Syracuse Rides Strong Shooting to 77-68 Win over Miami

REPORTER JESSE COOK: A RETURN TO FORM FOR SYRACUSE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE… S.U. SWATTED MIAMI FOR THE FIRST WIN IN A WEEK AND A HALF… ASIA STRONG RETURNED TO THE LINEUP AFTER MISSING THREE AND A HALF WEEKS WITH AN INJURY… SHE HIT THREE TRIPLES RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE… ADDITIONALLY, FRESHMAN KENNEDI PERKINS NOTCHED A PERSONAL BEST WITH 13 POINTS… THE ORANGE FIRED ON ALL CYLINDERS…

GUARD KENNEDI PERKINS: “Coach Jack told me to go out there and play my game… They were giving me the lane, so I just did what I needed to do to score… I was feeling it, obviously because I only missed one shot, but I was playing my game, my teammates were creating for me, and I just took the shots that I needed to take…”

FORWARD ASIA STRONG: “It feels great man, like I just can’t believe the journey that I took to get here, you know, in rehab… Like I want to come back, but I don’t want to rush it, just trying to be healthy… On the sideline coaching my teammates, and it meant a lot to come back for Senior Night and take the win, and play my best in my last game here in the Dome…”

COOK: SYRACUSE BESTED MIAMI AS FAR AS SHOOTING FROM THE FLOOR, SHOOTING FROM BEYOND THE THREE-POINT ARC, AND, OF COURSE, IN THE FINAL SCORE ITSELF… AND IT’S AT THIS POINT IN THE YEAR WHEN JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING NEEDS TO GO RIGHT: BOTH THE A.C.C. TOURNAMENT AND MARCH MADNESS STAND JUST AROUND THE CORNER… THAT DOES IT FOR THE CAMPAIGN IN THE DOME, BUT THERE IS ONE MORE MATCHUP LEFT ON THE REGULAR SEASON SLATE… THAT COMES IN THE STEEL CITY… 6 P.M. TIPOFF ON THURSDAY NIGHT AGAINST PITT… REPORTING FROM THE J.M.A. WIRELESS DOME, I’M JESSE COOK, CITRUSTV…