Fair reaches 2,500 career points milestone in Boston College win

Fair reaches 2,500 career points milestone in Boston College win

Nearly perfect free throw shooting elevates SU to 79-72 victory.
Published: February 5, 2023
Dyaisha Fair (#2) goes for the layup against Boston College
Dyaisha Fair (#2) goes for the layup against Boston College.

Going into the Boston College matchup, SU star point guard Dyaisha Fair was just a mere nine points short of 2,500 career points.

Fair reached the charity stripe with under one minute until halftime, contributing a total of seven points on the board. She swished back-to-back free throws with the second tallying her 2,500th career point. 

As a result, Syracuse led comfortably going into the half with their biggest lead of the game thus far, 45-30.

“I don’t want to say that it (2,500 career points) doesn’t really mean anything, but I think it’s impressive for me sitting at five foot five,” Fair said.

Syracuse broke its two game losing streak with a 79-72 victory over Boston College, SU’s second win over the Eagles this season. 

Dyaisha Fair(#2) and the Syracuse Orange after she scores her 2500th career point against Boston College
Dyaisha Fair(#2) and the Syracuse Orange after she scores her 2500th career point against Boston College.

SU head coach Felisha Legette-Jack said she’s seen Fair grow over the past four years by being more trusting of Legette-Jack. Fair played under Legette-Jack at Buffalo State for three years prior to both of them coming to Syracuse.

“(Dyaisha Fair’s) story isn’t a book, her story is a movie,” Legette-Jack said. “To have her trust me says a lot about what I’m doing as a coach because she doesn’t trust easily.”

Alongside Fair’s contributions, Syracuse guard Georgia Woolley paved the way for the Orange in the first half.

If Woolley wasn’t shooting the ball during the first half, she was more than likely shooting behind the foul line. She was perfect both on the line and behind the arc, going 8-8 in free throws and 2-2 from the three.

Woolley has scored in the double digits in four of the past five games.

“I just really play off of Dyaisha (Fair),” Woolley said. “She draws so much attention, she gets in the lane and then I’m just ready when she kicks it out to the corner.”

Woolley went to the free throw line twice within a span of about 30 seconds during the second quarter, extending Syracuse’s lead to 12.

As a team, SU shot 18-21 at the free throw line and only gave up seven points from Eagles free throws.

Woolley, however, stayed relatively quiet on the offensive end in the second half, putting up just two points. 

Three Syracuse players scored in the double-digits: Fair (24), Woolley (20) and Dariauna Lewis (15). Fair has scored in the double-digits in all 24 of SU’s games this season while Lewis was one rebound shy of recording her ninth double-double of the season.

“Georgia (Woolley) took my tenth rebound. That’s a problem,” Lewis said jokingly.

“My bad,” Woolley said.

Syracuse led by as much as 22 points in the third quarter, but quickly Boston College started to catch up. But, SU’s defense stood their ground in the final quarter to finish off with the 79-72 win.

Second chance points also helped SU with 17 in comparison to Boston College’s eight.

Syracuse will look to add on another win to their 15-9 record with a home game against No. 11 North Carolina (17-6) on Thursday at 7 p.m. The Tar Heels are coming off a 62-55 loss to Louisville.