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Syracuse women’s basketball downs Cornell, 85-55

The Syracuse Orange women’s basketball team cashed in on its fourth straight victory on Wednesday night, easily downing the Cornell Big Red, 85-55 at the Carrier Dome.

Syracuse took a big lead after the first quarter and never looked back, improving to 6-4 on the season. They shot 32-of-61 from the floor and 12-of-29 from three-point range. The Orange also shot 9-of-11 from the charity stripe, and forced 18 Cornell turnovers.

The Orange deployed a balanced attack, with all five starters putting up double-figures. Naje Murray had a game-high 18 points on 6-of-14 shooting.

Alaysia Styles added 16 points on an efficient 7-of-10 performance field, and also had nine rebounds.