Syracuse 80 St. John's 52

Syracuse defeats St. John's in the Dome handily 80-52 behind Nicole Michael and Marisa Gobuty. Michael scored 20 points and grabbed eight rebounds in a game that was never really close.

The 'Cuse continued to lengthen their lead to 30 at 80-50, the Johnnies got a late basket for the final score of 80-52.

The fans really came out for this game against and were loud. The announced attendance for the game was 3,323. It's obvious this city is really beginning to embrace the women's team.

For the Orange, Marisa Gobuty scored eight really quick points at the end of the first half to receive a standing ovation. She nailed two threes and a long two pointer. Gobuty is considered one of the best current Israeli women basketball players. She even has her own website. It was fitting she had such a great game on the day she was the player featured on the game's roster card.

5'3'' Cintia Johnson is one of the grittiest, toughest players on the floor for the Orange. She doesn't stray away from contact when trying to get the ball up court. Twice she got knocked to the floor, but both times she maintained a dribble without missing a beat. She's a nice change of pace to spell the other point guard Tasha Harris who coincidentally also wears number 11.

It was weird in the second half to see during a timeout the St. John's coaches all huddled together while their players just stood around on the bench for about 30 seconds. I don't think I've ever seen every coach from one team gather and leave the team unattended.

The ladies held St. John's to just 31% shooting in the game and out rebounded the Red Storm by 11. It was an all around solid performance for Coach Q's team. They also forced 21 turnovers and blocked five shots. The Orange improve to 16-3 on the season and 4-2 in the Big East.

Syracuse is 16th in the RPI right behind Pitt who beat the Orange. Their next game is Tuesday the 29th at Depaul. The Blue Demons are 14-4 and 3-2 in the conference.