SU goes for 100th Dome win vs. #8 Terps

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SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Syracuse women's basketball (16-5, 5-3 ACC) looks to extend its four-game winning streak and win its 100th game in the Carrier Dome on Sunday when it hosts No. 8/9 Maryland (16-4, 4-3 ACC) in a noon tip off. The Orange has won four-straight, while the Terrapins have lost three in a row.

GAME COVERAGE
• The game will be televised live on the ACC Regional Sports Network with Mike Hogewood and Debbie Antonelli on the call. Locally, the game will air on MSG Plus (Time Warner Cable 69 & 319).
• All games can be heard live on SU's flagship station, ESPN 97.7/100.7 FM, 1200 AM, and on Orange All-Access at Cuse.com with Brian Higgins '04 on the call.
• Free live stats are also available at Cuse.com.
• As always, follow @CuseWBB on Twitter for live in-game updates.

PROMOTIONS
• Sunday is National Girls & Women in Sport Day at the Carrier Dome. Several of Syracuse's women's athletic teams will be in attendance signing autographs and interacting with fans.
• It is also Girl Scouts Day at the Dome, with several troops from around Central New York in attendance and selling cookies.
• There will be an autograph session at the conclusion of the game.

STRONG START TO '13-14
• An aggressive non-conference schedule, paired with a challenging start to the ACC slate has helped the Orange achieve a No. 15 ranking in the latest official NCAA RPI ratings, released on Jan. 27.
• Currently, RealTimeRPI ranks Syracuse No. 11 overall.
• The Sagarin/CBN Ratings have SU 17th with the No. 6 strength-of-schedule in the country.
• Syracuse went 11-2 in its non-conference schedule, the seventh time in program history the Orange was 11-2 or better after 13 games.

AN ORANGE WIN WOULD...
• ...its 100th win in the Carrier Dome (145 games).
• ...be its first five-game ACC winning streak.
• ...tie for the fourth-highest ranked opponent SU has ever beaten.
• ...its third win over a ranked opponent this season.
• ...make SU 1-3 all-time against Maryland and 1-0 vs. the Terrpains at the Carrier Dome.

SERIES HISTORY
• The Orange is 0-3 all-time against Maryland with the most recent meeting being just two weeks ago. Maryland is one of two ACC teams SU plays twice this season (Pittsburgh being the other).
• On Jan. 16, Brianna Butler scored 14 points and freshman Alexis Peterson scored 10 of career-high 12 points in the second half, but Syracuse came up short at No. 6 Maryland, 77-62, at the Comcast Center. Maryland was led by 19 points and 11 rebounds by Alyssa Thomas.
• The last meeting previous to this season was 30 years ago when UM defeated SU, 74-49, on Jan. 11, 1984 at Cole Field House. Two years earlier, on Jan. 16, 1982, the Terps won, 69-57, in the Orange Plus Classic at Manley Field House.

IN THE POLLS
• Syracuse is receiving votes this week in both the Associated Press and USA TODAY coaches polls. It was previously ranked for five straight weeks in the AP poll and a total of three weeks in the coaches poll this season.
• The Orange was ranked an all-time program high 20th in the Dec. 23 and Dec. 30 AP polls. It was as high as No. 23 in the coaches poll four weeks ago.
• The Orange debuted in the AP poll on Dec. 2 at No. 22 and was ranked for four-straight weeks.

LAST TIME OUT
• Brianna Butler scored 17 of her game-high 22 points in the second half as Syracuse came back from an 18-point deficit to upset No. 6 North Carolina (17-4, 5-2 ACC), 78-73, on Thursday night at Carmichael Arena.
• Down 18 with 18:40 left, the Orange took over, outscoring the home team 46-23 over the duration of the game behind 47.1 percent second-half shooting, including 6-of-10 from 3-point range, while holding the Tar Heels to 31.2 percent shooting in the second stanza.
• Brittney Sykes added 17 points, while Briana Day had 11 points, nine rebounds, four steals and two blocks.
• The only higher ranked team Syracuse has ever defeated were No. 2 Connecticut, 62-59, on Jan. 2, 1996 at Manley Field House. It matches the Orange's 75-66 win over No. 6 Ohio State on Dec. 11, 2010 at the Carrier Dome as the highest ranked team beaten in head coach Quentin Hillsman's tenure.

WINS VS. RANKED TEAMS
• Syracuse's come-from-behind 78-73 upset win at No. 6 North Carolina on Thursday is the highest ranked road win in program history and is tied for second overall.
• SU's 15-point win over the No. 12/11 Texas A&M on Nov. 30 is the fifth-highest ranked opponent the Orange has ever beaten.
• Four of the top five ranked teams SU has ever beaten have come in Quentin Hillsman's tenure as head coach.

DOME SWEET DOME
• All-time, the Orange has a record of 99-45 (.688) in the Carrier Dome.
• SU has a record of 86-33 (.723) in 119 games in the Carrier Dome since moving there full-time in 2006-07, including a 10-1 mark this season as it has outscored its opponents by an average of 22.1 ppg (82.7-60.6).
• SU went 13-1 at home last season, tied for its best home winning percentage in program history. The Orange also went 13-1 in 1987-88.

MASTER THIEVES
• With an aggressive fullcourt press and trapping defense, the Orange boasts the best turnover margin in the ACC (20th nationally) at +5.2 and has produced an average of 22.6 points per game this season off its opponents' 20.1 turnovers per game.
• In its last three games, SU scored 26 points off 22 turnovers vs. Clemson, 24 off 15 vs. Virginia, and 21 off 29 UNC turnovers.
• Syracuse scored 53 points off 31 turnovers in its 113-42 win vs. Maryland Eastern Shore. SU totaled 18 steals by nine different players.

TAKING CARE OF THE BALL
• Also aiding the ACC-best turnover margin is the fact that Syracuse has turned the ball over the tied-for-fifth-fewest times in the ACC at 14.9 per game.
• SU surrenders just 14.7 ppg off its turnovers, resulting in a +7.9 margin in points per game off turnovers.
• Brianna Butler boasts the best assist-to-turnover ratio on the team (and second in the ACC if she qualified) at 58-to-25 (2.32).

UP NEXT
• Syracuse hosts Virginia Tech in ACC action on Thursday at 7 p.m. on Time Warner Cable SportsChannel.

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