Women’s notebook: UVA concludes road trip Thursday at Syracuse

Courtesy UVA Media Relations

The Virginia women’s basketball team plays at Syracuse on Thursday at 7 p.m. at the JMA Wireless Dome in Syracuse, N.Y.

BROADCAST INFORMATION

• The game will stream online on ACCNX through the ESPN app. It is available through participating TV providers that carry ACC Network
• All of the 2022-23 Virginia women’s basketball games are available locally on the radio on NewsRadio 1070 AM and 98.9 FM WINA
• Live stats be available
• Links are posted on VirginiaSports.com

VIRGINIA NOTES

• With 14 wins this season, the Cavaliers (14-6, 3-6 ACC) are tied for the largest increase in total wins over last season [Virginia (plus-9), UIC (plus-9), Illinois (plus-9), ETSU (plus-9)]. Virginia was 5-22 last season and 0-5 in 2021-22
• The Cavaliers’ last three road games have been against top-10 opponents (at No. 9 Virginia Tech, at No. 10 NC State and at No. 7 Notre Dame). This will be the team’s first road game against an opponent who has not been ranked this season since playing at William & Mary on Dec. 7. UVA played at Duke when the Blue Devils were unranked, with Duke moving into the AP Top 25 right after playing UVA
• Camryn Taylor scored her 1,000th career point on Sunday at Notre Dame. She is the second Cavalier to reach the milestone this month, joining Sam Brunelle
• Taylor is 11 rebounds shy of reaching 500 in her career
• Taylor has scored in double figures in five of her last six games, averaging 15.2 points per game in that span
• Taylor is averaging 13.0 points per game overall this season and the exact same figure in conference contests
• The Cavaliers were plus-5 in rebounding against Notre Dame, grabbing 42 rebounds
• McKenna Dale and London Clarkson grabbed eight rebounds apiece against the Irish
• Dale has had five or more rebounds in three of the last four games and is averaging 5.3 boards per game in that span. She has raised her average to 3.7 per game
• It was the second time in the last three games that Clarkson has grabbed eight rebounds
• Clarkson has 20 rebounds in the last three games, 11 of which are offensive rebounds
• The Cavaliers are ninth in the nation in rebounds per game at 44.7 and lead the ACC with 15.4 offensive rebounds per game (15th in the nation)
• The team ranks second in the ACC and 15th in the nation in rebounding margin at plus-9.4
• UVA leads the ACC and is 15th in the nation in three-point percentage defense with teams shooting 25.8 percent from long range

AGUGUA-HAMILTON AND LEGETTE-JACK

• Syracuse head coach Felisha Legette-Jack was Hofstra’s head coach when Amaka Agugua-Hamilton played for the Pride (2003-06). Legette-Jack took over the program for Agugua-Hamilton’s sophomore season
• Agugua-Hamilton was an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator on Legette-Jack’s staff for two years when the latter was the head coach at Indiana (2009-11)
• Both are in their first seasons as head coaches in the ACC
• This is the first time they will be coaching against one another

SCOUTING SYRACUSE

• Syracuse (13-7, 4-5) has lost its last three games, falling at home against Notre Dame and at Georgia Tech and Duke
• Dyaisha Fair ranks third in the ACC in scoring, averaging 19.0 points per game and second in steals at 2.65 per game
• Dariauna Lewis is third in the ACC in rebounding at 9.3 per game
• The Orange lead the conference in steals per game at 10.6 and are third in 3-point percentage defense with teams shooting 26.5 percent from beyond the arc
• Syracuse leads the all-time series 9-5 and has won the last two meetings
• Virginia is 0-4 at Syracuse since the Orange joined the ACC. UVA’s only win there was in 1985 (12/29/85)

ON THE HORIZON

The Cavaliers return home to host No. 12 Virginia Tech on Sunday at 6 p.m. in the second half of the Smithfield Commonwealth Clash. Sunday’s game will be a “Blue Out”. Fans are encouraged to wear blue to the game.