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2024–25 Syracuse Orange women's basketball team

2024–25 Syracuse Orange women's basketball
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record8–12 (2–7 ACC)
Head coach
Associate head coachKristen Sharkey (3rd season)
Assistant coaches
  • Khyreed Carter (3rd season)
  • Ty Evans (1st season)
Home arenaJMA Wireless Dome
Seasons
2024–25 ACC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 3 Notre Dame 9 0   1.000 18 2   .900
No. 17 NC State 9 1   .900 17 4   .810
No. 10 Duke 8 1   .889 17 4   .810
Louisville 8 2   .800 15 6   .714
No. 25 Florida State 7 2   .778 17 4   .810
No. 15 North Carolina 7 3   .700 19 4   .826
No. 19 California 6 3   .667 18 4   .818
No. 20 Georgia Tech 5 4   .556 17 4   .810
Virginia Tech 5 5   .500 14 7   .667
Clemson 4 6   .400 11 10   .524
Stanford 3 6   .333 11 9   .550
Miami (FL) 3 7   .300 13 8   .619
Boston College 3 7   .300 12 11   .522
Virginia 3 7   .300 11 11   .500
Syracuse 2 7   .222 8 12   .400
SMU 2 8   .200 10 12   .455
Pittsburgh 1 8   .111 9 13   .409
Wake Forest 1 9   .100 8 13   .381
2025 ACC tournament winner
As of January 30, 2025
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2024–25 Syracuse Orange women's basketball team represents Syracuse University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Orange are led by third-year head coach Felisha Legette-Jack. The Orange are eleventh-year members of the Atlantic Coast Conference and play their home games at the JMA Wireless Dome in Syracuse, New York.

Previous season

The Orange finished the season 24–8 overall and 13–5 in ACC play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. As the third seed in the ACC tournament, they earned a bye into the Quarterfinals where they were upset by sixth seed Florida State. They received an at-large invitation to the NCAA Tournament, marking their first appearance since 2021. As the sixth seed in the Portland 3 they defeated eleventh seed Arizona in the First Round before losing to third seed Connecticut in the Second Round to end their season.

Off-season

Departures

Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for Departure
Kennedi Perkins 1 G 5'6" Sophomore Bolingbrook, Illinois Transferred to Marquette[1]
Dyaisha Fair 2 G 5'5" Graduate Student Rochester, New York Graduated; drafted 16th overall
in the 2024 WNBA draft[2]
Cheyenne McEvans 12 G 5'9" Senior Detroit, Michigan Transferred to Florida A&M[3]
Marilena Triantafylli 15 C 6'5" Freshman Athens, Greece Transferred to Saint Louis[4]
Alyssa Latham 23 F 6'2" Freshman Glenwood, Illinois Transferred to Tennessee[5]
Alaina Rice 25 G 5'8" Graduate Student Rockledge, Florida Graduated

Incoming transfers

Incoming Transfers
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous School
Journey Thompson 2 F 6'3" Junior McMurray, Pennsylvania Arizona State[6]
Angelica Velez 15 G 5'7" Sophomore The Bronx, New York LSU[7]

Recruiting class

Source:[8]

College recruiting information
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Shy Hawkins
F
Brookville, New York Long Island Lutheran 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) N/A Oct 25, 2023 
Star ratings: RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN:4/5 stars   ESPN grade: 91
Madeline Potts
G
Victoria, Australia Templestowe College 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) N/A Nov 8, 2023 
Star ratings: RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPNN/A   ESPN grade: NR
Olivia Schmitt
G
Staten Island, New York DME Academy 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) N/A Feb 2, 2023 
Star ratings: RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPNN/A   ESPN grade: NR
Keira Scott
F
Daytona Beach, Florida DME Academy 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) N/A Mar 8, 2023 
Star ratings: RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN:4/5 stars   ESPN grade: 92
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

Roster

2024–25 Syracuse Orange women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
F 1 Keira Scott 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr DME Academy Daytona Beach, FL
F 2 Journey Thompson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Peters Township
Arizona State
McMurray, PA
G 3 Olivia Schmitt 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Fr DME Academy Staten Island, NY
G 4 Sophie Burrows 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Viewbank College Victoria, Australia
G 5 Georgia Woolley 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr St Paul's School
Buffalo
Brisbane, Australia
G 11 Lexi McNabb 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Lincoln Prep Chandler, AZ
F 14 Shy Hawkins 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Long Island Lutheran Brookville, NY
G 15 Angelica Velez 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So The Webb School
LSU
The Bronx, NY
G 17 Madeline Potts 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Templestowe College Victoria, Australia
F 21 Saniaa Wilson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Bishop Kearney
Buffalo
Rochester, NY
F 22 Kyra Wood 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr City Honors
Temple
Buffalo, NY
G 24 Dominique Camp 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) GS Lakota West
Akron
Dayton, OH
C 34 Izabel Varejão 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) GS Neuse Christian Academy
Michigan
Vitória, Brazil
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: September 2, 2024

Schedule

Source:[9]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
October 29, 2024*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
Daemen W 90–50 
 16  Tied   14  Wood   6  Velez  JMA Wireless Dome (536)
Syracuse, NY
Regular season
November 5, 2024*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
Niagara W 108–84  1–0
 19  Wood   8  Tied   9  Camp  JMA Wireless Dome (1,997)
Syracuse, NY
November 10, 2024*
2:00 p.m., ACCNX
Saint Joseph's L 70–84  1–1
 19  Woolley   7  Burrows   5  Velez  JMA Wireless Dome (2,215)
Syracuse, NY
November 13, 2024*
7:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 11 Maryland L 73–84  1–2
 17  Woolley   11  Wood   4  Velez  JMA Wireless Dome (2,427)
Syracuse, NY
November 17, 2024*
2:00 p.m., ACCNX
Fairleigh Dickinson W 77–58  2–2
 12  Wood   7  Tied   8  Camp  JMA Wireless Dome (2,259)
Syracuse, NY
November 20, 2024*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
Albany L 70–73  2–3
 23  Woolley   9  Wood   4  Woolley  JMA Wireless Dome (2,038)
Syracuse, NY
November 25, 2024*
5:00 p.m., Flo Hoops
vs. Missouri
Emerald Coast Classic Beach Bracket semifinals
W 82–59  3–3
 17  Woolley   7  Wilson   7  Tied  Northwest Florida State College (300)
Destin, FL
November 26, 2024*
8:30 p.m., Flo Hoops
vs. Creighton
Emerald Coast Classic
L 59–86  3–4
 11  Scott   6  Burrows   3  Woolley  Northwest Florida State College (500)
Destin, FL
December 1, 2024*
12:00 p.m., ACCNX
Yale W 78–50  4–4
 16  Woolley   11  Varejão   5  Camp  JMA Wireless Dome (3,036)
Syracuse, NY
December 4, 2024*
7:15 p.m., ESPNU
at Texas A&M
ACC–SEC Challenge
L 45–57  4–5
 14  Scott   11  Wood   4  Velez  Reed Arena (3,043)
College Station, TX
December 8, 2024
12:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 10 Notre Dame L 62–93  4–6
(0–1)
 16  Scott   10  Varejão   2  Tied  JMA Wireless Dome (4,440)
Syracuse, NY
December 18, 2024*
6:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Binghamton W 87–60  5–6
 18  Woolley   6  Varejão   8  Camp  Binghamton University Events Center (2,372)
Vestal, NY
December 21, 2024*
11:00 a.m., ACCNX
Dartmouth W 87–52  6–6
 16  Wilson   10  Wood   10  Camp  JMA Wireless Dome (2,772)
Syracuse, NY
January 2, 2025
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
at No. 13 Georgia Tech L 68–85  6–7
(0–2)
 22  Woolley   8  Tied   4  Velez  McCamish Pavilion (2,076)
Atlanta, GA
January 5, 2025
2:00 p.m., ACCN
at Florida State L 73–85  6–8
(0–3)
 14  Burrows   10  Burrows   10  Velez  Donald L. Tucker Center (1,849)
Tallahassee, FL
January 9, 2025
10:30 a.m., ACCN
SMU L 71–72 OT 6–9
(0–4)
 18  Woolley   8  Thompson   6  Camp  JMA Wireless Dome (2,856)
Syracuse, NY
January 12, 2025
6:00 p.m., ACCN
Miami (FL) W 66–61  7–9
(1–4)
 18  Wood   10  Wood   4  Tied  JMA Wireless Dome (3,185)
Syracuse, NY
January 16, 2025
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
at Louisville L 62–72  7–10
(1–5)
 17  Tied   9  Wood   5  Woolley  KFC Yum! Center (7,442)
Louisville, KY
January 19, 2025
12:00 p.m., ACCN
at Boston College L 51–92  7–11
(1–6)
 15  Burrows   8  Burrows   4  Camp  Conte Forum (1,386)
Chestnut Hill, MA
January 23, 2025
6:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 20 NC State L 66–74  7–12
(1–7)
 16  Burrows   9  Tied   8  Camp  JMA Wireless Dome (2,445)
Syracuse, NY
January 26, 2025
2:00 p.m., ACCNX
at Clemson W 67–55  8–12
(2–7)
 16  Tied   12  Varejão   4  Woolley  Littlejohn Coliseum (2,540)
Clemson, SC
February 2, 2025
12:00 p.m., ACCN
Virginia       JMA Wireless Dome 
Syracuse, NY
February 6, 2025
6:00 p.m., ACCN
at Virginia Tech       Cassell Coliseum 
Blacksburg, VA
February 9, 2025
2:00 p.m., ACCN
Wake Forest       JMA Wireless Dome 
Syracuse, NY
February 13, 2025
10:00 p.m., ACCN
at Stanford       Maples Pavilion 
Stanford, CA
February 16, 2025
6:00 p.m., ACCN
at California       Haas Pavilion 
Berkeley, CA
February 20, 2025
6:00 p.m., ACCN
North Carolina       JMA Wireless Dome 
Syracuse, NY
February 23, 2025
2:00 p.m., The CW
at Duke       Cameron Indoor Stadium 
Durham, NC
February 27, 2025
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
Pittsburgh       JMA Wireless Dome 
Syracuse, NY
March 2, 2025
4:00 p.m., ACCN
Boston College       JMA Wireless Dome 
Syracuse, NY
ACC tournament

vs.        Greensboro Coliseum 
Greensboro, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern.

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
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Coaches

References

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  3. ^ Barnes, Randall (May 27, 2024). "Former Syracuse standout Cheyenne McEvans lands at Florida A&M". ClutchPoints. Retrieved September 2, 2024.
  4. ^ "Billikens Add Transfers Glanton and Triantafylli to 2024-25 Roster". slubillikens.com. University of Saint Louis Athletics. April 30, 2024. Retrieved September 2, 2024.
  5. ^ Hall, Cora (April 21, 2024). "Syracuse forward Alyssa Latham commits to Lady Vols basketball out of transfer portal". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved September 2, 2024.
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  9. ^ "2024-25 Women's Basketball Schedule". cuse.com. Syracuse University. Retrieved October 28, 2024.