Sunday, February 10, 2019

Syracuse Glides Past Boston College At Annual Play for Kay, Breast Cancer Awareness Game


 By: Kendra Sheehan 

Today’s matchup against Boston College was more than just a game as Syracuse sported its pink uniforms for the annual breast cancer awareness Play for Kay game. The orange got their offensive momentum back defeating Boston College 96-69.  The 15th ranked women’s team improved their record to 18-5 overall and 7-3 in conference play.

Amaya Finklea-Guity kicked off the game scoring a layup 10 seconds into play. The orange took off from there with Miranda Drummond knocking down a shot from behind the arc. The senior forward was on fire putting up 18 points in the first half alone. She finished with 24 points total including six 3-point shots.

Drummond was one of three Syracuse players to score double digits.  Sophomore forward Maeva Djaldi-Tabdi put 16 points on the board tying her career high. Freshman Emily Engstler also contributed to the 90 point scoring output with 10 points, making this her fourth double digit scoring game this season. Both Djaldi-Tabdi and Engslter took down six rebounds as well.

The orange were down by 3 halfway through the first quarter but Syracuse quickly turned things around creating an 11 point lead by the end of the first quarter. The orange found their offensive rhythm with Tiana Mangakahia stringing together 12 assists. Syracuse connected well offensively shooting over 60% from the field.

Head Coach Quentin Hillsman credited his team’s quick ball work inside the court.

“We got the ball moving early, I thought we got some punch action at the rim .. right away transition,” Hillsman said. “That’s how you score the ball you have to try to score the ball in the first 6 – 7 seconds on the shot clock and a lot of times we did that in this game.”

The orange will continue its 5-game homestead on Wednesday when NC State travels to the Carrier Dome on February 13th. Tip-off is scheduled for 7pm.



                                                                                  (c) Suny Tsai 2019


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