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Wednesday, January 23, 2013  Brittney Sykes pulled off a steal down by three points, and then nailed the game winning shot from beyond half-court at the buzzer

Tuesday, January 15, 2013  Senior Kayla Alexander registered her seventh double-double the season with 24 points and 17 rebounds as the # 23 Syracuse women's basketball team defeated DePaul, 84-80.

Saturday, January 12, 2013  Senior Kayla Alexander led the Orange (14-1, 2-0 BIG EAST) with her sixth double-double of the season, scoring 19 points and grabbing 12 rebounds.

Sunday, December 30, 2012  The Orange went 12-1 in nonconference play this season and extended its nonconference home winning streak to 53 games.

Tuesday, December 04, 2012  Kayla Alexander led the Orange with a career-best 34 points and 13 rebounds. It was her fourth double-double this season. Carmen Tyson-Thomas joined the 1,000-point club, scoring six points to put her career point total at 1,001.

Thursday, November 29, 2012  Kayla Alexander poured in a game-high 27 points on 11-of-14 shooting, while adding six rebounds and six blocks.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012  The SU Women's basketball team used a 17-0 second-half run in which it held Maine scoreless for 8:41 to cruise to a 68-44 victory on Tuesday evening at Alfond Arena.

Wednesday, March 28, 2012  Kayla Alexander led all scorers with 29 points and 13 rebounds, as Syracuse finishes the season 22-15.

Monday, February 27, 2012  The Syracuse women's basketball team erased a 10-point second half deficit to take a six point lead with 7:30 left in regulation, but Villanova responded with 14 of the game's final 18 points to down the Orange 68-60.

Saturday, February 25, 2012  No. 15 Georgetown scored the last five points of the game to hand the Syracuse women's basketball team a 65-62 loss.

Tuesday, February 07, 2012  Facing an 18-point deficit at halftime, the Syracuse women's basketball team would cut No. 2 Notre Dame's lead to as little as 10 before the Fighting Irish used a 13-4 run midway through the second half to pull away with a 74-55 win on Tuesday night.

Saturday, January 28, 2012  After Syracuse erased a ten-point second half deficit, Bjonee Reaves hit a jumper with 2.5 seconds left to lead Cincinnati past the Orange women's basketball team 55-54

Wednesday, January 25, 2012  Syracuse trailed No. 3 Connecticut by seven at halftime before the Huskies opened the second half on a 35-12 run to down the Orange 95-54.

Wednesday, January 11, 2012  Trailing by as many as 17 in the second half, the Syracuse women's basketball team cut the deficit to four with 6:26 remaining in regulation, but could not complete the comeback.

Saturday, December 31, 2011  Iasia Hemingway had a career-high 31 points and fourth double-double of the season as the Syracuse women's basketball team beat Colgate 83-32.