2020-21 PITT WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES Women’s Basketball Contact: Louie Spina | (716) 429-5464 | [email protected] GAME NOTES THE MATCHUP 2020-21 SCHEDULE PITT PANTHERS VIRGINIA TECH VS OVERALL: 4-5 | ACC: 2-4 4-5 | 2-4 ACC 9-7 | 4-7 ACC Home: 3-2 | Away: 1-3 | Neutral: 0-0 Head Coach: Lance White Head Coach: Kenny Brooks Date Opponent TV Time/Result Record at Pitt: 20-51 (.282) / 3rd year Record at VT: 95-56 (.629) / 5th year N25 GEORGE MASON ACCNX W, 72-57 Career Record: 432-178 (.708) / 19th year Career Record: 20-51 (.282) / 3rd year N29 HOFSTRA ACCNX W, 71-58 Against Virginia Tech: 0-3 Against Pitt: 4-1 D6 DELAWARE ACCNX L, 85-79 GAME 10 | PITT vs. Virginia Tech - Feb. 4, 2021 | 7:00 PM | Pittsburgh, PA | Petersen Events Center (12,508) D10 at Virginia Tech* ACCNX L, 88-71 BREAKING DOWN THE MATCHUP D13 CLEMSON* ACCN W, 80-71 PITT CATEGORY VT D20 at Florida State* ACCNX L, 67-53 70.0 Scoring Offense 74.9 D31 BOSTON COLLEGE* ACCNX Postponed 71.9 Scoring Defense 65.9 40.6% FG % 42.9% J3 NORTH CAROLINA* RSN Postponed 37.8% FG % Defense 38.3% J7 at Louisville* RSN Postponed 32.2% 3PT FG % 37.0% 32.9% 3PT FG % Defense 33.6% J10 CLEMSON* ACCN Postponed 42.1 Rebounds/Game 39.6 PITTSBURGHPANTHERS.COM 18.3 Turnovers/Game 14.9 HOKIESPORTS.COM J14 at Notre Dame* ACCNX Postponed 7.3 Steals/Game 4.3 J21 MIAMI* ACCN L, 72-68 FRONT PAGE NEWS J24 at Boston College* RSN Postponed J26 at Clemson* ACCNX W, 79-69 THE SERIES STORYLINES THE OPENING TIP J28 at Syracuse* ACCNX L, 80-57 • Thursday’s meeting will be • Sophomore point guard • Pitt returns to the court Thurs- F4 VIRGINIA TECH* RSN 7:00 PM the 17th meeting of all-time with Dayshanette Harris is one of day, Feb. 4 as they play host to Virginia Tech holding the 11-5 seven players in the NCAA to be Virginia Tech at 7:00 pm. Thurs- F7 SYRACUSE* RSN 2:00 PM day’s game will air on RSN (AT&T lead in the series. averaging at least 13.8 ppg, 5.3 F11 at Wake Forest* ACCNX 6:00 pm • The series is tied, 3-3, in games apg, 4.8 rpg and 1.3 spg so far SportsNet Pittsburgh). • The Pitt backcourt duo of Jayla in Pittsburgh. this season. F14 NORTH CAROLINA* ACCNX 2:00 PM Everett and Dayshanette Harris • Virginia Tech has won four • The Pitt offense ranks ninth are the third highest scoring F16 BOSTON COLLEGE* ACCNX 6:00 PM straight in the series including a in scoring in the ACC so far this backcourt in the ACC overall and F18 LOUISVILLE* ACCNX 7:00 PM 88-71 victory earlier this season. season (70.0 ppg). Pitt is also in ACC games this season (28.9 averaging 68.0 ppg through six ppg / 27.3 ppg - min. 6 ACC GP). F22 NOTRE DAME* ACCN 8:00 PM ACC games, their highest ppg • Sophomore center Rita Igbok- A WIN WOULD... F25 at NC State* RSN 4:00 pm • Be the Panthers’ sixth win total through the first six games we has taken her play to a new against Virginia Tech all-time. of conference play since joining level over the last three games as F28 at Georgia Tech* ACCN/ESPN2 TBD she is averaging 10.0 ppg, 7.0 rpg • Give Pitt their 28th ACC victory the league in 2013-14. Pitt has M3-7 at ACC TOURNAMENT# TBD in program history. also shot at least 40% from the and 3.3 bpg while shooting 60% • Give Pitt three ACC wins, the floor in seven of nine games this from the floor. Igbokwe seems to be gaining confidence which will most in a season since winning season, marking the first time in help Pitt down the stretch of the All Times Eastern | * - ACC Game four in 2016-17. over 20 years they have done so. regular season. PROBABLE STARTERS ALL CAPS Games Played at Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh, PA # - ACC Tournament (Greensboro, NC) BROADCAST INFO Pitt Sports Network #20 #1 #12 #5 #23 Channel: 1320 AM WJAS Jayla Everett Dayshanette Harris Gabbie Green Amber Brown Rita Igbokwe Talent: Josh Rowntree, Play-by-Play 5-10 • JR • G 5-7 • SO • G 5-7 • SR • G 6-0 • SO • F 6-4 • SO • C Stream: PittsburghPanthers.com Stream: RSN (AT&T SportsNet) PPG 15.1 PPG 13.8 PPG 5.7 PPG 6.8 PPG 6.4 Talent: Tom Werme (Play-by-Play) RPG 2.4 RPG 4.7 RPG 2.3 RPG 6.6 RPG 6.1 Kelley Deyo (Analyst) APG 2.2 APG 5.3 SPG 0.7 APG 1.7 BPG 2.0 3PFG% 39.2% SPG 1.3 3PFG% 32.5% FG% 52.8% FG% 53.3% 1 2020-21 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) & 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 PITT ROSTER Capacity 12,508 NO. NAME HT. POS. YR. HOMETOWN / HIGH SCHOOL (LAST SCHOOL) Record at The Pete 148-131 (.530), 18th season 0 Sandrine Clesca 5-9 G Fr. Laval, Quebec, Canada / Winston-Salem Christian School Largest Crowd Last Year 6,730 vs. FDU (11/19/19) 1 Dayshanette Harris 5-7 G So. Youngstown, OH / Ursuline 2 Liatu King 6-0 G Fr. Washington, DC / Bishop McNamara TEAM HISTORY 3 Taisha Exanor 6-0 G Fr. Chateauguay, Quebec, Canada / Dawson College 4 Emy Hayford 5-8 G So. Maastricht, Netherlands / Calandlyceum First Season of Basketball 1974-75 5 Amber Brown 6-0 G So. Monroe, LA / Little Rock Christian Academy All-Time Overall Record 636-706 (45 seasons) 10 Ismini Prapa 5-7 G Jr. Athens, Greece / American Community School of Athens All-Time ACC Record 27-93 (8 seasons) 11 Cara Judkins 6-2 C Sr. Bethesda, MD / Our Lady of Good Counsel All-Time NCAA Tournament Record 6-4 12 Gabbie Green 5-7 G Sr. Bellville, TX / Bellville (South Plains College) All-Time ACC Tournament Record 2-7 13 Tracey Hueston 6-2 F Fr. Roanoke, VA / Northside NCAA Appearances/Last 4 / 2015 14 Cynthia Ezeja 6-3 F R-Fr. Athens, Greece / 20th High School of Athens WNIT Appearances/Last 5 / 2010 20 Jayla Everett 5-10 G Jr. St. Louis, MO / Kirkwood (New Mexico) 21 Marcella Lamark 6-4 C Sr. Sao Paulo, Brazil / Divino Salvador (Texas Tech) COACHING STAFF 23 Rita Igbokwe 6-4 F So. Jonesboro, GA / Mundy’s Mill Head Coach Lance White (Texas Tech ‘96) 31 Destiny Strother 5-9 G So. Flint, MI / Carman-Ainsworth (Marquette) Career Record/Year 20-51 (3rd Season) Record at Pitt/Year 20-51 (3rd Season) COACHING STAFF Assoc. Head Coach Terri Mitchell (3rd season) PITT STAFF Assistant Coach Josh Petersen (3rd season) Head Coach: Lance White (3rd Season) Lance White Head Coach Assistant Coach Bridgette Mitchell (2nd season) Associate Head Coach: Terri Mitchell (3rd Season) Dir. of Operations Ali Hoesly (3rd season) Assistant Coach: Josh Petersen (3rd Season) Director of Video Sean Sullivan (1st season) Assistant Coach: Bridgette Mitchell (2nd Season) Dir. of Creative Content Daymon Long (2nd season) Strength & Conditioning: Rhen Vail (3rd Season) Dir. of Recruiting Ops Sheana Vega (3rd season) Athletic Trainer: Brittany Buchheit (2nd Season) Administrative Assistant Felisha Hamiel Terri Mitchell Athletic Trainer Brittany Buchheit (2nd season) Director of Basketball Ops: Ali Hoesly (3rd Season) Associate HC Strength & Conditioning Rhen Vail (3rd season) Director of Recruiting Ops: Sheana Vega (3rd Season) Equipment Manager Alec Kopatich (2nd season) Director of Video: Sean Sullivan (2nd Season) Academic Coordinator Tilly Sheets Director of Creative Content: Daymon Long (2nd Season) MEDIA RELATIONS PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Josh Petersen Assistant Coach Director of Media Relations Louie Spina Taisha Exanor Tie - E - Shuh Email [email protected] Cynthia Ezeja Eh - zay - zuh Office Phone (412) 648-7774 Emy Hayford Amy Cell Phone (716) 429-5464 Tracey Hueston Houston Media Relations Fax (412) 648-8248 Rita Igbokwe Ig-Bock-Way Press Row Phone (412) 648-2318 Cara Judkins Care-Uh Bridgette Mitchell Mailing Address P.O. Box 7436, Pittsburgh, PA Liatu King Lee - uh - two Assistant Coach 15213-0436 Marcella Lamark Mar-Sell-Uh Overnight Address 3719 Terrace St., Pittsburgh, PA Ismini Prapa Is-Me-Knee Prop-Ah 15261 Destiny Strother STRUH - ther 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]. 2020-21 PITTSBURGH WOMEN’S BASKETBALL / PITTSBURGHPANTHERS.COM / @PITT_WBB 2 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL BY THE NUMBERS Sophomore Rita Igbokwe has Sophomore forward Amber As a team, the Panthers have been a force down low defensively Brown has 297 career rebounds made huge strides shooting the for Pitt over her young career. for the Panthers and is just three ball as they have connected on She set the Pitt freshman record rebounds shy of becoming the sec- 59 three-pointers in nine games for blocks a season ago (60) and 297 ond fastest Panther to 300 career 59 this season. The 59 threes are the 78 is the quickest player in program rebounds since Pitt joined the ACC most in the first nine games of a history to 78 career blocks.
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