(#RV/RV) PITT PANTHERS (24-10, 10-6 BIG EAST) VS. STANFORD CARDINAL (32-3, 16-2 PAC 10) (#4/4) MARCH 29-31, 2008 • NCAA TOURNAMENT • Spokane, Wash. • Spokane Arena 22007-080 0 7 - 0 8 P IITTT T W OOMENM E N ’ S B AASKETBALLS K E T B A L L PITT PROBABLE STARTERS STANFORD PROBABLE STARTERS F 2 Sophronia Sallard 5-10 So. 2.9 ppg 2.5 rpg F 14 Kayla Pedersen 6-4 Fr. 12.6 ppg 8.3 rpg F 33 Xenia Stewart 6-0 Jr. 8.9 ppg 4.3 rpg C 2 Jayne Appel 6-4 So. 14.9 ppg 8.8 rpg C 45 Marcedes Walker 6-3 Sr. 13.9 ppg 9.6 rpg G 10 JJ Hones 5-10 So. 6.1 ppg 1.9 rpg G 0 Mallorie Winn 5-11 Sr. 8.1 ppg 3.5 rpg G 11 Candice Wiggins 5-11 Sr. 19.8 ppg 4.6 rpg G 1 Shavonte Zellous 5-11 Jr. 18.1 ppg 5.4 rpg G 21 Rosalyn Gold-Onwude 5-10 So. 4.9 ppg 2.4 rpg Pitt Head Coach: Stanford Head Coach: Radio: TV: ESPN2HD Agnus Berenato (5th season) Tara VanDerveer (22nd season) FOX 970 AM (live broadcast) Play-by-Play: Dave Pasch Record at Pitt: 89-64 Record at Stanford: 569-136 Play-by-Play: Greg Linnelli Analyst: Debbie Antonelli Overall: 372-328 (24th season) Overall: 721-187 (29th season) Analyst: Jen Tuscano Sideline: Heather Cox PITT OFF THE BENCH 2007-08 SCHEDULE G 10 Taneisha Harrison 6-0 Fr. 6.1 ppg 2.5 rpg NOVEMBER G 11 Karlyle Lim 5-6 Sr. 1.6 ppg 0.7 rpg 1 PREMIER PLAYERS (EXHIB.) PITTSBURGH W, 89-86 OT G 20 Ashleigh Braxton 5-10 So. 1.6 ppg 0.5 rpg 4 OHIO LEGENDS (EXHIB.) PITTSBURGH W, 60-43 F 22 Chelsea Cole 6-3 Fr. 4.6 ppg 5.1 rpg 9 vs. Charlotte State College, Pa. W, 85-68 F 25 Shayla Scott 6-1 Fr. 3.8 ppg 3.7 rpg 10 vs. Arizona State College, Pa. W, 81-58 11 at Penn State (Big Ten) State College, Pa. L, 74-80 F 55 Sylvie Tafen 6-3 Jr. 1.3 ppg 1.6 rpg 20 at Mount St. Mary’s Emmitsburg, Md. W, 82-31 27 at #3 Maryland College Park, Md. L, 77-90 30 vs. Harvard Huntington, W.Va. W, 70-54 SCOUTING PITT... DECEMBER • With Pitt’s 67-59 win over No. 12 Baylor, the team reached 24 wins for the second 1 at Marshall Huntington, W.Va. W, 70-64 5 OHIO PITTSBURGH W, 69-55 time in school history and the second consecutive season. The Panthers set the 8 vs. #15 Duke New York, N.Y. L, 49-51 school record last year with a 71-61 win over James Madison in the fi rst round of 18 CAL POLY PITTSBURGH W, 83-58 the NCAA Tournament. Pitt fi nished the season with a 24-9 record on the year. 22 DUQUESNE PITTSBURGH W, 72-54 29 vs. James Madison Staten Island, N.Y. W, 69-61 • Pitt’s win over the No. 12 Lady Bears gives Pitt its fourth win over a ranked team 30 at Wagner Staten Island, N.Y. W, 85-41 this season, which is a school record. JANUARY • Pitt’s win over Baylor Monday night is the Panthers’ third NCAA Tournament vic- 6 at #15 DePaul (ESPNU) Chicago, Ill. W, 97-68 tory, giving them a 3-1 record in the tournament. Last season, Pitt’s fi rst appear- 9 SYRACUSE PITTSBURGH W, 85-75 12 at Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio W, 86-61 ance, it also won its opening round game against James Madison, but this is the 19 PROVIDENCE (COMCAST) PITTSBURGH W, 81-61 Panthers’ fi rst-ever Sweet Sixteen appearance. 22 at St. John’s Queens, N.Y. W, 70-64 • Senior Mallorie Winn scored her 1,000th career point March 22 against Wyoming 27 LOUISVILLE (ESPNU) PITTSBURGH W, 76-67 30 at Villanova Philadelphia, Pa. W, 72-63 with a seven-point game. In hitting the milestone, Pitt now has three 1,000-point scor- FEBRUARY ers on the team (Marcedes Walker and Shavonte Zellous), which ties a Pitt record. Pitt 2 #4 RUTGERS (BETV) PITTSBURGH L, 60-64 junior Xenia Stewart is also close to the mark with 967. 6 SETON HALL (COMCAST) PITTSBURGH W, 64-44 • Walker was recently named to the Region I State Farm Coaches All-America Team 10 at #16 Notre Dame (ESPN2) South Bend, Ind. L, 66-81 13 at #11 West Virginia (WVPBS) Morgantown, W.Va. L, 35-56 and one of 40 fi nalists. The honor is the second for the Pitt senior, making her the fi rst 17 #2 CONNECTICUT (ESPNU) PITTSBURGH L, 64-90 in Pitt history to earn the award twice in a career. 23 at Marquette Milwaukee, Wisc. L, 69-76 • Walker became Pitt’s fi rst four-time All-Big East team member when she was named 26 #13 WEST VIRGINIA (CSTV) PITTSBURGH W, 77-75 (OT) MARCH to the second team at the end of the year banquet. Walker was honorable mention her 1 at USF (Catch 47) Tampa, Fla. L, 64-65 freshman year, fi rst team as a sophomore and junior and second team as a senior. 3 GEORGETOWN PITTSBURGH W, 70-33 She was also named to the All-Tournament team. 8-11 Big East Championship Hartford, Conn. 8 vs. Villanova (BETV) Hartford, Conn. W, 69-63 • Shavonte Zellous’ 21-point game against Wyoming gives her 14 20-point games 9 vs. #9 Notre Dame (ESPNU) Hartford, Conn. W, 64-53 this season and 31 for her career. She just missed another against Baylor with 19 10 vs. #1 Connecticut (ESPNU) Hartford, Conn. L, 47-74 22 vs. Wyoming (ESPN2) Albuquerque, N.M. W, 63-58 points on the night. 24 vs. #12 Baylor (ESPN2) Albuquerque, N.M. W, 67-59 29 vs. #4 Stanford (ESPN2) Spokane, Wash. 8:30 p.m. TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE ^ Big East contest All times are local Saturday, March 29 #2 seed Stanford vs. #6 seed Pitt 8:30 p.m. ESPN2HD ** Times are Pacifi c PITT PANTHERS PITT IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT... #4 Tennessee 68 • Pitt 54 eight assists. • The Panthers have earned just their second March 20, 2007 • Stanford outscores its opponents by an av- Petersen Events Center NCAA Tournament bid this season. Last year erage of 20.2 points per game. They are also was the team’s fi rst-ever trip. very careful with the ball, averaging just over Pitt (54) 13 turnovers per game. • Pitt’s No. 6 seed is the highest in school history. Player Min. FG-FGA3FG-FGA FT-FTA RB PF A TO BLK S PTS Last year, the Panthers were the No. 8 seed. Stewart-F 39 4-9 0-1 1-3 2 2 3 1 0 1 9 Taylor-F 28 1-5 0-0 0-0 1 3 1 0 0 1 2 • Pitt hosted the fi rst and second rounds last Walker-C 34 6-9 0-0 7-9 9 2 2 3 0 0 19 STANFORD NCAA HISTORY year and hit the road for the fi rst time in school Zellous-G 38 7-18 1-2 3-4 6 3 0 4 0 1 18 Sims-G 36 1-5 0-1 1-2 2 1 5 5 0 0 3 • The Cardinal holds an impressive 49-19 history when the sixth-seeded Panthers faced Lim 12 1-1 1-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 record in 22 NCAA Tournament appear- Braxton 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 No. 11 seed Wyoming in Albuquerque, N.M. Tafen 10 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 ances. • Pitt has also advanced to the Sweet 16 for Team 1 Totals 200 20-47 2-5 12-18 24 13 11 13 0 3 54 • Along the way, they have captured two the fi rst time in school history with a win over NCAA titles. Tennessee (68) Baylor in the second round. Player Min. FG-FGA3FG-FGA FT-FTA RB PF A TO BLK S PTS • Stanford is no stranger to the Sweet 16 as Spencer-F 37 4-12 1-4 2-2 3 3 1 0 1 1 11 Parker-F 39 13-16 0-0 4-6 12 2 4 5 3 0 30 the team was last there in 2006. NCAA Tournament History Anosike-C 29 4-7 0-0 2-2 8 5 2 2 2 1 10 Date Seed Opponent Result Bobbitt-G 37 3-6 3-6 1-2 3 0 4 3 0 1 10 Hornbuckle-G 38 2-10 0-2 1-2 4 3 6 2 0 2 5 OMMON PPONENTS 3-18-07 #8 vs. #9 James Madison W, 71-61 McMahan 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 C O 3-20-07 #8 vs. #1 Tennessee L, 68-54 Auguste 2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 • Pitt and Stanford have numerous oppo- Fuller 14 0-0 0-0 2-2 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 3-22-08 #6 vs. #11 Wyoming W, 63-58 Team 1 nents in common this season as both have 3-24-08 #6 vs.