2006-2007 VIRGINIA TECH WOMEN’SHokie BASKEtbALL N NOTESotes 2006-07 Virginia Tech Women’s Basketball Hokies open ACC Tourney against Eagles 2006-2007 Virginia Tech Women’s Boston College Eagles (13-15, 3-11) Basketball Schedule November 1 BELMONT ABBEY (Exb.) W 86-44 vs. 6 WINGATE (Exb.) W 101-59 10 RADFORD L 60-67 Virginia Tech Hokies (17-13, 6-8) Basketball Travelers Classic in Baton Rouge, La. 12 vs. Howard W 97-78 Mar. 1, 2007, 6 p.m. ET 13 vs. West Virginia W 60-56 Greensboro Coliseum (11,000), Greensboro, N.C. 14 at #10 LSU L 40-70 Radio: WWBU SuperTalk 101.7 FM Satellite Radio: XM 193 18 DELAWARE STATE W 66-50 Live Television: None Pepperdine Thanksgiving Tourn.in Malibu, Calif. 24 vs. Iowa State L 69-75 Live Audio Webcast: www.hokiesports.com Live Video Webcast: ACC Select 25 vs. Tennessee Tech W 87-52 Series Record: Tech leads 7-2 28 WILLIAM & MARY L 41-64 December VIRGINIA TECH 2 CHARLOTTE W 80-68 PROBABLE STARTERS 5 at Liberty W 55-52 Pos. No. Name Ht. Cl. Hometown Ppg. Rpg. 18 ETSU (ACC Select) W 78-64 F 25 Britney Anderson 6-0 Sr. Blacksburg, Va. 10.4 4.1 21 at UAB L 59-70 C 11 Nare Diawara 6-6 Sr. Bamako, Mali 12.1 8.1 LADY LUCK CLASSIC IN BLACKSBURG, Va. G 5 Kirby Copeland 5-10 Sr. Morrow, Ga. 15.3 3.8 28 WINSTON-SALEM ST. W 43-33 G 21 Brittany Cook 6-0 r-So. Narrows, Va. 10.0 5.0 29 DETROIT W 71-57 January G 22 Laura Haskins 5-10 So. Alexandria, Va. 3.4 3.9 2 WAKE FOREST* W 74-54 BOSTON COLLEGE 4 at #2 North Carolina* L 68-102 PROBABLE STARTERS 7 #3 DUKE* (RSN) L 54-86 Pos. No. Name Ht. Cl. Hometown Ppg. Rpg. 10 vs. UNC Greensboro# W 56-45 F 11 Kathrin Ress 6-4 Sr. Salorno, Italy 16.5 8.6 15 FLORIDA STATE* (RSN) L 60-70 F 1 Ayla Brown 6-0 Fr. Wrentham, Mass. 7.9 5.9 18 at Wake Forest* (ACC Select) W 74-34 22 at Virginia* (RSN) W 60-58 G 4 Kindyll Dorsey 5-9 Sr. Manchesterr, N.H. 8.2 2.4 25 MIAMI* (ACC Select) W 78-71 G 33 Mickel Picco 5-8 Fr. Austin, Texas 6.0 1.5 29 at #1 Duke* (RSN) L 65-75 G 3 Sarah Marshall 5-7 Sr. Falmouth, Maine 5.8 5.5 ast. February 3 MOREHEAD STATE (ACC Select) W 77-64 THE COACHES 5 GEORGIA TECH* W 73-68 8 at #6 Maryland* L 59-68 11 at Clemson* L 69-73 15 VIRGINIA* L 76-79 18 NC STATE* (RSN) L 63-68 23 at Boston College* (RSN) W 67-52 March Virginia Tech Boston College 1-4 30th ACC Championship in Greensboro, N.C. Head Coach: Beth Dunkenberger Head Coach: Cathy Inglese 1 vs. Boston College (ACC Select) 6 p.m. Alma Mater, Year: Randolph-Macon, 1988 Alma Mater, Year: Southern Conn., ‘80 Record at School (years): 55-35 (3rd yr.) Record at School (years): 252-166 (14th yr.) *Atlantic Coast Conference game Career Record (years): 120-85 (7th yr.) Career Record (years): 372-240 (20th yr.) #Greensboro Coliseum Assistant Coaches Assistant Coaches Home Games in ALL CAPS Shellie Greenman (Emory & Henry, 1988) Yvonne Hawkins (Ashland, 83) All times eastern Bobbie Kelsey (Stanford, 1996) Erik Johnson (UC-San Diego, ‘94) Stacy Cantley (UNC Wilmington, 1999) Nancy Darsch (Springfield, ‘73) Director of Basketball Operations Director of Basketball Operations Women’s Basketball SID: Torye Hurst Jill Jameson (Northern Iowa, 1992) Chris Brann (Florida State, ‘01) Office: 540-231-8823 Fax: 540-231-6984 Trainer Trainer Cell: 540-998-5907 Email: [email protected] Megan Rittler (Salisbury University, 2002) Donna Bennett (Keene State, ‘75) VT Homepage: www.hokiesports.com THE BOSTON COLLEGE GAME MARCH , 2007 30TH ACC CHAMPIONSHIPS 2 2006-2007 VIRGINIA TECH WOMEN’S BASKEtbALL NOTES The Series vs. Boston College The Hokies and Eagles meet for the tenth time, and for the Boston College Scorecard second time in six days. Tech leads the series 7-2. The Hokies are 2006-2007 Schedule/Scores 4-1 against the Eagles in Blacksburg, 2-1 in Chestnut Hill, Mass., Record: 13-15 and 1-0 at neutral sites. Tech won the first meeting, 74-65, in Home: 10-6 Neutral: 1-1 Blacksburg on Dec. 29, 1989, and won the last game, 67-52, on Away: 2-8 ACC: 3-11 Feb. 23, 2007, in the Conte Forum. Tech led the series 4-2 when both programs were members of the BIG EAST Conference. The Nov. series has featured two overtime contests, a 65-59 BC win in 2 SACRED HEART W 68-46 4 DELAWARE W 68-6 Blacksburg on Feb. 18, 2001, while Tech won 74-70 on Mar. 9, 7 NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL W 87-44 2003, in the quarterfinals of the BIG EAST tournament in Storrs, 2 at #6 Ohio State L 2OT 72-80 Conn. Beth Dunkenberger is 2-0 vs. Boston College while Cathy 24 vs. Central Connecticut1 W 67-57 Inglese, in her 14th year in Chestnut Hill, Mass., is 2-6 vs. the 25 vs. Vermont L 48-56 Hokies. 28 FAIRFIELD W 64-58 Boston College (7-2) Dec. Dec. 29, 1989 hW 74-65 at Holy Cross W 53-36 Jan. 17, 2001 aW 64-52 5 NEW HAMPSHIRE W 50-3 Feb. 18, 2001 hL (OT) 59-65 8 at St. Joseph’s L 54-58 Jan. 9, 2002 hW 73-52 7 MAINE W 63-34 Feb. 16, 2003 aL 47-65 21 COLGATE W 8-55 Mar. 9, 2003 nW (OT) 74-70 28 HARVARD L 58-68 Jan. 24, 2004 hW 80-64 31 MASSACHUSETTS W 70-64 Jan. 24, 2004 hW 80-64 Jan. Jan. 8, 2006 hW 67-62 4 FLORIDA STATE* L 53-72 Feb. 23, 2007 aW 67-52 11 NC STATE* L 40-58 4 at Virginia* L OT 63-65 The Last Time with the Eagles 8 at Miami* L 68-83 21 CLEMSON* W 69-64 CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. -- Virginia Tech used a balanced scoring attack and strong bench play to defeat Boston College, 67-52 at the Conte Forum 25 at Georgia Tech* L 49-60 28 at NC State* L 46-64 in their regular season finale. Feb. Tech placed four players in double figures led by Amber Hall with 12 #2 NORTH CAROLINA* L 60-82 points. Hall also pulled down a game-high 11 rebounds for her first career 4 at #4 Maryland* L 39-7 double-double. Brittany Cook added 11 points and six rebounds followed 11 MIAMI* W 78-65 by Kirby Copeland and Nare Diawara with 10 points each. 5 at # Duke* L 52-73 Laura Haskins registered a career-high seven assists as all nine Tech 8 at Wake Forest* W 56-42 players seeing action scored in the contest. In addition to Hall’s board 23 VIRGINIA TECH* L 52-67 work, Diawara, Cook, and Haskins each pulled down six rebounds each. 25 #5/6 MARYLAND* L 60-76 The Hokies bench contributed 30 points in the contest while the Eagles Mar. bench was limited to just seven. -4 ACC Tournament TBA Tech trailed 25-23 with 3:35 remaining in the first half before the Hokies * ACC games used a 12-2 run to close out the half and build a 32-25 lead they would - Rhode Island Tournament never relinguish. The Hokies then clamped down in the second half 2006-2007 Statistical Leaders limiting Boston College to only 24.2 percent (8-33) from the field and outrebounding the Eagles 32-15 in the second period. Scoring Kathrin Ress - 16.6 Comparing the Two Ayla Brown - 8.2 (through games of Feb. 28) Kindyll Dorsey - 7.9 VT BC Elizabeth Egnell - 7.8 Scoring Offense 66.0 60.3 Scoring Margin .5 0.0 Rebounding Field Goal Pct. .436 .49 Kathrin Ress - 8.4 3-Point FGs Made 2.5 4.0 Ayla Brown - 5.9 3-Point Field Goal Pct. .256 .322 Assists Scoring Defense 64.4 60.3 Sarah Marshall - 5.4 Free Throw Percentage .695 .754 Steals Field Goal Pct. Defense .402 .392 Ayla Brown - 1.1 3-Point FG Pct. Defense .347 .298 Offensive Rebounds 3.4 11.0 FG Percentage: Kathrin Ress - .500 (173-346) Defensive Rebounds 26. 26.0 3-Pt. Percentage - Kindyll Dorsey - .349 (53-152) Rebounding Margin 4.2 2.5 Blocked Shots 4. .5 FT Percentage: Kathrin Ress - .819 (113-138) Assists 4.2 15.5 Steals 8. 5.6 Turnovers 8.8 18.5 THE BOSTON COLLEGE GAME MARCH , 2007 30TH ACC CHAMPIONSHIPS 2006-2007 VIRGINIA TECH WOMEN’S BASKEtbALL NOTES 3 Copeland joins the Club A Tall Order Kirby Copeland, a 2007 All-ACC Honorable Mention selection, Nare Diawara, Tech’s tallest player at 6-6 and second leading became the 20th member of the Virginia Tech 1,000 career point club scorer (12.1), had an outstanding four-game stretch during the recently with her 17-point effort at Clemson. Copeland not only leads the completed regular season. Diawara scored 21 points and pulled down team in scoring (15.3), but also leads the Hokies in assists (126) and 12 rebounds in Tech’s 74-34 win at Wake Forest. She followed up that steals (59).