Syracuse, N.Y. — Dominique Darius needed advice. So, she turned to Dyaisha Fair.

Darius had just entered the transfer portal, and she was considering transferring to Felisha Legette-Jack’s Syracuse program.

She asked Fair, who was a third-team All-American in 2024 and played for Legette-Jack for five seasons between Buffalo and SU, what the head coach was like.

Fair told Darius that Legette-Jack would run through a wall for her, adding that Darius would want to do the same thing for her potential new head coach.

On April 15, Darius committed to the Orange .

Nearly seven months later, she scored her most points in a single game since scoring 16 points for UCLA on Feb. 16, 2022, as Syracuse defeated Albany 64-45 .

It came just three days after the Orange easily won its season opene

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