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 MIAMI VS OVERALL: 3-3 | ACC: 1-2 3-3 | 1-2 ACC 6-5 | 3-5 ACC Home: 3-1 | Away: 0-2 | Neutral: 0-0 Head Coach: Lance White Head Coach: Katie Meier Date Opponent TV Time/Result Record at Pitt: 19-49 (.279) / 3rd year Record at Miami: 298-192 (.608) / 16th year N25 GEORGE MASON ACCNX W, 72-57 Career Record: 19-49 (.279) / 3rd year Career Record: 374-237 (.612) / 20th year N29 HOFSTRA ACCNX W, 71-58 Against Miami: 0-2 Against Pitt: 7-1 D6 DELAWARE ACCNX L, 85-79 GAME 7 | PITT vs Miami - Jan. 21, 2021 | 6:00 PM | Pittsburgh, PA | Petersen Events Center (12,508) D10 at Virginia Tech* ACCNX L, 88-71 BREAKING DOWN THE MATCHUP D13 CLEMSON* ACCN W, 80-71 PITT CATEGORY MIAMI D20 at Florida State* ACCNX L, 67-53 71.0 Scoring Offense 66.6 71.0 Scoring Defense 66.5 D31 BOSTON COLLEGE* ACCNX Postponed 41.4% FG % 37.5% J3 NORTH CAROLINA* RSN Postponed 36.0% FG % Defense 41.0% 33.9% 3PT FG % 28.7% J7 at Louisville* RSN Postponed 31.2% 3PT FG % Defense 27.8% 43.8 Rebounds/Game 39.5 J10 CLEMSON* ACCN Postponed PITTSBURGHPANTHERS.COM MIAMIHURRICANES.COM 20.7 Turnovers/Game 14.6 J14 at Notre Dame* ACCNX Postponed 6.8 Steals/Game 7.7 J21 MIAMI* ACCN 6:00 PM FRONT PAGE NEWS J24 at Boston College* RSN 1:00 pm J28 at Syracuse* ACCNX 6:00 pm THE SERIES STORYLINES THE OPENING TIP • Thursday’s meeting marks the • Junior Jayla Everett has been • Pitt returns to action Thursday, F4 VIRGINIA TECH* RSN 7:00 PM 33rd of all-time between the two great for the Panthers early on Jan. 21 against Miami at the F7 SYRACUSE* RSN 2:00 PM programs with Miami owning the as she leads the team and tied Petersen Events Center after a 23-9 edge in the series. for second in the ACC in scoring 32-day hiatus. Tip is set for 6:00 F11 at Wake Forest* ACCNX 6:00 pm • The two teams have each won pm with the game airing on ACC (17.7 ppg). The St. Louis, MO F14 NORTH CAROLINA* ACCNX 2:00 PM six meetings in games held in native has also connected on 23 Network. Pittsburgh. three-pointers and ranks first in • The Pitt backcourt duo of Jayla F16 BOSTON COLLEGE* ACCNX 6:00 PM • The Hurricanes have won six the ACC in three-point shooting Everett and Dayshanette Harris straight in the series with Pitt’s percentage (47.9%). are the highest scoring backcourt F18 LOUISVILLE* ACCNX 7:00 PM in the ACC overall this season last win coming on Feb. 1, 2015 at • Rebounding has always been the Pete. (33.7 ppg) and the highest scoring F22 NOTRE DAME* ACCN 8:00 PM an emphasis for head coach backcourt in ACC games only F25 at NC State* RSN 4:00 pm A WIN WOULD... Lance White and the Panthers (35.3 ppg - min. 2 GP). • Be the Panthers’ 10th win are starting to take it to heart. • The Pitt offense is off to a great F28 at Georgia Tech* ACCN/ESPN2 TBD Pitt is averaging 43.8 rpg so far start this season as they have against Miami all-time. M3-7 at ACC TOURNAMENT# TBD • Give Pitt their 27th ACC victory this season, +4.1 rpg margin netted 70+ points in five of their in program history. from a season ago and a +8.3 first six games of the season, • Give Pitt a 2-2 ACC start for the rpg margin since White took over marking the first time they’ve second time in program history the program prior to the 2018-19 done so since 2007-08 when they All Times Eastern | * - ACC Game (2014-15). season. advanced to the Sweet 16. 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 #14 Channel: 1320 AM WJAS Jayla Everett Dayshanette Harris Gabbie Green Amber Brown Cynthia Ezeja Talent: Josh Rowntree, Play-by-Play 5-10 • JR • G 5-7 • SO • G 5-7 • SR • G 6-0 • SO • F 6-3 • R-FR • F Stream: PittsburghPanthers.com Stream: ACC Network PPG 17.7 PPG 16.0 PPG 6.2 PPG 7.0 PPG 3.4 Talent: Pam Ward (Play-by-Play) RPG 3.0 RPG 5.8 RPG 2.2 RPG 6.8 RPG 6.6 LaChina Robinson (Analyst) APG 2.3 APG 5.3 SPG 0.8 APG 2.0 BPG 0.8 3PFG% 47.9% SPG 1.3 3PFG% 33.3% FG% 52.0% FG% 50.0% 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 148-131 (.530), 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 So. 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 635-704 (45 seasons) 10 Ismini Prapa 5-7 G Jr. Athens, Greece / American Community School of Athens All-Time ACC Record 26-91 (8 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 / Carman-Ainsworth (Marquette) Career Record/Year 19-49 (3rd Season) Record at Pitt/Year 19-49 (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 Sophomore Dayshanette Harris Junior guard Jayla Everett is off to As a team, the Panthers have has scored in double figures in a great start from behind the arc made huge strides shooting the all six games this season. She is as she has connected on 23-for-48 ball as they have connected on 42 the first Panther to score in dou- from three-point range. The 23 three-pointers through six games ble figures in the first six games 23 triples are the most through the 42 this season. The 42 threes are the 10+ first six games of a season for a most in the first six games of a of the season since Yacine Diop in 2017-18 (seven straight).