Another Record-Breaking Night for Dyaisha Fair Leads Syracuse to its 15th Straight Home Win

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Syracuse Women’s basketball did it again. After completing a 19-point comeback against Clemson, they managed to erase an 18-point second-half lead for No. 15 Florida State. This is the second-ranked team that the Orange have defeated this season.

Dyaisha Fair continues putting her name all over the record books in NCAA and Syracuse history. After scoring her 3,000 career point last game she broke Syracuse Women’s program record for most threes in a game by draining NINE threes overall. She also surpassed 1,000 career points at Syracuse and surpassed Maya Moore in all-time points.

Dyaisha Fair rises over the defender to score three of her 31 points. Photo by Patrick Smith

“To be in company with some of those great names, it feels great. I’m the smallest one in the book and it’s just again incredible,” said Dyaisha Fair.

Incredible is the best word to describe Fair’s performance. She led everybody with 31 points, shooting 9-of-14 from behind the arc.

In the first half, the Seminoles used a quick offense, getting shots off with about 20 seconds left and their height to bully Syracuse down low. Florida State grabbed 24 rebounds to Syracuse’s lowly 10. Two Seminoles players, Brianna Turnage and Makayla Timpson, had 15 rebounds alone.

At halftime Coach Legette-Jack challenged the bigs to show up in the second half and flip the script.

Kyra Wood gets set on defense. Photo by Patrick Smith

“The bigs needed to show up and get on the board. We weren’t boxing out, we weren’t really owning our power. Just not being disciplined and we had to lock in on that and lock in on what we are taught in practice,” said Kyra Wood.

They did just that led by junior Kyra Wood. After only having two rebounds in the first, she stepped up and controlled the glass in the second finishing with nine rebounds total. Syracuse as a team grabbed 12 offensive rebounds which led to 11 second-chance points in the second half.

When Syracuse wasn’t grabbing rebounds, Dyaisha Fair was scoring the ball. She gave the Orange the lead on a Sophie Burrows assist with 3:35 left in the game and hit a dagger three less than a minute later. Syracuse went on to win 79-73.

With the win, the Orange improved to 15-2 and 5-1 in ACC play. Up next Syracuse will go on the road against Pittsburgh. Tip-off is scheduled for 2 p.m. on Sunday, January 21.