Syracuse earns 5th seed in ACC tournament, will play Thursday at 11 a.m.
Syracuse earned the No. 5 seed and will face the winner of Boston College and Wake Forest on Thursday at 11 a.m. Read more »
Women’s Basketball
Peterson nails late jumpers as SU fights off Clemson to end regular season with road victory
As Clemson climbed nearly all the way back, Syracuse went to its leading scorer. Holding only a two-point lead with 1:45 left, Alexis Peterson stepped back at the top of the key and knocked down a crucial jump shot. Read more »
Tiara Butler sees limited minutes in SU career despite being highly recruited out of high school
Tiara Butler has scored just 22 points in her SU career. She came in to Syracuse, though, as one of the nation's most highly touted recruits. Read more »
Butler looks to continue resurgence from field as postseason nears
Since shooting 2-of-21 from the field and 0-of-14 from 3 against North Carolina on Feb. 5, Brianna Butler has shot 39 percent from the field and 35 percent from 3 for the No. 23 Orange is one game away from the postseason. Read more »
Point guard Peterson establishes herself as 1 of conference's best 1 season after playing limited minutes
Alexis Peterson has become one of the ACC's best point guards, just a season removed from being the third option for the Orange. Read more »
Day grabs 18 rebounds, scores 15 points in Orange home win
Briana Day scored 15 points and grabbed 18 rebounds in an all-around dominant performance. She led Syracuse to a 68-54 win over Pittsburgh. Read more »
Syracuse allows 13 points in 2nd half, rides improved defense to 68-54 win over Pittsburgh
Syracuse allowed Pittsburgh to shoot better than 50 percent in the first half. After the break, though, the Panthers mustered just five made shots. Read more »
Syracuse press forces 30 turnovers in blowout win over Eagles
The Orange forced 30 turnovers, grabbed 17 steals and scored 17 points off turnovers against Boston College on Thursday night. SU jumped into passing lanes when in its half-court defense, on the way to a 73-51 win over BC. Read more »
Butler pours in 20 1st-half points, breaks all-time 3-point shooting mark in Syracuse win over BC
Brianna Butler has had an inconsistent season. But she broke out of the slump with 20 first-half points in the Syracuse blowout win. Read more »
Syracuse implements injury-prevention techniques to stay healthy
With a gradual change in practice scheduling, the introduction of modern rehab methods and a deeper rotation, Syracuse has succumbed to injuries less frequently over the years. Other than the season-ending ACL tear of star guard Brittney Sykes, center Briana Day’s absence against Boston College on Jan. 18 has been the only game missed by a No. 25 Orange player due to injury. Read more »
Syracuse bounces back from abysmal 1st-half shooting performance, tops Virginia Tech by 8
Syracuse rebounded from a 0-for-17 first-half performance from deep to defeat Virginia Tech. The Orange finished the game on an 11-0 run, topping the Hokies, 59-51. Read more »
Butler turns in up-and-down shooting night for Syracuse in loss to Miami
Brianna Butler continued to break out of her slump with an 8-of-20 shooting performance, but her 19 points weren't enough to get Syracuse a win on Thursday. Read more »
Syracuse centers struggle in loss to unranked Miami in Carrier Dome
Briana Day strutted toward the Syracuse bench after a timeout with her eyes peered into an almost-empty Carrier Dome crowd. The center’s teammates gathered to talk strategy, but Day wandered near the end of the bench. Somewhere she was searching for an answer. It never came. Read more »
Syracuse looks to improve on rebounding front against Miami
Aside from starting center Briana Day, Syracuse has trouble rebounding the ball with four guards in its starting lineup. The Orange will look to change that when it takes on Miami on Thursday night in the Carrier Dome. Read more »
Reserve Witherspoon shows potential for Syracuse as freshman center
Amber Witherspoon has been able to dunk for years. Now a freshman at Syracuse, she's developing her offensive repertoire as a reserve center for the Orange. Read more »
Syracuse overcomes sloppy play late in 65-60 win at Georgia Tech
Syracuse didn't hit a field goal in the final eight minutes, but still hung on to defeat Georgia Tech on the road on Sunday afternoon. Read more »
Syracuse finally captures win over ranked opponent, knocks off No. 13 North Carolina in Carrier Dome
Treading water with a 5-4 conference record and holding an 0-7 record against Top 25 opponents, Quentin Hillsman fell just shy of calling Thursday’s game against the No. 13 Tar Heels a must-win. Regardless, his team pulled it off. Read more »
Peterson provides consistent scoring in Orange's victory over No. 13 Tar Heels
Syracuse had just given up a lead it had owned since the 5:47 mark of the first half. North Carolina was up one, on a run of eight unanswered points, and gaining control of a game it once seemed out of. But Alexis Peterson ended all of that on the simplest of shots. Read more »
Butler's inefficient season hits new low in 2-for-21 shooting performance
Brianna Butler's been an inefficient shooter all season, but it hit an all-time low Thursday night when she shot just 2-for-21 from the floor. Syracuse prevailed over UNC anyway, 61-56. Read more »
Syracuse doles out majority of minutes to core players as schedule gets deeper into conference play
The Syracuse bench, once very deep, has seen fewer and fewer minutes as Quentin Hillsman has given more minutes to his core players. Read more »
Syracuse drops to No. 9 Florida State on road, 62-52, despite solid defense
Syracuse fell to a Top 10 team for the second time in five days, losing a 62-52 decision at No. 9 Florida State on Monday night. Read more »
Reserve center Day suspended by SU, doesn't make trip to Florida State
Bria Day, who hasn't played a prominent role for Syracuse this season, has been suspended from Syracuse and did not make the trip to Florida State. Read more »
Syracuse turns to top scorer Peterson to lead way against No. 9 Florida State
Point guard Alexis Peterson has performed well in SU's attempts at knocking off Top 25 opponents, but her scoring numbers have dipped in those games. Read more »
Foul trouble, slow start to 2nd half doom Orange in loss to another ranked opponent in Louisville
For the sixth time this season, the No. 23 Orange fell to a Top 25 team, this time 78-58 to No. 8 Louisville at the KFC Yum! Center on Thursday night, ending SU’s five-game win streak. Read more »
