Facebook
Google+
The Daily Orange is a nonprofit newsroom that receives no funding from Syracuse University. Consider donating today to support our mission.
Syracuse had three days to prepare for Thursday’s game, the most rest the Orange have gotten in two weeks. Yet no amount of relaxation can help SU on the road the Orange were 4-4 in road games coming to Tallahassee, Florida. Earlier this season, head coach Quentin Hillsman said the Orange have tried everything from sleeping in to waking up early before road games, and nothing has worked.
For the third time this season, the Orange (11-5, 8-5 Atlantic Coast) played at an opponent with a worse record and lost, this time to Florida State.
SU outrebounded for 6th time this season in 15-point loss to FSU
/ The Daily Orange
FSU head coach Brooke Wyckoff called Emily Engstler an amazing rebounder after her team outrebounded Syracuse 39-33.
Facebook
Google+
The Daily Orange is a nonprofit newsroom that receives no funding from Syracuse University. Consider donating today to support our mission.
With minutes to play in a first half that saw Syracuse shoot 9% from 3-point range, ESPN analyst Debbie Antonelli pointed out that the Orange had missed 20 shots yet recorded only five offensive rebounds.
On the ensuing trip down the floor for the Seminoles, River Baldwin maneuvered around Emily Engstler, tipped the ball over the head of Taleah Washington and laid it in with ease on the left block. The Orange pushed right back down the court, earning Faith Blackstone two chances at the free-throw line. Her first rimmed out, and her second clanged off the rim into the waiting arms of Baldwin, who set up the Seminoles for one
Priscilla Williams’ 500 3-pointers a day built her into a dangerous shooter
Courtesy of Rich Barnes | USA TODAY Sports
Priscilla Williams has been shooting 500 3-pointers every day for at Syracuse.
Facebook
Google+
The Daily Orange is a nonprofit newsroom that receives no funding from Syracuse University. Consider donating today to support our mission.
Syracuse freshman Priscilla Williams takes 500 shots a day from beyond the arc. Williams arrives at practice early or stays late regularly to shoot 3s on the basketball gun.
“What you need to do is make sure you get up in the morning and take your 500 shots a day,” Eric, Priscilla’s father, said he always told his daughter.