2020-21 Pitt Women's Basketball Game Notes

2020-21 Pitt Women's Basketball Game Notes

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 SYRACUSE AT OVERALL: 4-4 | ACC: 2-3 4-4 | 2-3 ACC 7-3 | 4-3 ACC Home: 3-2 | Away: 1-2 | Neutral: 0-0 Head Coach: Lance White Head Coach: Quentin Hillsman Date Opponent TV Time/Result Record at Pitt: 20-50 (.286) / 3rd year Record at Syracuse: 311-163 (.656) / 15th year N25 GEORGE MASON ACCNX W, 72-57 Career Record: 311-163 (.656) / 15th year Career Record: 20-50 (.286) / 3rd year N29 HOFSTRA ACCNX W, 71-58 Against Syracuse: 0-4 Against Pitt: 18-3 D6 DELAWARE ACCNX L, 85-79 GAME 9 | PITT at Syracuse - Jan. 28, 2021 | 6:00 PM | Syracuse, NY | Carrier Dome (10,325) D10 at Virginia Tech* ACCNX L, 88-71 BREAKING DOWN THE MATCHUP D13 CLEMSON* ACCN W, 80-71 PITT CATEGORY CUSE D20 at Florida State* ACCNX L, 67-53 71.6 Scoring Offense 76.0 D31 BOSTON COLLEGE* ACCNX Postponed 70.9 Scoring Defense 66.3 41.6% FG % 41.6% J3 NORTH CAROLINA* RSN Postponed 36.8% FG % Defense 35.4% J7 at Louisville* RSN Postponed 33.7% 3PT FG % 30.3% 31.6% 3PT FG % Defense 29.7% J10 CLEMSON* ACCN Postponed 42.6 Rebounds/Game 45.3 PITTSBURGHPANTHERS.COM 18.8 Turnovers/Game 18.1 CUSE.COM J14 at Notre Dame* ACCNX Postponed 7.1 Steals/Game 8.9 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 6:00 pm • Thursday’s meeting will be • The Pitt bench produced their • Pitt returns to the court F4 VIRGINIA TECH* RSN 7:00 PM the 65th meeting of all-time with best game of the season Tuesday Thursday, Jan. 28 as they head to Syracuse owning the 45-19 lead at Clemson as they accounted Syracuse to take on the Orange at F7 SYRACUSE* RSN 2:00 PM in the series. for 39 of the Panthers’ 79 points 6:00 pm. Thursday’s game will air F11 at Wake Forest* ACCNX 6:00 pm • The Orange own a 24-7 edge in in the road win. Liatu King and on ACC Network Extra. games in Syracuse. Destiny Strother each netted • The Pitt backcourt duo of Jayla F14 NORTH CAROLINA* ACCNX 2:00 PM • Syracuse has won 18 straight in a career-high 15 points off the Everett and Dayshanette Harris F16 BOSTON COLLEGE* ACCNX 6:00 PM the series with Pitt’s last victory bench in the win. are the second highest scoring coming in 2009. • The Pitt offense ranks seventh F18 LOUISVILLE* ACCNX 7:00 PM in scoring during conference backcourt in the ACC overall and in ACC games this season (30.3 A WIN WOULD... games (70.2 ppg) so far this F22 NOTRE DAME* ACCN 8:00 PM season. The 70.2 ppg average ppg / 29.2 ppg - min. 5 ACC GP). • Be the Panthers’ 20th win F25 at NC State* RSN 4:00 pm against Syracuse all-time. through five ACC games is the • Junior Jayla Everett has been • Give Pitt their 28th ACC victory highest for Pitt through the first great for the Panthers early on F28 at Georgia Tech* ACCN/ESPN2 TBD in program history. five games of ACC play since as she leads the team and fourth • Give Pitt a two-game ACC win joining the league in 2013-14. For in the ACC in scoring (16.5 ppg). M3-7 at ACC TOURNAMENT# TBD streak for the first time since the first time in over 20 years, the The St. Louis, MO native has 2016-17. It would also be back- Panthers have shot at least 40% connected on 29 three-pointers to-back ACC road wins for the from the floor in seven of their and ranks fifth in the NCAA in All Times Eastern | * - ACC Game first time since 2015-16. first eight games of the season. three-pointers made/game (3.62). 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: ACC Network Extra PPG 16.5 PPG 13.8 PPG 6.1 PPG 6.5 PPG 6.1 Talent: Pete Yanity (Play-by-Play) RPG 2.5 RPG 5.3 RPG 2.3 RPG 6.4 RPG 5.9 Terrence Oglesby (Analyst) APG 2.3 APG 5.5 SPG 0.8 APG 1.9 BPG 1.9 3PFG% 43.9% SPG 1.4 3PFG% 34.2% FG% 53.1% FG% 59.5% 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 636-705 (45 seasons) 10 Ismini Prapa 5-7 G Jr. Athens, Greece / American Community School of Athens All-Time ACC Record 27-92 (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 20-50 (3rd Season) Record at Pitt/Year 20-50 (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-Bok-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 Junior guard Jayla Everett is off to As a team, the Panthers have been a force down low defensively a great start from behind the arc made huge strides shooting the for Pitt over her young career. as she has connected on 29-for-66 ball as they have connected on She set the Pitt freshman record from three-point range. The 29 56 three-pointers in seven games for blocks a season ago (60) and 26 triples are the most through the 56 this season.

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