VIRGINIA TECH WOMEN’S BASKETBALL VIRGINIA TECH (7-5, 2-5) Jan. 21 • 7 PM • RSN • Cassell Coliseum • Blacksburg, Va. NOTRE DAME (7-5, 5-3) KENNY BROOKS NIELE IVEY GAME Alma Mater: James Madison (1999) Alma Mater: Notre Dame (2000) Record at VT: 93-54 (5th Season) vs Record at Notre Dame: 7-5 (First season) 13 Career Record: 430-176 (19th Season) Career Record: 7-5 Record vs. Notre Dame at VT: 1-4 Record vs. VT at Notre Dame: 1-0 VIRGINIA TECH & NOTRE DAME STAT COMPARISON • Virginia Tech and Notre Dame have met 14 SERIES HISTORY times previously with the Irish winning 12 of Games Played .............................. 14 VT IRISH those matchups, including an 84-78 contest Series ............................ VT trails 2-12 Points per game 74.6 72.8 earlier this season played in South Bend Series Began ......................... 1/3/2001 Scoring margin 11.2 0.9 on December 17, 2020. In that contest the Home ..................................... 1-4 FG% .441 Hokies. were481 led by 25 points from Elizabeth 3-PT FG% .382 .387 Kitley and 23 from Georgia Amoore. Away ...................................... 1-7 FT% .719 •. The programs709 have met eight times as Neutral .................................... 0-1 Rebounds per game 40.7 34.0 members of the ACC since Notre Dame Current Streak ...................... ND - one win Rebound margin 6.4 -1.8 joined in 2014 and previously were foes in Under Brooks .............................. 1-4 Assists per game 16.1 15.8 the Big East prior to the Hokies’ departure Turnovers per game 16.1 16.3 in 2004. Last Meeting ......................... ND 84-78 Turnover margin -2.3 -0.1 ................ in South Bend, Ind. (12/17/2020) Assist/Turnover ratio 1.0 1.0 AISHA SHEPPARD FIRST IN AMERICA BROADCAST INFORMATION Steals per game 4.3 8.3 • Senior guard Aisha Sheppard not only leads the conferece but leads the nation in 3’s made with 45 Television ........................... RSN Blocks per game 5.6 3.3 thus far in 2020-21. She is also tops in the nation Play-by-Play .................... Evan Lepler amongst student-athletes participating in 10 or more Analyst ........................ Kelley Deyo KEY SCORING STATS ON THE HOKIES games with 3.75 3’s per game. • Under Kenny Brooks, the Hokies are averaging • She ranks second all-time at Virginia Tech in Local Radio . Virginia Tech Sports Properties triples (264) and is quickly chasing down Vanessa Play-by-Play ................. Bryant Johnson 71.86 points per game in his five seasons at the Panousis’ record of 269. The Alexandria, Virginia helm. native already owns the highest single season total Flagship ........................ 100.7 FM for 3’s in a season with her 84 from a season ago. The Hokies’ record by scoring total under Brooks: Digital ................ Hokie Sports & TuneIn Scores 49 or less 0-2 (VT feed; free on downloaded apps) ACC’S DOUBLE-DOUBLE LEADER, #33 Scores 50-59 4-17 • Center Elizabeth Kitley who owns eight double- SOCIAL MEDIA: #HOKIES Scores 60-69 22-21 doubles ranks first in the ACC and is one off of the national lead in that category. Twitter/Instagram .................. @HokiesWBB Scores 70-79 29-13 •Kitley now has 14 for her career, and is quickly Scores 80-89 25-1 approaching the top 10 in school history in that STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS Scores 90-99 11-0 category. Media Contact ...... Carter Brown ([email protected]) Scores 100+ 1-0 ENNIS PROVIDES BENCH BOOST 2020-21 VIRGINIA TECH SINGLE GAME SUPERLATIVES COACH BROOKS IN THE NEW YEAR • Sophomore G/F Maayla Ennis had a career afternoon • Brooks’ career record in the month of January is 99-54 (.647) in the Hokies’ last outing, playing 29 minutes against Points Elizabeth Kitley 30, vs. App State (12/4/20) • In the 17 seasons of head coaching that he has completed, Wake Forest. Rebounds Elizabeth Kitley 21, vs. Wake Forest (1/17/20) his teams have gone unbeaten in the month of January twice • The Toronto, Ontario, Canada native scored a Assists Georgia Amoore 7, at North Carolina (1/14/20) (2006-07 and again in 2014-15 with James Madison.) career-best 12 points on 5 of 10 shooting that Blocks Asiah Jones 5, vs. App State (12/4/20) included a pair of triples. She also added three Elizabeth Kitley 5, vs. App State (12/4/20) rebounds, a block and an assist. Steals Azana Baines 4, at North Carolina (1/14/20) KITLEY ONE OF TOP CENTERS IN AMERICA FG Attempts Aisha Sheppard 20, vs. Liberty (11/28/20) • Sophomore Elizabeth Kitley, the reigning ACC GOING HARD IN THE PAINT FGs Elizabeth Kitley 14, vs. App State (12/4/20) Freshman of the Year was tabbed as a candidate • Tech blocked nine shots against the Demon 3FG Attempts Aisha Sheppard 16, vs. Liberty (11/28/20) Deacons (Jones 4, Kitley 3, King 1, Ennis 1), the for the Lisa Leslie award honoring the nation’s top 3FGs Cayla King 7, vs. Pitt (12/10/20) second time this season that the defense has had center. nine or more rejections. FT Attempts Aisha Sheppard 12, vs. Louisville (1/7/21) •She earned ACC Co-Player of the Week honors • The Hokies are third in the ACC in blocks, at 5.58 FTs Aisha Sheppard 9, vs. Louisville (1/7/21) on Jan. 18 following a week where she averaged per game and Kitley (2.17) and Asiah Jones 2.08) Minutes Aisha Sheppard 39:05, vs. Wake Forest (1/17/21) both rank amongst the top five in that categry. 18.0 points and 17.5 rebounds in two contests, tallying her seventh and eighth double-doubles of the PICKED IN THE TOP HALF OF THE CONFERENCE season. •Against Wake Forest (1/17) she tied a program • Both the league’s head coaches and the Blue Ribbon Panel of media members chose the Hokies to finish seventh in the 15-team conference. This comes after an 11-6 mark in the league a season ago that saw Tech pick up the five mark securing 21 rebounds. seed at the conference tournament in March. • The Summerfield, N.C. native is averaging 17.7 • The Hokies have made a habit of finishing higher than expected, after being chosen 10th before the T-4 finish in points, 11.8 rebounds and 2.17 blocks per game. 2019-20. OVERALL: 7-5 : 2-5 HOME: 6-3 AWAY: 1-2 NEUTRAL: 0-0 HEAD COACH KENNY BROOKS SUPERLATIVES 2020-21 SCHEDULE SITUATION 2020-21 At Tech Scores 49 or less 0-0 0-2 NOVEMBER (2-0) Scores 50-59 0-1 4-17 Nov. 25 RICHMOND W, 85-64 ACCNX Scores 60-69 1-3 22-21 Scores 70-79 1-1 30-13 Nov. 28 LIBERTY W, 81-66 ACCNX Scores 80-89 4-0 25-1 DECEMBER (4-2) Scores 90-99 1-0 11-0 Dec. 1 GEORGE WASHINGTON W, 92-57 ACCNX Scores 100+ 0-0 1-0 At home 6-3 61-20 Dec. 4 APPALACHIAN STATE W, 84-59 ACCN On the road 1-2 22-27 Dec. 6 GARDNER-WEBB W, 73-39 ACCNX Leading at halftime 5-1 70-13 Dec. 10 PITT* W, 88-71 ACCNX In games decided by <5 points 0-3 11-17 In games decided by 6-10 points 0-1 22-17 Dec. 17 at Notre Dame* L, 78-84 ACCN In games decided by 11-15 pts 2-0 15-4 Dec. 20 VIRGINIA* postponed ACCN In games decided by 16-20 pts 1-0 11-7 Dec. 31 FLORIDA STATE* L, 63-73 ACCNX In games decided by 21+ points 4-0 34-8 JANUARY (1-3) In day games 4-3 45-32 In night games (tip after 5 p.m.) 3-2 47-22 Jan. 3 at Duke* cancelled ACCNX Jan. 7 NC STATE* postponed RSN INSIDE THE SERIES: VIRGINIA TECH VS. NOTRE DAME Jan. 7 #2 LOUISVILLE* L, 67-71 RSN • Virginia Tech and Notre Dame have met 14 times previously with the Irish winning 12 of those Jan. 10 at Georgia Tech* L, 54-56 ACCN matchups, including an 84-78 contest earlier this season played in South Bend on December 17, Jan. 14 at North Carolina* W, 66-54 ACCN 2020. In that contest the Hokies were led by 25 points from Elizabeth Kitley and 23 from Georgia Amoore. Jan. 17 WAKE FOREST* L, 64-67 ACCN • The programs have met eight times as members of the ACC since Notre Dame joined in 2014 Jan. 21 NOTRE DAME* 7 PM RSN and previously were foes in the Big East prior to the Hokies’ departure in 2004. Jan. 24 at NC State* 4 PM ACCN Jan. 31 NORTH CAROLINA* 2 PM ACCNX Games Played - in the series: 16 First Meeting: Jan. 3, 2001 Overall Record: 2-12 Home: 1-4 Away: 1-7 Neutral: 0-1 FEBRUARY (0-0) Feb. 7 VIRGINIA* 6 PM TBA LAST 5 MEETINGS (VIRGINIA TECH IS 1-4) Feb. 4 at Pitt* 7 PM RSN Date Ranked VT/Opp Location Score Thurs., Dec. 17, 2020 NR/NR South Bend, Ind. L, 78-84 Feb. 7 FLORIDA STATE* TBA ESPNU Thurs., Feb. 20, 2020 NR/NR South Bend, Ind. W, 68-62 Feb. 11 at Miami* 6 PM ACCN Wed., Jan. 16, 2019 NR/1 Blacksburg, Va. L, 51-80 Feb. 14 at Boston College* 2 PM ACCNX Thurs., Feb. 22, 2019 NR/5 South Bend, Ind. L, 59-89 Thurs., Feb. 2, 2018 NR/7 Blacksburg, Va. L, 59-76 Feb. 18 DUKE* 6 PM ACCNX Feb.