Syracuse secured its second win of the South Point Shootout on Saturday with an 81-69 win over Iowa State.
The Orange improves to 5-1 on the season and returns home to face Alabama in the ACC/SEC Challenge on Thursday in the JMA Wireless Dome.
Fifth year seniors Dyaisha Fair and Alaina Rice combined for 55 points as Syracuse shot 45% from the field and forced 16 Iowa State turnovers in the win.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Orange closed the game on an 8-0 run and held Iowa State scoreless during the final three minutes of the game.
During that stretch the Orange defense forced three turnovers. Syracuse entered the fourth quarter with a six-point lead and used a 16-10 fourth quarter to secure the win.
2 BOUNCES BACK
After the lowest offensive performance (nine points) of her Syracuse career on Saturday against Northern Iowa, Fair bounced back with a season-high 29 points to lead all scorers.
Fair shot 12-for-25 from the field and added eight rebounds, one assist and no turnovers in the win.
ALAINA THE ASSASSIN
Rice followed up her 17-point performance from Friday with a career-high 26 points. The Rockledge, Florida native shot 9-for-17 from the field and was 4-for-6 from downtown
She added five rebounds and two assists to her impressive stat line. Rice averaged an impressive 21.5 points per game over the two-game stretch at the South Point Shootout.
LOCK DOWN DEFENSE
The Orange forced 16 turnovers while committing just five of their own. The Orange forced four key turnovers in the final five minutes. Georgia Woolley led the team with four steals. SU scored 15 points off turnovers in the win.
NOTABLE NUMBERS
- Dyaisha Fair recorded the 19th 20-point performance of her Syracuse career.
- Alaina Rice had a career-high 26 points.
- Syracuse scored 30 of its 81 points in the paint.
- Syracuse improves to 4-0 all-time at the South Point Shootout
UP NEXT
Syracuse hosts Alabama in the inaugural ACC/SEC Challenge at 7 p.m, on Nov. 30. The game will be broadcast on ACC Network.
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