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Women’s Basketball 2014-15 GAME NOTES Twitter: @VT_WBBall ▪ Facebook: Facebook.com/hokiesports ▪ Instagram: VTHokieWBB GAME INFORMATION GAME 29 ▪ BOSTON COLLEGE CHESTNUT HILL, MASS. (CONTE FORUM) Date/Time: March 1, 2015 / 1 p.m. VIRGINIA Tech Hokies (10-18, 1-14 ACC) Opponent: Boston College Atlantic Coast Conference Site: Chestnut Hill, Mass. (Conte Forum) Radio: 100.7 FM WNMX / HokiesXtra Head Coach: Dennis Wolff (Connecticut, 1978) - Fourth Season Talent: Andrew Allegretta, play-by-play at TV: N/A Boston COLLEGE Eagles (12-16, 4-11 ACC) Live Stats: BCEagles.com Atlantic Coast Conference Live Video: BCEagles.com - Free Head Coach: Erik Johnson (UC San Diego, 1994) - Third Season Series: Virginia Tech leads 11-10 Blacksburg: 5-4 THE HOKIES Virginia Tech fell the last time out to Virginia. Vanessa Panousis tallied 17 points for the Hokies while Chestnut Hill: 3-4 Sidney Cook had 10 points. Taijah Campbell added nine points and had four steals. Hannah Young led Neutral: 3-2 on the boards with seven rebounds and recorded a pair of blocks. Under Wolff: 2-3 First Meeting: December 29, 1989 The first half was back-and-forth between the teams, but Tech used a 7-0 run to close out the half and Virginia Tech won 74-65 in Richmond, Va. take a 31-28 lead into the break. UVA opened the second half with a 10-2 run to take the lead, but Last Meeting: February 2, 2014 Tech kept it close and closed it to a three point difference following nine straight points from Panousis, Virginia Tech won 70-63 OT in Blacksburg cutting it to 58-55 with just over four minutes to go. The Cavaliers connected on 9-of-10 from the free Last in Boston College win: January 5, 2014 throw line in the final minutes to hold on for the win. 70-63 in Chestnut Hill SCHEDULE/RESULTS Panousis leads the Hokies on the season in scoring with 13.3 points per game and handing out 3.2 Date VT OPP Opponent TV Time/Result assists per game. The sophomore guard is third on the ACC list for three-pointers made, averaging N14 at George Mason L, 69-77 2.4 per game. Rachel Camp is chipping in 12.2 ppg. In addition Camp’s 6.1 rpg is good for 20th in the N16 UMES W, 63-41 league. Campbell leads the team with 6.9 rebounds (14th most in the league) while adding 7.9 ppg. N18 Norfolk State W, 60-49 N23 at Providence W, 72-69 THE EAGLes N25 Old Dominion L, 62-69 Boston College dropped a 77-60 decision at No. 9/8 Louisville in the team’s last game. Nicole Boudreau N29 East Tennessee State W, 72-65 led the Eagles with 12 points. Ashley Kelsick and Emilee Daley added 10 points each. Kelly Hughes grabbed eight rebounds. D1 at Florida SEC Net. L, 44-73 ACC/Big Ten Challenge D4 Northwestern L, 45-70 Louisville used a 22-9 run in the opening 10 minutes, but BC cut it to 10 later in the half. The Eagles trailed 46-31 at the half. Coming out of the break, BC cut it to eight off back-to-back threes. That is as D6 Longwood W,74-42 D10 NC Central W, 80-44 close as it would get as Louisville used a pair of runs to pull ahead by 20. D14 Western Carolina W, 79-58 D21 Radford W, 73-60 Hughes leads the Eagles in both scoring and rebounding with 14.9 ppg and 7.1 rpg. She has tallied 76 D30 Hofstra W, 60-43 three pointers this season and is second in the league with 2.8 per game. The Eagles lead the league as a team, averaging 8.5 threes per game. Boudreau is adding 11.8 ppg while Daley is chipping in 8.8 J2 at Clemson * L, 54-63 OT and Kelsick with 8.5. J4 Virginia * L, 47-62 J8 at NC State * L, 59-73 THE SERIES J11 Miami * L, 45-62 The Hokies lead the series against Boston College, 11-10. Virginia Tech and BC first met in 1989, but J15 16/14 at Duke * L, 40-65 didn’t meet again until the two teams both became members of the Big East Conference. The Hokies J18 20/19 Florida State * L, 44-59 joined the ACC in 2004 and the Eagles followed a year later in 2005. J23 Wake Forest * RSN/Fox W, 76-59 J29 4/4 Notre Dame * ESPN3 L, 50-74 Tech won the last meeting, a 70-63 overtime decision COMPAring THE TEAMS F1 at Georgia Tech * L, 71-79 last season in Blacksburg. Panousis had 18 points for F5 at Miami * L, 39-42 Virginia Tech ______________ Boston College the Hokies while Young recorded a double-double F8 13/11 North Carolina * RSN/Fox L, 52-74 58.0 _______ Points Per Game ________66.4 with 11 points and 10 rebounds. Hughes had 22 for F12 at Pittsburgh * L, 35-53 61.6 ____ Points Allowed per Game _____72.0 BC. F15 23/22 Syracuse * L, 51-59 -3.6 ________ Scoring Margin _________ -5.6 F19 8/7 Louisville * L, 49-69 .678 _____ Free Throw Percentage _____.715 BC won last year in Chestnut Hill, 70-63. Former Tech F22 at Virginia * L, 59-73 .371 _________ Field Goal % __________.399 player Uju Ugoka had 23 for the Hokies. Boudreau .382 _____ Field Goal % Defense ______.403 tallied 16 for the Eagles. M1 at Boston College * 1 p.m. 5.6 ____ 3-Point FG Made per Game _____8.5 M4-8 ACC Tournament .276 ______ 3-Point Field Goal % ______.365 UP NEXT: The Hokies will open the ACC Tournament. .287 ____ 3-Point Field Goal % Def. _____.343 All times Eastern Rankings: AP/USA Today Coaches Poll Seedings will be announced on Sunday. * ACC Games Schedule subject to change 39.5 ______Rebounds Per Game ______37.9 35.6 _____ Rebounds Against Avg. ______40.1 ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS +4.0 ________Rebound Margin ________ -2.2 VirginiA TECH POSSIBLE STARTERS 4.3 ________ Blocks Per Game _________4.9 April Goode, Director - Social Communication 12.0 _______ Assists Per Game ________14.7 ## Name ppg rpg misc. fg% ft% O: 540-231-8823 ▪ C: 540-392-1336 4.7 ________ Steals Per Game _________7.7 5 Vanessa Panousis 13.3 3.1 3.2 apg .325 .882 Email: [email protected] 17.3 ______ Turnovers Per Game _______18.8 23 Rachel Camp 12.2 6.1 2.0 apg .396 .698 13.3 ___ Turnovers Forced per Game ____15.6 24 Taijah Campbell 7.9 6.9 1.2 bpg .460 .636 Bryson Jones, Athletics Communications Assistant -4.0 ________Turnover Margin ________ -3.1 O: 540-231-6892 ▪ Email: [email protected] 33 Kelsey Conyers 3.4 1.9 2.0 apg .301 .556 0.7 ___________ A/TO Ratio ___________0.8 40 Dominique Powell 2.2 2.8 0.9 bpg .297 .548 hokiesports.com page 1 2014-15 Virginia Tech Game Notes Game Twenty-Nine ▪ Boston College NOTEWORTHY BLOCK PArtY UPDATE Rachel Camp tallied 29 points in the Hokies’ win a 6-2 forward from Vienna, Va. who has been named Junior Taijah Campbell tallied two blocks against over NC Central, tying the single-game points record a five-star recruit, the 32nd best player and the third Louisville to move into sole possession of eighth for a freshman. best post. place on the Virginia Tech career-blocks list, bumping Kerri Gardin (2002-06), who had 91, to ninth. Record BREAK EXHIBITION SHOW With a three-pointer in the opening seconds against Virginia Tech played an exhibition game against PANOUSIS FOR THREE! ETSU, Vanessa Panousis continued her streak of Washington & Lee on Nov. 10. The Hokies rolled past Sophomore Vanessa Panousis has moved into fifth consecutive games with a three-pointer, 17 straight the Generals 93-12. All 11 Hokies that appeared in place on the Virginia Tech career-records list for sets a new Virginia Tech record. The streak extends the game got on the board with Vanessa Panousis three-pointers made. In addition she has set a new back to last season. leading the way with 14 points. Freshman Rachel sophomore class record, surpassing Carrie Mason’s Camp added 13 while Samantha Hill and newcomer 51. Panousis set the freshman three-point record FreshmAN FUELED Dominique Powell recorded 11 each. last season. Regan Magarity and Rachel Camp combined for 39 of the Hokies’ 72 points against Providence. The duo WE’re BAck GettinG BOARDS also dropped in 15 of the last 17 points in the game Virginia Tech returns three starters from last season’s Taijah Campbell’s 14 rebounds against Pittsburgh for the Hokies, helping to hold off a late surging team including point guard Vanessa Panousis who marks the third most by Hokie in a game against an Providence team. was second on the team in scoring with 12.4 points ACC opponent since joining the league. per game. PERMISSION GRANTED HOLD ON Sophomore transfer Sidney Cook was granted Also returning is Hannah Young who averaged 6.1 Virginia Tech committed just six turnovers in the a waiver by the NCAA to compete this season. points and 6.3 rebounds per game. Taijah Campbell game at Georgia Tech, marking the fewest turnovers Originally Cook was sitting out due to the NCAA year- is also back after recording 5.7 points and 6.4 by the Hokies in a game since recording five versus in-residence rule for transfer students.