GAME 2 // #21/25 WEST VIRGINIA vs. HOWARD SCHEDULE/RESULTS2016-17 TUES., NOV 15, 2016 | 6:30 P.M. ET | WVU COLISEUM (14,000) | MORGANTOWN, W.VA. GAME INFORMATION OVERALL: 1-0 Tickets .......................... WVUGAME.com BIG 12: 0-0 Live Video/Live Stats .... WVUsports.com HOME: 1-0 Radio .......... Mountaineer Sports Network AWAY: 0-0 Talent ........Dan Zangrilli and Meg Bulger NEUTRAL: 0-0 Live Twitter Updates ............ @WVUWBB HOWARD # 22/25 WEST VIRGINIA DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT Ranking (AP/Coaches) ...............NR/NR Ranking (AP/Coaches) .................21/25 Oct. 31 Concord (exh.) W, 104-48 2016-17 Record ..............0-1, 0-0 MEAC 2016-17 Record ............1-0, 0-0 Big 12 Nov. 12 Charleston Southern W, 88-38 Head Coach ............................Ty Grace Head Coach ........................Mike Carey Nov. 15 Howard 6:30 p.m. 2nd Season at HU ................7-25 (.219) 16th Season at WVU ......323-171 (.654) Nov. 19 Coppin State 1:00 p.m. 5th Season Overall .............61-56 (.521) 29th Season Overall .......611-273 (.691) ^ Nov. 22 vs. North Carolina A&T 7:00 p.m. Scoring Leader ............Heslip, 23.0 ppg Scoring Leader ...Three players, 17.0 ppg Nov. 23 vs. East Carolina ^ 4:30 p.m. Rebounds Leader .......Johnson, 8.0 rpg Rebounding Leader ...Montgomery, 18.0 rpg Nov. 24 vs. Auburn ^ 7:00 p.m. Assists Leader ...............Heslip, 9.0 apg Assists Leader .................Ray, 11.0 apg Nov. 27 High Point 4:00 p.m. Steals Leader ................Heslip, 5.0 spg Steals Leader .... Three players, 2.0 spg Nov. 30 Morehead State 6:30 p.m. Blocks Leader .....Four players, 1.0 bpg Blocks Leader ......Two players, 1.0 bpg Dec. 4 Ole Miss & (Nexstar) 4:00 p.m. Dec. 10 USC Upstate 6:30 p.m. Dec. 17 vs. Longwood # 4:00 p.m. THE TREND Dec. 21 Mount St. Mary’s 6:30 p.m. MONTGOMERY HAS HISTORIC NIGHT Dec. 29 at TCU * 7:30 p.m. Jan. 1 at K-State * (Cox Kansas) 2:00 p.m. With her 17 points and 18 rebounds vs. Jan. 4 Baylor * (FS2) 7:00 p.m. Charleston Southern, Lanay Montgomery Jan. 8 Oklahoma * (FS1) 4:00 p.m. became the first Mountaineer since Jan. 11 at Texas Tech * (FSSW+) 7:30 p.m. Donna Abbott in 1991 to score at least 17 Jan. 14 Texas * 4:00 p.m. points and collect 18 rebounds in a game. Jan. 18 at Kansas * (ESPN3) 8:00 p.m. Jan. 21 at Baylor * (FSN) 2:00 p.m. Jan. 25 Texas Tech * 7:00 p.m. WEST VIRGINIA’S PROBABLE STARTERS * Jan. 29 at Texas (FS1) 4:00 p.m. P # Name Ht. Cl. Hometown PPG RPG FG% 3FG% Other Stat * Feb. 4 Iowa State 12:00 p.m. G 12 Chania RAY 5-8 Jr. Alexandria, Va. 6.0 4.0 16.7 0.0 11.0 APG Feb. 7 at Oklahoma * (SoonerSportsTV) 8:00 p.m. G 22 Katrina PARDEE 5-9 So. Cedar Park, Texas 8.0 0.0 60.0 50.0 2.0 3PG Feb. 11 Oklahoma State * 6:30 p.m. G 5 Tynice MARTIN 5-10 So. Atlanta, Ga. 17.0 3.0 53.8 42.9 2.0 APG Feb. 15 K-State * (ROOT SPORTS) 7:00 p.m. F 11 TEANA MULDROW 6-1 Jr. East Orange, N.J. 17.0 7.0 58.3 100.0 2.0 SPG Feb. 18 at Iowa State * 1:00 p.m. C 15 Lanay MONTGOMERY 6-5 Sr. Pittsburgh, Pa. 17.0 18.0 100.0 0.0 1.0 BPG Feb. 22 TCU * 7:00 p.m. Feb. 25 at Oklahoma State * 6:00 p.m. QUICK HITTERS Feb. 27 Kansas * (ROOT SPORTS) 7:00 p.m. Mar. 3-6 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship+ • No. 21/25-ranked West Virginia (1-0) opened its 44th season with an 88-38 win over ^ Savannah Invitational (Savannah, Ga.) Charleston Southern on Saturday. The Mountaineers limited the Buccaneers to 11 made # Played in Charleston, W.Va. field goals, marking the 17th time in program history WVU has held an opponent to 11 * Big 12 Conference Game + Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship (Oklahoma City, Okla.) or fewer field goals. All times Eastern • Dates and times subject to change • Lanay Montgomery, Tynice Martin and Teana Muldrow each scored 17 points to pace West Virginia. Montgomery grabbed 18 rebounds and Chania Ray dished out 11 assists. • WVU has now won a school-record 25 consecutive home games against nonconference MEDIA CONTACT: opponents at the WVU Coliseum. The Mountaineers last dropped a non-league contest Russell Luna/Associate Director at the Coliseum to Ohio State in Nov. 2013. Email: [email protected] • Howard (0-1) and WVU meet for the fourth time on Tuesday. WVU holds a 2-1 edge in Office: (304) 293-2821 the series and won the last matchup, 84-61, in Baton Rouge, La. Cell: (304) 290-6236 • West Virginia remains at No. 22 in the Associated Press poll released on Monday. STATISTICAL COMPARISONS 2016-17 NUMERICAL ROSTER & PRONUNCIATIONS WVU HOW Scoring .......................... 88 ................ 78 Per Game ..............................88.0 ...................78.0 Scoring Margin ................... +50.0 ..................-5.0 Scoring Defense ....................38.0 ...................83.0 Field Goals-Att ..................32-63 .............27-66 Field Goal % ................ .508 ............... .409 Field Goal Defense ... .177 ............... .458 3-Pt FG-Att ....................... 9-23 ..............10-31 3-Pt FG % ............................ .391 .................. .323 3-Pt FG Per Game...................9.0 ....................10.0 3-Pt FG Defense ................... .200 .................. .353 Free Throws ......................15-25 .............14-14 FT Percentage ...................... .600 ................. 1.000 FT Made Per Game ................15.0 ...................14.0 No. Name Pronunced Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown/Previous School Rebounds ...........................60.................. 36 2 Alexis Brewer G 5-9 So. Buffalo, Ky./Bardstown Per Game ..............................60.0 ...................36.0 4 Nia Staples NEE-uh G 5-9 Fr. Cincinnati, Ohio/Lakota West Margin ................................ +29.0 ..................-2.0 5 Tynice Martin TIE-neece G 5-10 So. Atlanta, Ga./SW Atlanta Christian Aca. Assists ................................20.................. 19 11 Teana Muldrow tee-AH-nuh MULL-droh F 6-1 Jr. East Orange, N.J./East Orange Per Game ..............................20.0 ...................19.0 12 Chania Ray shuh-NYE-uh G 5-8 Jr. Alexandria, Va./Florida State Turnovers ...........................17.................. 25 13 Kristina King F 6-3 Jr. Mebane, N.C./Gulf Coast State Per Game ..............................17.0 ...................25.0 14 Bailey Thomas G 5-9 Fr. Rochester Hills, Mich./Centennial (Nev.) Margin ..................................-1.0 .....................0.0 15 Lanay Montgomery luh-NAY C 6-5 Sr. Pittsburgh, Pa./Aca. of the Holy Cross Assist/TO Ratio .......................1.2 .....................0.8 20 Desiree Rhodes DEZ-uh-ray P 6-1 Sr. Aurora, Ill./Wabash Valley College Steals .................................11.................. 14 22 Katrina Pardee par-DEE G 5-9 So. Cedar Park, Texas/Vista Ridge Per Game ..................... 11.0 ................14.0 23 Aisha Edwards eye-EE-shuh G 5-8 Jr. Boca Raton, Fla./Chipola College Blocks .................................2 ................... 4 24 Anja Martin ANN-juh F/G 5-11 So. San Antonio, Texas/John Paul Stevens Per Game .......................2.0 ..................4.0 45 Marlena Schmidt F 6-6 r-Fr. Eighty Four, Pa./Ringgold Win/Loss Streak ................. W1 ................. L2 55 Krystaline McCune CHRIS-tuh-lynn mih-CYOON F 6-4 Fr. Louisville, Ky./duPont Manual Head Coach: Mike Carey (16th season) Associate Head Coach: Chester Nichols (9th season) SERIES HISTORY Assistant Coaches: Diane Richardson (1st season), Lester Rowe (6th season) WVU LEADS SERIES, 2-1 In Morgantown: WVU leads, 1-0 LAST TIME OUT ALMOST HEAVEN, WEST VIRGINIA In Washington, D.C.: HU leads, 1-0 • The Mountaineers prevailed, 88-38, over • West Virginia has won a school-record 25 At Netural Site: WVU leads, 1-0 Charleston Southern in the season-opening consecutive nonconference games inside win on Saturday. Lanay Montgomery, Teana the WVU Coliseum dating back to Nov. 24, Last Three Meetings: Muldrow and Tynice Martin scored 17 2013. Nov. 14, 2006 - W, 84-61 - Baton Rouge points each to lead the Mountaineers. • The Mountaineers’ last loss against a Feb. 18, 1982 - W, 75-67 - Morgantown • Montgomery’s 17 points and 18 nonconference opponent at the WVU Feb. 19, 1981 - L, 59-80 - Washington, D.C. rebound performance was the best for a Coliseum came to Ohio State on Nov. 8, Mountaineer since Donna Abbott scored 22 2013, with WVU falling 70-61. points and grabbed 19 rebounds against • The previous record of 19 lasted from Dec. Rutgers in 1991. 30, 2008 to Jan. 2, 2011. • WVU limited CSU to just 11 made fields, • West Virginia is 97-7 (.933) at home against SCOUTING HOWARD marking the 17th time the Mountaineers nonconference opponents since 2002. have held an opponent to 11 or fewer field • WVU has registered nine undefeated • Howard (0-1) continues its seven-game goal makes in a game. seasons at home against nonconference road trip with a visit to WVU on Tuesday. The competition in 15 years under Mike Carey. Bison fell in a hard-fought 83-78 contest at Brown on Friday. WVU CLIMB ONE SPOT TO 21 • Te’Shya Heslip led the Bison with a game- • West Virginia moved up to No. 21 in the AN IMPRESSIVE DEBUT high 23 points, including five three-pointers. Associated Press Poll released on Monday. • West Virginia scored 88 points against Erin Blaine netted 17 career-high points while • WVU is No. 25 in the preseason USA Charleston Southern on Nov. 12, and freshman Asia McCants tallied 10 points in TODAY SPORTS Coaches Poll. outscored an opponent by 50 points for the her collegiate debut. • The Mountaineers were in both preseason first time since beating Saint Francis by 55 • Preseason All-MEAC selection Syndi polls for the fourth time.