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Monday, April 08, 2013  Full interview with Breanna Stewart's high school coach Eric Smith

Saturday, March 23, 2013  McKenzie Fujan scored a career-high 24 points as Creighton held off a late Syracuse rally to beat the Orange 61-56 and earn their first NCAA tournament victory since 1994.

Sunday, March 10, 2013  The SU women's basketball team opened up their postseason Big East Tournament play with a 61-56 victory over Villanova on Sunday night.

Saturday, February 16, 2013  Kayla Alexander scored a game-high 19 points, grabbed eight rebounds and blocked seven shots to lead No. 23/21 Syracuse women's basketball (21-3, 9-2) to a dominating 80-39 victory vs. Pittsburgh (9-15, 0-11) in front of 1,355 on Play 4 Kay Day at the Carrier Dome on Saturday afternoon.

Wednesday, January 30, 2013  Brittney Sykes and Brianna Butler both scored 14 points as the 24th ranked Orange beat Seton Hall 65-34

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 20, 2012  Seniors Carmen Tyson-Thomas and Kayla Alexander poured in 23 and 20 points, respectively, to lead --/rv Syracuse women's basketball (4-0) to a 80-39 victory at Saint Joseph's (2-2) on Tuesday at Hagan Arena.

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.