What to know before Syracuse faces Siena for 1st time since 2016

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Just two games into the season, head coach Felisha Legette-Jack’s words seem to have come true.

In Oct. 12’s exhibition against UConn, Uche Izoje — whom Legette-Jack built the team around this year — scored seven points, 8.6 below her freshman season average. At the press conference, Legette-Jack promised Izoje “will not be this person” when the Orange eventually take the court for the regular season.

And Izoje wasn’t the same. Despite starting 3-of-13, she finished with a team-leading 16 points during SU’s 75-48 season-opening win over SHU. That tally increased to 22 during the 80-48 win over Cornell…