>> MY NAME IS KEIRA SCOTT.

I'M A SOPHOMORE AND I'M A FORWARD/WING.

THE MERCYHURST GAME WAS A SPECIAL GAME AT THE DOME.

IT WAS KIDS DAY OR SCHOOL DAY SO ALL OF THE KIDS IN THE DISTRICT GET TO COME TO OUR BASKETBALL GAME AND IT FILLS UP PRETTY MUCH THE WHOLE FIRST SECTION AND SECOND SECTION OF THE STANDS.

HAVING THE ENERGY FROM THE KIDS JUST REALLY HELPED US HAVE, LIKE PUT A SMILE ON OUR FACES.

EVERY SINGLE TIME WE DID SOMETHING GOOD, THE WHOLE CROWD WAS GOING CRAZY AND THEY HAD A SUPER POSITIVE REACTION AND THAT ENERGY SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE DOME PRETTY MUCH.

GROWING UP I DID GO TO A LOT OF BASKETBALL GAMES.

I GREW UP IN THE D.M.V.

AREA WENT TO A LOT OF MARYLAND GAMES, GEORGETOWN, GEORGE MASON.

I THOUGHT THIS IS THE LEVEL I WANT TO PLAY AT.

I LOVE THIS ENERGY.

I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW FAR I WAS AWAY FROM THAT STEP.

BUT NOW BEING IN THOSE SHOES AND LIKE LOOKING AT OTHER KIDS, I THINK THE BIGGEST THING OUR TEAM WANTS TO DO IS TO BE AN INSPIRATION TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE YOUNG KIDS THAT DO PLAY BASKETBALL AND WANT TO GET TO THE LEVEL THAT WE PLAY AT.

>> I REMEMBER SHE TRIED TO DUNK AND SHE GOT THE RIM STUFFED.

BUZZER BEATER, I THINK TO GO INTO HALFTIME.

SHE CHUCKED IT UP.

AND I THOUGHT NO WAY SHE SHOT THAT SHOT.

AND IT WENT IN.

I PUT MY HANDS UP.

OH MY GOD.

AND WE ALL RAN.

WHEN MADDIE GOT THE BALL, I THOUGHT THAT'S GOING IN.

I THINK EVERY SHOT SHE SHOOTS IS GOING TO GO IN.

A DOUBLE-DOUBLE IS HAVING MORE THAN DOUBLE FIGURES IN MORE THAN ONE CATEGORY, SO IN THE MERCY GAME I HAD DOUBLE FIGURES IN POINTS AND REBOUNDS AND IT WAS MY FIRST DOUBLE DOUBLE OF MY CAREER.

IT WAS A GOOD DEALING.

A MILESTONE THAT I ALWAYS WANTED TO HIT.

MY TEAMMATES WERE TELLING ME, KEIRA YOU NEED ONE MORE REBOUND, ONE MORE POINT.

I WAS OUT OF BREATH TRYING TO GET THE REBOUNDS DURING THE GAME, BUT IT FELT GREAT AT THE END.

I'M GLAD I HAD A SUPPORT SYSTEM TO CELEBRATE WITH ME.

YEAH, HAVING THE AUDIENCE THERE TO WITNESS THAT, TOO, IS A GREAT THING.

(SO INSPIRED.

[ CHEERING ] HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

>> I THINK THE COMMUNITY IS ONE THING THAT DEFINITELY ATTRACTED ME TO SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, FOR SURE, AND JUST KNOWING THAT ME AND MY TEAM WERE GIVING THEM EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN FROM A BASKETBALL STANDPOINT AND FROM A COMMUNITY STANDPOINT BECAUSE THEY FEED SO MUCH INTO US ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS.

I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO PUT ON A SHOW FOR THEM ON THE COURT AND OFF THE COURT WE ARE SHOWING OUR FACES AND REPRESENTING SYRACUSE AS WELL.