The 15-7, 6-5 Ladies host the 8-13, 2-8 Syracuse Orange today at 6 PM. The game will be on the ACC Network. Their two wins in ACC play were against 11-11, 4-7 Clemson and 13-9, 3-8 Miami. They lost to ranked Notre Dame, FSU, Ga Tech and NC State; also lost to unranked SMU, Louisville, Boston College and UVA. We also lost to Notre Dame, FSU, Virginia and NC State; we beat SMU Louisville, and Ga Tech. The ESPN matchup predictor gives us 83.2% chance to win.
Against UVA the Orange started a soph, 2 seniors and 2 grad students: #4 6'2" soph guard Sophie Burrows, #24, 5'8" grad guard Dominique Camp, #22, 6'3" senior forward Kyra Wood, #34 6'4" grad center Izabel Varejao and #5 6'0" senior guard Georgia Woolley. In their previous game against Clemson #17 6'0" senior guard Madeline Potts stated in place of Wooley; but Woolley played 35 minutes.
Woolley is the leading scorer at 14.8, followed by Potts at 11.8 and Burrows at 10.6. Woods and Varajao lead the team in rebounds at 7.5 and 5.5 rebounds per game. Overall the team shoots 41.6% but only 31.2% from three. They make about 5 threes per game. They have about 16.1 assists and 16.7 turnovers per game. Burrows is the primary threat from three shooting 36.6% and making less than 2 per game; the Orange make about 5 threes per game.
On the season they are scoring 70.9 ppg and giving up 71.7. The Hokies are going to have problems in the paint with the height of Wood and Varajao; but neither is much of a threat to step outside. Syracuse is not a big threat from outside; so if we can keep the ball out of the paint when on defense, we should do well. As usual it will be important to take care of the ball; we need to get good shots on offense and avoid the turnover fast break lapses.
LET'S GO HOKIES!
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