OLEAN, N.Y. – The Syracuse Orange women’s basketball team (9-2) travels to Western New York to complete the road portion of its non-conference schedule against St. Bonaventure (8-3) in the Reilly Center on Sun., Dec. 28 at 1 p.m. The contest is SU’s first away from the Salt City since it traveled to Alaska more than a month ago. Live stats of the contest will be available via gobonnies.com. Fans can listen to the game live on Orange All-Access or on WTLA AM 1200 in the Syracuse area.
Last Time Out
The Orange is riding a six-game winning streak into Olean, N.Y. Last time out on Dec. 21, Syracuse defeated Ohio, 67-62. Junior forward
Nicole Michael led the way, scoring a season-high 23 points behind 9-of-18 from the field. Sophomore guard
Erica Morrow accounted for 19 points, extending her streak of scoring at least 15 points to four games. Defensively, Morrow tied a career-high by recording six steals. Senior
Chandrea Jones grabbed a game-high 11 boards and tallied six points. Jones also matched a career-best with five swipes.
Central – Western New York Battle
The St. Bonaventure Bonnies have compiled an 8-3 reccord so far this season. The Brown and White opened the season winning its first four and six of its first seven. SBU has gone 2-2 in its last four games with wins against Niagara and Cornell and loses against Bowling Green and Marist. Dana Mitchell has recorded a team-best 15.6 points and 6.3 rebounds per game. Priscilla Edwards has dished out a team-high 3.1 assists per contest. Mitchell and Katelyn Murray (13.0) have accounted for 44 percent of the Bonnies offense this season. Dating back to last season, the Bonnies have notched 20 victories in their last 26 games outside of the Atlantic 10, including eight in a row at the Reilly Center.
Charity Stripe
Syracuse made a season-best 91.7 percent (22-24) of its free-throw attempts in its 67-62 win against Ohio on Dec. 21. It was SU’s best performance from the line since it made 94.4 percent (17-18) of its attempts versus South Florida. The Orange has made 71.3 percent (206-289) of its attempts. SU is 6-1 when its shoots 70 percent or better from the charity stripe.
Dimes
Syracuse dished out 10 assists in its 67-62 victory versus Ohio on Dec. 21. SU has eight 10+ and one 20+ assist performance this season. Syracuse is 8-0 in those contests. The Orange is averaging 12.6 assists per game.
Take What You Need
The Orange registered 17 steals in its 67-62 win against Ohio on Dec. 21. SU is 9-0 when it registers 10-plus steals and is averaging 12.6 steals per game.
