Box Score SYRACUSE, N.Y. – The Canisius women's basketball team lost 70-37 to No. 19/22 Syracuse in the Carrier Dome on Tuesday night. The Golden Griffins fall to 4-5 on the season.
Junior Crystal Porter led Canisius with 12 points to go along with two blocks and three assists. Junior Emily Weber added eight points and four rebounds while making multiple 3-pointers for the fifth time this season. Sophomore Tamara Miskovic added six rebounds and three assists with two steals in 20 minutes off the bench.
“We played poorly from the start, got back on our heels and let them do what they wanted to do,” Canisius coach Terry Zeh said. “Those aren't the things we wanted to do coming into this game. We didn't compete, and I'm disappointed in that.”
Syracuse dominated the glass throughout the first half, especially the offensive glass in the early going. The Orange scored the first eight points of the game before a 3-pointer from the top of the key from Weber made it 8-3. Of the first 21 points scored by Syracuse, 14 came as second-chance points as the Orange had 11 offensive rebounds in the opening eight minutes.
Syracuse led 40-15 at the half and scored four baskets in the opening three minutes of the second half. The Griffs would hold the Orange without a field goal for six and a half minutes, but Syracuse got to the free-throw line and continued to crash the glass hard with eight second-chance points in the opening eight minutes. Porter scored eight of her 12 points in the second half, draining a number of jumpers from the free-throw line.
Canisius plays its final road game of the non-conference schedule on Friday, when the Golden Griffins face the University of Michigan. Tipoff at the Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor, Mich. is set for 7 p.m.
Notes: Syracuse now leads the all-time series 11-2 as the teams played for the first time since the first round of the 2009 WNIT… Canisius is the last team to win a non-conference game in the Carrier Dome as the Syracuse women's team has won 67 consecutive games… Canisius played a ranked team for the eighth time in the program's Division I history and is now 0-8 against teams in the Top 25… Junior Tiahana Mills recorded a steal for the 21st consecutive game… Senior Kayla Hoohuli was held scoreless for the first time since Jan. 6, 2013, against Iona – a span of 50 games.
