recognized
Former Syracuse women’s basketball star Felisha Legette-Jack will become the first woman to have her jersey retired at SU. Read more »
Data preview: Numbers that could impact the trajectory of SU’s season
The Orange lost 62.62% of their scoring from last season, and their 2020-21 team also finished with their best defensive rebounding rate since 2017. Read more »
Syracuse leans on aggressive defense to stifle Monmouth 87-46
But a chaotic, yet structured approach, when executed, turned into 33 forced turnovers and 42 points off those turnovers. Read more »
Beat writers unanimously agree on SU win over Drexel, 2-0 start to season
The Orange earned a 34-point win over Lafayette in the season-opener, and they’ll next host a Drexel team that won its first game by 29 points over Neumann. Read more »
Transition offense leads Syracuse to 87-46 win in Read’s 1st game as head coach
Chrislyn Carr scored a team-high 15 points — 10 of her points coming off layups — in Syracuse's convincing win to open its season. Read more »
Observations from Syracuse’s dominant season-opening win
Syracuse defeated Monmouth 87-46, led by Teisha Hyman's highest efficiency of any Orange player on Wednesday night. Read more »
Opponent Preview: What to know about Drexel
The Dragons defeated Neumann by 29 points to open the 2021-22 season, which was their first game since losing in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Read more »
In Syracuse debut, Cole Swider proves valuable even when he isn’t hitting 3s
Shooters can’t have a strong performance every single game, Boeheim said, but Swider proved valuable in other ways against Lafayette. Read more »
Joe Girard III paces SU with 20 points in season-opening win over Lafayette
Joe Girard has improved as a facilitator and at least on Tuesday, looked very capable of leading the Orange at point guard. Read more »
