Women’s Basketball 2014-15 GAME NOTES Twitter:@VT_WBBall ▪ Facebook: Facebook.com/hokiesports ▪ Instagram: VTHokieWBB GAME INFORMATION GAME 20 ▪ WAKE FOREST BLACKSBUrg, VA. (CASSELL COLISEUM) Date/Time: January 23, 2015 / 7 p.m. Virginia Tech Hokies (9-10, 0-6 ACC) Opponent: Wake Forest Atlantic Coast Conference Site: Blacksburg, Va. (Cassell Coliseum) Radio: 100.7 FM WNMX / HokiesXtra Head Coach: Dennis Wolff (Connecticut, 1978) - Fourth Season Talent: Andrew Allegretta, play-by-play vs TV: RSN/FOX/ESPN3 WAKE FOREST Demon Deacons (9-10, 0-5 ACC) Live Stats: HokieSports.com Atlantic Coast Conference Live Video: ESPN3 Head Coach: Jen Hoover (Wake Forest, 1991) - Second Season Series: Wake leads 12-10 Blacksburg: 7-3 THE HOKIES Hannah Young led Virginia Tech in the team’s last outing as the Hokies fell to No. 20/19 Florida State. Winston-Salem, N.C.: 2-7 Young tallied a career-high 19 points, shooting 53 percent from the field, including a trio of three Neutral: 1-2 pointers. Taijah Campbell added 11 points and grabbed a game-high eight rebounds. Under Wolff: 2-3 First Meeting: Dec. 9, 1978 The teams kept it close early in the first half with the Hokies trailing by nine just past the midway Wake won 75-65 in Blacksburg point. The Seminoles used a late run to take at 32-14 lead into the break. FSU extended its lead coming Last Meeting: February 13, 2014 out of the break to 22, but Tech went to work, going on a 19-4 run to cut it to 40-31 with 11:36 to go. Wake won 65-64 in Winston-Salem The ‘Noles answered, outscoring Tech 11-2 to pull ahead 51-33. Virginia Tech got it down to a 12-point Last Tech win: Feb. 28, 2013 difference, but that is as close as the Hokies got the rest of the way. 62-52 in Winston-Salem SCHEDULE/RESULTS Rachel Camp is leading the Hokies on the season, averaging 15.5 points per game and currently Date VT OPP Opponent TV Time/Result ranks 10th in the ACC in scoring. In addition, Camp along with Taijah Campbell are pulling down 6.7 N14 at George Mason L, 69-77 rebounds per game. Vanessa Panousis is adding 13.9 points (18th in the ACC) and handing out 3.5 N16 UMES W, 63-41 assists per game to rank ninth in the conference. The sophomore guard is also third on the ACC list for N18 Norfolk State W, 60-49 three-pointers made, averaging 2.6. N23 at Providence W, 72-69 N25 Old Dominion L, 62-69 THE DEMON DEACONS N29 East Tennessee State W, 72-65 Wake Forest fell to NC State at home, 78-70, the last time out. Four players recorded double-digits for the Deacons with Dearica Hamby leading the way with 19 points and 14 rebounds. Amber Campbell D1 at Florida SEC Net. L, 44-73 added 16 points while Kelila Atkinson and Mykia Jones tallied 10 points each. ACC/Big Ten Challenge D4 Northwestern L, 45-70 The Deacons had a 36-30 lead at the break, but the Wolfpack used a strong second half to pull out D6 Longwood W,74-42 D10 NC Central W, 80-44 the win, forcing Wake into 13 turnovers for 15 points. NC State outscored Wake Forest 48-34 in the D14 Western Carolina W, 79-58 second period to secure the win. D21 Radford W, 73-60 D30 Hofstra W, 60-43 Hamby leads Wake Forest on the season, averaging 20.7 points per game to rank second in the ACC. In addition, she is pulling down 10.4 rebounds per game, ranking third in the league and is one of four J2 at Clemson * L, 54-63 OT players in the ACC averaging a double-double. Campbell is adding 11.3 ppg and leads the team with J4 Virginia * L, 47-62 32 steals this season (10th in the ACC). J8 at NC State * L, 59-73 J11 Miami * L, 45-62 THE SERIES J15 at Duke * L, 40-65 Wake Forest holds the 12-10 lead in the series and won the game last season in Winston-Salem, J18 Florida State * L, 44-59 65-64. The game was close throughout with the Hokies holding the largest lead, up 12 in the first J23 Wake Forest * RSN/Fox 7 p.m. J29 Notre Dame * ESPN3 7 p.m. half. Tech led by three at the break. Wake went up in the second half, but the Hokies were on top 64- 63 with 18 seconds to go following a Panousis three- COMPAring THE TEAMS F1 at Georgia Tech * 2 p.m. pointer. The Deacons hit a pair of free throws with five F5 at Miami * 7 p.m. Virginia Tech ________________ Wake Forest seconds remaining, giving the Hokies a chance for a F8 North Carolina * RSN/Fox 1 p.m. 60.1 _______ Points Per Game ________70.3 last second shot, but the jumper fell just short as Wake F12 at Pittsburgh * 7 p.m. 60.2 ____ Points Allowed per Game _____69.2 held on for the win. F15 Syracuse * 2 p.m. -0.1 ________ Scoring Margin ________ +1.1 F19 Louisville * 7 p.m. .658 _____ Free Throw Percentage _____.691 Panousis had 21 points for the Hokies and Young F22 at Virginia * 1 p.m. .383 _________ Field Goal % __________.433 added 17 points, nine rebounds. Hamby tallied 24 .372 _____ Field Goal % Defense ______.403 points for the Deacons with Millesa Calicott adding 12. M1 at Boston College * 1 p.m. 5.9 ____ 3-Point FG Made per Game _____4.9 M4-8 ACC Tournament .287 ______ 3-Point Field Goal % ______.322 UP NEXT: The Hokies remain at home to host Notre .285 ____ 3-Point Field Goal % Def. _____.338 All times Eastern Rankings: AP/USA Today-ESPN Dame on Thursday, Jan. 29 at 7 p.m. in a game to be * ACC Games Schedule subject to change 40.7 ______Rebounds Per Game ______39.5 aired on ESPN3. 35.1 _____ Rebounds Against Avg. ______35.9 ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS +5.6 ________Rebound Margin _______ +3.6 VirginiA TECH POSSIBLE STARTERS 4.5 ________ Blocks Per Game _________4.1 April Goode, Director - Social Communication 12.5 _______ Assists Per Game ________14.6 ## Name ppg rpg misc. fg% ft% O: 540-231-8823 ▪ C: 540-392-1336 4.7 ________ Steals Per Game _________8.7 2 Sidney Cook 5.0 5.6 0.6 apg .373 .697 Email: [email protected] 17.2 ______ Turnovers Per Game _______19.7 4 Hannah Young 5.7 4.2 1.3 apg .319 .706 13.7 ___ Turnovers Forced per Game ____17.3 5 Vanessa Panousis 13.9 3.3 3.5 apg .337 .879 Bryson Jones, Athletics Communications Assistant -3.5 ________Turnover Margin ________ -2.4 O: 540-231-6892 ▪ Email: [email protected] 23 Rachel Camp 15.5 6.7 2.1 apg .436 .689 0.7 ___________ A/TO Ratio ___________0.7 24 Taijah Campbell 7.1 6.7 1.2 bpg .481 .529 hokiesports.com page 1 2014-15 Virginia Tech Game Notes Game Twenty ▪ Wake Forest NOTEWORTHY Block PartY DOUBLING UP ROOKIE Record Junior Taijah Campbell tallied a block against Florida Taijah Campbell and Rachel Camp each tallied Last season Vanessa Panousis broke the Virginia State to move into a tie with Julie Williams (1979-81) double-doubles against UMES. Campbell recorded Tech freshman record for made three-pointers with for 10th place on the Virginia Tech career-blocks list 15 points and 10 rebounds while Camp notched 12 the trio she dropped in against Clemson, breaking a with 82. points and 10 rebounds. It was the first time two record that has stood for more than 20 years since players had tallied a double-double in a game since Sarah Hillyer tallied 53 in 1989-90. Panousis finished SUPER SOPH last season versus Robert Morris. It marks the first the season with 58. Sophomore Vanessa Panousis has topped the double-double of Camp’s career. 500 career-point mark this season. The guard has HERE’S ONE for You, AND for YOU... tallied double-digit points in 32 of her 47 career FRESH-TASTIC Start Vanessa Panousis broke the Virginia Tech freshman appearances, including nine games with 20 or more. Regan Magarity dropped in 25 points against George record for assists during the 2013-14 campaign, Mason in her collegiate debut becoming the first finishing with 121 on the season and breaking the OUT freshman in program history to tally 25 or more in previous record of 106 that was set by Carrie Mason Freshman Regan Magarity will be out for the their first game. during the 2002-03 season. remainder of the games following season-ending surgery. Magarity was averaging a double-double for Welcome to THE Hokies WORLD TRAVELER pt. 2 the Hokies after five games with 14 points and 10.6 The Hokies signed three in the early signing period Samantha Hill got a second round of international rebounds per game and was one of four players in as Alana Gilmer, Chanette Hicks and Kelly Koshuta competition later in the summer when she was the ACC averaging a double-double. agreed to join Tech for the 2015-16 season. Gilmer is named to the Canadian National Senior B Team. She a 6-0 forward from North Easton, Mass. where she traveled with the team to the 36th Annual William FREE FALLIN’ has been tabbed three-star recruit and is ranked the Jones Cup in Taipei, Taiwan where she helped her The Hokies knocked down 81 percent (17-21) from 139th overall player and 16th ranked wing.