GAME 14 - JANUARY 5, 2019 INSIDE THE MATCHUP - SYRACUSE VS. NOTRE DAME 2019-20 SCHEDULE Syracuse Record: 7-6 Location: Syracuse N.Y. Notre Dame: 6-8 Nov. 5 ..........OHIO .......................................................W, 66-54 Ranking: N/A Arena: Carrier Dome Ranking: N/A Nov. 12 ........MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE ...................W, 65-50 Head Coach: Quentin Hillsman Capacity: 35,642 Head Coach: Muffet McGraw Nov. 16 ........ALBANY ..................................................W, 75-53 Alma Mater: St. Mary’s (Md.) ‘93 Television: ACC Network Alma Mater: Saint Joseph’s ‘77 Nov. 24 ........#1 OREGON ..............................................L, 81-64 Overall Record: 295-151 Radio: Syracuse IMG Radio Overall Record: 929-283 Nov. 28 ........vs. Houston ! ...........................................W, 87-62 Record at School: Same Live Audio: Cuse.com Record at School: 841-242 Nov. 29 ........vs. #3 Stanford! ........................................L, 59-77 Record vs. Notre Dame: 0-16 Live Stats: Cuse.com Record vs. Syracuse: 32-2 Nov. 30 ........vs. Green Bay! ..........................................L, 73-79 Facebook: /SyracuseWBB Dec. 5 ..........at #24 Michigan % ..................................L, 76-84 Hillsman at the helm: Instagram: @CuseWBB McGraw at the helm: Dec. 8 ..........UMBC .....................................................W, 82-48 NCAA Tournaments: 8 Twitter: @Cuse, @CuseWBB NCAA Tournaments: 26 Dec. 20 ........vs. #19 Michigan State $ .........................W, 77-63 NCAA Final Fours: 1 NCAA Final Fours: 9 Dec. 22 ........vs. #22 West Virginia $ .............................L, 71-69 NCAA Finals: 1 Series Record: 32-2, Notre Dame Leads NCAA Finals: 7 Dec. 29 ........at #6 Louisville * ......................................L, 62-58 National Championships: 0 National Championships: 2 Jan. 2 ..........#8 FLORIDA STATE * ..............................W, 90=89 Jan. 5 ..........NOTRE DAME * ..............................................4 PM Jan. 12 ........at Miami * ..................................................12 PM Jan. 16 ........GEORGIA TECH * .......................................7:30 PM Jan. 19 ........at Pittsburgh * ............................................12 PM SYRACUSE’S PROJECTED STARTING FIVE Jan. 23 ........DUKE * ..........................................................8 PM Jan. 26 ........at Wake Forest * ...........................................4 PM KIARA LEWIS • G • Top-25 player (No. 7 PG) in Class of 2016 Jan. 30 ........VIRGINIA TECH * ...........................................8 PM 5-6, R.-Jr., Chicago, Ill. • 2016 Illinois State Gatorade Player of the Year Feb. 2 ..........at Virginia * ..................................................2 PM 23 • Played her freshman season at Ohio State Feb. 6 ..........at Boston College * .......................................7 PM GP-GS PPG RPG APG MIN • Transfered to Syracuse for the 2017-18 season and redshirted Feb. 9 ..........LOUISVILLE *.................................................2 PM 13-13 17.0 5.0 5.6 35.5 • Played in 34 games last season averaging 22.3 minutes off the bench Feb. 13 ........at North Carolina * .......................................7 PM • Scored a career-high 32 points against #22 West Virginia (Dec. 22) Feb. 16 ........PITTSBURGH * ..............................................1 PM • Grew up playing AAU with teammate Gabrielle Cooper Feb. 20 ........CLEMSON * ...................................................6 PM Feb. 23 ........at Notre Dame * .........................................12 PM GABRIELLE COOPER • G • 13 points shy of the 1,000-point milestone Feb. 27 ........at NC State * .................................................8 PM 5-10, Sr., Lansing, Ill. • Longest tenured member of the starting lineup (110 games) March 1 .......BOSTON COLLEGE * .......................................4 PM 11 • Ranks second in program history in made three-pointers (247) GP-GS PPG RPG APG MIN • Tied a program record with eight 3-pointers against North Carolina Home games in CAPS | All times are Eastern 13-13 9.8 5.3 1.9 37.1 (2/22/18) * - Atlantic Coast Conference game • Grew up playing AAU with teammate Kiki Lewis for Mac Irvin Fire ! - Victoria Invitational (Victoria, B.C.) % - ACC/B1G Challenge EMILY ENGSTLER • G/F • Leads the ACC in rebounds per game (11.0). $ - Florida Sunshine Classic (Winter Park, Fla.) 21 6-1, So., New York, N.Y. • Highest-ranked recruit in Syracuse history (No. 9 in the Class of 2018) • 2018 NY State Gatorade Player of the Year and McDonald’s All-American ACC 2019-20 STANDINGS GP-GS PPG RPG APG MIN • Appeared in 29 games as a freshman averaging 14.3 points per game 13-13 9.7 11.0 2.7 29.4 Team Conference Overall • Scored a career-high 17 points against Pittsburgh (2/21/19) #9 NC State 2-0 13-0 • Has recorded six double doubles this season, which ranks 10th in the nation #7 Louisville 2-0 13-1 North Carolina 2-0 11-2 DIGNA STRAUTMANE • F • Recorded a career-high 5 three-pointers against UMBC (Dec. 8) Georgia Tech 2-0 11-2 6-2, Jr., Riga, Latvia • Named to the ACC All-Freshman team in 2017-18 #8 Florida State 2-1 13-1 45 • Youngest member of the Latvian Senior National Team that made its FIBA #23 Miami 1-1 9-4 Wake Forest 1-1 8-5 GP-GS PPG RPG APG MIN Women’s World Cup debut in Sept. 2018 13-13 10.4 4.5 1.5 33.7 Duke 1-1 7-6 • Member of the Latvian U20 national team for the FIBA U20 Women’s Syracuse 1-1 7-6 European Championship in Sopron, Hungary in 2018 Notre Dame 1-1 6-8 Clemson 1-2 5-9 AMAYA FINKLEA-GUITY • C • Reached the 500-point milestone against #8 Florida State (Jan. 2) Virginia Tech 0-2 10-3 6-4, Jr., Dorchester, Mass. • 2017-18 ACC All-Freshman team by the Blue Ribbon Panel Boston College 0-2 7-6 22 • Averages 50.5% from field goal range (210-416) during her career Virginia 0-2 5-8 GP-GS PPG RPG APG MIN • Scored 400th career point vs Miami in the ACC Tournament (3/8/19) Pittsburgh 0-2 3-10 13-13 6.5 5.9 0.0 19.2 • Scored in double figures seven times as a freshman, including a career-high 14 points against Pitt (1/21/18) SYRACUSE’S RESERVES 2019-20 No. Pos. Name (Ht., Yr., Hometown) GP-GS PPG RPG APG MPG 0 G Elemy Colomé, 5-8, Gr., Lawrence, Mass. 3-0 0.3 0.0 0.7 4.8 1 G Taleah Washington, 5-7, Fr., Distrcit Heights, Md. 13-0 3.8 1.0 0.6 13.7 2 F Whisper Fisher, 6-2, Gr., Owings Mills, Md. 5-0 1.6 0.6 0.0 4.8 3 F Maeva Djaldi-Tabdi, 6-2, R-So., Paris, France 13-0 8.2 3.5 0.5 19.2 4 G Tiana Mangakahia, 5-6, Sr., Brisbane, Australia -- -- -- -- -- 5 G Teisha Hyman, 5-8, Fr., White Plains, N.Y. 9-0 7.1 2.4 1.0 17.9 10 G Alisha Lewis, 5-7, Fr., Wallingford, Pa. 6-0 1.2 0.3 0.2 4.6 12 G Brooke Alexander, 6-0, Gr., Frisco, Texas 8-0 1.4 1.0 0.1 5.3 25 G Lauren Fitzmaurice, 5-8, Jr., Mazama, Wash. 1-0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.6 @CUSEWBB/SYRACUSEWBB - WELCOME TO@CUSEWBB THE PARTY - #TOUGH4T@CUSEWBB GAME 14 - JANUARY 5, 2019 2019-20 QUICK FACTS NUMERICAL ROSTER General Information No. Name Pos. Ht. Class Hometown/High School School ................................................................Syracuse University 0 Elemy Colomé G 5-8 Gr. Lawrence, Ma./Proctor Academy Location .....................................................................Syracuse, N.Y. 1 Taleah Washington G 5-7 Fr. District Heights, Md./Rock Creek Academy Founded .................................................................................. 1870 Enrollment........................................................................... 15,226 2 Whisper Fisher F 6-2 Gr. Owings Mills, Md./Owings Mills Chancellor ...............................................................Kent D. Syverud 3 Maeva Djaldi-Tabdi F 6-2 R-So. Paris, France/Jean Moulin Athletic Director ......................................................John Wildhack 4 Tiana Mangakahia G 5-6 Sr. Brisbane, Australia/Lake Ginninderra Faculty Athletics Representative ..............................Rick Burton 5 Teisha Hyman G 5-8 Fr. White Plains, N.Y./Woodlands Senior Women’s Administrator .......Kimberly Keenan-Kirkpatrick Nickname .............................................................................Orange 10 Alisha Lewis G 5-7 Fr. Wallingford, Pa./Strath Haven Color .....................................................................................Orange 11 Gabrielle Cooper G 5-10 Sr. Lansing, Ill./Morgan Park Arena (Capacity) .....................................................Dome (35,642) 12 Brooke Alexander G 6-0 Gr. Frisco, Texas/ Prestonwood Christian Affiliation ................................................................ NCAA Division I 21 Emily Engstler G 6-1 So. New York, N.Y. St. Francis Prep Conference.............................................. Atlantic Coast Conference 22 Amaya Finklea-Guity C 6-4 Jr. Dorchester, Mass./Noble & Greenough Program History 23 Kiara Lewis G 5-8 R-Jr. Chicago, Ill./Whitney Young First Season .......................................................................1971-72 25 Lauren Fitzmaurice G 5-8 R.-So.. Mazama, Wash./Liberty Bell All-Time Record .......................................................713-604 (.541) 45 Digna Strautmane F 6-2 Jr. Riga, Latvia/Riga 66 NCAA Tournament Appearances/Last ............................12/2019 Coaching Staff Head Coach: Quentin Hillsman, 14th Season (St. Mary’s (Md.) ‘93) Head Coach ..........................Quentin Hillsman, St. Mary’s (Md.) ‘93 Associate Head Coach: Vonn Read, Ninth Season (Clark ‘97) Record at Syracuse .......................................... 295-151 (14 years) Assistant Coach: DeLisha Milton-Jones, First Season (Florida ‘97) Career Record