Syracuse basketball (Mandatory Credit: Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports)
Syracuse basketball women’s guards Kiara Lewis and Tiana Mangakahia are both contenders for national player of the year.
The Syracuse basketball women’s team, ranked No. 23 in the Associated Press pre-season top-25 poll, will feature one of the premier backcourts not only in the Atlantic Coast Conference, but also nationwide, during the 2020-21 campaign.
The Orange athletics department said via a press release that guards Kiara Lewis and Tiana Mangakahia are on the 50-person watch list for the Naismith Trophy, which is awarded annually to the national player of the year in women’s college basketball.