Syracuse, N.Y. — Emely Rodriguez picked up her second foul late in the first quarter of Syracuse’s game against Siena Wednesday night, and SU women’s basketball coach Felisha Legette-Jack put her on the bench immediately.
The Orange couldn’t separate from Siena with Rodriguez out of the game, and the Saints trailed by just two points late in the second quarter when Legette-Jack decided that it was time to put the Iowa transfer back on the floor.
“She trusts me,” Rodriguez said. “You have to have a coach that trusts you. But I just went out there and played free, and I wanted to help my team pull (out) the win.”…