In a matchup that ESPN’s Charlie Creme declared a “must-win” situation, the Syracuse Orange women’s basketball team (18-12, 9-9) simply ran out of steam in the second half to the NC Wolfpack (20-10, 9-9) in a tough season-ending loss for the Orange.
Despite only trailing by as much as three points in the third quarter, a huge disadvantage in paint points for Syracuse coupled with poor offensive execution saw the eighth-seeded Orange go down as much as 25 points late in the fourth quarter, ultimately falling 83-58 to the ninth-seeded Wolfpack in the second round of the 2023 ACC Tournament.