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VIRGINIA CAVALIER WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES Game 1 • Friday, November 9, 2018 • 7 p.m. 2018-19 Schedule/Results John Paul Jones Arena • Charlottesville, Va. Nov. 9 No. 6 MISSISSIPPI STACCNE 7:00 PM No. 6 Mississippi State Bulldogs (1-0, 0-0 SEC) Nov. 15 at KentuckySEC 8:30 PM at Nov. 18 at Old Dominion 2:00 PM Virginia Cavaliers (0-0, 0-0 ACC) Nov. 20 NC A&TACCNE 11:00 AM Nov. 24 CENTRAL MICHIGAN%ACCNE 2:00 PM Nov. 24 CHATANOOGA vs SLU% 4:30 PM • The Cavaliers are coming off a 2017-18 season where they made the Nov. 25 CHATANOOGA vs CENT MICH% 1:00 PM NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2010 Nov. 25 SAINT LOIUS%ACCNE 3:30 PM • In the NCAA Tournament, the 10-seed Cavaliers upset 7-seed Cal in the first round (68-62) before falling to 2-seed South Carolina in the sec- Nov. 28 at Michigan State#BTN 7:00 PM ACCNE ond round (66-56) Dec. 2 COPPIN STATE 2:00 PM • The Cavaliers only have one senior, Mone Jones. Junior Shakyna Payne ACCNE Dec. 5 AMERICAN 7:00 PM came in with Jones, but redshirted her freshman season (due to injury) Dec. 8 RADFORDACCNE 2:00 PM and still has two years of availability remaining Dec. 20 vs Alabama 4:00 PM • The Cavaliers return a talented group of juniors: Dominique Toussaint, Dec. 21 vs South Florida 4:00 PM Jocelyn Willoughby, Felicia Aiyeotan and Lisa Jablonowski Dec. 30 CHARLOTTEACCNE 2:00 PM • Toussaint led the team in scoring last year, averaging 11.4 points per Jan. 3 FLORIDA STATE*ACCNE 7:00 PM game. She was an honorable mention for All-ACC last year Jan. 6 at Clemson*ACCNE 2:00 PM • Willoughby was third on the team in scoring (9.6 ppg) and second in rebounding (5.4 rpg). She was second in scoring (9.8 ppg) and led Jan. 10 VIRGINIA TECH*ACCNE 7:00 PM ACCNE the team in rebounding (6.2 rpg) as a freshman. She is on the preseason Jan. 13 NC STATE* 2:00 PM watch list for the 2019 Cheryl Miller Award, honoring the top small for- ACCNE Jan. 17 at Louisville* 7:00 PM ward in the country. She is a two-time All-ACC Academic Team honoree Jan. 24 at Pitt*ACCNE 2:00 PM • Aiyeotan was a member of the 2017-18 ACC All-Defensive Team. She Jan. 27 WAKE FOREST*RSN 3:00 PM finished the season as the ACC leader in blocked shots (2.09 per game) Jan. 31 at Syracuse*ACCNE 7:00 PM and ranked 11th in rebounding (6.9 per game). Her 69 blocked shots is the Feb. 3 at Miami*ACCNE 1:00 PM fourth-highest single-season total in program history. She has 123 blocked Feb. 7 BOSTON COLLEGE*ACCNE 7:00 PM shots in her career, tied for fourth most in the UVA record book Feb. 10 DUKE*ACCNE 2:00 PM • The Cavaliers will be looking to replace J’Kyra Brown, Aliyah Huland El and Lauren Moses. Huland El and Moses were both 1,000 point scorers in Feb. 17 at North Carolina*RSN 3:00 PM ACCNE their four-year Cavalier careers Feb. 21 LOUISVILLE* 7:00 PM • The Cavaliers have two newcomers this season. Amandine Toi, who RSN Feb. 24 GEORGIA TECH* 3:00 PM was injured right before the season-opener last year, will be playing her Feb. 28 at Virginia Tech*ACCNE 7:00 PM delayed freshman season. Toi, who is from Paris, France, was a member of Mar. 3 at Notre Dame*RSN 12:30 PM the French U19 Junior National Team. The other newcomer is true fresh- man guard Erica Martinsen from Clarence, N.Y. ACC Tournament, Greensboro Coliseum • For the second-straight year, Virginia will open the season taking on national runner-up Mississippi State. The Cavaliers will play four games this year against Final Four teams, as they are also facing national cham- pion Notre Dame and Louisville (twice) * ACC game • Last season, Virginia played the third-toughest schedule in the coun- % Cavalier Classic Tournament try. Only Notre Dame and Oklahoma had higher strength of schedules # Big Ten/ACC Challenge • The Cavaliers finished last season tied for sixth place in the ACC with ^ Florida Sunshine Classic (Rollins College) Miami and Syracuse. It was the highest finish for the team since a sixth- place finish in 2013. The ACC had eight teams selected to the NCAA Vir- [SEC] - SEC Network ginia’s 8-1 start to conference play was its best since starting the 1999-00 [BTN] - Big Ten Network season at 9-1 in ACC games. The Cavaliers started ACC play 5-0 start for [RSN] - ACC Regional Sports Networks the first time since the 2000 as well [ACCNE] -ACC Network Extra Streaming • After seven years as head coach at Virginia, Joanne Boyle announced All Times Eastern her retirement from coaching on March 20, two days after the end of Rankings are Associated Press UVA’s season • First-year and first-time head coach Tina Thompson was named as Boyle’s replacement on April 16. Tonight is her head coaching debut Virginia Athletics Media Relations • 154 John Paul Jones Arena, PO Box 400853, Charlottesville, VA 22904 • Office: (434) 982-5500 • Fax: (434) 982-5525 Melissa Dudek (Women’s Basketball Contact) Cell: (434) 962-0579 Email: [email protected] 2018-19 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES QUICK FACTS SCOUTING MISSISSIPPI STATE THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA • This is the second-straight year that UVA opens the season facing the Name ...................................................The University of Virginia Bulldogs. Last year, the Cavaliers fell 68-53 in Starkville. Dominique Tous- Founded ...................................... by Thomas Jefferson in 1819 saint scored 17 points going 5-of-10 from the field and 6-of-7 from the Nicknames ........................................ Cavaliers, Wahoos, ‘Hoos line. Teaira McCowan scored seven points with 10 rebounds • Back-to-back National Finalists; opening the season ranked No. 6, Location ...........................................................Charlottesville, Va. their highest-ever preseason ranking Enrollment................................. 23,883 (16,673 undergraduate) • Mississippi State has won 37-straight regular-season non-conference President .............................................James E Ryan (Yale ‘88) contests Athletics Director ........................Carla Williams (Georgia ‘89) • MSU won a nation’s-best 37 games last season, the second-most in Conference .......................Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) SEC history Colors...................................................................Orange and Blue • After winning the first SEC regular-season title for any MSU women’s Official Athletics Websites ..................... VirginiaSports.com sport, the Bulldogs were picked to repeat as league champions by both .............................................................. VirginiaSportsTV.com the media and the coaches University Website .................................................... virginia.edu • The Bulldogs return seven letterwinners from last year’s squad • Senior Teaira McCowan was named the Preseason SEC Player of the WOMEN’S BASKETBALL INFORMATION Year by both the league media and coaches. Last season, McCowan First Season of Basketball ..............................................1973-74 grabbed 544 rebounds, an SEC record and second-most in NCAA Divi- All-Time Record .........................................915-454 (46th year)* sion I history. She also set a league record with 29 double-doubles, the All-Time Home Record ..................................................451-203* second-most in the nation a year ago and T10th in NCAA DI history John Paul Jones Arena ................. 149-52 (11th season)* • The squad added graduate transfer Anriel Howard from Texas A&M. University Hall.............................................................302-149 Howard set the A&M record for career rebounds with 1,002, and the All-Time ACC Record ................................. 372-219 (41 years)* single-season record with 439 rebounds, ninth-most in SEC history Home Facility ......................John Paul Jones Arena (14,593) • Mississippi State opened its season on Tuesday with an 88-53 home victory over Southeast Missouri State. McCowan, recorded her 40th Press Row Phone Number .............................. 434-962-0579 career double-double, with 24 points, 17 rebounds and also added a NCAA Tournament Appearances/Last .................... 25/2018 career-high seven blocked shots. NCAA Tournament Record ................................................34-25 • Jazzmun Holmes and Chloe Bibby each added 11 points, while Jordan WNIT Tournament Appearances/Last ........................5/2017 Danberry had 10 points WNIT Tournament Record .................................................... 14-9 2017-18 Record .........................................................................19-14 ACC Record/Finish ..................................................... 10-6/T-6th STORYLINES FOR THE SEASON Letterwinners Returning/Lost ...............................................8/3 • Virginia will be led by first-year head coach Tina Thompson. Thomp- son is in her fourth year of coaching overall, spending three seasons at Starters Returning/Lost ........................................................... 4/1 Texas (two as an assistant and the 2017-18 year as the associate head Newcomers ....................................................................................... 2 coach) before taking the job at UVA. Thompson was inducted into both the Naismith Hall of Fame and the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame. COACHING & SUPPORT STAFF Thompson was the first-ever pick in the WNBA draft, is a four-time Head Coach .........................................................Tina Thompson WNBA champion, nine-time WNBA All-Star and was the league’s all-time Career Record ..........................................................................0-0*