Preview: Syracuse Orange
Last Season: 24-8 and 13-5 in league play
Syracuse has started the season 2-2
Feb 12 update:
Syracuse is 10-13 on the season and is 4-8 in conference play. Their net ranking is 81 while Stanford is 41 so at home Stanford is the favorite. Syracuse is 6-7 at home, 3-5 on the road and 1-1 at neutral sites. They are coming off two road wins over Virginia Tech (93-87) and Wake Forest (62-50). The Virginia Tech win was perhaps their best win of the season, and a 67-74 loss to #14 NC State in late January was their best loss.
The season stats below shows that the minutes played is spread as 13 players average playing more than 11 minutes per game. Georgia Woodley is their leading scorer with 15 ppg while only hitting 35.5% of her shots. Kyra Wood provides inside scoring with 12 ppg with a 53.9% FG percentage. Wood is their leading rebounder with 7.3 per game. Sophie Burrows averages 11.6 ppg and she leads the team in 3-pts made with 50 while hitting at a 38.9% clip.
Syracuse averages 71.5 ppg while opponents are averaging 71.4 ppg. This is a very winnable game that likely will be a close game.
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The Coaches:
Felisha Legette-Jack is in her 3rd year as the Head Coach. Legette-Jack has been a Head Coach for 22 years.
Kristen Sharkey is in her 3rd year as Associate Head Coach. Sharkey has played or coached with Legette-Jack for the play 10 years.
Khyreed Carter is in his 3rd year at Syracuse.
Ty Evans is in his first year.
Losses:
Dyaisha Fair who averaged 22 ppg and 115 threes just over half of the team total.
Alaina Rice who averaged 10 points and 5 rebounds.
Marilena Triantafilly, 6’5, C, Fr. (0.8 ppg) → Saint Louis
Kennedi Perkins, 5’6, G, Soph. (2.6 ppg) → Marquette
Cheyenne McEvans, 5’9, G, Sr. (2.8 ppg) → Florida A&M
Alyssa Latham, 6’2, F, Fr. (8.6 ppg, 7 rpg) → Tennessee
Additions:
Keira Scott, 6-1 Frosh Forward
Shy Hawkins, 6-2 Frosh Wing
Madeline Potts, 6-0 Frosh Guard from Australia.
Olivia Schmitt, 5-5 Frosh Guard
Schedule:
Maryland, Texas A&M and Missouri are the highlights.
The Team:
Sophie Burrows, 6-2 Soph Wing who averaged 4 points and 3 rebounds.
Dominique Camp, 5-8 Grad Student Guard who missed last season at Syracuse with injuries. However the season before she averaged 10 points and 4 assists at Akron.
Lexie McNabb, 5-7 JR Guard who averaged 1 ppg.
Journey Thompson, 6-3 JR Forward.
Georgia Woolley, 6-0 SR Guard who averaged 14 points and 5 rebounds. In the first 4 games this season Woolley is averaging 16 ppg.
Angelica Velez, 5-7 Soph Guard
Izabel Varejao, 6-4 Grad Student Post who averaged 5 points and 3 rebounds.
Saniaa Wilson, 6-0 SR Forward who averaged 5 points and 4 rebounds.
Kyra Wood, 6-3 SR Forward who averaged 6 points and 7 rebounds. In the first 4 games of this season Wood is averaging 13 ppg thus far.
Prediction: Preseason ranked 11th in ACC out of 18 teams
2025 Recruiting:
Jasmyn Cooper, 6-1 Wing from MA. Ranked # 48.
Camdyn Nelson, 5-8 Point Guard from CT
Justus Fitzgerald, 6-1 Wing from GA
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