Ten Things to Know before Tonight’s NCAA Second Round
3/25/2019 1:26:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Syracuse, N.Y. – The 12th-ranked Syracuse Orange women's basketball team has a chance to reach the Sweet 16 for the second time in four years on Monday night. Syracuse and South Dakota State tip off at 7:05 pm on ESPN in the second round of the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament.
Here are 10 things to know before tip-off:
10 – In their last 10 games, the Orange are 8-2 with their only two losses being to defending national champion Notre Dame.
9 – Nine Orange players were on last year's team that received a bid to the NCAA Tournament. Syracuse was an eight seed and lost to nine-seed Oklahoma State in the first round.
8 – Eight Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) teams made the NCAA Tournament this year. Four remain entering Monday's second-round match ups, including Louisville, which has already punched its ticket to the Sweet 16. NC State and Notre Dame also play on Monday night.
7 – Tiana Mangakahia needs seven assists to tie, eight to break, the record for career assists at Syracuse. Alexis Peterson '17 currently holds the record with 590.
6 – In the last six years, the Orange have won nine NCAA tournament games. Prior to the 2014 season, Syracuse was 0-5 in the NCAA Tournament.
5 – Syracuse has recorded five wins versus ranked opponents this season, including wins over No. 20 Texas A&M, No. 16 DePaul, No. 25 Virginia Tech, No. 22 Florida State, and No. 16 Miami in the ACC Tournament.
4 - #Tiana4Liberman. Mangakahia is one of five finalists for the 2018-19 Nancy Lieberman Award, which recognizes the nation's top point guard in Division I women's basketball.
3 – Syracuse is the three-seed in the Portland Region. It is the highest seed the Orange have earned in program history.
2 – Syracuse has been a top-16 seed and national host two times for the NCAA Tournament (2016 & 2019). The Orange hold a 3-0 tournament record at home entering Monday night's game.
1 – Syracuse has reached the Sweet 16 one time in program history. In 2016, the Orange hosted the first two rounds of the tournament as a four-seed and made a run to the National Championship game in Indianapolis, where they lost to former BIG EAST rival UConn, 82-51.
Tickets begin at $15 and are on sale now online. Fans can also purchase tickets through the Carrier Dome Box Office by calling 888-DOME-TIX.
Here are 10 things to know before tip-off:
10 – In their last 10 games, the Orange are 8-2 with their only two losses being to defending national champion Notre Dame.
9 – Nine Orange players were on last year's team that received a bid to the NCAA Tournament. Syracuse was an eight seed and lost to nine-seed Oklahoma State in the first round.
8 – Eight Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) teams made the NCAA Tournament this year. Four remain entering Monday's second-round match ups, including Louisville, which has already punched its ticket to the Sweet 16. NC State and Notre Dame also play on Monday night.
7 – Tiana Mangakahia needs seven assists to tie, eight to break, the record for career assists at Syracuse. Alexis Peterson '17 currently holds the record with 590.
6 – In the last six years, the Orange have won nine NCAA tournament games. Prior to the 2014 season, Syracuse was 0-5 in the NCAA Tournament.
5 – Syracuse has recorded five wins versus ranked opponents this season, including wins over No. 20 Texas A&M, No. 16 DePaul, No. 25 Virginia Tech, No. 22 Florida State, and No. 16 Miami in the ACC Tournament.
4 - #Tiana4Liberman. Mangakahia is one of five finalists for the 2018-19 Nancy Lieberman Award, which recognizes the nation's top point guard in Division I women's basketball.
3 – Syracuse is the three-seed in the Portland Region. It is the highest seed the Orange have earned in program history.
2 – Syracuse has been a top-16 seed and national host two times for the NCAA Tournament (2016 & 2019). The Orange hold a 3-0 tournament record at home entering Monday night's game.
1 – Syracuse has reached the Sweet 16 one time in program history. In 2016, the Orange hosted the first two rounds of the tournament as a four-seed and made a run to the National Championship game in Indianapolis, where they lost to former BIG EAST rival UConn, 82-51.
Tickets begin at $15 and are on sale now online. Fans can also purchase tickets through the Carrier Dome Box Office by calling 888-DOME-TIX.
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