#23 Orange Announce Season Opener
11/20/2020 10:26:00 AM | Women's Basketball
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – The No. 23 Syracuse women's basketball team have set a date for the 2020-21 season opener. The Orange will travel to Stony Brook to face the Seawolves for an in-state matchup on Sunday, Nov. 29 at Island Federal Arena. Tip-off is slated for 2 p.m.
Syracuse and Stony Brook have met three times in the last five years with Syracuse winning each of the meetings. In the most recent matchup, Syracuse earned an 81-70 win in overtime at the Carrier Dome on Dec. 3, 2017. Tiana Mangakahia led the team with 29 points, 11 assists, and four rebounds in the win. 'Cuse outscored the Seawolves 12-1 in the overtime period to improve to 8-0.
Stony Brook is coming off a record-setting season in which the Seawolves went 28-3 overall and won both the America East regular season and postseason championships. During the 2019-20 season Stony Brook strung together 22-straight wins, which was the longest active streak in Division I women's basketball at the time.
Syracuse posted a 16-15 record last season and finished 9-9 in the ACC. The Orange earned three top-25 wins defeating No. 19 Michigan State, No. 8 Florida State and No. 5 Louisville. Two of the three top-25 wins were in the friendly confines of the Dome including the 59-51 win over the Cardinals which was Head Coach Quentin Hillsman's 300th career win.
The Orange return four of five starters, add a top-5 recruiting class, and welcome the return of Mangakahia who missed last season while battling Stage 2 breast cancer. Syracuse opens the season at home on Dec. 2 against Lincoln (DII) at 7 p.m.
Syracuse and Stony Brook have met three times in the last five years with Syracuse winning each of the meetings. In the most recent matchup, Syracuse earned an 81-70 win in overtime at the Carrier Dome on Dec. 3, 2017. Tiana Mangakahia led the team with 29 points, 11 assists, and four rebounds in the win. 'Cuse outscored the Seawolves 12-1 in the overtime period to improve to 8-0.
Stony Brook is coming off a record-setting season in which the Seawolves went 28-3 overall and won both the America East regular season and postseason championships. During the 2019-20 season Stony Brook strung together 22-straight wins, which was the longest active streak in Division I women's basketball at the time.
Syracuse posted a 16-15 record last season and finished 9-9 in the ACC. The Orange earned three top-25 wins defeating No. 19 Michigan State, No. 8 Florida State and No. 5 Louisville. Two of the three top-25 wins were in the friendly confines of the Dome including the 59-51 win over the Cardinals which was Head Coach Quentin Hillsman's 300th career win.
The Orange return four of five starters, add a top-5 recruiting class, and welcome the return of Mangakahia who missed last season while battling Stage 2 breast cancer. Syracuse opens the season at home on Dec. 2 against Lincoln (DII) at 7 p.m.
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