A year’s experience should benefit young SU squad
Maybe it's just going to take a little more time than expected.This year's Syracuse women's basketball team simply wasn't ready.Captains Julie McBride and Shannon Perry… Read more »
Writer archives: Adam Kilgore
Late rally lifts SU as crowd begs Anthony for one more
A record crowd poured through the Carrier Dome gates Sunday to beg and hope for Syracuse freshman Carmelo Anthony to come back for another season.He… Read more »
McBride finds stride but too late for Syracuse
At halftime of the Syracuse women’s basketball team’s 62-54 loss to Notre Dame last night, something wasn’t quite right.Notre Dame had held Julie McBride, the… Read more »
Coleman acclimates to scorer’s role
Undoubtedly, Rochelle Coleman has been the Syracuse women’s basketball team’s most improved player this season. Now if she could only figure out why.'I don't know,'… Read more »
Orangewomen hang on to beat Panthers
Racked by nerves, Marianna Freeman rolled her eyes skyward toward the scoreboard above Manley Field House’s court. Her Syracuse women's basketball team, which minutes earlier… Read more »
While rehabbing a knee injury, Chineze Nwagbo uses basketball to overcome her father’s death
Take a sharp glance at Chineze Nwagbo, standing with a basketball in her hands, clad in a Syracuse basketball practice jersey, and what do you… Read more »
Huskies outsize Orangewomen, dominate on glass
HARTFORD, Conn. — The captains’ meeting at halfcourt before a basketball game allows two teams to size up one another. It's a proud tradition as… Read more »
Jackson struggles in rare start
April Jean had a message for Tierra Jackson.Just before the tipoff of the Syracuse women’s basketball team’s game against Villanova on Saturday, Jean — who… Read more »
Big East tourney run a longshot for Orangewomen
Midway through its season, reality struck the Syracuse women's basketball team. Standards sank, goals were amended. The team building off its best season in a… Read more »
Syracuse targets recruits to shore up defense
Apparently, Syracuse's football coaches had seen enough.They'd seen enough defensive backs counting threads on receivers' jerseys. Enough opposing quarterbacks standing calmly in the pocket. Enough… Read more »
Omanovic disappears from Syracuse lineup
Maja Omanovic stood there, on the wing just outside the 3-point line, for 20 minutes yesterday at Syracuse women's basketball practice. She was fixated, her… Read more »
McBride-Kilgore I an instant classic
Sometimes, covering the Syracuse women's basketball team, I wonder: How would I do if I were out there? Then, I remember how I cried after… Read more »
Torrid BC shooting overwhelms Orangewomen
The Syracuse women's basketball team prides itself on playing 2-3 zone defense, so it came as a surprise when, with 13 minutes remaining in its… Read more »
SU turns to last options for centers
Syracuse women's basketball head coach Marianna Freeman didn’t expect big numbers from freshman center Jill Norton.Problem is, Freeman didn't expect Norton would be starting either.But… Read more »
Perry, McBride provide spark
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. — On Saturday, the Syracuse women's basketball team wasn't just playing to upset Boston College.It was playing to salvage a season.And now… Read more »
Reserves falter against Hoyas
Rochelle Coleman and Shannon Perry proved last night that they can do it all.They just can't do it all by themselves.Perry scored 28 points and… Read more »
Orangewomen still struggling to piece together their season’s jigsaw puzzle
Picture a puzzle. Not a whole puzzle but one on the brink of completion. The pieces individually appear perfect, and they should fit snugly together.… Read more »
Fighter's mentality leads Orangewomen past St. Bonaventure
OLEAN — After the final buzzer ended Syracuse's 58-48 win over St. Bonaventure last night, SU head coach Marianna Freeman exchanged high fives with her… Read more »
April blossoms in Syracuse
Three years ago, April Jean — then a basketball prep star in Sacramento, Calif. — signed a letter of intent to play at Georgia. It… Read more »
Schiano still struggling trying to rebuild woeful Rutgers
Greg Schiano is the banished angel of college football.Two years ago, he was at the apex of the sport, coordinating a divine Miami defense to… Read more »
Orangewomen focus solely on Harvard tonight
After Syracuse's opening loss to Siena last week, Julie McBride sat in front of a room of reporters and explained how her team would bounce… Read more »
Miami, Pittsburgh meet for conference championship
The rule in college football states a conference must have 12 teams in order to stage a conference championship game.Well, that's not stopping the eight-team… Read more »
NCAA suspends Diop for 4 games
LOUDONVILLE — Awa Diop, the projected starting center on the Syracuse women’s basketball team, was suspended for four games by the NCAA, the SU athletic… Read more »
Jansone not so nice against SU
LOUDONVILLE — Liene Jansone went through a sort of basketball boot camp last week. In practices, the Siena women’s basketball center was berated by her… Read more »
