2012-13 Virginia Tech Women's BASKETBALL GAME Notes
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2012-13 VIRGINIA TECH WOMEN’S Basketball GAME NOtes Primary: April Goode, Associate Director of Athletics Communications ▪ O: 540-231-8823 ▪ C: 540-392-1336 Email: [email protected] ▪ Twitter: @VT_WBBall ▪ Facebook.com/hokiesports ▪ www.hokiesports.com Secondary: Kelly Shuman, Athletics Communications Intern ▪ O: 540-231-1494 ▪ Email: [email protected] GAME INFORMATION GAME TEN ▪ WAKE FOREST Blacksburg, VA. (CASSEll COlISEum) Date/Time: December 22, 2012/2 p.m. Opponent: Wake Forest0. VIRGINIA TECH Hokies (4-5, 0-0 ACC) Site: Blacksburg, Va. (Cassell Coliseum) Atlantic Coast Conference Radio: 100.7 FM WNMX Head Coach: Dennis Wolff (Connecticut, 1978) - Second Season Talent: Andrew Allegretta, play-by-play vs. TV: None WAKE FOREST Demon Deacons (5-5, 0-0 ACC) Live Stats: hokiesports.com Atlantic Coast Conference Live Video: hokiesports.com Head Coach: Jen Hoover (Wake Forest, 1991) - First Season Series: Wake leads 11-8 Blacksburg: VT is 6-3 THE SERIES Winston-Salem, N.C.: VT is 1-6 ▪ Virginia Tech and Wake Forest met in the Hokies two final games of the 2011-12 season, facing Neutral: VT is 1-2 each other in the final regular season game as well as the first round of the ACC Tournament. First Meeting: ▪ Wake Forest edged the Hokies, 80-74, in the last meeting on March 1, 2012 in Greensboro, Dec. 9, 1978 - WF won, 75-65 - Blacksburg, Va. N.C. Last Meeting: ▪ Monet Tellier had 23 points while Aerial Wilson tallied 20 points for the Hokies. Lakevia March 1, 2012 - WF won, 80-74 - Greensboro, N.C. Boykin dropped in 22 points and Chelsea Douglas added 20 for the Deacs. ▪ Wake Forest holds the 11-8 all-time record in the series. SCHEDULE/RESUlts The Hokies ▪ Virginia Tech fell to Florida Gulf Coast, 63-56 the last time out. Date VT OPP Opponent TV Time/Result ▪ The Hokies were led by a trio of players in double-digits with freshman Taijah Campbell N9 -- -- Old Dominion L, 35-55 posting 14 points while tallying four blocks. Fellow freshman Lauren Evans added 10 along N14 -- -- Appalachian State W, 71-68 with senior Alyssa Fenyn’s 10. Monet Tellier grabbed nine rebounds and Aerial Wilson dished N18 -- -- at Michigan State L, 29-57 out six assists. Larryqua Hall recorded three steals. N25 -- -- George Washington W, 50-31 ▪ Tellier leads the Hokies on the season, averaging 11.7 points, 6.2 rebounds and 3.6 assists ACC/Big Ten Challenge - Blacksburg, Va. per game. Fenyn is adding 8.2 ppg and handing out 3.8 apg. Taijah Campbell is adding 6.6 ppg N28 -- -- Wisconsin W, 47-38 while recording a team-best 6.6 rpg and posting 1.1 blocks per game. D1 -- -- Longwood W, 73-58 THE DEMON DEACONS D5 -- -- at Richmond L, 51-65 ▪ Wake Forest edged Seton Hall, 64-63 in the team’s last outing on Dec. 8, 2012. D12 -- 11/10 Penn State L, 41-60 ▪ Lakevia Boykin led all scorers with 22 points. Asia Williams added 11 points while handing out D16 -- -- Florida Gulf Coast L, 56-63 seven assists. Chelsea Douglas rounded out the double-digit scoring with 10 points. Lindsy D22 -- -- Wake Forest * 2 p.m. Wright pulled down a game-high 12 rebounds. D28 -- -- North Carolina A&T 2 p.m. ▪ Boykin leads the Deacs with 14.5 points per game. while Douglas is adding 12.1 points. D30 -- -- Hampton 2 p.m. Williams is putting in 10.0 points and handing out 4.4 assists per game. Dearica Hamby leads J3 -- -- at Virginia * 7 p.m. the team with 6.7 rebounds per game. J6 -- -- at North Carolina * 2 p.m. J10 -- -- Boston College * 7 p.m. UP NEXT: Virginia Tech will return home after the holiday break to host North Carolina A&T on J13 -- -- Maryland * 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 28 at 2 p.m. in Cassell Coliseum. J16 -- -- at Duke * 7 p.m. J24 -- -- at NC State * 7 p.m. POSSIBlE Starters J27 -- -- at Florida State * 2 p.m. FOR VIRGINIA TECH J31 -- -- Clemson * 7 p.m. No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. ppg rpg misc. fg% ft% F3 -- -- at Miami * 2:05 p.m. 10 Lauren Evans G 6-0 Fr. 5.6 1.9 1.1 spg .385 .714 F8 -- -- at Georgia Tech * RSN 8:30 p.m. 13 Alyssa Fenyn G 6-0 Sr. 8.2 3.8 3.8 apg .417 .692 F10 -- -- Virginia * 2 p.m. 21 Alex Kiss-Rusk F 6-4 Fr. 3.0 2.6 1.1 bpg .278 .500 F14 -- -- Duke * ACCDN 7 p.m. 24 Taijah Campbell F 6-3 Fr. 6.6 6.6 1.4 bpg .488 .429 F17 -- -- at Clemson * 1 p.m. 31 Monet Tellier G 5-11 Jr. 11.7 6.2 3.6 apg .354 .825 F22 -- -- North Carolina * RSN 8:30 p.m. F24 -- -- Florida State * 1 p.m. OFF THE BENCH F28 -- -- at Wake Forest * 6:30 p.m. No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. ppg rpg misc. fg% ft% M3 -- -- Miami * 2 p.m. 2 Kerry Sarver G 5-5 Sr. 0.0 0.0 -- -- -- 3 Aerial Wilson G 5-5 Sr. 2.3 1.3 2.1 apg .216 .500 ACC Tournament - Greensboro, N.C. 12 Rachel Nichols G 5-10 Sr. 0.0 0.3 -- -- -- M7 First Round TBD 14 Uju Ugoka F 6-1 Jr. -- -- -- -- -- M8 Quarterfinals TBD 20 Nia Evans F 6-0 Jr. 4.3 3.8 0.6 spg .383 .500 M9 Semifinals TBD 22 Porschia Hadley F/C 6-3 r-Jr. 3.9 3.2 -- .386 .333 M10 Finals TBD 23 Larryqua Hall G 5-10 So. 3.5 1.3 1.0 spg .750 .600 32 Alexis Lloyd G 5-9 Fr. 3.9 2.0 0.8 apg .289 .500 All times Eastern * ACC Games 33 Kelsey Conyers G 5-9 So. 0.6 0.0 -- .333 .000 Rankings: AP/USA Today-ESPN Schedule subject to change www.hokiesports.com page 1 2012-13 Virginia Tech WOmEN’s Basketball Game Notes Game Ten ▪ Wake Forest CoMPARING THE TEAMS NotEWORTHY Virginia Tech _________________ Wake Forest DOuBlE-DOuBlE TImE ON THE NATIONAL STAGE Alexis Lloyd played for Whitney Young High 4-5 ______________ Record _____________ 5-5 Freshman lauren Evans recorded her first career double-double with 10 points and 10 School in Chicago, Ill. Whitney Young finished 50-3 (12) _____ Points Per Game _____ 65.6 (9) assists against Longwood on Dec. 1. the 2011-12 season as the No. 3 high school 55.0 (4) ___Points Allowed per Game _ 71.6 (12) team in the country and claimed the Illinois 4A -4.7 (11) _______ Scoring Margin ______ -6.0 (12) CHALLENGE ACCEPTED state title. Virginia Tech defeated Wisconsin, 47-38 to .670 (9) ___ Free Throw Percentage ___.609 (11) secure a win in the 2012 ACC/Big Ten Challenge. JUCO HONORS .371 (12) _______Field Goal % ________.411 (7) monet Tellier knocked down 17 points as the uju Ugoka was a standout JUCO athlete and was .381 (9) ____ Field Goal % Defense ___ .424 (12) Hokies downed the Badgers. The win marked a top-3 finalist last season for the National JUCO the first for Tech in the Challenge since defeating Player of the Year honor. 3.0 ______3-Point FG Made per Game _____ 7.8 Minnesota in 2007. .267 (10) ____3-Point Field Goal % ____ .294 (6) .347 (12) __3-Point Field Goal % Def. __.315 (11) NO POINTS FOR YOU 34.6 _______ Rebounds Per Game _______ 38.1 The Hokies held George Washington to just 31 points on Nov. 25 as Tech picked up a 50-31 33.3 _______Rebounds Against Avg. ______ 38.0 win over the Colonials. The 31 point mark tied +1.2 (10) _____ Rebound Margin ______+0.1 (11) the team record for fewest points allowed. The 3.7 (6) _______ Blocks Per Game _____ 2.4 (10) original mark was set during the 2009 season against Presbyterian. 12.7 (11) ______Assists Per Game _____ 15.9 (4) 5.8 (12) ______ Steals Per Game _____ 7.4 (10) FROM OUTSIDE 17.0 _______ Turnovers Per Game _______ 17.6 Virginia Tech and Appalachian State combined to tie a Cassell Coliseum record on November 16.6 _____Turnovers Forced per Game ____ 16.2 14 in three pointers made. The Hokies knocked -0.44 (7) ______ Turnover Margin ______ -1.4 (11) down nine while the Mountaineers tallied 0.7 (7) _________ A/TO Ratio _________ 0.9 (4) eight. The record of 17 has been set two other (ACC rank) times, in 2002 vs. UT-Martin and in 1993 vs. Southern Miss. All-TIme Series Record SUIT UP Wake Forest Four freshmen newcomers made their Division Wake leads 11-8 I debut as Taijah Campbell, lauren Evans, Alex H: 6-3 | A: 1-6 | N: 1-2 Kiss-Rusk and Alexis Lloyd took the floor for 12/9/78 L, 65-75 H the first time in the Virginia Tech uniform in the 12/29/03 W, 70-59 H1 season opener against Old Dominion. Campbell 1/31/05 W, 74-64 H also recorded her first career start. 3/4/05 L, 56-61 N2 RETURNING CORE 1/19/06 L, 71-77 OT A The Hokies return their top four scorers from 2/26/06 W, 76-42 H last season. monet Tellier led the team, 2 3/2/06 W, 73-60 N averaging 13.7 points per game. Aerial Wilson 1/2/07 W, 74-54 H added 12.1 points per game and upped her 1/18/07 W, 74-34 A averaged to 13.0 in ACC contests.