2020-21 Pitt Women's Basketball Game Notes
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2020-21 PITT WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES Women’s Basketball Contact: Louie Spina | (716) 429-5464 | [email protected] GAME NOTES THE MATCHUP 2020-21 SCHEDULE PITT PANTHERS GEORGE MASON VS OVERALL: 0-0 | ACC: 0-0 0-0 | 0-0 ACC 0-0 | 0-0 A10 Home: 0-0 | Away: 0-0 | Neutral: 0-0 Head Coach: Lance White Head Coach: Nyla Milleson Date Opponent Time/Result Record at Pitt: 16-46 (.258) / 3rd year Record at GMU: 95-121 (.440) / 8th year N25 GEORGE MASON 12:00 PM Career Record: 16-46 (.258) / 3rd year Career Record: 385-244 (.612) / 21st year N29 HOFSTRA 2:00 PM Against George Mason: 0-0 Against Pitt: 0-0 D6 DELAWARE 6:00 PM GAME 1 | PITT vs. George Mason - Nov. 25, 2020 | 12:00 PM | Pittsburgh, Pa. | Petersen Events Center (12,508) D10 at Virginia Tech* TBA BREAKING DOWN THE MATCHUP D13 CLEMSON* 12:00 PM PITT CATEGORY GMU D20 at Florida State* TBA 57.5 Scoring Offense 60.6 70.5 Scoring Defense 65.0 D31 BOSTON COLLEGE* 2:00 PM 35.5% FG % 36.1% J3 NORTH CAROLINA* TBA 40.4% FG % Defense 41.7% 29.1% 3PT FG % 28.1% J7 at Louisville* TBA 31.6% 3PT FG % Defense 32.8% 39.7 Rebounds/Game 37.9 J10 CLEMSON* TBA PITTSBURGHPANTHERS.COM GOMASON.COM 18.1 Turnovers/Game 14.9 J14 at Notre Dame* TBA 6.1 Steals/Game 7.1 J21 MIAMI* TBA FRONT PAGE NEWS J24 at Boston College* TBA J28 at Syracuse* TBA THE SERIES STORYLINES THE OPENING TIP • This meeting marks just the • The Panthers will be return- • Pitt will open up their 2020-21 J31 VIRGINIA* TBA second meeting between the two ing 83.2% of their scoring and campaign on Wednesday after- programs with Pitt holding the 91.8% of their rebounding from noon as they welcome George F4 VIRGINIA TECH* TBA 1-0 edge. a season ago. They return eight Mason to the Pete for a 12:00 F7 SYRACUSE* TBA • The two teams last met in of their top nine scorers from pm tip. 1991 with Pitt winning 73-68 on a 2019-20. • Season two under head coach F11 at Wake Forest* TBA neutral court. • The 2020-21 version of the Lance White didn’t go as planned • This marks the first meeting Panthers features the same for the Panthers but it ended F14 at Duke* TBA between the two in Pittsburgh. starting five that appeared in the strong with just the program’s • Pitt holds a 42-27 overall re- final seven games of last season second ACC Tournament victory, F18 LOUISVILLE* TBA defeating defending ACC champi- cord against Atlantic 10 confer- with Dayshanette Harris, Emy F22 NOTRE DAME* TBA ence foes. Hayford, Gabbie Green, Amber ons Notre Dame. Brown and Rita Igbokwe all • Sophomore guard Dayshanette F25 at NC State* TBA A WIN WOULD... returning for year two at Pitt. Harris will look to build off of an impressive first season that saw F28 at Georgia Tech* TBA • Be the Panthers second win • Pitt will welcome the addition her earn ACC All-Freshman team all-time against the Patriots. of two transfer student-athletes honors. The Youngstown native M3-7 at ACC TOURNAMENT# TBA • Give Pitt 43 victories against for the season as Jayla Ever- led the Panthers in scoring (12.7 A10 opponents all-time. ett (New Mexico) and Destiny ppg), assists (2.6 apg) and steals • Be the Panthers 34th win in Strother (Marquette) were both (1.8 spg) while netting 20+ points home openers in program history granted immediate eligibility by in each of her final three games All Times Eastern | * - ACC Game and second straight. the NCAA. of the season. PROBABLE STARTERS ALL CAPS Games Played at Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh, PA # - ACC Tournament (Greensboro, NC) BROADCAST INFO Pitt Sports Network #20 #1 #12 #5 #23 Channel: 93.7 FM HD 3 Jayla Everett Dayshanette Harris Gabbie Green Amber Brown Rita Igbokwe Talent: Josh Rowntree, Play-by-Play 5-10 • JR • G 5-7 • SO • G 5-7 • SR • G 6-0 • SO • F 6-4 • SO • C Stream: PittsburghPanthers.com Stream: ACC Network Extra PPG 11.5 PPG 12.7 PPG 9.6 PPG 9.1 PPG 4.5 Talent: Jason Earle (Play-by-Play) RPG 3.0 RPG 4.5 RPG 3.3 RPG 7.7 RPG 6.8 Shayla Scott (Analyst) APG 3.4 APG 2.6 APG 1.1 APG 1.4 BPG 1.9 SPG 1.6 SPG 1.8 3FG% 31.4% FG% 41.6% FG% 46.2% 1 2020-21 PITTSBURGH WOMEN’S BASKETBALL / PITTSBURGHPANTHERS.COM / @PITT_WBB WOMEN’S BASKETBALL QUICK FACTS THE BASICS Location Pittsburgh, Pa. Founded 1787 Conference Atlantic Coast (ACC) Enrollment 34,580 Colors Blue (PMS 289) & Gold (PMS 4515) Nickname Panthers Mascot Roc Chancellor Dr. Patrick Gallagher Director of Athletics Heather Lyke Sport Administrator Bethany Wagner Home Arena (Cap.) Petersen Events Center (12,508) COURT FACTS PETERSEN EVENTS CENTER Year Built 2002 PITT ROSTER Capacity 12,508 NO. NAME HT. POS. YR. HOMETOWN / HIGH SCHOOL (LAST SCHOOL) Record at The Pete 145-130 (.527), 18th season 0 Sandrine Clesca 5-9 G Fr. Laval, Quebec, Canada / Winston-Salem Christian School Largest Crowd Last Year 6,730 vs. FDU (11/19/19) 1 Dayshanette Harris 5-7 G So. Youngstown, OH / Ursuline 2 Liatu King 6-0 G Fr. Washington, DC / Bishop McNamara TEAM HISTORY 3 Taisha Exanor 6-0 G Fr. Chateauguay, Quebec, Canada / Dawson College 4 Emy Hayford 5-8 G Fr. Maastricht, Netherlands / Calandlyceum First Season of Basketball 1974-75 5 Amber Brown 6-0 G So. Monroe, LA / Little Rock Christian Academy All-Time Overall Record 632-701 (45 seasons) 10 Ismini Prapa 5-7 G Jr. Athens, Greece / American Community School of Athens All-Time ACC Record 25-89 (5 seasons) 11 Cara Judkins 6-2 C Sr. Bethesda, MD / Our Lady of Good Counsel All-Time NCAA Tournament Record 6-4 12 Gabbie Green 5-7 G Sr. Bellville, TX / Bellville (South Plains College) All-Time ACC Tournament Record 2-7 13 Tracey Hueston 6-2 F Fr. Roanoke, VA / Northside NCAA Appearances/Last 4 / 2015 14 Cynthia Ezeja 6-3 F R-Fr. Athens, Greece / 20th High School of Athens WNIT Appearances/Last 5 / 2010 20 Jayla Everett 5-10 G Jr. St. Louis, MO / Kirkwood (New Mexico) 21 Marcella Lamark 6-4 C Sr. Sao Paulo, Brazil / Divino Salvador (Texas Tech) COACHING STAFF 23 Rita Igbokwe 6-4 F So. Jonesboro, GA / Mundy’s Mill Head Coach Lance White (Texas Tech ‘96) 31 Destiny Strother 5-9 G So. Flint, MI / Carmen-Ainsworth (Marquette) Career Record/Year 16-46 (3rd Season) Record at Pitt/Year 16-46 (3rd Season) COACHING STAFF Assoc. Head Coach Terri Mitchell (3rd season) PITT STAFF Assistant Coach Josh Petersen (3rd season) Head Coach: Lance White (3rd Season) Lance White Head Coach Assistant Coach Bridgette Mitchell (2nd season) Associate Head Coach: Terri Mitchell (3rd Season) Dir. of Operations Ali Hoesly (3rd season) Assistant Coach: Josh Petersen (3rd Season) Director of Video Sean Sullivan (1st season) Assistant Coach: Bridgette Mitchell (2nd Season) Dir. of Creative Content Daymon Long (2nd season) Strength & Conditioning: Rhen Vail (3rd Season) Dir. of Recruiting Ops Sheana Vega (3rd season) Athletic Trainer: Brittany Buchheit (2nd Season) Administrative Assistant Felisha Hamiel Terri Mitchell Athletic Trainer Brittany Buchheit (2nd season) Director of Basketball Ops: Ali Hoesly (3rd Season) Associate HC Strength & Conditioning Rhen Vail (3rd season) Director of Recruiting Ops: Sheana Vega (3rd Season) Equipment Manager Alec Kopatich (2nd season) Director of Video: Sean Sullivan (2nd Season) Academic Coordinator Tilly Sheets Director of Creative Content: Daymon Long (2nd Season) MEDIA RELATIONS PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Josh Petersen Assistant Coach Director of Media Relations Louie Spina Taisha Exanor Tie - E - Shuh Email [email protected] Cynthia Ezeja Eh - zay - zuh Office Phone (412) 648-7774 Emy Hayford Amy Cell Phone (716) 429-5464 Tracey Hueston Houston Media Relations Fax (412) 648-8248 Rita Igbokwe Ig-Bok-Way Press Row Phone (412) 648-2318 Cara Judkins Care-Uh Bridgette Mitchell Mailing Address P.O. Box 7436, Pittsburgh, PA Liatu King Lee - uh - two Assistant Coach 15213-0436 Marcella Lamark Mar-Sell-Uh Overnight Address 3719 Terrace St., Pittsburgh, PA Ismini Prapa Is-Me-Knee Prop-Ah 15261 Destiny Strother STRUH - ther MEDIA RELATIONS Outlets interested in obtaining credentials to SOCIAL cover Pitt women’s basketball home games should email Louie Spina at the following email @Pitt_WBB @pitt_wbb Pitt Women’s Basketball address: [email protected]. 2020-21 PITTSBURGH WOMEN’S BASKETBALL / PITTSBURGHPANTHERS.COM / @PITT_WBB 2 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL BY THE NUMBERS Amber Brown (7.7 rpg) and Dayshanette Harris averaged Center Rita Igbokwe had a mon- Rita Igbokwe (6.8 rpg) were 20.5 ppg across two ACC ster freshman campaign that saw one of two pairs of freshmen Tournament games last season, her post 60 blocks, the most in teammates in the NCAA (Oregon tied for the highest ppg by a 6.8 State) a season ago to average 20.5 player with at least two games 60 program history by a Pitt freshman at least 6.9 rpg each. played in the tournament. and third most in the ACC. TEAM NOTES HOME OPENER SUCCESS » Pitt went from 238th in the NCAA in » Entering Wednesday’s home opener 2018-19 to 58th in the NCAA last season against George Mason, the Panthers in total rebounds as they grabbed 1,231 currently own a 33-13 record including a rebounds as a team.