The Atlantic Coast Conference released its full women’s basketball schedule on Tuesday. Syracuse will play 16 ACC games beginning at the start of conference play on Jan. 3.

The biggest name team to come to the Carrier Dome is defending national champion Notre Dame. The Orange host the Fighting Irish on Monday, Feb. 25. The game against UND is the culmination of a five-game homestand for SU.

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ACC play begins for Syracuse at Clemson on Thursday, Jan. 3. The home conference opener comes on Jan. 13 against North Carolina. The Orange play two conference opponents twice: Boston College and Pittsburgh.

In its overall schedule, Syracuse will play 11 teams that made it to the NCAA tournament last year out of the 28 games on the schedule. The highlight game in nonconference play for the Orange will be at Oregon. The Ducks feature 2017-18 AP first-team All-American point guard Sabrina Ionescu.

Syracuse will also take part in two holiday tournaments. Over Thanksgiving break, the Orange plays three games at the Cancun Challenge. And in the week leading up to Christmas, SU plays two games in St. Petersburg, Florida, at the St. Pete Classic.

Last season, the Orange finished 22-9 overall, 10-6 in the ACC. SU returns the entirety of the starting lineup it used in every game: Tiana Mangakahia, Gabrielle Cooper, Miranda Drummond, Digna Strautmane and Amaya Finklea-Guity.

The Orange also adds two five-star freshmen, Emily Engstler and Kadiatou Sissoko, according to the ESPN Hoopgurlz rankings. Maeva Djaldi-Tabdi, a five-star recruit from the 2017 class, will also be eligible to play after redshirting in her first year on campus.

Here’s the full Syracuse schedule with conference matchups in bold.

Tuesday, Nov. 6, 3 p.m. – vs. North Dakota

Saturday, Nov. 10, 4 p.m. – at Oregon

Sunday, Nov. 18, 2 p.m. – vs. Bucknell

Thursday, Nov. 22, 1:30 p.m. – vs. Kansas State (in Cancun, Mexico)

Friday, Nov. 23, 1:30 p.m. – vs. Princeton (in Cancun, Mexico)

Saturday, Nov. 24, 1:30 p.m. – vs. DePaul (in Cancun, Mexico)

Thursday, Nov. 29, 7 p.m. – at Minnesota

Sunday, Dec. 2, 2 p.m. – vs. Towson

Wednesday, Dec. 5, 7 p.m. – vs. Maryland Eastern Shore

Monday, Dec. 17, 11 a.m. – vs. Niagara

Friday, Dec. 21, 7:30 p.m. – vs. Duquesne (in St. Petersburg, Florida)

Saturday, Dec. 22, 7:30 p.m. – vs. UCF (in St. Petersburg, Florida)

Thursday, Jan. 3, 7 p.m. – at Clemson

Sunday, Jan. 6, 2 p.m. – at Virginia Tech

Sunday, Jan. 13, 3 p.m. – vs. North Carolina

Thursday, Jan. 17, 7 p.m. – at Pittsburgh

Sunday, Jan. 20, 7 p.m. – at Georgia Tech

Wednesday, Jan. 23, 7 p.m. – at Miami

Sunday, Jan. 27, 1 p.m. – at Duke

Thursday, Jan. 31, 7 p.m. – vs. Virginia

Thursday, Feb. 7, TBA – at Louisville

Sunday, Feb. 10, 2 p.m. – vs. Boston College

Thursday, Feb. 14, 7 p.m. – vs. North Carolina State

Sunday, Feb. 17, 2 p.m. – vs. Wake Forest

Thursday, Feb. 21, 7 p.m. – vs. Pittsburgh

Monday, Feb. 25, 6 p.m. – vs. Notre Dame

Thursday, Feb. 28, 7 p.m. – at Florida State

Sunday, March 3, TBA – at Boston College

Published on September 18, 2018 at 4:21 pm

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