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 NOTRE DAME FIGHTING IRISH AT OVERALL: 4-18 | ACC: 1-10 4-18 | 1-10 ACC 9-14 | 4-7 ACC Home: 3-10 | Away: 0-7 | Neutral: 1-1 Head Coach: Lance White Head Coach: Muffet McGraw Date Opponent Time/Result Record at Pitt: 15-38 (.283) / 2nd year Record at ND: 844-248 (.773) / 33rd year N1 PITT-JOHNSTOWN (Exh.) W, 76-62 Career Record: 15-38 (.283) / 2nd year Career Record: 932-289 (.763) / 38th year N6 at UCF L, 74-58 Against Notre Dame: 0-2 Against Pitt: 28-3 N11 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT ST. W, 81-73 N16 GEORGETOWN L, 66-56 GAME 23 | PITT at NOTRE DAME - Feb. 9, 2020 | 4:00 PM | South Bend, IN | Purcell Pavilion (9,149) N19 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON % W, 69-60 N23 DUQUESNE L, 81-62 BREAKING DOWN THE MATCHUP N29 vs. Ohio $ L, 72-50 PITT CATEGORY ND N30 vs. Ole Miss $ W, 58-50 58.2 Scoring Offense 64.3 D5 at Penn State ^ L, 78-73 70.2 Scoring Defense 69.3 D8 STONY BROOK L, 59-56 35.5% FG % 39.9% 40.4% FG % Defense 39.1% D17 MIAMI (OH) L, 80-71 29.4% 3PT FG % 23.8% D21 at Cincinnati L, 69-53 31.7% 3PT FG % Defense 29.5% D30 at North Carolina* L, 70-62 40.9 Rebounds/Game 37.0 J2 NOTRE DAME* L, 60-52 PITTSBURGHPANTHERS.COM 17.8 Turnovers/Game 17.7 UND.COM 6.3 Steals/Game 8.9 J5 BOSTON COLLEGE* L, 79-70 J9 at Virginia Tech* L, 68-56 FRONT PAGE NEWS J16 at Clemson* L, 75-67 (OT) J19 SYRACUSE* L, 69-51 J23 #8 NC STATE* L, 88-44 THE SERIES STORYLINES THE OPENING TIP J26 at #5 Louisville* L, 83-49 • This meeting marks the 32nd • One of the major points of • Pitt hits the road on Sunday of all-time between the two pro- emphasis for Pitt coming into afternoon to take on Notre Dame J30 WAKE FOREST* W, 53-48 grams with Notre Dame owning the season was improving on at 4:00 pm on the ACC Network. F1 #14 FLORIDA STATE* L, 66-41 the 28-3 lead in the series. their rebounding and through 22 • Freshman point guard F6 GEORGIA TECH* L, 77-48 Dayshanette Harris has made • The Fighting Irish have won 11 games the Panthers have done F9 at Notre Dame* 4:00 pm in a row in the series and own a a great job. So far this season, huge strides in ACC play for the 13-0 series record in games in Panthers as she has led the F13 DUKE* 6:00 PM Pitt is averaging 40.7 rpg, a +5.4 team in scoring in four of her South Bend. rebound margin from a season F16 at Syracuse* 1:00 pm • The Panthers last win in the last five games. The freshman F20 at Boston College* 7:00 pm ago. The +5.4 margin marks the is averaging a team-high 11.1 series came on Feb. 3, 2009 when biggest improvement in the ACC points, 4.3 rebounds, 2.4 assists F23 LOUISVILLE* 2:00 PM Pitt downed the Irish 82-70. this season. and 1.8 steals in ACC play and F27 at Virginia* 7:00 pm • The new-look Pitt lineup now was named ACC Freshman of the M1 at Miami* 3:00 pm A WIN WOULD... Week this week for the first time. features four newcomers in start- M4-8 ACC TOURNAMENT # TBA • Give Pitt four wins over the ing roles. So far this season the • The freshman duo of Amber Fighting Irish all-time. six newcomers have combined Brown and Rita Igbokwe are • Be the Panthers 632nd victory to average 40.0 points and 27.0 combining to average 15.0 rpg, All Times Eastern | * - ACC Game in program history. rebounds per game. They are the third best freshman rebound- • Give the Panthers their first ing duo in the NCAA behind duos accounting for 68.8% of the Pitt from UC Santa Barbara and ALL CAPS Games Played at Petersen Events Center true road win of the season and scoring this season. first in ACC play. Oregon State. 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) BROADCAST INFO Pitt Sports Network #1 #4 #12 #5 #11 Josh Rowntree, Play-by-Play Dayshanette Harris Emy Hayford Gabbie Green Amber Brown Cara Judkins 1320 AM WJAS / iHeartRadio app 5-7 • FR • G 5-8 • FR • G 5-7 • JR • G 6-0 • FR • F 6-2 • JR • C Stream: ACC Network PPG 10.4 PPG 5.1 PPG 9.6 PPG 8.6 PPG 4.3 Talent: Brett Dolan (Play-by-Play) RPG 4.0 RPG 3.2 RPG 3.6 RPG 8.2 RPG 5.0 Monica McNutt (Analyst) APG 2.6 APG 1.2 APG 1.2 APG 1.2 BPG 1.1 SPG 1.7 SPG 0.6 3FG% 32.8% FG% 39.2% FG% 44.9% 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 145-128 (.531), 18th season NO. NAME HT. POS. YR. HOMETOWN/LAST SCHOOL Largest Crowd This Year 6,730 vs. FDU (11/19/19) 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 631-693 (45 seasons) 5 Amber Brown 6-0 G Fr. Monroe, LA / Little Rock Christian Academy All-Time ACC Record 25-82 (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 15-38 (2nd Season) Record at Pitt/Year 15-38 (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 Prop-Ah 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 freshman duo of Sophomore Jahsyni Knight Freshman Rita Igbokwe cur- Amber Brown (8.2 rpg) and Rita notched a career-high seven rently has 44 blocks, giving her Igbokwe (6.8 rpg) are one of two assists last time out, the most pairs of freshman teammates the third most by a freshman in the NCAA (Oregon State) to by a Pitt player since Jasmine in program history. She ranks 6.8 average at least 7.0 rebounds/ 7 Whitney had 12 vs.