STORRS, Conn. >> It looked really bad for Syracuse when star Dyaisha Fair was being carried off the court at the end of the third quarter, unable to put any pressure on her legs.

It looked a lot better after the third-team All-American returned from the locker room just over two minutes into the fourth quarter, high-fived her coach and went back into the game.

Fair scored 32 points, including her team’s final 13 to lead the Orange to a 74-69 come-from behind win over No. 11 seed Arizona in the first round of the women’s NCAA Tournament on Saturday.

“When she came to the bench and I looked at her and she said two words, ‘I’m good,’ I smacked her hand so hard I might have broke her arm,” said coach Felisha Legette-Jack. “You know that’s a fourth-quarter kid.”

Fair’s personal game-winning run began with the Orange trailing 66-61 with 3:16 left. Alyssa Latham added 10 points for Syracuse (24-7).

Freshman Skyler Jones had 24 points while Jada Williams and Helena Pueyo each added 14 for Arizona (18-16), which has played much of the season with just seven women in uniform.

“In this period, they’re just tired,” said Arizona coach Adia Barnes. “So, I think it wears on you.”

The Wildcats led by as many as nine points in the first half at 31-22 after a 3-pointer from Williams. But Fair scored five points in the final 41 seconds of the second quarter to cut the deficit to 37-32 at intermission.

Syracuse kept chipping away at the Arizona lead and a steal and fast-break layup by Fair tied the game at 51.