Orange Tipoff! Fans Get First Look At The Orange

Syracuse fans received their first look at the 2023-24 men's and women's basketball teams at the annual Orange Tipoff held at the JMA Wireless Dome on Friday night.

The evening featured student-athlete competitions, fan participation and scrimmages for both squads.

The women's team played against a squad of students who regularly serve as practice opponents. The women's team won, 41-30. Dyaisha Fair had 15 points on five 3-pointers, Alyssa Lathan had eight points and Dominque Camp chipped in with seven.

On the men's side, the Blue team defeated the Orange squad, 36-20. The Blue squad was paced by Quadir Copeland, who had 11 points. Kyle Cuffe Jr. and Chance Westry each had six points for the Orange unit.

SHOOTING COMPETITION
Women's: Three-person squads need to make a layup, foul shot and 3-point shot. Once accomplished, the group that makes a half-court shot first, wins the competition.
Winning Blue Team: Kennedi Perkins, Alaina Rice, Izabel Varejao
Orange Team: Lexi McNabb, Alyssa Latham, Dominque Camp

Mixed 3-point Challenge:Each participant gets five shots from three different racks.
Orange Team: Chris Bell (9), Chance Westry (8), Sophie Burrows (6), Dyaisha Fair (8)=31
Blue Team: Justin Taylor (9), Kyle Cuffe Jr. (10), Georgia Wooley (6), Alaina Rice (6)=31
Overtime:
Winning Blue Team: Justin Taylor (1)
Orange Team: Dyaisha Fair (0)

DUNK CONTEST
Winning Judah Mintz: (23, 25); tiebreaker: (30)
Naheem McLeod: (20, 28) tiebreaker: miss
William Patterson: (miss, 20)
Quadir Copeland: (26, miss)
WBB Judges: Kyra Wood, Chey McEvans, Mariena Triantafylli (score: three judges total per dunk)

MEDIA DAY
Both teams conducted media days in the afternoon at the Carmelo Anthony Basketball Practice Facility. Local media had the opportunity to interview student-athletes and coaches from both squads.

MONROE MADNESS
Syracuse will host Monroe Madness next Saturday, October 21, starting at 6 p.m. Tickets are on sale now at the Blue Cross Arena Box Office for $10, $20 and $35. A few courtside seats will also be made available for $50. Groups of 20, including youth groups, can purchase tickets for just $8 each in the lower level and groups of 100 can purchase tickets for $5 each. Tickets are also available on-line at: www.ticketmaster.com/event/00005F0F93161B29

Gallery: (10-13-2023) Orange Tipoff

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Orange Tipoff! Fans Get First Look At The Orange

Players Mentioned

Chris Bell

Sophie Burrows

Quadir Copeland

Kyle Cuffe Jr.

Dyaisha Fair

Alyssa Latham

Naheem McLeod

Lexi McNabb

Judah Mintz

Kennedi Perkins

Alaina Rice

Justin Taylor

Chance Westry

Kyra Wood

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