Virginia Cavalier Women's Basketball Game Notes
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VIRGINIA CAVALIER WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES Game 7/8 • Cavalier Classic Tournament • Nov. 30/Dec. 1 2019-20 Schedule/Results John Paul Jones Arena • Charlottesville, Va. Nov. 5 BUCKNELLACCNX W, 84-60 Virginia Cavaliers (3-3) Nov. 9 at USC L, 59-49 James Madison Dukes (4-1) Nov. 12 at CSUN W, 72-47 No. 11 UCLA Bruins (5-0) Nov. 16 #13 KENTUCKYACCNX L, 50-47 UCF Knights (3-2) Nov. 19 at #4 UConnCBSSN L, 83-44 • Virginia hosts the Cavalier Classic, presented by DoubleTree by Hilton Nov. 24 OLD DOMINIONACCNX WOT, 56-53 ACCNX Charlottesville. UVA takes on James Madison in the tournament’s first game Nov. 30 JAMES MADISON% 2 PM on Saturday (Nov. 30) at 2 p.m. followed by UCLA and UCF at 4:30 p.m. On UCLA vs. UCF% 4:30 PM Sunday (Dec. 1) JMU and UCF play at 1 p.m. followed by UVA and UCLA at Dec. 1 JMU vs UCF% 1 PM 3:30 p.m. #11 UCLA%ACCNX 3:30 PM • The Cavalier Classic Tournament games are Virginia’s final home games Dec. 5 at Rutgers# BTN 6 PM until January 2 Dec. 20 vs UNLV^ 5 PM • Sunday’s game against No. 11 UCLA will be the Cavaliers’ third game Dec. 21 vs Miss St or USF^ 3 or 5:30 PM against a ranked opponent in a five-game span after playing back-to-back Dec. 29 at Georgia Tech*ACCNX 2:00 PM games against No. 13 Kentucky and No. 4 UConn • Prior to this season, the last time a Cavalier scored 30 points in a game Jan. 2 NORTH CAROLINA*ACCNX 7:00 PM was (now assistant coach) Monica Wright’s 34-point game in the NCAA Jan. 5 at NC State*RSN 12:00 PM Tournament against Green Bay on March 21, 2010. This season, two Cava- ACCN Jan. 9 DUKE* 6:30 PM liers have joined UVA’s 30-point Club, Jocelyn Willoughby in the season- ACCN Jan. 12 at Boston College* 2:00 PM opener against Bucknell and freshman Kylie Kornegay-Lucas on Sunday Jan. 16 at Wake Forest*ACCNX 7:00 PM against Old Dominion Jan. 19 VIRGINIA TECH*ACCN 3:00 PM • Kornegay-Lucas’ 31-point game against Old Dominion makes her just the Jan. 23 at Louisville*RSN 8:30 PM second-ever UVA freshman to have a 30-point game. The last freshman to Jan. 26 NOTRE DAME*ACCNX 2:00 PM do so was Dawn Staley, who did it twice, putting up 37 against Wake Forest Jan. 30 at North Carolina*ACCNX 6:00 PM and 34 against Maryland in her rookie campaign, but both of those games came in her second semester. Kornegay-Lucas’ 30-point performance was Feb. 2 SYRACUSE*ACCNX 2:00 PM ACCNX in her sixth collegiate game Feb. 6 CLEMSON* 7:00 PM • Kornegay-Lucas is also the first player in program history to come off ACCN Feb. 9 at Florida State* 12:00 PM the bench to score 30 points in a game ACCNX Feb. 13 MIAMI* 7:00 PM • After shooting a season-best 80.0 percent from the free throw line Feb. 20 at Duke*ACCNX 7:00 PM against Old Dominion (16-of-20), Virginia has moved up to second in the Feb. 23 at Virginia Tech*ACCN 2:00 PM ACC in free throw shooting percentage at 75.0 percent Feb. 27 PITTSBURGH*ACCNX 7:00 PM • Willoughby ranks second among ACC players in free throw shooting, Mar. 1 NC STATE*RSN 2:00 PM making 89.2 percent of her attempts. She had a streak of 25-straight made free throws snapped in the first quarter of the UConn game ACC Tournament, Greensboro Coliseum • Willoughby leads the ACC in minutes played (36.0 per game) • Willoughby is ninth in the conference in points per game (16.2) and 12th in rebounding (8.0) * ACC game % Cavalier Classic Tournament # ACC/Big Ten Challenge ^ Duel in the Desert (Las Vegas, Nevada) [CBSSN] - CBS Sports Network [BTN] - Big Ten Network Last Game Starting Lineup [ACCN] -ACC Network G 1 Carole Miller Fr. 7.3 ppg 6.5 rpg 2 blk/10 stls [ACCNX] - ACC Network Extra Streaming • Made second start of the year against ODU [RSN] - ACC Regional Sports Networks G 4 Dominique Toussaint Sr. 8.4 ppg 5.2 rpg 14 assts/ 7 stls • Scored 12 points with 7 rebounds at CSUN All Times Eastern G 13 Jocelyn Willoughby Sr. 16.3 ppg 8.0 rpg 12 assts / 10 stls Rankings are Associated Press • ACC Player of the Week 1st week of season; 31 pt game to open the season F 14 Lisa Jablonowski Sr. 8.8 ppg 5.2 rpg 2 blk/ 10 stl • Back-to-back double-digit scoring efforts vs Bucknell (16) and at USC *13) G 23 Amandine Toi R-Fr. 4.8 ppg 1.0 rpg 12 assts/4 stls • 12 points at CSUN, going 5-of-7 from the field Virginia Athletics Media Relations • 154 John Paul Jones Arena, PO Box 400853, Charlottesville, VA 22904 • Office: (434) 982-5500 • Fax: (434) 982-5525 Melissa Dudek (Women’s Basketball Contact) Cell: (434) 962-0579 Email: [email protected] 2019-20 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES QUICK FACTS CONFERENCE WEEKLY HONORS THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA • Kylie Kornegay-Lucas was named the ACC Freshman of the Week on Name ...................................................The University of Virginia Nov. 25 • Kornegay-Lucas carried Virginia to a 56-53 overtime victory against Founded ...................................... by Thomas Jefferson in 1819 Old Dominion, logging her first career double-double with 31 points and Nicknames ........................................ Cavaliers, Wahoos, ‘Hoos 12 rebounds In addition to making 10 of Virginia’s 19 field goals and go- Location ...........................................................Charlottesville, Va. ing 10-of-11 from the free throw line, she also stole an inbounds pass with Enrollment................................. 23,883 (16,673 undergraduate) 3.0 seconds remaining in overtime of a then two-point game to wrap up President .............................................James E Ryan (Yale ‘88) the victory for the Cavaliers. It was only the second 30-point game by a Athletics Director ........................Carla Williams (Georgia ‘89) Cavalier player since March of 2010 Conference .......................Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) • This was the first ACC Freshman of the Week honor for a Cavalier Colors...................................................................Orange and Blue since Dominique Toussaint earned the accolade on Feb. 6, 2017 Official Athletics Websites ..................... VirginiaSports.com • Jocelyn Willoughby was named the ACC Player of the Week on No- .............................................................. VirginiaSportsTV.com vember 11 University Website .................................................... virginia.edu • Willoughby dominated in the Cavaliers’ season-opening game against Bucknell, scoring 31 points, the first 30-point game for a Cavalier since WOMEN’S BASKETBALL INFORMATION 2010. Willoughby also led the team in rebounding, grabbing 11 boards for First Season of Basketball ..............................................1973-74 her 15th career double-double. After being heavily defended in the first All-Time Record ..........................................930-477 (47th year) half of Saturday’s game at USC, she managed to overcome the attention All-Time Home Record .....................................................461-215 and score 10 second-half points to average 20.5 points per game in the John Paul Jones Arena ................. 159-60 (14th season) first two games of the season. University Hall.............................................................302-149 • This was the first ACC Player of the Week honor for a Cavalier since Faith Randolph earned the accolade on Dec. 28, 2015. This is the second All-Time ACC Record .........................364-233 (43rd Season) weekly conference honor that Willoughby has earned in her career as Home Facility ......................John Paul Jones Arena (14,593) she was voted the ACC Rookie of the Week on Jan. 20, 2017 Press Row Phone Number .............................. 434-962-0579 NCAA Tournament Appearances/Last .................... 25/2018 NCAA Tournament Record ................................................34-25 LAST TIME OUT • UVA downed Old Dominion, 56-53, in overtime on Sunday WNIT Tournament Appearances/Last ........................5/2017 • Freshman guard Kylie Kornegay-Lucas had a breakout performance, WNIT Tournament Record .................................................... 14-9 scoring 31 points, going 10-of-18 from the field and 10-of-11 from the free 2018-19 Record ......................................................................... 12-19 throw line. Lucas also logged her first career double-double by grab- ACC Record/Finish ..........................................................5-11/12th bing a game-high 12 rebounds. Old Dominion’s Victoria Morris scored 26 Letterwinners Returning/Lost ...............................................3/6 points, going 8-of-18 from three-point range Starters Returning/Lost ...........................................................3/2 • Old Dominion led by 11 points in the third quarter and held a five- Newcomers ....................................................................................... 7 point lead heading into the final minute of play, but the Cavaliers battled back, with Jocelyn Willoughby hitting a game-tying three with 10.8 sec- COACHING & SUPPORT STAFF onds remaining in regulation. In overtime, Virginia held a 54-50 lead with Head Coach .........................................................Tina Thompson 11 seconds remaining, but a three-pointer from Morris cut the lead to one. Career Record .........................................................................15-22 After an immediate foul, Virginia made one of two free throws to go up Virginia Record .......................................................................15-22 55-53, before Kornegay-Lucas stole the ensuing inbound pass with 3.0 Associate Head Coach .............................Karleen Thompson seconds remaining