VIRGINIA CAVALIER WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES 2020 ACC Tournament - Second Round 2019-20 Schedule/Results Greensboro Coliseum • Greensboro, N.C. Nov. 5 BUCKNELLACCNX W, 84-60 9- seed Virginia Cavaliers (13-16, 8-10 ACC) Nov. 9 at USC L, 59-49 vs Nov. 12 at CSUN W, 72-47 8-seed Syracuse Orange (15-14, 9-9 ACC) Nov. 16 #13 KENTUCKYACCNX L, 50-47 Nov. 19 at #4 UConnCBSSN L, 83-44 • Jocelyn Willoughby leads the ACC in scoring, averaging 19.4 points per ACCNX Nov. 24 OLD DOMINION WOT, 56-53 game. She is currently ranked No. 19 in the nation in scoring. Only one Cava- ACCNX Nov. 30 JAMES MADISON% W, 55-49 lier, (current assistant coach) Monica Wright, has ever finished the year as the Dec. 1 #11 UCLA%ACCNX L, 73-62 conference’s leading scorer. She did so in both her junior (2009) and senior Dec. 5 at Rutgers# BTN L, 73-63 (2010) seasons, averaging 20.5 and 23.7 points per game, respectively. Haley Dec. 20 vs UNLV^ W, 63-55 Gorecki of Duke is in second place, averaging 18.2 points per game Dec. 21 vs 15 Mississippi St L, 72-59 • Willoughby ranks in the top-10 in program history for career points (she Dec. 29 at Georgia Tech*ACCNX L, 61-51 currently ranks ninth) and is sixth on the career rebounding list. She is one Jan. 2 NORTH CAROLINA*ACCNX L, 65-47 of just five players in program history to currently rank in the top-10 for both statistics (Heather Burge, Wendy Palmer, Lyndra Littles, Cathy Grimes). Dawn Jan. 5 at #9 NC State*RSN L, 80-60 Staley also was in the top-10 for both statistics until Willoughby passed her ACCN Jan. 9 DUKE* W, 66-63 and relegated her to 11th on the career rebounding list. Willoughby needs 25 ACCN Jan. 12 at Boston College* W, 69-52 rebounds to move into the top-five in program history for that stat Jan. 16 at Wake Forest*ACCNX L, 62-56 • Willoughby has started every game since the first game of her freshman Jan. 19 VIRGINIA TECH*ACCN L, 69-61 year, averaging 32.0 minutes per game over her career (126 games, 126 starts; Jan. 23 at #5 Louisville*RSN L, 71-56 total minutes played=4,033) Jan. 26 NOTRE DAME*ACCNX W, 90-60 • Dominique Toussaint needs seven points to move into the top-20 of the Jan. 30 at North Carolina*ACCNX L, 78-68 program’s all-time leading scorers. She comes into the game with 1,309 Feb. 2 SYRACUSE*ACCNX W, 58-41 • With her seven assists in the game at Virginia Tech, Toussaint moved into the career top-10 for that stat, ranking 10th with 387. With 129 made-threes, Feb. 6 CLEMSON*ACCNX W, 70-54 ACCN she is two shy of moving into the top-10 in that statistical category Feb. 9 at #17 Florida State* L, 63-55 • Virginia averaged 63.2 points per game in conference games this year af- ACCNX Feb. 13 MIAMI* W, 69-64 ter starting the year averaging 59.5 against non-conference opponents. UVA Feb. 20 at Duke*ACCNX L, 62-47 also improved its shooting percentage making 41.4 percent of its attempts Feb. 23 at Virginia Tech*ACCN W, 86-76 in conference games after shooting 37.5 percent in non-conference games. Feb. 27 PITTSBURGH*ACCNX W, 66-55 The Cavaliers had a -2.3 turnover margin in non-conference play and are +2.3 Mar. 1 #8 NC STATE*RSN L, 75-64 against ACC opponents • Redshirt freshman guard Amandine Toi scored 13 points on Sunday against Mar. 5 vs SyracuseRSN 2 p.m. NC State. It was the first time this season she has led the team in scoring • Freshman guard Carole Miller finished the regular-season with a trio of solid offensive performances, averaging 10.3 ppg in her last three contest, ACC Tournament, Greensboro Coliseum going a combined 14-of-21 (66.7 percent) from the field • Freshman guard Kylie Kornegay-Lucas has been a contributor both offen- * ACC game sively and defensively for the Cavaliers. Last week she grabbed 12 rebounds % Cavalier Classic Tournament in Thursday’s game against Pitt, her third time this season grabbing a dozen # ACC/Big Ten Challenge ^ Duel in the Desert (Las Vegas, Nevada) boards. On Sunday, she scored 11 points against NC State [CBSSN] - CBS Sports Network [BTN] - Big Ten Network Last Game Starting Lineup [ACCN] -ACC Network G 1 Carole Miller Fr. 6.2 ppg 3.6 rpg 24 ast/ 20 stls [ACCNX] - ACC Network Extra Streaming • Scored 12 points with 5 rebounds against Pitt and 10 point against NC State [RSN] - ACC Regional Sports Networks G 4 Dominique Toussaint Sr. 10.9 ppg 3.7 rpg 87 ast / 28 stls • Scored a career high 29 points in the win at Virginia Tech All Times Eastern G 13 Jocelyn Willoughby Sr. 19.4 ppg 7.5 rpg 58 ast / 39 stls Rankings are Associated Press • Leads the ACC in scoring and 12th in rebounding F 14 Lisa Jablonowski Sr. 8.0 ppg 5.2 rpg 39 ast/ 44 stl • Had a season-high 11 rebounds at Wake Forest G 23 Amandine Toi R-Fr. 4.3 ppg 1.0 rpg 38 ast / 6 stls • Scored a season-high 13 points at North Carolina 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 VIRGINIA IN THE ACC TOURNAMENT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA • Virginia is looking for its fourth ACC tournament title and its first since 1993 Name ...................................................The University of Virginia • Virginia and Syracuse also faced one another in the second round of Founded ...................................... by Thomas Jefferson in 1819 last year’s ACC Tournament, with the 5-seed Syracuse winning 67-57 over Nicknames ........................................ Cavaliers, Wahoos, ‘Hoos 12-seed Virginia Location ...........................................................Charlottesville, Va. • UVA is 2-4 in ACC Tournament Second Round games (since the expan- Enrollment................................. 23,883 (16,673 undergraduate) sion of the conference in 2014) President .............................................James E Ryan (Yale ‘88) • Viginia has advanced to the quarterfinals three times in the last eight Athletics Director ........................Carla Williams (Georgia ‘89) years Conference .......................Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Colors...................................................................Orange and Blue SCOUTING SYRACUSE Official Athletics Websites ..................... VirginiaSports.com • Syracuse heads into the tournament having lost its last four games .............................................................. VirginiaSportsTV.com • Kiara Lewis was named to the All-ACC team. Lewis leads the Orange University Website .................................................... virginia.edu with 17.6 points per game, which ranks third in the conference, and also leads the team in assists with 144 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL INFORMATION • Emily Engstler is third in the conference in rebounding, averaging 9.4 First Season of Basketball ..............................................1973-74 per game All-Time Record ..........................................939-489 (47th year) • Syracuse leads the conference in blocked shots and is third in made- All-Time Home Record ....................................................468-219 threes per game (7.6). The Orange are also averaging an ACC-best 14.8 John Paul Jones Arena ..................166-65 (14th season) offensive rebounds per game University Hall.............................................................302-149 All-Time ACC Record ..........................371-242 (43rd Season) FEB. 2 VS SYRACUSE Home Facility ......................John Paul Jones Arena (14,593) • Virginia defeated the Orange, 58-41, on the Cavaliers’ #Play4Kay game. Press Row Phone Number .............................. 434-962-0579 The team wore #Tough4T patches on their pregame warm-ups NCAA Tournament Appearances/Last .................... 25/2018 • Virginia led wire-to-wire, limiting Syracuse to 26.3 percent shooting NCAA Tournament Record ................................................34-25 and its lowest point total since 2007 WNIT Tournament Appearances/Last ........................5/2017 • Jocelyn Willoughby had her 10th 20-point game of the season, finish- WNIT Tournament Record .................................................... 14-9 ing with 24 points and seven rebounds. Shemera Williams came off the bench to score 11 points 2018-19 Record ......................................................................... 12-19 • The 41 points by Syracuse was its fewest scored in a game since falling ACC Record/Finish ..........................................................5-11/12th to Rutgers, 68-40 on Feb. 14, 2007 Letterwinners Returning/Lost ...............................................3/6 • The 41 points was the fewest points allowed by the Virginia defense Starters Returning/Lost ...........................................................3/2 this season Newcomers ....................................................................................... 7 • Virginia shot 40.7 percent (22-of-54) while Syracuse was 15-of-57 (26.3 percent) and 2-of-17 (11.8 percent) from three-point range COACHING & SUPPORT STAFF • Virginia was 0-of-11 from three-point range, the first time since Nov. Head Coach .........................................................Tina Thompson 29, 2013 that the Cavaliers failed to make at least one three-point basket Career Record ........................................................................25-35 • Virginia held a 46-31 edge in rebounding Virginia Record ......................................................................25-35 • Virginia outscored Syracuse 34-24