Cardoso, Lewis Lead Orange to Victory at BC

Sunday, December 20

Chestnut Hill, MA

2 PM

Syracuse University

5-1,2-1ACC

Boston College

4-3,0-3ACC

Syracuse

Boston College

12/20/2020 5:40:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score Highlights Vonn Read Press Conference

Chestnut Hill, Mass. -- Syracuse's point guard-center duo of Kiara Lewis and Kamilla Cardoso combined for 44 points in the 16th-ranked Orange's 83-70 victory at Boston College on Sunday.

Cardoso scored 14 of her game-high 24 points in the opening 10 minutes. Lewis tallied 20 points and dished out eight assists. Syracuse controlled the interior, outscoring Boston College (4-3, 0-3) by 22 points in the paint, 52-30, and outrebounding the Eagles 43-35.

Starting Quickly
After the Eagles opened a 3-0 lead to start the game, Syracuse (5-1 overall, 2-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) outscored Boston College 31-12 to hold a 31-15 lead after the first quarter. The Eagles were unable to re-take the advantage for the rest of the contest while the Orange edge reached as many as 19 points.

Maintaining The Margin
The Orange took a 44-35 lead into the locker room at halftime and then opened up a 71-58 advantage at the end of three quarters. Freshman guard Priscilla Williams scored 12 of her 14 points in the third period.

Strautmane And Engstler Provide Board Edge
Senior Digna Strautmane scored seven points and pulled down 11 rebounds and junior Emily Engstler added seven points, 10 rebounds, four assists and three blocked shots.

The frontline duo combined for 21 of Syracuse's 43 rebounds. The Orange outrebounded the Eagles, 43-35.

Cardoso Takes Aim
Cardoso connected on all seven of her field goal attempts in the first half and finished the game 10-of-11 from the field and four-of-four from the free throw line. Her 90.9% field goal mark is the second-best single-game effort in Syracuse history.

Noteable Numbers:

Lewis passed two career milestones -- the 900-point mark and the 300-assist plateau
Taleah Washington surpassed 100 career points and tied her career-high with four rebounds
Today marked the second time this season that Syracuse had two players score more than 20 points in a contest (Cardoso 24 and Lewis 20)
Cardoso and Williams have both scored in double figures twice this season
Engstler improved her career rebounding total to 454 in 64 games at Syracuse.
The victory was the ninth in a row for the Orange at Conte Forum.

Next Game

Syracuse will host Morgan State on Monday, Dec. 28, at 7 pm. The game will be televised on the ACC Network.