Syracuse crushes Mercyhurst 106-40 before 2nd-largest crowd in program history

Six Syracuse players set new season highs in scoring to help the Orange (11-1, 1-0 Atlantic Coast) bludgeon Mercyhurst (0-11, 0-0 Northeast) 106-40 at the Dome Friday.

The biggest win against a Division-I opponent in program history came in front of the second-biggest crowd in program history. More than 10,000 Syracuse-area students filled the stands to take in the win.

“I always say, ‘my city, our city,’” SU head coach Felisha Legette-Jack, a Syracuse native, said postgame. “I think that, if we continue to play the way we’re playing, one by one they’ll continue to show up, and today they did. We’re creating something here again.”

“It feels like our community is there for us and supporting us,” Orange forward Keira Scott said. “Even though today was just kids, we would love to have that [many] people at every single game we play. I just feel like it would raise the environment so much and just help this community.”

Now, Syracuse’s non-conference schedule is over, and it’s hard to argue with the results.

SU stands at 11-1, with its only loss coming against a top-10 Michigan team. A hungry ACC awaits.

“We want to win the ACC Championship and all that fun stuff,” Legette-Jack said. “But that’s tomorrow. Right now, we celebrate the fact that we put a schedule together, we thought we could have success, and we really did a fantastic job.”

“I want those young ladies to leave here and understand that they’re doing something different that hasn’t been done in a long time. We’re putting Syracuse women’s basketball back on the map.”

Conference play begins in ernest on Sunday, December 28, when Syracuse hosts Duke (5-6, 1-0 Atlantic Coast). Tipoff is set for 4 p.m. Follow @CitrusTVSports on X for updates.