2017-18 GEORGIA TECH WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Georgia Tech Athletics Assocation Communications & Public Relations • WBB Contact: Liz Ryan Office: 404-894-5445 • Cell: 404-431-9619 • Email: [email protected] • @GTWBB 2017-18 SCHEDULE Head Coach: MaChelle Joseph Head Coach: Jeff Walz Overall: 11-2 ACC: 0-0 Streak: W2 Record at GT: 285-179 Record at Louisville: 277-93 Home: 8-0 Away: 2-1 Neutral: 1-1 Season: 15th vs Career Record: 277-93 Coach Jo vs. Louisville: 0-4 Coach Walz vs GT: 4-0 Nov. 5 UNION (Exh.) W, 80-38 0-4 Georgia Tech No. 3/4 Louisville 4-0 Nov. 10 at Appalachian State W. 75-41 GT vs. Louisville: Louisville vs. GT: Nov. 12 SOUTH CAROLINA STATE W, 86-40 Last meeting vs. Louisville: (11-2, 0-0 ACC) (14-0, 0-0 ACC) Last game: 12/20/17 1/18/17 - Louisville 91, GT 51 Nov. 15 KENNESAW STATE W, 86-48 @GTWBB @UofLWBB Louisville 62, Air Force 50 Nov. 19 at Princeton W, 67-56 STARTING FIVE Nov. 21 GEORGIA STATE W, 75-51 1. Georgia Tech opens ACC play on Thursday welcoming No. 3/4 Louisville to McCamish Pa- Nov. 23 vs. Penn^ W, 69-55 vilion. The Jackets and Cardinals open league play facing each other for the second time in Nov. 25 vs. No. 8 Baylor^ L, 57-80 program history (first in 2014-15 season). The game will be available on ACC Network Extra. Nov. 30 PURDUE# W, 68-55 2. The Jackets and Cardinals have met four times in program history with Louisville leading Dec. 3 MTSU W, 48-45 the all-time series, 4-0. Tonight’s matchup marks the sixth-straight season Tech has opened Dec. 10 UT ARLINGTON W, 80-52 ACC play facing a nationally-ranked league foe. The last time Tech opened conference play Dec. 17 at Georgia L, 60-53 not facing a ranked opponent dates back to 2011-12 against NC State. Dec. 19 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN W, 78-51 3. The Jackets are a perfect 8-0 this season when competing at home and look to extend Dec. 21 SOUTHERN MISS W, 63-44 that mark to 9-0 Thursday. When competing at home, three Jackets average double-figure Dec. 28 LOUISVILLE* 7 p.m. scoring numbers led by Francesca Pan (13.5 ppg), Chanin Scott (10.8 ppg) and Zaire O’Neil Dec. 31 CLEMSON* 2 p.m. (10.6 ppg). Tech is outscoring its opponents at home by a 24.8 point advantage. Jan. 4 at Syracuse* 7 p.m. 4. Georgia Tech is led in scoring this season by Francesca Pan who is averaging 13.2 points Jan. 7 NOTRE DAME* 2 p.m. per game. Elo Edeferioka continues to lead the Jackets on the boards, pulling down 6.2 rpg. Jan. 10 at NC State* 7 p.m. 5. Head coach MaChelle Joseph is in her 15th season on The Flats and carries an all-time Chanin Scott scored 17 points Jan. 14 at Pittsburgh* 2 p.m. career record of 285-179. Joseph is the all-time winningest coach in program history and in back-to-back games to set Jan. 21 WAKE FOREST* 2 p.m. holds the highest winning percentage in Yellow Jacket history at 60.9 percent. a career-high in scoring. Jan. 25 at Virginia Tech* 7 p.m. Jan. 28 VIRGINIA* 1 p.m. Feb. 1 at Duke* 7 p.m. A WIN WOULD.... Feb. 4 at Clemson* 2 p.m. -Be the first-ever program win over Louisville and move the series record to 1-4 in favor of the Cardinals -Push the Jackets to 9-0 at home this season and mark the sixth time the Jackets have gone 9-0 at home since Joseph Feb. 8 BOSTON COLLEGE* 7 p.m. Feb. 11 at Notre Dame* 1 p.m. took over the program in 2003-04 -Mark the 286th win of Coach Joseph’s career Feb. 15 NORTH CAROLINA* 7 p.m. -Be the 661st all-time program win in Georgia Tech women’s basketball history and move the Yellow Jackets to 661-604 Feb. 22 MIAMI* 7 p.m. Feb. 25 at Florida State* 1 p.m. overall Feb. 28-Mar. 4 at ACC Tournament! SERIES HISTORY Home games in BOLD | *- ACC Conference Game Georgia Tech and Louisville first met in 2015 in Kentucky and the Cardinals have taken all four meetings since then. The ^ - Junkanoo Jam (Bimini, Bahamas) | # - Big Ten/ACC Jackets and Cardinals met twice in 2016 and have only met once in Atlanta. Louisville’s largest margin of victory took Challenge | ! ACC Tournament - Greensboro, N.C. place last year in Kentucky with the Cardinals winning 91-51. Louisville has outscored the Jackets in program history by an average margin of 22.5 points. LAST TIME OUT Georgia Tech improved to 8-0 at home with a victory over Southern Miss, 63-44, to wrap-up non-conference play. Four Jackets finished in double-figure scoring numbers led by Chanin Scott with 17 points, matching her career-high set in the previous game against Charleston Southern. Tech won the rebounding battle, 36-20, led by Scott and Zaire O’Neil each with six boards. For the game, the Jackets shot 45.1 percent (23-51), while holding Southern Miss to a 38.0 percent (19-50) shooting clip. PROBABLE STARTERS (BASED ON LAST GAME) GP-GS PPG RPG MPG NOTES 11 F Elo Edeferioka (r-Sr., 5-2, Warri, Nigeria) 13-13 8.5 6.2 24.9 Recorded her second double-double against Georgia 13 F Lorela Cubaj (Fr., 6-4, Terni, Italy) 13-13 3.5 3.9 19.4 Earned her first collegiate start at App State, played 24 minutes 24 G Chanin Scott (So., 6-0, Charlotte, N.C.) 13-13 9.6 5.0 21.5 Set a new career-high in scoring with 17 points against CSU 33 G Francesca Pan (So., 6-1, Bassano del Grappa, Italy) 13-13 13.2 2.7 27.4 Scored in double-figures in nine times this season 41 G Kierra Fletcher (Fr., 5-9, Warren, Mich.) 13-13 4.8 3.8 20.8 Scored career-high 14 points against CSU OFF THE BENCH 0 G Imani Tilford (Sr., 5-5, Greenburgh, N.Y.) 13-0 5.2 2.2 20.1 Led team in assists last season with 119 1 G Kaylan Pugh (Jr., 5-9, Memphis, Tenn.) 13-0 7.4 4.0 17.1 Recorded four games scoring 20-plus points last season 3 G Taja Cummings (Fr., 5-6, Alpharetta, Ga.) 7-0 0.6 0.4 5.6 Scored first collegiate bucket against SC State 4 F Anne Francoise Diouf (So., 6-4, Dakar, Senegal) 0-0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Earned the start at Wake Forest last season 5 F Daijah Jefferson (Fr., 6-2, Hopewell, Va.) 0-0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12 F Breanna Brown (Gr., 6-3, Oakland, Calif.) 12-0 3.0 3.3 10.9 Posted 12 points and six rebounds against SC State 21 F Zaire O’Neil (Sr., 5-11, Newark, N.J.) 13-0 9.6 5.0 19.1 Crossed 1,000-career point mark against SC State 44 F Martine Fortune (Jr., 6-3, Philadelphia, Pa.) 8-0 0.8 1.1 3.5 Saw action in 10 games in 2016-17 55 G Antonia Peresson (Sr., 5-9, Pordenone, Italy) 13-0 4.2 0.5 14.5 Hit team-best 69 three-pointers last season 2017-18 GEORGIA TECH WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES vs LOUISVILLE - Game No. 14 QUICK FACTS 2017-18 GEORGIA TECH WOMEN’S BASKETBALL ROSTER GENERAL Numerical Full Name: ........................... Georgia Institute of Technology No. Name YR HT POS Hometown High School/Previous School Location: .......................................................Atlanta, Ga. 0 Imani Tilford Sr. 5-5 PG Greenburgh, N.Y. Woodlands HS Founded: .............................................................. 1885 1 Kaylan Pugh Jr. 5-9 G Memphis, Tenn. St. Mary’s Episcopal School/Ohio State Enrollment: ........................................................ 25,000 3 Taja Cummings Fr. 5-6 G Alpharetta, Ga. St. Francis Nicknames: ........................Ramblin’ Wreck, Yellow Jackets 4 Anne Francoise Diouf So. 6-4 F Dakar, Senegal IMG Academy Colors: ...............................................Old Gold and White 5 Daijah Jefferson Fr. 6-2 F Hopewell, Va. Hopewell Arena (Cap.): ............................McCamish Pavilion (8,600) 11 Elo Edeferioka r-Sr. 6-2 F Warri, Nigeria Life Center Academy/Hofstra President: .....................................Dr. G. P. “Bud” Peterson 12 Breanna Brown Gr. 6-3 F Oakland, Calif. Bishop O’Down/Oregon State Athletics Director: ......................................Todd Stansbury 13 Lorela Cubaj Fr. 6-4 F Terni, Italy Istituto Paritario G. Parini Faculty Ath. Representative: ............... Dr. Charles L. Isbell, Jr. 21 Zaire O’Neil Sr. 5-11 F Newark, N.J. Malcolm X Shabazz Sport Administrator: ....................................Mark Rountree 24 Chanin Scott So. 6-0 G Charlotte, N.C. Myers Park 33 Francesca Pan So. 6-1 G Bassano del Grappa, Italy Istituto G. Parini Mestre COACHING STAFF 41 Kierra Fletcher Fr. 5-9 G Warren, Mich. Warren Cousino Head Coach: ..........................................MaChelle Joseph 44 Martine Fortune Jr. 6-3 F Philadelphia, Pa. The Shipley School Years at Tech: ...........................................................15th 55 Antonia Peresson Sr. 5-9 G Pordenone, Italy Liceo Stefanini Yenezia Twitter: ...................................................@GT_Coach_Jo Career Record: ....................................... 285-179 (.608) Alphabetical Record at Tech: .................................................... Same No. Name YR HT POS Hometown High School/Previous School Alma Mater: ...............................................Purdue, 1992 12 Breanna Brown Gr. 6-3 F Oakland, Calif. Bishop O’Down/Oregon State Assistant Head Coach: .......................................Rob Norris 13 Lorela Cubaj Fr.