Women’s Basketball 2014-15 GAME NOTES Twitter: @VT_WBBall ▪ Facebook: Facebook.com/hokiesports ▪ Instagram: VTHokieWBB GAME INFORMATION GAME 28 ▪ VirginiA CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. (JOHN PAUL JONES ARENA) Date/Time: February 22, 2015 / 1 p.m. Virginia Tech Hokies (10-17, 1-13 ACC) Opponent: Virginia Atlantic Coast Conference Site: Charlottesville, Va. (John Paul Jones Arena) Radio: 100.7 FM WNMX / HokiesXtra Head Coach: Dennis Wolff (Connecticut, 1978) - Fourth Season Talent: Andrew Allegretta, play-by-play at TV: N/A Virginia Cavaliers (15-11, 5-8 ACC) Live Stats: VirginiaSports.com Atlantic Coast Conference Live Video: VirginiaSports.com - $ Head Coach: Joanne Boyle (Duke, 1984) - Fourth Season Series: Virginia leads 44-8 Blacksburg: 4-17 THE HOKIES Virginia Tech fell the last time out to No. 8/7 Louisville. Vanessa Panousis tallied 11 points for the Charlottesville: 3-20 Hokies while Hannah Young and Taijah Campbell added nine points each. Rachel Camp grabbed a Neutral: 1-7 game-high 10 rebounds and chipped in eight points. Under Wolff: 0-7 First Meeting: December 9, 1976 The Hokies kept it close in the early minutes of the first half, trailing by two following a three-pointer Virginia won 54-52 in Charlottesville from Young with 11:25 to go. Louisville pulled ahead by eight but Camp completed the and1 to Last Meeting: January 4, 2015 cut it back to five, but the Cardinals closed out the half and took a 34-23 lead into the break. The Virginia won 62-47 in Blacksburg Hokies again got it back down to a five-point difference to start the second frame, but the Cardinals Last in Virginia Tech win: January 22, 2007 responded with a 16-4 run. Tech was unable to rally back as Louisville claimed the win. 60-58 in Charlottesville SCHEDULE/RESULTS Panousis leads the Hokies on the season in scoring with 13.1 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 2.3 per game. Rachel Camp is chipping in 12.4 ppg. In addition Camp’s 632 rpg is good for 18th in the N16 UMES W, 63-41 league. Taijah Campbell leads the team with 7.0 rebounds (13th most in the league) while adding 7.9 N18 Norfolk State W, 60-49 ppg. N23 at Providence W, 72-69 N25 Old Dominion L, 62-69 THE CAVALIERS N29 East Tennessee State W, 72-65 Pittsburgh rallied past Virginia to defeat the Cavaliers 68-63 in overtime in the team’s last game. Sarah Imovbioh led the Cavaliers with 18 points and 18 rebounds. Mikayla Venson added 11 points and D1 at Florida SEC Net. L, 44-73 Breyana Mason tallied 10. ACC/Big Ten Challenge D4 Northwestern L, 45-70 Virginia led by 10 with 5:47 to play in the game, but went scoreless in the final minutes as Pitt rallied D6 Longwood W,74-42 D10 NC Central W, 80-44 to tie it up and force the game into overtime. In the extra minutes the Cavaliers continued to struggle D14 Western Carolina W, 79-58 from the field, failing to connect on a field goal until there were 13 seconds remaining in the overtime D21 Radford W, 73-60 period. Pittsburgh outscored Virginia 10-5 in the extra frame. D30 Hofstra W, 60-43 Faith Randolph leads Virginia with 16.6 ppg. Imovbioh is adding 13.0 ppg and 10.8 rpg (1st in the J2 at Clemson * L, 54-63 OT league) and is one of three players in the ACC to average a double-double on the season. Venson is J4 Virginia * L, 47-62 chipping in 11.4 ppg. Mason has handed out a team-high 91 assists. J8 at NC State * L, 59-73 J11 Miami * L, 45-62 THE SERIES J15 16/14 at Duke * L, 40-65 The series against UVA marks one of the oldest in program history with the two teams meeting every J18 20/19 Florida State * L, 44-59 season except one (1991-92) since 1976. Virginia holds the 44-8 lead in the all-time series and the J23 Wake Forest * RSN/Fox W, 76-59 J29 4/4 Notre Dame * ESPN3 L, 50-74 Hokies will be looking to snap a 17-game skid against the Cavaliers. COMPAring THE TEAMS F1 at Georgia Tech * L, 71-79 The two teams met early in the ACC season this F5 at Miami * L, 39-42 Virginia Tech ____________________ Virginia year with UVA picking up the 62-47 win on Jan. 4 in F8 13/11 North Carolina * RSN/Fox L, 52-74 58.0 _______ Points Per Game ________67.5 Blacksburg. Camp had 23 points for the Hokies with F12 at Pittsburgh * L, 35-53 61.2 ____ Points Allowed per Game _____63.8 Panousis adding 10. Mason led UVA with 16 while F15 23/22 Syracuse * L, 51-59 -3.3 ________ Scoring Margin ________ +3.7 Venson tallied 13. F19 8/7 Louisville * L, 49-69 .676 _____ Free Throw Percentage _____.706 F22 at Virginia * 1 p.m. .370 _________ Field Goal % __________.427 .379 _____ Field Goal % Defense ______.407 UP NEXT: The Hokies wrap up the regular season on M1 at Boston College * 1 p.m. 5.6 ____ 3-Point FG Made per Game _____5.7 Sunday, March 1 at Boston College. Game time is set M4-8 ACC Tournament .277 ______ 3-Point Field Goal % ______.352 for 1 p.m. at Conte Forum. .286 ____ 3-Point Field Goal % Def. _____.289 All times Eastern Rankings: AP/USA Today Coaches Poll * ACC Games Schedule subject to change 40.0 ______Rebounds Per Game ______36.6 35.9 _____ Rebounds Against Avg. ______36.4 ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS +4.1 ________Rebound Margin _______ +0.2 VirginiA TECH POSSIBLE STARTERS 4.4 ________ Blocks Per Game _________3.5 April Goode, Director - Social Communication 11.9 _______ Assists Per Game ________12.4 ## Name ppg rpg misc. fg% ft% O: 540-231-8823 ▪ C: 540-392-1336 4.6 ________ Steals Per Game _________7.5 5 Vanessa Panousis 13.1 3.1 3.2 apg .320 .880 Email: [email protected] 17.3 ______ Turnovers Per Game _______14.1 23 Rachel Camp 12.4 6.3 1.9 apg .396 .702 13.2 ___ Turnovers Forced per Game ____15.7 24 Taijah Campbell 7.9 7.0 1.3 bpg .455 .643 Bryson Jones, Athletics Communications Assistant -4.1 ________Turnover Margin _______ +1.6 O: 540-231-6892 ▪ Email: [email protected] 25 Samantha Hill 4.1 2.3 1.0 apg .380 .645 0.7 ___________ A/TO Ratio ___________0.9 40 Dominique Powell 2.1 2.8 0.9 bpg .294 .552 hokiesports.com page 1 2014-15 Virginia Tech Game Notes Game Twenty-Eight ▪ Virginia NOTEWORTHY Block PartY UPdate Freshman FUELED Dominique Powell recorded 11 each. Junior Taijah Campbell tallied two blocks against Regan Magarity and Rachel Camp combined for 39 Louisville to move into sole possession of eighth of the Hokies’ 72 points against Providence. The duo WE’re Back place on the Virginia Tech career-blocks list, bumping also dropped in 15 of the last 17 points in the game Virginia Tech returns three starters from last season’s Kerri Gardin (2002-06), who had 91, to ninth. for the Hokies, helping to hold off a late surging team including point guard Vanessa Panousis who Providence team. was second on the team in scoring with 12.4 points PANOUSIS FOR THREE! per game. Sophomore Vanessa Panousis has moved into fifth PERMISSION GRANTED place on the Virginia Tech career-records list for Sophomore transfer Sidney Cook was granted Also returning is Hannah Young who averaged 6.1 three-pointers made. In addition she has set a new a waiver by the NCAA to compete this season. points and 6.3 rebounds per game. Taijah Campbell sophomore class record, surpassing Carrie Mason’s Originally Cook was sitting out due to the NCAA year- is also back after recording 5.7 points and 6.4 51. Panousis set the freshman three-pointer record in-residence rule for transfer students. rebounds per game last season. last season. PULL IT down, REBOUND Not IN HERE HOLD ON Freshman Regan Magarity pulled down 17 rebounds Taijah Campbell recorded 45 blocks last season to Virginia Tech committed just six turnovers in the against Norfolk State, marking the most rebounds in rank 10th in the Tech single-season record list. game at Georgia Tech, marking the fewest turnovers a game by a freshman in program history. by the Hokies in a game since recording five versus ROOKIE Record Ole Miss on March 26, 2008. DOUBLING UP Last season Vanessa Panousis broke the Virginia Taijah Campbell and Rachel Camp each tallied Tech freshman record for made three-pointers with HigH-Five double-doubles against UMES. Campbell recorded the trio she dropped in against Clemson, breaking a The Hokies had five players in double-digits in the 15 points and 10 rebounds while Camp notched 12 record that has stood for more than 20 years since win over Wake Forest on Jan. 23. Vanessa Panousis points and 10 rebounds. It was the first time two Sarah Hillyer tallied 53 in 1989-90. Panousis finished (16), Sidney Cook (13), Hannah Young (12), Taijah players had tallied a double-double in a game since the season with 58. Campbell (12) and Samantha Hill (12) led Tech to last season versus Robert Morris.