Virginia Tech vs. Syracuse Full Game Replay | 2023-24 ACC Women’s Basketball

Virginia Tech vs. Syracuse Full Game Replay | 2023-24 ACC Women’s Basketball

Inside the JMA Dome it’s kitley and L with a tip and it’s controlled by Virginia Tech and Georgia Amore will take the ball up as we are underway again great to have you along with us for the first of many excellent women’s college basketball games today on the network early touch

For kitley her first shot is Off the Mark and Georgia woy brings in the rebound look at the starting five for Syracuse the Asia Fair Elena rice Georg woolly these were all players that were here last year Lissa leam has been one of the more talented freshmen in the entire

Conference wood hands it off to rice rice Top Shot in a top make for Elena rice graduate Guard from rockid Florida averaging 11 and a half per game look at the starting five for Virginia Tech a lot of familiar faces there three starters returning from last year starting five and early on kitley

Oord two from the field you see two times there they’re getting the ball into kitley but they’re doing it in different ways and we’ll highlight throughout that throughout the broadcast there five or six different ways they try to get her the ball on the post coach Kenny Brooks loved to get kitley

Involved early on in games rice off the screen Amore fly by and the shot off the back iron pit Ley real it in good ball movement for the hogies even though they haven’t made those first two shots they’re really good passing team offense is very fluid once again a touch to kitley

Double team coming it’s over for three start for kley here in the dome Helen anything you’re seeing from those first three shots no she’s just getting good shots she’s just off they’re wide open and you see Fair they’re also getting a shot whenever she wants sometimes she does not uh kitley

Does not start off well but but she always finishes well so as long as she’s taking good shots they’re fine two of the higher scoring teams in the conference here today both sides averaging 78 points per game Matilda X first shot Way Off the Mark there for three certainly affected by Georgia wooy

Give Syracuse credit they want to make sure that they don’t allow a Virginia Tech to get any open threes they want to force him to shoot twos the Asia Fair the ball carrier again just eclipsed 3,000 career points late from the trailer three too strong back trying to find an outlet and

Ends up in the hands of Amore defensive transition so important for Syracuse and that’s the one thing that they don’t want is to allow a three in defensive transition simply put Georg Amore one of the best scoring guards in the country putting up 17 a game as fa gets bumped

On her drive to the rim there’s what you’re going to see for Virginia Tech they’re going to come down and if you don’t get in front of their face in defensive transition you see here hands down she’s so smart reading defense so well on that last play you saw Fair

She’s going to be able to get by the guards of Virginia Tech they have length but they’re not as quick laterally Lea misses it all but rice is there she gets fouled on the shot rice I think is The X Factor for Syracuse she’s been playing well

Averaging about 11 points a game and I think if Syracuse is going to go far they’re going to even need more from her foul going against Georgia Amore there her first see what Elena rice did earlier this week put up 19 points in the win against Notre Dame eight rebounds as

Well and two assists you know she decided to return to Syracuse Helen for her third season and it’s it’s been her best year yet and one of the deciding factors for Elena coming back was know she’s played for Coach rice now and she’s played for four different head coaches and now she

Really enjoys playing under coach Jack and um and has had a career year this year fres of the year in the M Flor A&M and then play with alurn it makes a difference in terms of confidence of how well you play you know the stability is there you know your coach believes in

You and obviously showing this year yeah consistency a big factor in that Elena rice and Syracuse out to an early 4 to3 lead here scoring has uh been tough to come by in the early going as wood the skip pass over to woolly back to the

Top see Virginia T they play really good team defense there in this Zone they try to keep some penetration in the middle shot clock down to five and taken away Georgia Amore picks the pocket and Amore lays it up and in on the other end Georgia amore

With all five of her team’s points here I think the defense for Virginia Tech is underrated I mean they’re holding teams to 59 59 points a game but people always talk about their offense but I do think their defense is Underrated 15 and4 this year 6-2 in ACC play couple of losses to Florida State and back to back Amore yes Georgia Amore two M threes here in the first quarter she’s got 48 makes on the Year fa’s got to have more effort coming off that screen get hands up and neore so she

Can’t take that shot here’s a fair thought about the shot puts it on the floor now rice wide open lets it fly in and out more is halfway down into the hands of kitley now Syracuse averaging seven made threes a game the only problem is if you try to

Go head-to-head with Virginia Tech on three-point shots they might win that battle they make about nine a game Virginia Tech these last couple of times we getting opportunities for Georgia Amore will travel there she travel but that’s how they’re going to solve that you see Fair getting into the middle of

That zone and you know having the defense suck up on her and giving willly an opportunity to get past the three-point line orange 0 for their last six in the four and first substitution for Syracuse here look like siah Wilson will enter one of the five players that came

Over from Buffalo to follow coach Alicia get Jack here to Syracuse it’s not just the players that want familiarity it’s the coaches as well Yeah now we’re talking head coach Kenny Brooks before this game and just saying he’s starting to give George Amore a lot more leeway to control the game if she can this is the layup there the follow from kitley Step through no good gets her own board Amore top of the key cash

Georgia Amore is on fire here in the first quarter go rebounding you got to find her wherever she is whether it’s in transition or half court the Asia Fair off the blast smooth Stu the Asia fair and 21 points per game for the graduate student at a Rochester there’s where she

Has the advantage she can get to the hoop get past her Defender Amore has all 11 of Virginia Tech’s points here good pass to Carly wnel into the corner e open for three Yes Virginia Tech here the first frame is four for six from Beyond The Arc and

That all started with Amore she knew they were trapping her but she knew where the players were and knew the right pass to make and they made the extra pass for a three-point shot three of the top six three-point Shooters in the conference reside on this Virginia Tech

Team rice cut off on the Baseline gets it out to woy difficult shot foul on the floor it’s going to stay here with the orange but man oh man Virginia Tech been a bit discombobulated at times but uh Georgia Amore has picked up the slack four for six shooting from Beyond The

Arc as a team Georgia Amore has 11 of the teams 14 points in the early Going just doing it on both ends of the floor she can play defense as well gets the layup here but more importantly she knows the right pass to make at the right time the right decision coming off the screen here the hockey assist coming out of the double team making the right

Pass for the extra pass for f for the three point shot so Sam this is why she’s so important and why they missed her when she went out of the Duke game and they played one game without her they need her on both ends of the floor yeah referencing that uh that head

Injury she sustained on January 18th against Duke a wward elbow got her Square in the head and ended up missing one game but uh that was it and those two games both losses for Virginia Tech Duke and Florida State now she’s back and healthier than ever see ly with 11

Points 11 of the 14 coming from Georgia Amore Syracuse is going to have to solve that two3 zone I mean excuse me the two three zone of Virginia Tech they are struggling with that this is how they can get points if they can play defense and get in

Transitions make it a little bit easier for them want to take better care of the basketball though and it right back there’s Woods pass intended for D Asia fair but right over her head well let’s talk a little bit more about this Syracuse team what what coach

Jack has built you know in a year plus really just got here and all of a sudden Syracuse out to a 17-2 start it’s their best opening in ACC play since they joined the conference nearly a decade ago you know it’s funny too the last time that Syracuse started six-1 in

Conference play coach Jack was a guard on the team Kayla King hits the three and uh right now Virginia Tech can’t miss from Beyond The Arc they are now five for seven to start this game Helen well you know coach Jack obviously played here so she’s going to be

Passionate about she’s a passionate coach anyway but certainly for her Alma ma she’s going to make sure that she gets the BL best players here put them in the best position to score they’ve got to solve that two3 defense it’s a 14-2 run now by the hokes Syracuse can’t buy a basket right

Now they’re two for 11 from the floor here LEL dribble Drive Baseline lays it up and in everything working for Virginia Tech Harley wnel the red shirt freshman out of San Antonio Texas well you want to run Virginia Tech off the line but you don’t want him to get all

The way to the basket and you see other people scoring you haven’t heard from Liz kitney for a while but you don’t need to you have these people scoring finally a three-point shot for de de Asia Fair there 21 points a game that’s her 70th made three of the Season Helen

Watch the next time they’re going to come out on her watch to see if she drives around her Defender Syra trying to push Virginia Tech way past the three-point line to start their offense but that’s the danger you let Amore drive to the basket now that’s the other thing too about this Virginia Tech team that they have improved on they don’t settle for the threes because they have players

That can beat you off the dribble drive now with Amore and W and Amore extended the armar there that’s going to be her second and it looks like coach Kenny Brooks’s going to bring in Matilda e for Amore here with two fouls and that’ll move wetel to the point

Guard e a transfer from Michigan State twoyear starter there for the Spartans just another three-point shoot of that coach Kenny Brooks added to the Arsenal you can’t play for him if you’re out 6 guard and you shoot from threes Sophie Burrows off to deia Fair Burrows another

Three-point shooter there she is on the wing bit too strong there nearly an offensive rebound now taken away from behind Wilson with the ball working on kitley but she walked too many steps and another turnover for the orange that’s their fourth of the game so you’ll look to see if Virginia

Tech goes to Liz kitley now now with Amore on the bench we’ll see if that’s the focus of the offense you’ve got STK in there as well they play really well together they go high low sometimes with the two big kids in [Applause] there LEL looking for kitley couldn’t

Handle a pass pick too high back the other way deia Fair wedel spinning around her and turns it over though it was a pretty move but the pass deflected you see coach Jack was not happy with that because all the players took their defenders in there made it too

Congested Poes five of the last five from the floor this has been all Virginia Tech here easy positioning underneath for kitley and you can see a lot of high low when you see those two in the game they play about 6 and A2 minutes per game together but I asked

Coach Kenny Brooks today that they would play more and he thought it was a good match up to play both of them more there trying to create space and an offensive foul coach Jack not happy about the call with the clock winding down 1.2 seconds

Left to go in the first quarter and you see here be just trying to make something happen they’re going to have to get more movement on their offense and not try to solve this two three defense with just dribbling they’re going to need to pass and cut in the Open

Spaces that’ll do it for the first quarter all Virginia Tech 23-9 after the first period of play ended on a 20 to dribble so they have to put her in spaces where she can get open shots little bit more movement here finally against the 23 only two players scored in the first

Frame for Syracuse as wood puts a shot up that’s no good follows up her own shot block from behind by St out of bounds going to stay with the orange but it was fair with five points and rice with four that’s it for Syracuse here you see the offensive rebound that’s

What Syracuse is really good at 17 a game they have both players have a quick second jump you’ve got to make sure you put a body on them all the way back to Georgia woolly here woolly the second leading score on the team with 13 and half points a game

Rice gets to the elbow and drains the jumper yeah a little bit of miscommunication there with for Virginia Tech not taking rice off the dribble and able to get the shot at the elbow and now they try to slow it down and get a steal and the three Falls for deia fair

And just like that the crowd right back in this thing this is why they are never out of the game no matter how far down they are they are resilient and they play hard nearly another takeaway again Georgia Amore still on the bench for Virginia Tech with two

Fouls as king slow to rims in and out falls into the hands of Clara Stak who puts it up that’s no good out of bounds Syracuse basketball the as of fair she’s going to get you points and she’s going to get you buckets you know it’s going up you

See the defender coming it does not matter able to hit the three-pointer directing traffic while she’s setting up her shot too is your fair that’s cuz she wants people to get out of the way so she out of the way rly with the crossover now steps through

One and hits the floater she is the best of Syracuse has scoring in that mid-range off the bounce missed the first couple of games with an injury but has been a huge help over the last month in conference play for the orange as eek open for three and

The shots are Fallen here six for eight now for the hokes and eek has two and this is normal for Virginia Tech it’s not not you know they are very good passing team and if Defenders don’t rotate fast enough they’re going to get those shots so e with two made

Threes got aore with three good job here for Tech playing that screen on the ball on the Zone got to go quicker if you’re Fair will be hokey basketball as the possession arrow points the other way all right every Thursday we’ll have a women’s basketball double header for you

Right here on the ACC Network and the ESPN and this week we got uh two great rivalry matchups number 19 Virginia Tech hosting UVA at 6 eastern time then at 8 number 20 North Carolina taking on a very very good NC State team’ll be in Raleigh at 8:00 Eastern Time Virginia

Tech winning the game against NC State earlier this year by one point 6362 on a last second made layup by Liz kitley skip pass quick trigger from King Syracuse three the last three make it four the last four from the floor and a little bit of a run here for the

Orange to get back in this thing in the second quarter yeah this what I mean by resilience you see how the offense it doesn’t necessarily stall when aore is out but it’s a little slower and they take a little bit longer to make decisions on their options King fakes the pass takes the

Shot and hits the three so underrated we talk about kitley and Amore and it’s almost as if King doesn’t exist but she’s they Glu that this team a really important part of their offense and their defense the Hoke the top the country and made threes per

Game we said it earlier about nine makes per game as a team they’ve already got seven Georgia Wy with the answer though this time that’s starting to get her going Five Points in the game for Georgia woy Question is how long do you leave Amore on the bench do you try to ride out this second quarter or not oh they can’t miss right now Helen they can’t miss e has brought such a different Dynamic to this team although it’s a very good three-point shooting team

She’s so confident and they look for her and she’s got a quick trigger till to e nine points now three for four from Beyond on the AR rice with a Baseline Drive woolly Corner three and she hits it as well got hit on the way down no whistle Georgia woolly with eight

Points and we are just trading baskets right now inside the JMA Dome it’s interesting Helen you hear visiting teams come here and they say it’s one of the tougher places to shoot because of the distance behind the basket that just hasn’t been the case for Virginia Tech their last two trips to the

Dome beir nice dump off to Wilson see now you see Syracuse you play good defense you can go in offensive transition in a fast break you don’t have to worry about the defensive transition of the other team and you can penetrate a little bit more you can control a little bit

More six-point lead for the hokes samel for three that’s short I thought Liz kley should have taken that there she had opport in the lane here’s the Asia fair with the handles and hits the Baseline jumper I mean that’s just ridiculous she can get in the Pro she

Can probe and get in those spaces in transition now ninth all time in division one with 3,95 career points crowd on their feet hok’s lead has dwindled to four double team coming off a king now down to kitley Quick shot no good wood with the board they were down 23 to n

Sam only down by four points now and it’s because of their defense whistle going against e Syracuse will have the ball when we return but how about the run a 70 run for syacuse they are eight of eight from the floor over the last that they were having

Difficulty in that first quart they weren’t moving the ball as well in half court offense you saw that uh graphic there we put up Syracuse has had a knack of coming from behind in games this season and winning as Burrows three is too strong but Trail by

As many as 14 at the end of the first quarter was 23 to9 and now it is a four-point basketball game top 25 matchup here inside the Dome he”s got a lot of substitutions in here for Virginia Tech we got Baker who can shoot threes trying to get some more

Offense here Harris Baker’s first attempt from the floor is no good back the other way Nifty pass to woolly Scoops it up misses the shot CLA St with the rebound fighting through some white [Applause] jerseys again Georgia Amore still on the bench leading score for Virginia

Tech with two fouls got the vet s and King on the floor so where do they go with the offense that’s fou on the way up she head of the strike for two as Liz kitley is set to check back into the game has not been Liz pit ley’s

Afternoon just yet Helen two points for the All-American well they started off obviously with Amore doing really well didn’t really need her but you can bet come back in halftime there’ll be strategy to get her the basketball some more so two free throws coming for Carly

Welzel Red shirted last year but was uh was enrolled in school and working out with the team learned a lot has been tasked with some point guard roles this year specifically when Amore’s in some foul trouble like she is now and went able to hit them both typical first year

Player they give it and they take it away so you hope she gives more than she gives away leam off the heel there and there’s kitley all right so what’s changed for Virginia Tech now is the offense has started to slow in the second quarter well if Amore’s not in there they don’t

Run as fluid they take a little bit longer to make decisions you know where you want to go obviously they’re into kitly but when that’s not there what else can you do andore makes such great decisions on the next steps and they’re struggling with that right now and

Obviously if kitley were to hit some shots it would make it better for them rice lets it Fly short there’s LEL Virginia Tech picked as the preseason favorites in the ACCC ahead of this season won the ACC tournament last year for the first time in program history kitley just doesn’t have that

Touch here today there kitley it’s one for nine now from the field L rattles went home first points of the game for The Talented freshman Alissa leam Lenwood Illinois she’s one of the the post that can shoot more from the outside 12 to 15 ft she can shoot three

She’s only taking three this year but opens it up a little bit K off a screen no good and all of a sudden the Hoke bit quiet from Beyond The Arc now the Asia Fair looks down misses the three wanted to check the feet make sure

They were behind the line got to find her as well in transition just like you do aore connection just not there right now interior passing trying to get it into Liz kitley a lot of those shots that Kit’s taken too are fadeaways well they’re trying different ways to get her the basketball she’s

Just off here and this first half but still got to take those shots Asia Fair 10 points in the game for Syracuse they Trail by four here at home place they’ve had so much success this season a perfect 11-0 record for Syracuse inside the Dome this year good

Defense there by Kings and not let rice get into the middle of the Zone Fair dumps one down to rice and she makes the leg layup what vision for the Asia fair oh she’s smart she’s seen that back line on the weak side come up several times and finally had an

Opportunity to take advantage of it here in a half court offense down to a two-point basketball game kitley double team comes wnel will try way off the mark and a jump ball underneath a little extra curriculars following there possession arrow points to the orange use is going to play hard you got

To match that energy possession for possession I don’t think Virginia Tech is doing that 20 seconds left to go in the half in Syracuse with a chance to tie or take the lead into the locker room rice pass underneath wood shot is blocked kitley hit on the

Head 10.4 to go as kitley was fouled on the rebound 22 Yeah that backline keeps coming up you see them trying to take advantage of it here even though W miss the shot that’s the second time that’s happened Virginia Tech has got to address that at halftime what to do that weak side

Forward in the zone nobody in the bonus so the hokas will take it out underneath and Georgia Amore coming back into the game here obviously an offensive substitute look where they’re sending George Amore all the way down to the other end of the floor wsel will bring it up with

10.4 obiously going to try to drive and kick if they can wzo will take it all the way to the rim and score that’ll do it for the first half from the Dome see if the rest of her teammates are not capable it’s just they don’t have the the maturity and the

Experience to make the decisions things three is short and back the other way comes Elena rice in Syracuse woly a dribble step back lets it Fly that’s also short I expect the Syracuse to get rice involved a little bit more here in the second half as

Well samel open top of the key in and out they are trying to get Liz kitley a little bit more involved here that was kind of the message from Penny Brooks they want to go to her early hly just uh one of nine from the floor in that first half certainly never

Count her out she just needs toit see a couple go through the basket and she can get on a tear rice on the drive by gets it off to Wood who spins into traffic follows it up though the Whistle the crowd wanting a foul there but it was just good

Defense that’s too long for pass they’re lucky on that one way too long of a pass with somebody like the Asia Fair on the weak side foul on Georgia woly There those Elite whistle as e hit the Deck look at all that time I I don’t know how that looked like her teammate got her down that looks like some Friendly Fire there pit Ley skip Das to the corner good ball movement here and a foul on the drive as Elena rice stuck the hand in there that’s her

Second Poke Ball underneath so nobody has scored here in the first minute and a half of the third quarter after basically every shot was Fallen in the first half back off the screen the three’s blocked there skip pass to Wood somei a little late and another block Kayla King driving goes all the

Way through Geor Amore will kick it to the corner back to King and a back court violation a little discombobulated here for Virginia Tech to start there’s coach Kenny Brooks’s reaction well you give Syracuse credit for their activity on defense he is pretty calm over there sitting on the

Chair but you have to be if you want your team to be it’s about 10 steals per game for Syracuse they cause havoc on the defensive end a nice dump off and taken away by back though three on two for the moment the trailer three King No Good Sam with the

Offensive board there’s where she’s been great for Virginia Tech on the board giving him second opportunities he was asking for foul there’s another Second Chance opportunity aore too strong king with a follow and she gets buned Kayla King will go to the free throw line to shoot

Two but the three is not falling for the hopes here at least to start the second half but if you’re Syracuse you don’t want them to get that many opportunities at the basket King here gets tripped we talk with Coach Brooks about SoMo being The X Factor and you see

There the two offensive rebounds that she got giving him other opportunities her defense is way ahead of her offense in terms of integration in the team but she’s very important Virginia Tech Kennedy Perkins the sophomore guard out of Bolan Brook Illinois set to check in for Syracuse for Elena [Applause]

Rice Caleb king is talked about it too Helen kind of The X Factor for this team yeah there no one really not that they don’t talk about her but when you think of Virginia Tech you think of Amore and you think of uh Liz kitley but coach call her coach Brooks calls her

The glue to this team you know fifth year senior knows everything that he wants can direct traffic on the floor for the other players on defense misses both free throws nobody has scored yet in this third quarter the same score that we had at the half as wooy will go to the line

With a chance at an and one opportunity she’s hit a couple threes today but there’s where she is at her best in the mid-range off the dribble getting into the meat of that zone at the elbow and no one picking her up until it was too Late and wooy converts at the line he started to find a rhythm offensively over the last two games had 12 points and nine boards against Notre Dame the win on Thursday he definitely picked up her rebounding for excuse me for Syracuse I was about to say buffalo she doesn’t SC there

Anymore down low kitley fading away once again that shortless kitley one for 10 from the field here in this one she’s only got two points and all most of her misses have been short on that fade away hle over the back no instead it’s going to be called on Wilson it

Certainly looked like kitley had positioning there but the call goes against siia Wilson official call to hold I guess that’s what they called or that left hand on the left Arm mean see 65 you got you got to do something hope they don’t see it and Virginia Tech now with two 65 players with the addition of Clara St freshman out of Buffalo little homecoming for her not on the floor right now Amore feed off to kitley doesn’t have it right now Fair off balance shot no good suo with the board at transition three and she hits Matilda e 40% three-point shooter she has made 46 threes on the year now and she is really good at sizing up the defense and deciding when and where to take that shot

Wo wide open for three it’s off the mark and E has the rebound how do they get kitley maybe more comfortable there in the low post well they they’ve got four or five different ways I haven’t really seen them do an upscreen for her cuz that usually works for them they’ve been

Doing cross screens are going directly into the post maybe want to try that Amore wide open down the lane the left-handed layup is good for Georgia Amore her first points since the first quarter she had 13 points in the first that that that two person game too is

Another way that they can get K the open but uh ge of Amore made the right decision going straight to the basket off the screen on the ball some of yall might have gotten poked in the eye there on the rebound all right here’s Tuesday’s ACC Network men’s basketball double header

Syracuse in Boston College at 7 eastern time and Clemson host Louisville at Little John Coliseum at 9 Eastern Time Syracuse Ben got a big win here at home last night coach beim was uh in attendance as well so Virginia Tech in the bonus now with five minutes to go in the third

Quarter fouls have stared to rack up on Syracuse’s Ledger Sim’s free throw rattles home so that be in case maybe you’ll see more screens on the ball to try to get to the free throw line for Syracuse to play that buries them both Olivia had 12 points against

Georgia Tech it was her first double figure scoring game since New Year’s Eve a little quiet 70 Run for the hokes here over the last minute Kennedy Perkins puts it on the floor lays it off to Wilson Hedges and finishes that’s a good pump fake there for Shah

Wilson so Wilson ends the 70 run and we’ll finish at the free throw line when we return it’s 4337 in this top 25 duel in Syracuse peanut butter and bacon may seem crazy to you but this similarly they’re really good um both good X’s and O’s coaches so I’m not surprised this game is the way that it is because of the way they coach their teams Wilson missed the and one opportunity there Georgia Amore calling

Out a play here as she crosses half court she been looking for her Liz was telling her to pass into the wing so she could get that seal and King trips by Kennedy Perkins as she was trying to turn the corner first foul on Perkins here in this

One Virginia Tech shooting the rest of the way though here in this quarter Kayla King at the free throw line she went 0 for two in her first time at the strike no for three Kayla King on the season hasn’t taken too many free throws coming into this game she’d only taken

Eight this year she normally a three-point shooter you don’t see her drive to the basket very often to get that opportunity to get to the line 4437 here inside the Dome Helen Williams Sam ravage on hand with you this top 25 matchup first quarter was all hokey second quarter the orange came

Back made it interesting that’s a foul going against l [Applause] kitley that’s her second yeah fell asleep there a little bit a to get Wilson the ball there I guess she got her on the hand so Wilson back to the free throw line this time two attempts

Coming M kitley again one for 11 from the floor just two points for the All-American does have eight rebounds still contributing in any way that she can but two personal fouls now as well was something to keep an eyee on so George Amore has carried the load here for this one 15

Points e also has 12 that’s a nice dump off to kitley but a good close out someo three falls from the corner she has mastered that Baseline three-pointer off the penetration this entire season and very much so the last few games for SoMo that’s now 10 threes in the game for the

Hokes kitley wisely holds on to that one well you can see they’re making a concerted effort Virginia Tech to get her the basketball and that was just a smart decision on her part to kick it out to someo so Kennedy Perkins will take it out wly pull up jumper so good in that

Mid-range isn’t she that’s her strength for sure and she’s six feet so she can shoot over people off that last dribble wly shooting just 24% from Beyond The Arc this year but coach has said that she is finding different ways to contribute and has really perfected that mid-range game

Samel rattles off into the hands of wooly six-point leads for Virginia Tech 3 minutes to go in the third [Applause] quarter wly driving and fouled somehow gets it to go and also that’s the third foul on Liz kitley yeah that wasn’t a very smart foul by kitley should have just kept her hands

Up she starts to go for the steel here and that’s just yeah not very smart on her part just has not been the day for Liz kitley here who hasn’t been able to get it going I mean this it’s been a lot of Fade Away shots uncomfortable Amore dribbles through the

Paint e jumper Falls and Matilda X now with 14 points on the game second leading score on the team you mostly see her shoot threes when she does have that in her Arsenal at the elbow off the dribble Perkins same shot on the other end will fall but Wilson with the follow

No good and a whistle lot of contact there samel got bumped in the face foul goes against Matilda e that’s nine offensive rebounds by Virginia Tech so six-point game here as remind you that our next gymnastics meet right here on the ACC Network and the ESPN app Friday night NC State squared off

Against number 2 or Clemson at Little John Coliseum coverage begins at 7 Eastern Time have you done gymnastics you know what I actually did gymnastics growing up but uh I have never commentated on a gymnastics game although I think every kid does gymnastics right I mean that’s a it goes

To Tumble classes or what they would call gymnastics yes so Syracuse halfway to their average in offense def rebounds here in this third quarter good rebound by St there coming in for Liz kley who was on the bench with three fouls and two points in the

Game so with kitley out you expect Georg Amore to be a little bit more aggressive offensively Amore dribbles for the Zone left-handed layup is good she can carve up a Zone with the best of them with her handles oh she’s so patient when she probes she’s not in a hurry she just

Waits for the defense to give her something aore up to 17 points 7 for 10 from the field today speaking of which we need to see Fair hadn’t seen her in a while scoring wild pass there for Kennedy Perkins left her feet nowhere to go Harley welzel back into the game for

Matilda e who will get a rest eek has had a great game with 14 points made four threes in this game for Virginia Tech as well it’s interesting in this game we talked about the leading scores off the top of the show Amore has certainly done her part but uh here

Aair you’re used to seeing her up near the 20 point mark She’s at 10 right now well don’t be surprised coach Jack just took her out the rest of the rest of this quarter I can guarantee you she’s going to heat up in the fourth quarter Amore fading away from the free throw

Line and Georgia has 19 in the game just so smart taking whatever the defense gives her never in a Hurry that’s a armar on samil Two Shots coming for Syracuse Kyra wood talking to coach Le get Jack over there it’s so interesting the relationship that coach has built with you know her players over the course of the last year and a a half really but you know what she means to this program is shown on the floor I mean her

Record at Syracuse 37 and 15 I mean that’s a 71% winning percentage I I’m not surprised I mean she is that good and her players love her she tells them what they need to hear not what they want to hear but she’s a very passionate coach loves to teach her kids about life

And it translates to how they play for her on the floor I mean it was it was all but a foregone conclusion that when this job opened up that coach Felicia get Jack would be getting this job and it has certainly worked out in the early going

Out of bounds let’s see who it will stay with yeah I was one of the ones that said they would be nuts not to hire her U but she just she just loves a game she loves coaching kids play hard for her talked to her yesterday and she goes hen

I know about the X’s and O’s but I I coach energy and I coach passion and attitude and ex and know take care of themselves Amore slauer is in and out killing back in the game got to be careful here with three fouls yeah up there in the rafter rafter

Uh women’s basketball player with her jersey retired here you know for some people that would put pressure they would feel pressure coming in coaching with your you know Jersey and the raps but she’s just really confident in what she has the ability to do and she’s obviously built

Programs before so I’m again not surprised that they are where they are she has the orange out to their best start in the decade as rice get fouled on the drive here so Virginia check struggling now with playing the mid-range game you know Syracuse they’re getting into the

Teeth of that Zone by the ACC and they’re forcing the hokes to make choices they don’t want to make trying to search for some answers as well on the scoring end now it’s funny Virginia Tech scored more than half of their points for the game in the first quarter scored 23

Points in the first quarter that’s that’s almost half I mean that’s pretty crazy stuff oh it’s more difficult for them to get wide openen threes when Liz kitley is not scoring inside because you have to make a choice of whether or not you want to double team her you know or

Just play straight up and they Syracuse has not had to make that choice so far today coach Jack will get some Shooters in here with Sophie Burrows checking in freshman from Victoria Australia full court pressure set up by the orange bounds to amore with 35 seconds to go in the third six-point lead Watch for the pick and pop here they’re going to play a more CU he’s can go into the basket but don’t be surprised the kly pops Amore long two oh Georgia Amore drills the jumper she’s now north of 20 points back in the other again Burrows steps inside for the jumper

That’s missed and let’s see that’ll be the end of the quarter or not that’ll be the end of Syracuse will start with the ball here in the fourth they have made some comebacks this year they’ll need one in the fourth woly open for three short that would have gotten this place riled

Up to start the fourth quarter if that had gone in well this is an easy one they’re only down by eight so they’ve had a couple of uh double digit comebacks this year three comebacks of 10 or more points including a 19 point and an 18 point that’s a good

Set play to get Liz kitley going just her second made field goal of the game well that was I mentioned you asked me in that first half how they could get the ball to her they finally did an upstream for her did a good job of execution

There got fouled by Georgia wooly on the other end that’s her second personal foul you see here they nice job on defense [Applause] kitley out to set the screen Sam had it taken away but a foul that’s unfortunate because you had Liz kley cut diving to the basket again

Got to be stronger with the basketball but Syracuse doing a great job of just taking her space away that’s a third foul on suel here at in this one might see some more of clar a St 65 freshman from Buffalo come in AGA fair at a quiet third quarter jump stop puts it up short wood with the O board rice drives Baseline lays it up and in with the right later rice with 12 points in the game yeah this a smart

Play cuz you know kitley is not going to foul she not want to get her fourth foul rice is really stepped up for this team when they need her this [Applause] year aore bounce pass to kitley and that’s a foul on kitley her fourth personal foul of the

Game just couldn’t handle the pass and then committed the foul just just kly having an off night she’s rebounding for sure but it’s just not there offensively and now with the fourth B she’s got to sit down all right so when when’s the next time we’ll see

Liz kitley in this game I mean it’s 821 to go in the game she’s only got one foul to play with certainly not going to see her anytime soon I wouldn’t expect to see her before the three minute Mark and the foul on the other end going against Kayla

King that’s her second fouls starting to add up here already three fouls against Virginia Tech here and we’re just start in the fourth oh he nearly lost the handle Falls away there’s wood again rice oh good that was a wide open Lane for Elena rice wood and lean was so

Quick to the offensive boards they’ve just as freshman they’ve got to learn to get their balance after they catch that get that rebound and then go straight up with it nine offensive rebounds for the orange here in this one a more trying to create space shot clock winding down at five

Aore tripped up bya rice look how low she gets on the dribble at the end of the shot clock and you see is way look at below the waist of rice and gets tripped up there Brown doesn’t love it they don’t but she did reer to be expected Here’s Amore coming off the screen top of the key lets it fly off the heel there and rice elevates for the rebound Fair floater got fou and the basket here comes the Asia fair oh in transition that’s where she is at her best you cannot hold her aw the dribble

She’s just going to probe and probe and get to that space where she can get her shot off the Asia fair over the span of one week went from 16th to 10th on the alltime D1 women’s basketball scoring list she’s now at nine after scoring 10 points in this

Game and she hits the and one opportunity push Jack says her name is 3K from now on in crowd coming alive here inside the Dome five-point game e down the lane left-handed layup no good and stra second chance opportunity puts it home the Freshman from Buffalo has some family in attendance

Here today and she’s going to be really good sometimes she looks like a carbon coffee lives klyy down there in the post but certainly improved very much throughout the course of this season gotten more time so now Syracuse is going to be at the line I would expect them especially the

Asia fair to try to Poe and penetrate and get get some more fouls driving to the basket so s Syracuse shooting the rest of the way here with nearly seven minutes to go in the game a lot of fouls early in the fourth quarter as Wilson hits the first

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Right here on the ACC Network and the ESPN app attack to be a little bit more wide open here see if you get some penetration in some threes off the penetration Georgia Amore leading all scores with 21 splits a couple of Defenders hands it off to King for three and it’s

Good they just spread out the defense there and let Georgia Amore go to work back on the other end can the orange answer rice looking for help Asia Fair one-on-one with Kayla King you got to get the ball out of her hands nice pass Wilson couldn’t handle it too hot pass from

W that’s interesting watching Georgia Amore because yes of course she can score but and sometimes she can serve as just a pure distraction I mean she just brings players with her and opens up so many other opportunities very similar in the in that for her and for DA’s affair bear looking to

Push woly driving on Amore Now Fair step back three off the heel and a whistle underneath lot of contact against here fair having to shoot over the long arms of the six foot guards for Virginia Tech going against Wilson she grabbed her arm there that was like the same exact

Whistle that she got she got whistled for against kitley earlier in the game find a way to do that not in front of the Officials this has been the Georgia Amore Matilda X show as Amore hands it off to Stak who’s blocked by leam loose ball who’s going to come up with it a jump B possession arrow to the hes lean is going to be a really good player and just great hops

Can play in space good Defender just needs time under her belt it was funny too coach look at Jack talking about Alysa leam saying I I don’t coach her like a freshman I coach her like the player she wants to become king open for three too strong there and

Fair ends up with it you need to pick up fair early but she’s so Shifty with the balls it’s difficult to do that lost the handle there here’s leam on the low post working on stack blam behind the backboard there 6’5 frame certainly deflected that shot it will step aside 6254 is our

Score as we hit the under five we got a good one in the Dome it’s bow time hey sweetie hey to upset Virginia Tech but they got some work to do Helen yeah they’ve got some work to do got some only only down by eight plenty of time this is the time you would expect to see de Asia fair

Come on and and do her thing sometimes they might set her up but most of the time she does her on her own coach Jack said it’s a luxury to just tell her hey go get a bucket and not have to set up things there high pass to Wood and one

So there she plays the same role that Georgia Amore has been playing for Virginia Tech everybody’s got to get on her and serves as a distraction if you will and that backline for Virginia Tech this entire game has been so vulnerable and Coach Jack talked about that in practice

Yesterday so kudos to whoever the Scout was for Sy they’ve been picking on that back line the entire game trailing by five 445 to go that was also the third foul on CLA stack kitley on the bench with four fouls Amore leading all scores with 21 points that’s a

Kick Asia Fair got the leg out shot clock will reset back to 20 Syracuse has played so well here at home 11 and0 this season inside the Dome as Amore knives through a couple of Defenders gets the ball back out on the wing with seven on the clock Amore for three Off the Mark J is very fortunate there cuz wood

Was slow to come out to contest that shot that’s normally a shot you’ll see Amore make chance for Syracuse to make this a onep possession basketball game here we we said off camera we expected it to be a close game both these teams averaging 78 points per

Game not sure we’ll reach that Mark as Fair misses the jumper all bounded shot [Applause] there Liz kitley waiting to check back in see a lot of screens for Amore trying to free her make some decisions underneath strap had it blocked some ends up with it shot clock not reset down to

10 Amore gets down the lane the layup no good and Kyro with the rebound there’s where st’s got to get stronger blocked from behind by stra making up for it on the other end there just a great opportunity for her to score just got to get

Stronger 65 makes up for it on the other end and now stra heads to the bench as Liz kitley comes back out on the floor with four fouls it has not been the day for the all Hur Liz kitley with a total of four points two

Of 12 shooting from the floor he’s he’s still go with her if you’re Virginia TCH in the corner King hits the triple coach Jack is furious right now and Coach Jack is halfway on the floor right now because of this no call Amore leaned right into Georgia uh

Woolly and there was no foul on the call now you see players do that quite a bit we’ll discuss that on the other side of the break but as it stands right now it’s a 6557 Virginia Tech lead we want it all we want beards and lattes the threes have been

Falling for Virginia Tech 12 of 28 they are shooting at 43% from Beyond The Arc Georgia woolly Leading The Way with a double double on the other end for the orange but de Asia fair with the basketball now Helen got to figure she’s going to play a role down the stretch

Definitely going to have the ball in her hands for sure GE Willi instead double team coming finds an open L them underneath but misses the point blank shot and Collective breath held by Virginia Tech people thinking that they were going to get a foul on Liz kitley physicality in

This game game has certainly ratcheted up a notch as that was a hard foul on the open floor Caleb king took a stumble talk about the productivity for Kayla King today though just hit that corner three Helen I mean but it’s been quiet right it’s been quiet but it’s

Been on target when they need it and that’s you know when coach Brooks said she’s the glue of the team I don’t think enough people talk about her but he knows how important she is to be on the floor for them less than 24 hours after Liz announced that she would be

Returning for her Fifth Season Virginia Tech Hoke fans had more to celebrate when it was announced that Kayla king would also be returning and those two of course have their history going back in playing high school basketball together two state championships in High School Greensboro North Carolina Northwest Guilford High School

And they’re trying to get back to a final four and maybe even further this year last year was just an incredible experience for Virginia Tech I got to do those games in the first and second round that crowd was unbelievable for the tournament and now they’re getting unbelievable crowds just for regular

Season all right so after a long pause we figured out the foul situation there went against Power wood Hoku basketball 2 minutes 30 seconds to go this is a huge defensive possession here for the orange in the corner e in and out tipped away Fair trips over her teammate Wilson

They’re both still on the floor e underneath to kley and She lays it in well Fair’s been a little gimpy here the last couple of minutes in this fourth quarter hope she’s okay fair and Wilson both collided off of the tipped rebound she was limping a little bit before this yeah that’s

Unfortunate Fair Hoist the three and hits how about that wasting no time making a seven-point game you can never count that kid out need another stop here Amore going to take some time everything’s about screen on the ball for Amore and let her operate see what she comes up see what the defense

Gives her if you’re Syracuse at what point do you start foul as Amore floats one up and in oh might might start considering it a little earlier now absolutely back to a nine-point game fair top of the key three off to the right you have to make sure if you’re

Virginia Tech that you get the re rebound cuz you know those shots are going up they’re going to be long rebounds wly commits the foul it’s been physical between both of them here in this one well Syracuse is a physical team but you know they they play the right way they don’t do

Anything dirty but they are definitely very physical you’re going to feel them at the end of the game what a game for Georgia Amore here when she didn’t have her partner in crime Liz kitley playing the way that she normally does Georgia Amore putting the team on her back now 24

Points 24 and again know this was a week and a half ago she sustained a pretty significant concussion at appear appear three is no good in desperation time now kitley tangled up with Wilson There who commits the foul yeah well they struggled but you had King and eek who sort of held the

Fort while she was out and when obviously kitley didn’t have a great game offensively today so Liz kitley at the free throw line you know a preseason All-American earn All-American honors last season she’s averaging 23 points per game and that just kind of summarizes the day that has

Been for Liz she’s averaging north of 25 points per game in ACC play alone she’s been in every in in double figure scoring every single game this year and that will come to an end here today you have games like that you just have to play through and contribute however you

Can as R rattles one home in a Timeout called by coach Jack and we will step aside for a quick 30 seconds as we have under a minute to go here in this one Virginia Tech with a comfortable nine-point lead when you have a history of greatness the real challenge high as the

Aair takes it away hands it over to Rice he misses the point blank shot somebody’s got a foul and finally Georgia amore with a reach in kind of exaggerated a little bit but nevertheless and also by the way the standings we just saw them North Carolina is trailing UVA right now

7264 UVA is they’ve been coming slowly but surely they’re going to be a good team coach Lo’s got them playing really well there is a chance after today you could see a three-way tie at top the ACC standings as Amore finishes some more at the free throw line 7362 an 11-point Lead rice no good out of bounds and hokey basketball so that will probably all but do it as the hokeys will likely get a win on the road here we got a timeout called on the floor to take the ball down at his end out of bounds on the side I mean look

Helen if you’re able to put together this type of production without a player like Liz kitley performing the way that she’s performing I got to imagine that that gives you some some confidence I mean this is the first game this season that she hasn’t been in double double figures

Well they they’ve been tested twice now she hasn’t had a very good game today and then they obviously went without Amore for one game and and I asked coach earlier I said who has surprised you cuz you’ve had to play some people that you haven’t played and he said I’m not

Surprised everybody’s shown flashes so in a way this is good for them to get them you know ready other people stepping up here’s what the hes have coming there with way they will take on that dangerous Virginia team that you just mentioned is starting to play the right

Way under coach MOX there that’ll be on the ACCC Network Thursday night and then they hit the E2 on February 4th against North Carolina it’s a tough stretch here a couple of rank games at North Carolina State who no doubt will be looking for some Revenge after uh Virginia Tech beat

Him by one at home earlier this year and then we’ll see Duke who they lost to earlier this season as well I’m sure they’re looking forward to that game at home about 2 7 seconds left in the game inbounds to Amore got fouled by Georgia wooly who

Is bang up in this one we talked about Syracuse being physical she going to be in an ice bath after the game [Laughter] today fourth on so ay more back to the line but we mentioned it 11 straight wins here inside the dome for Syracuse looking

Like it’s going to come to an end and you really have to go back to last season they’ve won 15 straight inside the Dome dating back to last February so a loss here for Syracuse you know a team that has had and has gotten off to their best start in a

Decade what does that mean for them you got to go back to drab I they struggled against that zone They played really well against the player-to-player defense they just could not get it going early enough and then they contained the of fair I mean she only had 13 points

Today which is pretty good defense from a player like that it certainly was George amore with the ball watches the clock wind down 29 Points for Georgia Amore to lead all scores had a huge game with four rebounds and three assists as well was not the day for the

All-American Liz kitley but Virginia Tech for their first road win against a top 25 opponent this season your final thoughts Ellen well Virginia Tech had some resilience today against some adversity in Syracuse got to play against this

In Syracuse, the #19 Virginia Tech Hokies got their first road win over a Top 25 opponent this season, defeating the #22 Orange 75-62. Virginia Tech shot 41.4% from three-point range making 12 threes in the game. Georgia Amoore led the way for the Hokies with 29 points, four rebounds three assists, and a steal. Matilda Ekh had 14 points and four rebounds. Cayla King added 13 points and four rebounds. For Syracuse, Dyaisha Fair had 16 points, four rebounds, four assists, two steals, and a block. Georgia Wooley had 16 points seven rebounds, four assists, and three steals.