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Tiana Mangakahia will live on in Syracuse Orange Nation's collective heart forever

Tributes are pouring in on Friday after devastating news came out that former Syracuse women's basketball star guard Tiana Mangakahia passed away on September 11 at the age of 30, according to an announcement from SU Athletics.

Mangakahia, who had courageously battled breast cancer for several years, was surrounded by family members and friends in her hometown of Brisbane, Australia, when she died. Orange Nation is sending all the love in the world to Tiana, her family and her loved ones.

Our Orange family mourns the loss of Tiana Mangakahia, who passed away on Sept.