Women’s Basketball 2013-14 GAME NOTES Twitter: @VT_WBBall ▪ Facebook: Facebook.com/hokiesports ▪ Instagram: VTHokieWBB GAME INFORMATION GAME 22 ▪ SYRACUSE SYRACUSE, N.Y. (CARRIER DOME) Date/Time: February 6, 2014 / 7 p.m. Opponent: RV/RV Syracuse Virginia Tech Hokies (11-10, 1-7 ACC) Site: Syracuse, N.Y. (Carrier Dome) Atlantic Coast Conference Radio: 100.7 FM WNMX Head Coach: Dennis Wolff (Connecticut, 1978) - Third Season Talent: Andrew Allegretta, play-by-play at TV: Time Warner - Local to N.Y. RV/RV SYracuse Orange (16-6, 5-4 ACC) Live Stats: Cuse.com Atlantic Coast Conference Live Video: Cuse.com Head Coach: Quentin Hillsman (St. Mary’s (Md.), 1993) - Eighth Season Series: VT leads 4-2 Blacksburg: 2-0 THE HOKIES Syracuse: 2-2 In their last game, the Hokies defeated Boston College, 70-63 in overtime, on Feb. 2 at Cassell Coliseum. Neutral: 0-0 Under Wolff: 0-0 Tech trailed 34-29 at the break, but the Hokies rallied in the second half to outscore the Eagles, 27-22. First Meeting: Nov. 27, 1988 - SU won 76-74 OT Neither team could break away early in the second period, but Hannah Young knocked down a jumper to in Syracuse cut the BC lead to two and kickstart a 9-0 Virginia Tech run that put the Hokies on top 41-36 with 14:39 to Last Meeting: Jan. 31, 2004 - VT won 75-60 go. BC responded with a run of its own to reclaim the advantage, up 50-45 with just over seven minutes in Syracuse to play. The Hokies were up 55-54 with 1:07 to go. BC knocked down a pair of free throws with 10 seconds Last SU Win: Jan. 23, 2002: 75-59 in Syracuse remaining in the game, but the Hokies had a chance as Monet Tellier drove in to the lane and drew the foul with four seconds to go. Tellier hit the second of two free throws to send the game in to over time tied at SCHEDULE/RESULTS 56-56. The Hokies dominated in overtime, forcing five turnovers and outscoring the Eagles 14-7 in the extra Date VT OPP Opponent TV Time/Result minutes. N9 Howard W, 84-32 N11 at Old Dominion W, 73-61 Vanessa Panousis led Tech with 18 points. Tellier added 17 points, grabbed six rebounds and handed out N14 --/RV Florida W, 71-59 seven assists. Maddison Penn tallied 15 points for the Hokies and Young recorded her third double-double N17 Bucknell W, 87-49 of the season with 11 points and 10 rebounds. N23 at Hofstra W, 77-72 N27 Richmond L, 56-64 N30 Presbyterian W, 55-33 Uju Ugoka leads Tech on the season, averaging 19.7 points and 10.2 rebounds. The senior is one of three players in the Atlantic Coast Conference currently averaging a double-double. She is second in the conference BigTen/ACC Challenge in scoring and third in rebounding. Tellier is adding 11.3 points, 6.1 rebounds and 4.0 assists while Panousis D4 at Indiana L, 65-71 is notching 11.1 points and chipping in 4.1 assists. D7 RV/25 Michigan State W, 72-66 D15 USC Upstate W, 65-61 THE ORANGE D21 at Radford W, 82-33 Syracuse fell to No. 8 Maryland, 89-64, the last time out on Feb. 2 in Syracuse. The Orange are receiving D29 Robert Morris W, 70-64 votes in both the AP and Coaches’ polls. J1 at Hampton L, 60-70 The Terrapins got out to a 46-29 lead at the break, but the Orange kept the scoring a little closer in the J5 at Boston College * RSN L, 63-70 second half as Maryland held just a seven point, 43-35, advantage in the second frame. J9 Virginia * L, 60-67 J12 Miami * L, 62-64 J19 3/3 Duke * RSN L, 70-74 Brittney Sykes had 22 points for the Orange. Brianna Butler and Taylor Ford added nine points each. J23 RV/-- Georgia Tech * L, 52-73 J26 24/25 at Florida State * L, 54-70 Sykes leads the Orange on the season with 17.7 points per game. Butler is adding 15.9 ppg. On the boards, J30 2/2 at Notre Dame * L, 48-74 Shakeya Leary is grabbing 7.8 rebounds per game. Rachel Coffey has handed out 87 assists on the season. F2 Boston College * W, 70-63 F6 RV/RV at Syracuse * 7 p.m. THE SERIES F9 NC State * 2 p.m. Virginia Tech leads the all-time series, 4-2, but the two teams have not met since Jan. 31, 2004, when both F13 at Wake Forest * RSN 8:30 p.m. were members of the BIG EAST Conference. The Hokies claimed the 75-60 win on the road in Syracuse. F16 at Virginia * 2 p.m. Former Hokie standout Ieva Kublina had 23 points and 10 rebounds. Kerri Gardin, Tech’s 2014 ACC Legend, F20 Pittsburgh * ESPN3 7 p.m. and Dawn Chriss added 14 points each. F23 at North Carolina 2 p.m. F27 Clemson * 7 p.m. This will mark the first time that the Virginia Tech women’s basketball team has played in the Carrier Dome. M2 at Maryland * 2 p.m. M5-9 ACC Championship Greensboro, N.C. TBD UP NEXT: The Hokies will host NC State on Sunday, Feb. 9 in a 2 p.m. game at Cassell Coliseum. It will mark Tech’s annual Play4Kay game for the Kay Yow Cancer Fund for breast cancer awareness and research. All times Eastern Rankings: AP/USA Today-ESPN * ACC Games Schedule subject to change VirginiA TECH PROBABLE STARTERS ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. ppg rpg misc. fg% ft% April Goode, Associate Director 5 Vanessa Panousis G 5-7 Fr. 11.1 3.1 4.1 apg .340 .793 O: 540-231-8823 ▪ C: 540-392-1336 14 Uju Ugoka F 6-1 Sr. 19.7 10.2 11 double-doubles .534 .632 Email: [email protected] 20 Nia Evans F 6-0 Sr. 2.6 1.2 0.6 apg .479 .412 24 Taijah Campbell F 6-3 So. 6.2 6.9 1.5 bpg .461 .478 Jason Krech, Athletics Communications Assistant 31 Monet Tellier G 5-11 Sr. 11.3 6.1 4.0 apg .438 .623 O: 540-231-1494 ▪ Email: [email protected] hokiesports.com page 1 2013-14 Virginia Tech Game Notes Game Twenty-Two ▪ Syracuse COMPAring THE TEAMS THE LAST TIME THEY MET Hokies’ Leaders Virginia Tech ___________________ Syracuse Points 11-10 ___________ Record ____________ 16-6 Uju Ugoka 393 Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Monet Tellier 237 66.5 _________Points Per Game ________ 76.6 Virginia Tech vs Syracuse January 31, 2004 12:00 PM Manley Field House, Syracuse, N.Y. 61.4 _____ Points Allowed per Game _____ 65.0 Points PER GAME Virginia Tech 75 • 16-4 (5-4) +5.0 _________ Scoring Margin ________ +11.5 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Uju Ugoka 19.7 .647 ______ Free Throw Percentage _____ .747 ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Monet Tellier 11.3 25 Britney Anderson f 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 16 .396 __________ Field Goal % __________ .402 54 Erin Gibson c 2-4 0-0 3-4 3 6 9 1 7 2 4 1 0 35 23 Dawn Chriss g 7-10 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 3 14 4 0 0 1 22 .360 _______Field Goal % Defense ______ .387 24 Carrie Mason g 2-3 0-1 4-4 0 6 6 3 8 1 3 0 4 37 FG% (Min 150 att.) 14 Ieva Kublina f 9-16 0-2 5-7 6 4 10 1 23 4 3 5 0 38 Uju Ugoka (159-298) .534 5.1 _____ 3-Point FG Made per Game _____ 7.5 05 Kirby Copeland 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 5 10 Fran Recchia 1-4 1-4 2-2 0 2 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 6 Monet Tellier (88-201) .438 .277 _______ 3-Point Field Goal % ______ .322 32 Kerri Gardin 7-16 0-1 0-0 2 6 8 2 14 6 2 0 2 34 42 Davina Simmons 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 .304 _____ 3-Point Field Goal % Def. _____ .312 45 Megan Finnerty 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 4 Team 0 2 2 THrEE-PoiNTErs MadE 43.9 _______ Rebounds Per Game ______ 43.3 Totals 30-60 1-8 14-17 14 29 43 15 75 18 15 7 9 200 Vanessa Panousis 34 37.4 ______ Rebounds Against Avg. _____ 40.0 FG % 1st Half: - 00.0% 2nd Half: - 00.0% Game: 30-60 50.0% Deadball Maddison Penn 24 3FG % 1st Half: - 00.0% 2nd Half: - 00.0% Game: 1-8 12.5% Rebounds +6.5 _________Rebound Margin ________ +3.2 FT % 1st Half: - 00.0% 2nd Half: - 00.0% Game: 14-17 82.4% 2 3FG% (Min 50 att.) 3.7 _________ Blocks Per Game _________ 4.4 Syracuse 60 • 6-12 (3-5) Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Vanessa Panousis (34-104) .327 15.9 ________ Assists Per Game ________ 15.1 ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 5.0 __________Steals Per Game ________ 10.1 50 Chineze Nwagbo c 3-8 0-0 2-3 1 1 2 3 8 0 2 0 1 40 Maddison Penn (24-82) .293 22 Rochelle Coleman f 7-20 4-11 0-0 3 2 5 4 18 3 7 1 1 40 15.5 _______ Turnovers Per Game ______ 15.0 13 Julie McBride g 6-20 2-7 3-3 1 4 5 3 17 7 5 0 1 35 05 Sarah Wegrzynowicz f 4-8 3-7 1-2 0 1 1 2 12 0 1 0 1 40 FT% (Min 50 att.) 14.1 ____ Turnovers Forced per Game ___ 20.1 12 Lauren Kohn g 2-6 1-5 0-0 0 2 2 1 5 1 3 0 1 40 01 Krystalyn Ellerbe 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 5 Vanessa Panousis (65-82) .793 -1.4 _________ Turnover Margin ________ +5.1 Team 6 7 13 Uju Ugoka (74-117) .632 1.0 ____________ A/TO Ratio ___________ 1.0 Totals 22-62 10-30 6-8 12 17 29 14 60 13 18 1 5 200 FG % 1st Half: - 00.0% 2nd Half: - 00.0% Game: 22-62 35.5% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: - 00.0% 2nd Half: - 00.0% Game: 10-30 33.3% Rebounds REBOUNDS FT % 1st Half: - 00.0% 2nd Half: - 00.0% Game: 6-8 75.0% 1 Uju Ugoka 203 COMPAring THE TEAMS ▪ ACC ONLY Officials: Janice Alberti, Yvette McKinney, Bob Trammell Technical fouls: Virginia Tech-None.