Fair Scores 28 Points in ACC Road Loss

Thursday, February 1

Louisville, KY

7 PM

Syracuse University

#16/12 Louisville

2/1/2024 9:40:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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Fifth-year guard Dyaisha Fair moved to sixth all-time on the NCAA Division I women's basketball scoring list as No. 21 Syracuse women's basketball lost to No. 16 Louisville, 81-69, Thursday night inside the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky. The Orange are now 17-4 on the season and 7-3 in Atlantic Coast Conference play while the Cardinals improve to 19-3 overall and 8-1 in league action.

Scoring a game-best 28 points, Fair passed Jerica Coley, FIU (3,107), Lorri Bauman, Drake (3,115) and Patricia Hoskins, Miss. Valley St. (3,122) on Thursday. Fair now has 3,129 career points, with 1,094 coming at Syracuse. Fair is now 154 points behind Brittney Griner, Baylor (3,283), and remains second among active players in all three NCAA Divisions behind Caitlin Clark, Iowa (3,424).

Fair led in points for the Orange, with junior Georgia Woolley (15) and graduate student Alaina Rice (14) also scoring in double figures. Junior Saniaa Wilson paced Syracuse in boards with eight.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Louisville opened the second quarter on a 14-2 run to take a 30-23 lead with 4:15 remaining in the half. The Orange and the Cardinals would trade runs for the rest of the quarter, with Louisville heading into halftime with ahead, 40-34. The Cardinals would not lead by less than five points for the rest of the game, leading by as much as 15 points in the fourth quarter.

OF NOTE

Syracuse moves to 17-4 overall the season
'Cuse is now 7-4 in the ACC tied for 4th place with UNC.
Dyaisha Fair moved to sixth all-time on the NCAA Division I women's basketball career scoring list. She needs 154 to tie Brittney Griner (Baylor) with 3,283.
Georgie Woolley recorded her 13th multi-steal performance this season while Alaina Rice plucked multiple steals for the eighth time in the campaign.
Rice scored 14 points in the loss and now has 980 career points.
The Orange shot 47.8% from the charity stripe, their lowest since Jan. 11 at Wake Forest.
Saniaa Wilson led the Orange in rebounds for the fourth game this season

NEXT UP
Syracuse continues its two-game road trip on Sunday, Feb. 4 when it visits Boston College inside Conte Forum. Tip-off from Chestnutt Hill, Mass., is slated for noon, with the game airing live on ACC Network.

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