Syracuse Orange
ACC (25-7, 13-3)
Big Wins: 11/27 vs Washington (66-62), 2/1 at Miami (57-51), 2/18 Florida State (83-73)
Bad Losses: 11/20 at Tennessee (55-57), 1/7 at North Carolina (73-77), 1/25 Louisville (53-71)
Coach: Quentin Hillsman
Probable Starters:
Alexis Peterson, Junior, Guard, 14.9 ppg, 4.8 apg, 2.3 spg
Brianna Butler, Senior, Guard, 13.8 ppg, 3.6 rpg
Brittney Sykes, Junior, Guard, 9.3 ppg, 5.2 rpg, 2.0 spg
Isabella Slim, Junior, Forward, 1.4 ppg, 2.1 rpg
Bria Day, Junior, Center, 10.4 ppg, 7.6 rpg, 3.0 bpg
Key Roleplayers:
Cornelia Fondren, Senior, Guard, 6.9 ppg, 3.5 apg, 5.8 rpg
Maggie Morrison, Senior, Guard, 5.4 ppg
Taylor Ford, Senior, Forward, 3.6 ppg, 2.4 rpg
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 72.0 (46th in nation, 3rd in conference)
Scoring Defense: 58.1 (57, 3)
Field-Goal Percentage: 36.6 (290, 14)
Field-Goal Defense: 39.2 (163, 9)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 9.0 (11, 1)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 29.3 (242, 12)
Free-Throw Percentage: 66.5 (263, 10)
Rebound Margin: -0.7 (194, 10)
Assists Per Game: 13.9 (114, 8)
Turnovers Per Game: 14.4 (68, 1)
Recent Postseason Appearances:
2015 NCAA First Round win over Nebraska
2015 NCAA Second Round loss to South Carolina
2014 NCAA First Round win over Chattanooga
2014 NCAA Second Round loss to Kentucky
2013 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Creighton
2012 NIT First Round win over Hartford
2012 NIT Second Round win over Drexel
2012 NIT Third Round win over Temple
2012 NIT Quarterfinal win over Toledo
2012 NIT Semifinal loss to James Madison
2011 NIT Regional Semifinal win over Eastern Michigan
2011 NIT Round of 64 win over Monmouth
2011 NIT Round of 32 win over St. Bonaventure
2011 NIT Regional Final loss to Toledo
2010 NIT Round of 64 win over Harvard
2010 NIT Round of 32 win over Richmond
2010 NIT Regional Semifinal win over VCU
2010 NIT Regional Final loss to Michigan
2009 NIT First Round win over Canisius
2009 NIT Second Round loss to Bowling Green
*all team stats through 3/3
