Women’s Basketball 2013-14 GAME NOTES Twitter: @VT_WBBall ▪ Facebook: Facebook.com/hokiesports ▪ Instagram: VTHokieWBB GAME INFORMATION GAME 26 ▪ PITTSBUrgH BLACKSBUrg, VA. (CASSELL COLISEUM) Date/Time: February 20, 2014 / 7 p.m. Opponent: Pittsburgh Virginia Tech Hokies (11-14, 1-11 ACC) Site: Blacksburg, Va. (Cassell Coliseum) Atlantic Coast Conference Radio: 100.7 FM WNMX Head Coach: Dennis Wolff (Connecticut, 1978) - Third Season Talent: Andrew Allegretta, play-by-play vs. TV: N/A PITTSBURGH Panthers (11-15, 3-9 ACC) Live Stats: HokieSports.com Atlantic Coast Conference Live Video: ESPN3 Head Coach: Suzie McConnell-Serio (Penn State, 1988) - First Season Talent: Evan Lepler and Jeff Kleppin Series: VT leads 5-2 THE HOKIES Blacksburg: 3-0 The last time out, the Hokies fell to rival Virgina, 80-64 in Charlottesville on Feb. 16. Pittsburgh: 2-1 Neutral: 0-1 Virginia Tech fell behind in the opening half and trailed 35-24 at the break. Early in the second half, the Under Wolff: 0-0 Cavaliers extended their lead to 17, but the Hokies chipped away at the deficit, cutting it down to a five First Meeting: Feb. 19, 1980 - Pitt won 54-76 point difference several times with just over eight minutes to go in the game. The Hokies kept it a two in Pittsburgh possession game over the next two minutes, trailing 60-54 with 6:53 to go, but that is as close as Tech Last Meeting: Feb. 28, 2004 - VT won 85-55 would get as UVA outscored the Hokies 20-10 in the final minutes to secure the win. in Blacksburg Uju Ugoka led Tech with her 13th double-double of the season, tallying 21 points and 10 rebounds. SCHEDULE/RESULTS Vanessa Panousis added 19 points and handed out seven assists. Hannah Young dropped in 14 points, Date VT OPP Opponent TV Time/Result including four baskets from outside the arc. N9 Howard W, 84-32 N11 at Old Dominion W, 73-61 Ugoka leads Tech on the year, averaging 19.2 points and 9.8 rebounds. She is third in the conference in N14 --/RV Florida W, 71-59 both scoring and rebounding. Panousis is notching 12.1 points and chipping in 4.1 assists. Monet Tellier N17 Bucknell W, 87-49 N23 at Hofstra W, 77-72 OT is adding 11.2 points, 6.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists, but has been out the previous two games with a N27 Richmond L, 56-64 sprained wrist. N30 Presbyterian W, 55-33 THE Panthers BigTen/ACC Challenge Pitt defeated Clemson 56-43 the last time out on Sunday, Feb. 16, in Pittsburgh, Pa. D4 at Indiana L, 65-71 D7 RV/25 Michigan State W, 72-66 The Panthers had a big lead at the break and were up 33-12 heading in to the second half. Clemson held D15 USC Upstate W, 65-61 the scoring advantage in the second half, outscoring Pitt, 31-23, but it was not enough to overcome the D21 at Radford W, 82-33 difference as the Panthers held on for the win. D29 Robert Morris W, 70-64 Brianna Kiesel tallied 20 points for the Panthers while Loliya Briggs added 16 points. Briggs, Asia Logan J1 at Hampton L, 60-70 J5 at Boston College * RSN L, 63-70 and Ashlee Anderson pulled down five rebounds each and Marquel Davis handed out five assists and J9 Virginia * L, 60-67 picked up three steals. J12 Miami * L, 62-64 J19 3/3 Duke * RSN L, 70-74 Kiesel leads Pitt on the season with 16.8 points per game while handing out 3.7 assists per game. Asia J23 RV/-- Georgia Tech * L, 52-73 Logan is tallying 11.7 ppg and pulling down 6.6 rpg. J26 24/25 at Florida State * L, 54-70 J30 2/2 at Notre Dame * L, 48-74 THE SERIES F2 Boston College * W, 70-63 OT Virginia Tech holds the 5-2 lead in the all-time series, but the two teams have not met since 2004 when F6 RV/RV at Syracuse * L, 48-73 both were members of the BIG EAST Conference. Tech claimed the 85-55 win in Blacksburg in that F9 14/17 NC State * L, 71-72 OT meeting. Former Hokie Carrie Mason led the team with 14 points. F13 at Wake Forest * RSN L, 64-65 F16 at Virginia * L, 64-80 F20 Pittsburgh * ESPN3 7 p.m. UP NEXT: The Hokies will return to the road to face No. 11/8 North Carolina on Sunday, Feb. 23. Game F23 at North Carolina 2 p.m. time is set for 2 p.m. at Carmichael Arena and will be aired on ESPN3. F27 Clemson * 7 p.m. M2 at Maryland * 2 p.m. M5-9 ACC Championship Greensboro, N.C. TBD All times Eastern Rankings: AP/USA Today-ESPN * ACC Games Schedule subject to change VirginiA TECH POSSIBLE STARTERS ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. ppg rpg misc. fg% ft% April Goode, Associate Director 4 Hannah Young F 6-1 So. 6.3 6.4 1.7 apg .325 .730 O: 540-231-8823 ▪ C: 540-392-1336 5 Vanessa Panousis G 5-7 Fr. 12.1 3.1 4.1 apg .365 .809 Email: [email protected] 14 Uju Ugoka F 6-1 Sr. 19.2 9.8 13 double-doubles .517 .620 Jason Krech, Athletics Communications Assistant 24 Taijah Campbell F 6-3 So. 5.7 6.5 1.4 bpg .442 .480 O: 540-231-1494 ▪ Email: [email protected] 31 Monet Tellier G 5-11 Sr. 11.2 6.0 4.0 apg .433 .629 hokiesports.com page 1 2013-14 Virginia Tech Game Notes Game Twenty-Six ▪ Pittsburgh COMPAring THE TEAMS THE LAST TIME THEY MET Hokies’ Leaders Virginia Tech __________________ Pittsburgh Points 11-14 ___________ Record ___________ 11-15 Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Uju Ugoka 460 Pittsburgh vs Virginia Tech Vanessa Panousis 302 65.7 _________Points Per Game ________ 64.1 February 28, 2004 2:45 PM Cassell Coliseum, Blacksburg, Va. Pittsburgh 55 • 6-19 (2-13) 63.2 _____ Points Allowed per Game _____ 69.1 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Points PER GAME +2.5 _________ Scoring Margin __________ -5.0 ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Uju Ugoka 19.2 54 Sheila Stufflet f 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 12 .650 ______ Free Throw Percentage _____ .689 55 Allisha Morris c 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 6 Vanessa Panousis 12.1 45 LaToya Kincaid f 5-20 0-0 2-4 4 1 5 2 12 2 3 1 2 31 .398 __________ Field Goal % __________ .379 30 Katie Histed g 6-14 2-4 2-4 2 1 3 2 16 1 3 0 3 33 22 Amy Kunich g 2-7 1-4 0-0 1 2 3 0 5 4 5 0 1 32 .374 _______Field Goal % Defense ______ .408 03 Jennifer Brown 3-8 0-0 1-2 4 1 5 4 7 0 1 2 0 20 FG% (Min 150 att.) 10 Brooke Hughes 1-3 1-2 0-0 1 0 1 2 3 2 2 0 1 20 Uju Ugoka (183-354) .517 5.2 _____ 3-Point FG Made per Game _____ 5.3 24 Stacy Moore 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 22 44 Danielle Taylor 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 5 Monet Tellier (94-217) .433 .280 _______ 3-Point Field Goal % ______ .297 52 Cheron Taylor 2-4 0-0 2-3 1 2 3 5 6 0 0 0 1 19 .296 _____ 3-Point Field Goal % Def. _____ .339 Team 4 2 6 2 Totals 22-63 4-10 7-13 18 10 28 23 55 9 21 3 9 200 THrEE-PoiNTErs MadE 42.2 _______ Rebounds Per Game ______ 36.5 FG % 1st Half: - 00.0% 2nd Half: - 00.0% Game: 22-63 34.9% Deadball Vanessa Panousis 44 3FG % 1st Half: - 00.0% 2nd Half: - 00.0% Game: 4-10 40.0% Rebounds 37.2 ______ Rebounds Against Avg. _____ 42.1 FT % 1st Half: - 00.0% 2nd Half: - 00.0% Game: 7-13 53.8% 3 Maddison Penn 24 +5.0 _________Rebound Margin _________ -5.5 Virginia Tech 85 • 20-6 (9-6) 3.5 _________ Blocks Per Game _________ 3.8 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds 3FG% (Min 50 att.) ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 15.4 ________ Assists Per Game ________ 13.7 32 Kerri Gardin f 2-4 0-0 4-8 1 3 4 0 8 5 1 0 4 22 Vanessa Panousis (44-136) .324 54 Erin Gibson c 5-8 0-0 3-4 1 3 4 3 13 1 0 1 1 20 Hannah Young (23-80) .288 4.8 __________Steals Per Game _________ 7.1 23 Dawn Chriss g 3-4 0-0 4-4 2 4 6 1 10 3 3 1 0 24 24 Carrie Mason g 6-6 2-2 0-0 0 2 2 0 14 2 3 0 0 27 15.6 _______ Turnovers Per Game ______ 14.4 14 Ieva Kublina f 2-7 0-0 6-6 4 5 9 3 10 0 4 7 1 26 05 Kirby Copeland 4-6 0-0 0-1 1 1 2 0 8 1 2 0 2 20 FT% (Min 50 att.) 13.6 ____ Turnovers Forced per Game ___ 15.9 10 Fran Recchia 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 2 0 4 0 0 12 Vanessa Panousis (72-89) .809 11 Nare Diawara 1-1 0-0 2-2 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 -2.0 _________ Turnover Margin ________ +1.5 21 Brandy Fowler 1-1 0-0 0-1 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 9 Monet Tellier (56-89) .629 25 Britney Anderson 1-3 0-0 2-4 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 14 1.0 ____________ A/TO Ratio ___________ 0.9 42 Davina Simmons 3-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 6 0 2 0 2 11 45 Megan Finnerty 1-2 0-0 2-2 1 1 2 1 4 0 0 0 1 11 Team 1 5 6 1 REBOUNDS Totals 30-47 2-2 23-32 13 26 39 11 85 13 20 11 11 200 Uju Ugoka 234 COMPAring THE TEAMS ▪ ACC ONLY FG % 1st Half: - 00.0% 2nd Half: - 00.0% Game: 30-47 63.8% Deadball Taijah Campbell 162 3FG % 1st Half: - 00.0% 2nd Half: - 00.0% Game: 2-2 100.0% Rebounds Virginia Tech __________________ Pittsburgh FT % 1st Half: - 00.0% 2nd Half: - 00.0% Game: 23-32 71.9% 3 REBOUNDS PER GAME 1-11 ____________ Record _____________ 3-9 Officials: John Morningstar, Bonita Spence, Bruce Morris Technical fouls: Pittsburgh-None.