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- Binghamton (6-4) secured a 64-62 victory at Siena on Sunday. Sophomore guard Yanniah Boyd led the Bearcats in scoring with a career-high 20 points. She also contributed six rebounds and dished out three assists. Sophomore guard
Bella Pucci and redshirt junior guard
Jadyn Weltz also reached double figures in scoring. Pucci grabbed 15 points, five rebounds, three steals, and an assist. Meanwhile, Weltz added 13 points, five assists, and five steals.
- Weltz leads the Bearcats and ranks eighth in the America East with 12.0 points per game. She also comes in second in steals (2.7 spg.) and sixth in assists (3.0 apg.). Junior guard Kaia Goode is third in the conference in steals, averaging 2.6 per game. Additionally, she ranks eighth in assists with 2.8 per game.
- As a team, Binghamton leads the conference with an average of 10.20 steals per game. The Bearcats also rank third in scoring (62.3 ppg.) and place fourth with a 73.1 free-throw percentage.
- Syracuse (4-6, 0-1 ACC) lost its first Atlantic Coast Conference contest of the season, 93-62 against No. 10 Notre Dame on Sunday, Dec. 8. Keria Scott led the Orange with a career-high 16 points. Sophie Burrows and Georgia Woolley both finished in double figures with 13 points and 10 points respectively. Izabel Varejao led Syracuse in rebounding with 10 boards.
- Woolley leads the Orange with 14.8 points per game, while Kyra Wood is tops with 6.8 rebounds per game.
- Syracuse leads the series versus Binghamton 8-1. Most recently, the Orange won 92-59 at home on Nov. 14, 2022. The Bearcats' victory over the Orange was a 74-52 decision at the Carrier Dome back on Dec. 17, 2005.
- Binghamton's 2005 win over the Orange represents its lone win over a major conference program during its 24-year NCAA Division I era. Syracuse competed in the BIG EAST conference during that time.
- This marks the fourth time that Syracuse has come to Binghamton for a game against the Bearcats. The Orange visited the West Gym in 2003 and the Events Center in both 2006 and 2011.
- Syracuse is the second ACC team that the Bearcats have hosted this season. Pitt came to the Events Center back on Nov. 17.
