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2000-2001 Huskies UCONNONNECTICUT ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS ~ CONTACT: ANNMARIE PERSON OR GAIL WILKINS ~ NOTES FOR FEB. 20, 2001 C PHONE: (860) 486-3531 ~ FAX: (860) 486-5085 PROBABLE STARTERS VS. WEST VIRGINIA #3/3 CONNECTICUT (22-2/12-1) 10 Sue Bird G Jr. 5-9 Syosset, NY 33 Shea Ralph G Sr. 6-0 Fayetteville, NC vs. TBA WEST VIRGINIA (5-19/3-10) 32 Swin Cash F Jr. 6-2 McKeesport, PA AP/ESPN-USA TODAY 34 Tamika Williams F Jr. 6-2 Dayton, OH 7:30 p.m. EST, February 20, 2001 OFF THE BENCH Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT 23 Kennitra Johnson G So. 5-7 New Albany, IN 15 Asjha Jones F/C Jr. 6-2 Piscataway, NJ 2000-2001 CONNECTICUT SCHEDULE 20 Morgan Valley G Fr. 6-0 Colchester, VT 11 Kelly Schumacher C Sr. 6-5 Quyon, Quebec NOVEMBER 5 Maria Conlon G Fr. 5-9 Derby, CT 12 STATE FARM TIP-OFF CLASSIC (HCC) #12 ODU vs. #13 Penn State- espn2 PSU 99, ODU 72 44 Christine Rigby C Sr. 6-6 Victoria, B.C. #1 UConn vs. #3 Georgia- ESPN W, 99-70 13 Marci Czel G Sr. 5-7 Guilford, CT 21 at Pepperdine- CPTV W, 98-63 3 Diana Taurasi G Fr. 6-0 Chino, CA 24 at Washington- CPTV W, 100-54 Television Coverage: CPTV 29 GEORGE WASHINGTON (HCC)- CPTV W, 90-63 Bob Picozzi (play-by-play), Meghan Pattyson (analyst) DECEMBER Radio Coverage: UConn Radio Network WTIC (1080-AM); WILI (1400-AM);WSUB (980-AM); WLIS (1420-AM); 5 *at Miami- CPTV W, 77-53 WNLK (1350-AM); WSTC (1400-AM); WMRD (1150-AM); WICC (600-AM). 7 HOLY CROSS (GP)- CPTV W, 92-32 10 at Illinois- CPTV W, 97-55 THE GAME 22 WAKE FOREST (GP)- CPTV W, 107-52 The Connecticut Huskies (22-2, 12-1) face West Virginia for the 30 #2 TENNESSEE (HCC)- CBS W, 81-76 first time this season. The game is UConn's last contest of the JANUARY 2000-2001 season being played in the Hartford Civic Center. All five Civic Center games for the Huskies were advanced 2 *GEORGETOWN (GP)- CPTV W, 107-45 sellouts (16,294). UConn is looking for its sixth straight confer- 7 at #8 Louisiana Tech- espn2 W, 71-55 ence victory with a win over the Mountaineers tonight. West 9 *at Syracuse- CPTV W, 76-63 Virginia enters the contest with a 5-19 overall record and a 3- 13 *PROVIDENCE (GP)- CPTV W, 104-49 10 conference mark. The Mountaineers snapped a 10-game 15 *at #3 Notre Dame- ESPN L, 76-92 losing streak on Saturday with a victory over Providence (79- 18 OLD DOMINION (GP)- CPTV W, 80-51 74) in Rhode Island. They are currently tied for 11th in the con- 20 *at Pittsburgh- CPTV W, 83-43 ference and are fighting to stay in the top 12 in order to make 23 *MIAMI (GP)- CPTV W, 81-45 the BIG EAST Tournament. 27 *SYRACUSE (HCC)- CPTV W, 85-60 FEBRUARY THE SERIES 1 at #3 Tennessee- ESPN L, 88-92 UConn holds a 9-1 edge over West Virginia since the series 4 *#24 VILLANOVA (GP)- CPTV W, 75-39 began in 1982. UConn lost the first meeting in '82 (50-62), but 7 *at Virginia Tech- CPTV W, 90-38 since entering league play in 1995, West Virginia has lost the 11 *at Boston College- Fox W, 78-53 last nine meetings with the Huskies. Head coach Geno 14 *#11 RUTGERS (GP)- CPTV W, 70-45 Auriemma is 9-0 against the Mountaineers. In UConn's nine 18 *at #25 Villanova- CPTV W, 61-43 wins, the Huskies have defeated WVU by an average of 34.2. UConn's largest margin of victory came in the last meeting, 20 *WEST VIRGINIA (HCC)- CPTV 7:30 p.m. Feb. 23, 2000, when the Huskies clobbered the Mountaineers, 23 *ST. JOHN’S (GP)- CPTV 7:30 p.m. 100-28. The 72-point slide is currently the second largest UConn 27 *at Seton Hall- CPTV 7:00 p.m. margin of victory over in a conference game. The closest MARCH game was a two-point UConn win (84-82) in the first round of 3-6 BIG EAST CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT the 1998 BIG EAST Tournament held in Piscataway. (Harry A. Gampel Pavilion-Storrs, CT) 16/18 or NCAA First & Second Rounds- Campus Sites LAST TWO GAMES 17/19 In the last two meetings, UConn has nearly tripled the point 25/27 NCAA Regional Tournament- TBA production of West Virginia as the Huskies have outscored 30-April 1NCAA Final Four- Savvis Center, St. Louis, MO the Mountaineers 173-63. No other conference team has had that much trouble scoring against UConn in recent history. Home Games in Bold Caps The 100-28 blowout in the second meeting last season ranks GP- Harry A. Gampel Pavilion, HCC- Hartford Civic Center as the fourth largest win in school history. All Times EST and Subject To Change http://www.UConnHuskies.com 24-HOUR SNET HUSKY SPORTS HOTLINE -- 860-486-5050 2000-2001 CONNECTICUT WOMEN'S BASKETBALL NOTES ~ PAGE 2 LOSING DROUGHT has shutout an opponent from behind the arc one other time West Virginia has not beaten the Huskies in 18 years and has this season as Miami went 0-7 on December 5, 2000. UConn never been able to defeat the Huskies since league incep- followed up the Virginia Tech game with a repeat record-set- tion in 1982-83. This is the longest drought against UConn for ting performance nailing 14-of-28 threes against Rutgers. The any BIG EAST team. WVU is the only conference team that Huskies are second in the conference in three-point field goals Geno Auriemma has never lost to. made (169), third in the league in three-point field goal per- centage (.385) and first in three-point field goal percentage STIFLING D defense (.226). Over the last five games, no team has been able to manage better than 34.6 percent from the field against UConn. In the LINEUP DAY-TO-DAY first game against Villanova (2/4) the Wildcats went 15-57, af- Since the injury to Abrosimova, predicting Auriemma's start- ter that both Rutgers and Boston College went 17-52, while ing five is like trying to predict the weather in New England. Virginia Tech hit 13-55. In the last game, Villanova managed Auriemma shook-up the lineup a bit inserting three new start- just 11-42 from the field.The lack of points for opposing teams ers against Villanova in the first meeting, including two first- starts with the top scorers. Coming into the game with Con- timers. Diana Taurasi and Kennitra Johnson both made their necticut, Rutgers had three players averaging double-digits first career starts in UConn's first meeting versus the Wildcats. and none of those three got into double figures. Overall, in KJ had a solid game finishing with 13 points on 5-of-8 shooting, the last five games only three (Gottstein- BC, Tere Williams- and grabbing three steals, while Taurasi had seven points, three VaTech, Juhline-Villanova) of 11 players who typically score 10 assists and four rebounds in the affair. Williams made her first or more points have neared their average. start of the season versus 'Nova and had 10 points and eight rebounds. Since that game, UConn has seen two different start- DEFENSE WINS GAMES ing lineups in three games. The Huskies have won with all three Over the past five games UConn has held its opponents to lineups. With the recent ankle injury to Taurasi, we can expect under 55 points. Versus Villanova and Virginia Tech, the Hus- to see yet another new starting five versus the Mountaineers. kies held opponents to under 40 points in back-to-back games. The last time the Huskies held back-to-back opponents to fewer OPPONENT'S OPPONENTS than 40 was last season versus West Virginia (35, 1/12/00) and The collective record of the five teams West Virginia has de- Pittsburgh (36, 1/15/00). feated this season is 30-87. None of the teams the Mountain- eers have managed to beat have a winning record and none MORE TALK OF D have broken into double digits in the victory column as both So far this season the UConn defense has kept seven oppo- Pittsburgh and Providence College have nine. nents under 50 points including four of the last five. The one exception being Boston College, which netted 53 on Feb. 11. CIVIC CENTER SENDOFF Only one other time in the Auriemma era have the Huskies Tonight’s game will mark the final contest of the season to be held five consecutive opponents under 53 points. This came held in Hartford as the Huskies average 86 points in the Civic during the 1996-97 season starting with Boston College on 11/ Center. In their last game, West Virginia picked up its first road 24/96 and ending at Rhode Island on 12/9/96. In that streak win of the season in a 79-74 victory at Providence College. On Connecticut kept six straight opponents to 53 or less points. the road, the Mountaineers average 63.2 points. STEP IT UP? NO SVET! WNBA TIES Now without the services of All-American Svetlana Abrosimova, The high school coach of West Virginia freshman Kate Bulger the graph below shows who is making the biggest move in was former WNBA point guard Suzie McConnell-Serio.