No. 13 Virginia Tech (17-4, 7-4 ACC) hosts Syracuse (14-8, 5-6 ACC) in Cassell), at 7 p.m. Thursday night. Fans can watch the game live on ACC Network Extra (ACCNX) through the ESPN app with Bailey Angel and Mack McCarthy on the call.
Syracuse looks to bounce back after Sunday's 79-67 home loss to Louisville. Dyaisha Fair, reigning Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Player of the Week, had 19 points in the loss while Georgia Woolley led the Orange with 20 points off the bench. Fair earned ACC Player of the Week honors after averaging 27.5 points per game in a 1-1 week for the Orange, scoring a season-high 36 points and turning over the ball zero times with a program record-tying eight threes against Virginia.
The Orange are 0-3 against nationally ranked opponents including close battles with No. 8 NC State and No. 7 Notre Dame, 72-56. The Hokies lost to ND 63-52. Syracuse lost to Louisville 86-77; the Hokies beat Louisville 81-79. Both teams lost to Duke. Syracuse won at Clemson, the Hokies lost.
The Orange are not a particularly good three point shooting team; but Fair made 8 against LOLUVA in their last outing, while scoring 36 points. If someone (Amoore or King) can slow Fair down, the Orange may struggle to keep up with the Hokies. Or she may wear herself out trying top keep up with Amoore.
This is a game the Hokies should win comfortably. The Orange don't really have anyone to match up with Kitley. This would be a great game to see her be a more physical presence underneath; play through the smaller player guarding her to get the layup and the foul. Send a message to the rest of the ACC that she can play that game.
The Orange have 10 players averaging 10 or more minutes per game. This would be a good game for Coach Brooks to get more minutes for the bench players. The Hokies have 7 games left: Syracuse tonight, NC State twice, Duke, UNC, FSU and Ga Tech. GTech is the only expected win after Syracuse. All the other games are going to be very competitive. Coach Brooks needs to rest the starters as much as possible to get ready for Murders Row.
LET'S GO HOKIES!
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LET'S GO.......
HOKIES!!!!
Need Kitley/Traylor to own this one and get the team up 15+ by halftime.
Ladies getting worked so far
Kitley again getting mugged down low with no whistles
Should have been a foul on Fair but hey why stop now
Ladies down 17-11 after 1st qtr
It amazes me how often the announcers talk about uncalled contact against our players.
Are we guilty of looking past Syracuse and not being ready for this game?
No, Orange getting a one sided whistle fest in the lane. Kitley mugged each trip but Fair gets breathed on other way and it's a foul.
I have noticed that woman ref seems to hate us. She called almost every foul against us in the first half and ignored fouls committed by the Orange in front of her. Twice she called fouls on us when she had ZERO view of the play and players in question.
She stopped play every time the Syracuse coach requested it to review plays but refused Brooks requests. After the other refs called an out of bounds for us, she would review to see if she could overturn.
90% positive that she is also the one that called the T on Brooks during the timeout a couple of games ago.
When this game gets reviewed she should be banned from refereeing our games.
I noticed the same thing. That she has it out for VT has become VERY obvious. Ignoring blatant technical violations from the 'Case after giving us a sticky-tack one last time she called our game, blowing the whistle every time they ran in to a defender with a ball and ignoring, and calling it on VT offense for much less. It was almost amusing to see how she tried to give them the game late but could not do enough to overcome their cold shooting. Should not be allowed to ref. I though she was just a ND fan after watching how she reffed that one, but that is now three games where she was very one-sided against us.
Syracuse 20% over their season avg from three. Hopefully they will come back to normal.
We're now up to 10 assist on 11 made FG.
Gregg with the hot hand right now. 9 points on 4-4 FG.
King with the4 pt play!!!!
We basically played them even without Soule in the first half. Let's hope her presence in the second half provides a spark.
That And 1 was complete BS.
Gregg looking like Basile with the missed layup on a critical possession
lol
And she needed it for the double-double
One point and 3 assist in the 4th qtr she'll have a triple-double.
I hope she gets it
10 minutes to go!
52-50 Hokies after 3. Lot of foul trouble for Hokies though.
Played rugby for 25 minutes. Then suddenly every touch is a foul.
Four HOKIES with 3 fouls. Two players for Cuse.
3 now
Ladies taking after the men at the free throw line. 2-7 tonight.
Gotta love 3 the hard way
Kitley with the double double
4 Hokies in double figures with Gregg at 9 (and damn near a triple double) ((from the bench))
I don't think Gregg even played in the 4th Qtr.
I hate that too. I wanted her to get at least the double-double.
I think the ladies have earned their coffee
Ice bath and massage is probably more like it. I think every team has scouted us as easy to bully and they are all deep enough on th ebenches to keep throwing goons at us.
I think he meant that they closed out the game, and coffee is for closers.
But you're right that ice bath, sauna, and sports massage are more directly called for.
Amoore hugged to the floor and it's a double dribble....gtfo
Definitely doesn't feel like a double digit win. Disaster at the free throw line. Play like this in either of next two it will be a loss.
Regardless Orange Juice Fam
orange crush FAM!
5-2 to run out this regular season. 😍