Longhorns Up First For Orange in Virgin Islands

Syracuse (5-0) vs. Texas (3-1)
Game Details	Paradise Jam - Day 1 Thursday, Nov. 28 \| 8:15 p.m. ET \| St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. UVI Sports & Fitness Center (4,000)
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Syracuse women's basketball (5-0) heads to St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands this week to play in the Paradise Jam. The undefeated Orange will play Texas (3-1), Memphis (3-2) and No. 13/11 Texas A&M (3-0) over three days beginning on Thanksgiving and running through Saturday. All games will tip off at 8:15 p.m. ET at the University of the Virgin Islands Sports and Fitness Center (4,000).
• Syracuse opened the season with a 69-65 victory at Washington State of the Pac-12 on Nov. 10, before returning home for four-straight wins at the Carrier Dome, beating Dartmouth (88-47), Cornell (89-48), Maryland Eastern Shore (113-42) and Maine (97-42).

GAME COVERAGE
• All the Orange's games can be heard live on SU's flagship station, ESPN 97.7/100.1 FM and 1200 AM, and on Orange All-Access at SUAthletics.com with Brian Higgins '04 on the call. Free live stats are also available at SUathletics.com.
• The game can be watched live online on YouTube Live. SUathletics.com and ParadiseJam.com will have links to the webcasts.
• As always, follow @CuseWBB on Twitter for live in-game updates.

ABOUT THE PARADISE JAM
• The U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam offers mens and womens college basketball teams a chance for excellent early season competition in an exotic island setting. Since the tournaments inception in 2000, many of the nations finest men and womens teams have converged on St. Thomas to test their skills and enjoy some fun in the sun.
Since 2001, the tournament has been played at the 4,000-seat UVI Sports and Fitness Center.
• This year, the women's tournament consists of two divisions: Reef Division (Syracuse, Memphis, Texas, Texas A&M) playing evening games, and the Island Division (Central Michigan, Duke, Kansas, Xavier) playing in the afternoon.
• The men's tournament was played Nov. 22-25.

ORANGE IN THE ISLANDS
• Syracuse is making its first-ever trip to the Virgin Islands and its fifth trip to a Caribbean island.
• Last season, the Orange went 2-0 at the San Juan Shootout in Puerto Rico, beating a pair of ACC teams: Georgia Tech (75-72 OT) and Virginia (74-73).
• In 2010-11, SU went 1-1 at the Bahamas Sunshine Shootout, losing to Baylor and beating Clemson. In 2006-07, the Orange was 1-1 at the San Juan Shootout with a win vs. Loyola and a loss to TCU, and in 1996-97, it went 0-2 in San Juan against NC State and Arizona State.
• Other tropical excursions for the Orange in Quentin Hillsman's tenure have included the Cancun Thanksgiving Classic in 2009-10 and the Hukilau Invitational in 2011-12.

SERIES HISTORIES
• Syracuse will be facing unfamiliar foes in the Paradise Jam as it will be its first-ever games against both Texas and Texas A&M, while the Orange is 1-0 against Memphis. SU beat the Tigers, 84-70, on Dec. 9, 1994 in Memphis.

NOVEMBERS TO REMEMBER
• With its five wins to start this season, Syracuse has run its winning streak in the month of November to 29 games. SU went 7-0 in November in 2012-13, its fourth-straight undefeated November.
• Since 2007, Syracuse is 34-3 (.919) in November. It has not lost since Nov. 26, 2008 at Alaska-Anchorage, 58-57.

IN THE POLLS
• Syracuse received one vote in this week's AP poll and a season-high 10 votes in the USA TODAY Coaches Poll after getting three the week before.
• SU was ranked No. 22 in both the final Associated Press and USA TODAY Coaches polls last season. It was ranked for seven-straight weeks in the AP poll and 10-straight weeks in the coaches poll, both program records.
• The Orange peaked in the polls on the week of Feb. 18 when it was 21-3, setting all-time highs of No. 21 in the AP and No. 18 in the coaches' poll.

LAST TIME OUT
• Syracuse closed its four-game homestand on Sunday with another huge offensive output, defeating Maine (3-1) 97-42 in the Carrier Dome. In the game after setting program-highs in points and margin of victory against UMES, the Orange started the game on a 27-2 run en route to a 55 point win.
• Freshman Briana Day recorded her first career double-double off the bench, scoring 13 points and grabbing 12 rebounds, both career highs. Brittney Sykes was the game's leading scorer with 19 points, 10 in the first half. Brianna Butler scored 15 points on 5-of-9 3-point shooting and Isabella Slim rounded out the double-digit scorers with 10 points.

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