The Syracuse Orange women’s basketball team finds itself just over the halfway mark of the non-conference portion of this season’s schedule and, compared to last season, momentum is riding high incredibly early for the program.
After struggling out of the gate to out of conferences in the 2022-2023 season, Syracuse sits at 5-1 with three of its most difficult non-con opponents out of the way: Maryland (Elite Eight run last year), Northern Iowa (a WNIT team in 22-23) and Iowa State (the reigning Big 12 champions). The Orange most recently came off back-to-back victories this past weekend over the Panthers and Cyclones, both by double-digits margins, to win the 2023 South Point Thanksgiving Shootout in Las Vegas.