#24 Syracuse Hosts Boston College Wednesday

RV/24 Syracuse (14-6, 4-3) vs. Boston College (13-6, 1-5)
Game Details: Wednesday, January 27 | 7:00 p.m.
Location: Carrier Dome | Syracuse, N.Y.
Game Coverage: Live Stats | Audio | Video | @CuseWBB Twitter
Television: Time Warner Cable SportsChannel
Game Notes: Syracuse

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – The No. 24 Syracuse University will play its second straight contest in the friendly confines of the Carrier Dome when it hosts Atlantic Coast Conference opponent Boston College on Wednesday night. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m.

Tickets can be purchased online, by phone at 1-888-DOMETIX, or by visiting the Carrier Dome box office (Gate B) during normal business hours.

Wednesday's contest will be televised on Time Warner Cable SportsChannel and Mark Larson (pbp) and George Straub (analyst) will be on the call. Brian Higgins '04 (pbp) will be on the call live on the Syracuse IMG Sports Network. As always, follow @CuseWBB on Twitter for live in-game updates.

In its last game, Syracuse lost against No. 14/17 Louisville, 71-53, on Jan. 25. With the loss, it marks the first time in 2015-16 that the club has lost two straight games. Junior guard Alexis Peterson paced the team in scoring, tallying 13 points on the night.

Boston College comes into Wednesday's game with a 13-6 overall record and 1-5 mark in conference competition. The Eagles lost its last game, a 65-59 decision against Wake Forest on Jan. 24. Freshman center Mariella Fasoula had 20 points on the day.

Guess Who's Back
Redshirt junior guard Brittney Sykes is back after missing most of the 2014-15 season due to injury. Sykes played in three contests last season before suffering a torn ACL against Notre Dame on Jan. 4. In three games played, she averaged 2.3 points and 4.3 rebounds per game.

In the team's final game of the South Point Shootout in Las Vegas, Sykes put on a show against in-state foe Fordham on Nov. 28. The redshirt junior guard scored a season-high 18 points on 8-of-9 shooting from the field. Her .889 field goal percentage was a career-best.

Sykes put together a complete performance against Jacksonville on Dec. 21 in the friendly confines of the Carrier Dome. She recorded 11 points and 10 rebounds, notching the first Syracuse double-double of the 2015-16 season. It marked her fifth double-double of her collegiate career.

Sykes is approaching a milestone in 2015-16. She is looking to become the 25th player in program history to score 1,000 points in her collegiate career. She is currently four points shy of the 1,000-point mark.

Last Time Out
Syracuse suffered its second consecutive loss on Jan. 25 in the Carrier Dome, losing against No. 14/17 Louisville, 71-53. It marks the first time Syracuse has lost two straight games this season.

The Orange got off to a slow start on Monday evening against Louisville. Syracuse was 6-for-33 from the field (18.2 percent) and trailed, 39-20, at halftime. It marked the fewest points scored by the club in the opening 20 minutes since Feb. 15, 2015 at Virginia Tech.

Once down 29 points in the second quarter, Syracuse came out with a different mindset in the third quarter. A free throw from senior guard Cornelia Fondren with 15 seconds remaining in the frame made it an 11-point contest. That would be the closest it got, as Louisville outscored the Orange, 15-8, over the remainder of regulation.

For the 10th time this year, junior guard Alexis Peterson led the squad in scoring, tallying 13 points on the night. Peterson also paced the team with six assists.

For the latest news on the Syracuse women's basketball program, follow /SyracuseWBB on Facebook, @CuseWBB on Instagram, and @CuseWBB on Twitter.

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Players Mentioned

Cornelia Fondren

Alexis Peterson

Brittney Sykes

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