Paradise Jam Continues with Memphis on Friday

Syracuse (6-0) vs. Memphis (3-3)
Game Details	Paradise Jam - Day 2 Friday, Nov. 29 \| 8:15 p.m. ET \| St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. UVI Sports & Fitness Center (4,000)
Game Coverage	Watch: YouTube Live Sports Radio: ESPN 97.7/100.1 FM & 1200 AM \| Orange All-Access Live Stats \| Mobile Stats Twitter: @CuseWBB \| @cuse
Syracuse Links	Roster \| Schedule \| Stats \| Game Notes
Memphis Links	Roster \| Schedule \| Stats \| Game Notes

ST. THOMAS, U.S.V.I. - Syracuse women's basketball looks to continue its undefeated start to the season on Friday when it faces Memphis at 8:15 p.m. ET on day two of the Paradise Jam at the UVI Sports & Fitness Center in St. Thomas. The Orange (6-0) opened play on Thursday with a 77-65 win over Texas, while the Tigers (3-3) lost to No. 12/11 Texas A&M, 69-59.

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 WRANGLES LONGHORNS
•  Sophomores Brianna Butler and Brittney Sykes combined for 35 points to lead Syracuse to a 77-65 victory vs. Texas (3-2) in the Orange's first game of the Paradise Jam on Thursday at the UVI Sports & Fitness Center.
•  Butler scored 18 points and Sykes tallied 17 to lead four Orange in double-figures. La'Shay Taft scored 15 points, all in the second half, and Rachel Coffey netted a season-high 13 points to go with a team-best four assists.
•  Syracuse used some hot 3-point shooting in the second half to turn what was a five-point halftime lead into what eventually grew into a 23-point advantage with 3:21 to go before Texas closed the game on a 17-8 run, resulting in the 12-point Orange win.

SERIES VS. MEMPHIS
This will be just the second-ever meeting between the Orange and Tigers. The the Orange is 1-0 against Memphis. SU beat the Tigers, 84-70, on Dec. 9, 1994 in Memphis.

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