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SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- After the final horn sounded in the Carrier Dome and
Notre Dame had its 21st straight victory, Irish coach Muffet McGraw
grimaced when she looked at the stat sheet.
Sure, Devereaux Peters had 21 points and Kayla McBride added 19,
season-highs for both players, in No. 2 Notre Dame's 74-55 win over
Syracuse on Tuesday night, but McGraw wasn't happy with all the missed
long-range shots and the two shot-clock violations.
"I didn't want to shoot so many 3s, and we're 2 for 16. We were
really, really poor," McGraw said. "We shot the ball so poorly today.
We made some bad decisions, shot it too quickly at times and then the
shot clock ran out. We haven't done that all year long. To have that
many shot-clock violations in one game, it was pitiful. We just didn't
play a smart game today at all."
Still, Notre Dame (24-1, 11-0 Big East) improved its road record to
12-1 against Syracuse (15-10, 4-7), which lost at home by 41 points to
No. 3 Connecticut two weeks ago.
Skylar Diggins, the Irish's leading scorer, finished with 11 points,
all in the second half, and they were key. She scored five straight
points to get the Irish going after the Orange had pulled within 49-39
Notre Dame had its 21st straight victory, Irish coach Muffet McGraw
grimaced when she looked at the stat sheet.
Sure, Devereaux Peters had 21 points and Kayla McBride added 19,
season-highs for both players, in No. 2 Notre Dame's 74-55 win over
Syracuse on Tuesday night, but McGraw wasn't happy with all the missed
long-range shots and the two shot-clock violations.
"I didn't want to shoot so many 3s, and we're 2 for 16. We were
really, really poor," McGraw said. "We shot the ball so poorly today.
We made some bad decisions, shot it too quickly at times and then the
shot clock ran out. We haven't done that all year long. To have that
many shot-clock violations in one game, it was pitiful. We just didn't
play a smart game today at all."
Still, Notre Dame (24-1, 11-0 Big East) improved its road record to
12-1 against Syracuse (15-10, 4-7), which lost at home by 41 points to
No. 3 Connecticut two weeks ago.
Skylar Diggins, the Irish's leading scorer, finished with 11 points,
all in the second half, and they were key. She scored five straight
points to get the Irish going after the Orange had pulled within 49-39
