2019-20 Pitt Women's Basketball Game Notes
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2019-20 PITT WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES Women’s Basketball Contact: Louie Spina | (716) 429-5464 | [email protected] GAME NOTES THE MATCHUP 2019-20 SCHEDULE PITT PANTHERS GEORGETOWN HOYAS VS OVERALL: 1-1 | ACC: 0-0 1-1 | 0-0 ACC 0-2 | 0-0 Big East Home: 1-0 | Away: 0-1 | Neutral: 0-0 Head Coach: Lance White Head Coach: James Howard Date Opponent Time/Result Record at Pitt: 12-21 (.364) / 2nd year Record at Georgetown: 35-34 (.507) / 3rd year N1 PITT-JOHNSTOWN (Exh.) W, 76-62 Career Record: 12-21 (.364) / 2nd year Career Record: 110-103 (.516) / 9th year N6 at UCF L, 74-58 Against Georgetown: 0-1 Against Pitt: 1-0 N11 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT ST. W, 81-73 N16 GEORGETOWN 2:00 PM GAME 3 | PITTSBURGH vs. GEORGETOWN - Nov. 16, 2019 | 2:00 PM | Petersen Events Center (12,508) N19 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON % 11:00 AM N23 DUQUESNE 2:00 PM BROADCAST INFORMATION N29 vs. Ohio $ 3:30 pm N30 vs. Ole Miss $ 4:45 pm Pitt Sports Network D5 at Penn State ^ 7:00 pm Josh Rowntree, Play-by-Play D8 STONY BROOK 2:00 PM 107.9 KDKA-HD3 / Radio.com app D17 MIAMI (OH) 6:30 PM TV: ACC Network Extra D21 at Cincinnati 2:00 pm Jason Earle, Play-By-Play D30 at North Carolina* 2:00 pm Amanda Silay, Color Analyst J2 NOTRE DAME* 7:00 PM PITTSBURGHPANTHERS.COM GUHOYAS.COM J5 BOSTON COLLEGE* 2:00 PM J9 at Virginia Tech* 7:00 pm FRONT PAGE NEWS J16 at Clemson* 7:00 pm J19 SYRACUSE* 12:00 PM J23 NC STATE* 7:00 PM THE SERIES STORYLINES THE OPENING TIP J26 at Louisville* 4:00 pm • This meeting will mark the 53rd • The 2019-20 version of the • The new-look Panthers earned J30 WAKE FOREST* 7:00 PM in the all-time series between Pitt Panthers features five their first win of the season last F1 FLORIDA STATE* 5:00 PM the former Big East rivals with returning players and seven new- time out and will be looking for F6 GEORGIA TECH* 7:00 PM Pitt holding the 27-25 edge in the comers. The newcomers are their second straight home vic- series. F9 at Notre Dame* 4:00 pm comprised of two transfers and tory on Saturday afternoon when F13 DUKE* 6:00 PM • The two teams played last the Georgetown Hoyas come to season in Washington, D.C. with five freshmen student-athletes. F16 at Syracuse* 1:00 pm town. the Hoyas earning the 70-41 win. • Graduate student Aysia Bugg F20 at Boston College* 7:00 pm • The Panthers put together a will return to the Panthers lineup F23 LOUISVILLE* 2:00 PM strong second half on Monday A WIN WOULD... this season for her sixth season F27 at Virginia* 7:00 pm night and posted their biggest • Be the Panthers second after sustaining blood clots M1 at Miami* 3:00 pm come-from-behind victory since straight at home to start the sea- last season that forced her to M4-8 ACC TOURNAMENT # TBA joining the ACC in 2013-14, son and fourth straight against a miss the final 26 games. Bugg overcoming a 19-point second non-conference foe, dating back is enjoying a strong start to the All Times Eastern | * - ACC Game to last season. half defict. Pitt forced 13 second season as she is averaging an • End the Panthers six game half turnovers and turned those ACC-best 21.5 ppg so far. ALL CAPS Games Played at Petersen Events Center losing streak to the Hoyas. in 24 points. in Pittsburgh, PA PROBABLE STARTERS % - School Day Game (Pittsburgh, PA) $ - Daytona Beach Invitational (Daytona Beach, FL) ^ - Big Ten/ACC Challenge (University Park, PA) # - ACC Tournament (Greensboro, NC) SCHEDULE NOTE The Panthers currently have NINE #1 #2 #12 #5 #11 games on their schedule against teams ranked in the AP Top 25 poll. Dayshanette Harris Aysia Bugg Gabbie Green Amber Brown Cara Judkins Of those ranked teams, Louisville 5-7 • FR • G 5-7 • GR • G 5-7 • JR • G 6-0 • FR • F 6-2 • JR • C (No. 9), Florida State (No. 12) and NC PPG 7.0 PPG 21.5 PPG 11.5 PPG 8.0 PPG 7.0 State (No. 14) and Notre Dame (No. RPG 2.0 RPG 2.5 RPG 3.5 RPG 7.5 RPG 5.5 15) are ranked inside the top 15. APG 2.5 APG 4.0 SPG 3.0 SPG 1.0 BPG 1.0 SPG 2.0 3FG% 45.0% 3FG% 45.5% FG% 45.5% FG% 71.4% 1 2019-20 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) & Vegas 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 Capacity 12,508 PITT ROSTER Record at The Pete 143-118 (.548), 18th season NO. NAME HT. POS. YR. HOMETOWN/LAST SCHOOL Largest Crowd Last Year 9,657 vs. UCF (11/7/18) 0 Jahsyni Knight 5-8 G So. Perth Amboy, NJ / Rutgers Prep 1 Dayshanette Harris 5-7 G Fr. Youngstown, OH / Ursuline TEAM HISTORY 2 Aysia Bugg 5-7 G R-Sr. Bolingbrook, IL / Bolingbrook First Season of Basketball 1974-75 4 Emy Hayford 5-8 G Fr. Maastricht, Netherlands / Calandlyceum All-Time Overall Record 628-676 (45 seasons) 5 Amber Brown 6-0 G Fr. Monroe, LA / Little Rock Christian Academy All-Time ACC Record 24-72 (5 seasons) 10 Ismini Prapa 5-7 G So. Athens, Greece / American Community School of Athens All-Time NCAA Tournament Record 6-4 11 Cara Judkins 6-2 C Jr. Bethesda, MD / Our Lady of Good Counsel All-Time ACC Tournament Record 1-6 12 Gabbie Green 5-7 G Jr. Bellville, TX / South Plains College NCAA Appearances/Last 4 / 2015 13 Kyla Nelson 5-11 G Jr. Worthing, England / Oaklands College WNIT Appearances/Last 5 / 2010 14 Cynthia Ezeja 6-3 F Fr. Athens, Greece / 20th High School of Athens 21 Marcella Lamark 6-4 C Jr. Sao Paulo, Brazil / Texas Tech COACHING STAFF 23 Rita Igbokwe 6-4 F Fr. Jonesboro, GA / Mundy’s Mill Head Coach Lance White (Texas Tech ‘96) Career Record/Year 12-21 (2nd Season) Record at Pitt/Year 12-21 (2nd Season) PITT STAFF COACHING STAFF Assoc. Head Coach Terri Mitchell (2nd season) Head Coach: Lance White (2nd Season) Assistant Coach Josh Petersen (2nd season) Lance White Assistant Coach Bridgette Mitchell (1st season) Associate Head Coach: Terri Mitchell (2nd Season) Head Coach Dir. of Operations Ali Hoesly (2nd season) Assistant Coach: Josh Petersen (2nd Season) Asst, Dir, of Operations Imani Wright (1st season) Assistant Coach: Bridgette Mitchell (1st Season) Director of Video Sean Sullivan (1st season) Strength & Conditioning: Rhen Vail (2nd Season) Dir. of Recruiting Ops Sheana Vega (2nd season) Athletic Trainer: Brittany Buchheit (1st Season) Terri Mitchell Administrative Assistant Felisha Hamiel Director of Basketball Ops: Ali Hoesly (2nd Season) Athletic Trainer Brittany Buchheit (1st season) Assoc. HC Strength & Conditioning Rhen Vail (2nd season) Asst. Director of Basketball Ops: Imani Wright (1st Season) Equipment Manager Alec Kopatich (1st season) Director of Recruiting Ops: Sheana Vega (2nd Season) Academic Coordinator Tilly Sheets Director of Video: Sean Sullivan (1st Season) MEDIA RELATIONS PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Josh Petersen Assistant Coach Director of Media Relations Louie Spina Jahsyni Knight Juh-Shaw-Knee Email [email protected] Aysia Bugg Asia Office Phone (412) 648-7774 Cell Phone (716) 429-5464 Emy Hayford Amy Media Relations Fax (412) 648-8248 Ismini Prapa Is-Me-Knee Press Row Phone (412) 648-2318 Cara Judkins Care-Uh Bridgette Mitchell Mailing Address P.O. Box 7436, Pittsburgh, PA Kyla Nelson Ky-Luh Assistant Coach 15213-0436 Cynthia Ezeja Eh - zah - zuh Overnight Address 3719 Terrace St., Pittsburgh, PA Marcella Lamark Mar-Sell-Uh 15261 Rita Igbokwe Ig-Bok-Way 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]. 2019-20 PITTSBURGH WOMEN’S BASKETBALL / PITTSBURGHPANTHERS.COM / @PITT_WBB 2 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL BY THE NUMBERS The Panthers defense forced Aysia Bugg has 756 career Freshman Amber Brown nine turnovers in the third points for the Panthers as grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds on Monday night quarter last time out as they she looks to become the as she finished off her first 9 outscored the Blue Devils 756 20th member of the Pitt 10 career double-double with 25-10 in the quarter. 1,000 point club. 13 points and 10 boards. TEAM NOTES LAST TIME OUT » Bugg missed all of the 2017-18 » After a slow first half, the Panthers campaign due to a torn ACL and after a were able to secure their first win of strong start to her 2018-19 campaign, the season as they downed Central she missed the final 26 games after Connecticut State 81-73. suffering from blood clots.Prior to her blood clot diagnosis, Bugg was averaging » The Panthers fell behind by 17 through a team-high 14.0 points, 3.4 assists and 20 minutes before the defense helped 2.4 rebounds across 29.6 minutes/game. propel Pitt in the second half, forcing 13 turnovers in the second half to secure » Bugg is just 244 points shy 1,000 for her the come-from-behind victory.