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Syracuse women’s basketball: aggressive defense fuels 24-point win over Colgate

Related Topics: Felisha Legette-Jack, Syracuse

One down, and many more games to go. That’s the mentality the Syracuse Orange women’s basketball team came into Thursday night’s game versus the Colgate Raiders.

The Orange took down the Stony Brook Seawolves 79-56 in Felisha Legette-Jack’s first official game as head coach. Colgate entered Thursday’s matchup coming off a 62-48 against Cornell in the Raiders’ season-opening game.

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Coach Legette-Jack’s starting lineup against Colgate was Dyaisha Fair (G), Teisha Hyman (G), Alaina Rice (G), Dariauna Lewis (F), and Asia Strong (F).

From the jump, Syracuse got off to a strong start, shooting 7/10 from the field.