Posted: Saturday, January 20, 2018 1:44 am | Updated: 2:08 am, Sat Jan 20, 2018.

It's been almost two years since Syracuse lost to powerful Connecticut in the women's national championship game, and coach Quentin Hillsman is trying to recapture some of the magic that produced a program-record 30 victories in that breakthrough season.

Fielding one of the more inexperienced teams in the nation this season has made it an uphill climb. There's no Alexis Peterson or Brittney Sykes to lean on anymore.

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Syracuse women making slow strides on basketball court