University Hall (8,457) -- Charlottesville, Va.
Series With Georgia Tech
This is the 43rd meeting between Georgia Tech and Virginia and the
Cavaliers lead the series 38-4. The Yellow Jackets have won two of the
last three contests, but have never been victorious in 18 tries at
University Hall.
Georgia Tech posted a win over the Cavaliers already this season
with a 84-65 win in Atlanta on Dec. 6, 1997. In that game, DeMya Walker was
the only Cavalier to score in double figures with 15 points.
#16 Virginia (13-5, 4-4)
Virginia looks to avenge the early season loss to the Yellow
Jackets an break a two-game losing skid tonight when the Yellow Jackets
visit University Hall.
The Cavaliers suffered their second consecutive loss of the season
with a 80-51 loss to third-ranked Old Dominion on Tuesday. This was the
first time since the 1992-93 season that Virginia dropped two consecutive
games in a season.
On the Injured List
UVa will be without the services of point guard Renee Robinson who
suffered a concussion in the Old Dominion game when she collided with Mery
Andrade at midcourt. She was knocked unconscious, but returned to play in
that game. Robinson will miss tonight's game and is questionable for
Sunday's game at Florida State. She leads the team in assists with 3.7 apg.
She is the third guard to succumb to injury this season. Robinson
follows Monick Foote and Tiffany Bower on the injured list. Foote made the
decision to redshirt this season due to a chronic ankle problem (right) and
a stress fracture in the same leg that developed during the summer. Bower
suffered a torn left achilles tendon on the third day of practice this
season.
Head Coach Debbie Ryan
Head Coach Debbie Ryan, in her 21st season, brings a career record
of 475-162 (.748) into tonight's game. Ryan is the ACC leader in conference
wins (194) and winning percentage (.748).
Last Time Out With Georgia Tech
Carla Munnion scored 19 points as all five starters scored in
double figures as Georgia Tech pounded 10th-ranked Virginia, 84-65 on Dec.
6. Betsy Foy added 18 points for the Yellow Jackets, who held Virginia to
24 percent shooting in the second half and outscored the Cavaliers, 36-24,
in the final 20 minutes.
Shelli Novotny netted 16 points and six assists for Georgia Tech,
which shot 46 percent (27-of-59) from the field and forced 19 turnovers.
DeMya Walker scored 15 points and Mimi McKinney and Lesley Brown
added nine apiece for Virginia (6-1), which shot 33 percent (24-of-73)
overall, including 4-of-23 from three-point range.
How the Team Match Up Tonight
Virginia Ga.Tech
Points 69.2 65.5
Points Allowed 65.0 70.5
Rebounds 38.4 42.5
Rebound Margin -1.9 +2.8
FG % .417 .399
FG% defense .394 .420
3-pt FG % .285 .309
FT % .634 .636
Assists 13.4 11.9
Turnovers 20.4 20.8
Blocks 6.1 2.7
Steals 12.4 6.3
Points From the Pine
The bench crew contributed 50 points in the Cavaliers 86-60 win
over Maryland on Jan. 8 led by Erin Stovall with 15 points and Dean'na
Mitchelson with 11.
Lesley Brown recorded a career-high 21 points off the bench vs.
California (Dec. 28) and nearly matched that with 20 points vs. Duke (Jan.
23).
Out-Rebounded
The Cavaliers have been out-rebounded in 11 of 18 games this season
and are 6-5 in those games. The Cavaliers have been out-rebounded in eight
of their last 10 games, most recently by Wake Forest (43-30), Duke (43-29)
and Old Dominion (49-29).
The offensive boards have been the nemesis for Virginia this season
as they pull down only 13.8 offensive boards per game on an average of 36.1
missed shots per game. If the Cavaliers end the season with a negative
rebound margin, it will be the first time in nine years that Virginia will
be out-rebounded for the season.
Hitting The Three's
Mimi McKinney has 39 three-pointers this season which is a new
season total for her in three-point shooting. She had 25 treys last year
for her best year from behind the arc.
Double Figures
DeMya Walker is one of three Cavaliers who have scored in double figures
in 12 or more games this season. Walker leads the team in double-figure
games with 14, followed by Mimi McKinney with 13 and Erin Stovall with 12.
ACC Season-Highs
Mimi McKinney's 48 points vs. North Carolina is the ACC's season
high in points. She also holds the season-high in field goals made (16) and
three-point field goals made (7). DeMya Walker's eight blocks is a
season-high for the conference, tied with Florida State's Brooke Wyckoff.
As a team, Virginia has achieved the league high in four
categories: field goal percentage defense (.183 vs. Mt. St. Mary's), free
throw percentage (.875 vs. Santa Clara), steals (25 vs. California), blocks
(14, vs. Mt. St. Mary's).
Home Sweet Home
The Cavaliers are 280-50 (.848) during the last 24 years at home
and are 118-9 (.929) in University Hall since 1990.
Walker is UVa's All-Time Blocks Leader
DeMya Walker set a new UVa single game record for blocked shots
with eight blocks in the Florida State game on Jan. 2. She broke the old
record of seven which was held by Walker (twice), Heidi Burge and Jacki
LaBerge. she ranks fifth in ACC history in blocked shots.
Walker's first block of the season, which came in the 13:06 mark
in the second half of the William & Mary game (Nov. 16), established her as
the Virginia's all-time blocks leader, eclipsing the mark of 152 set by
Heather Burge (1990-93). Walker ended the night with three blocks.
Virginia in the ACC Stats (all games as of Jan. 28)
DeMya Walker
Blocked shots 3.7 first
field goal % .56.3% fourth
scoring 14.7 seventh
Mimi McKinney
scoring 15.6 third
3-pt FG 2.3 third
free throw % 76.2% third
steals 2.4 third
3-pt FG% 36.8% fifth
assists 3.6 eighth
field goal % .39.2% tenth
Erin Stovall
steals 22 sixth
free throw % 70.6% fifth
Lisa Hosac
rebounds 7.2 eighth
Renee Robinson
steals 2.3 fourth
assists 3.7 seventh
As a team, Virginia leads the league in steals (12.4) and
blocks (6.1). The team ranks second in field goal percentage defense
(.394).
Tracy Added To Roster
Katie Tracy, a 5-5 freshman point guard from Richmond, Va., was
added to the Virginia roster on Dec. 12. Tracy, who started all 21 games
for the Virginia women's soccer team this past Fall, will bolster the
Cavalier roster that has been hit hard with injuries. UVa began the season
without guards Tiffany Bower and Monick Foote who are out for the year with
injuries.
Tracy was a three-time Dominion District Player of the Year and a
two-time Central Region Player of the Year in basketball as well as the
Virginia High School League State Player of the Year. Tracy led James River
High School to the the state finals last season and averaged 14.0 points
for her prep career. She was also the Richmond Times Dispatch Player of the
Year as a junior and a senior and a three-time All-State selection in
basketball.
As a midfielder for head coach April Heinrichs and the nationally
ranked UVa soccer team, Tracy was the team's fourth leading scorer with
four goals and four assists. The soccer team posted a 14-5-2 record and
advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. During her prep soccer
career, she was a NSCAA and Parade All-American.
Countdown to 1000
DeMya Walker is getting closer to 1000 points. She currently has
938 points for her career and if she continues to average 15.7 points per
game, she could reach the 1000-point mark in the Maryland game on Feb. 9.
She will become the 15th player in school history to reach 1000-points for
her career.
McKinney Makes Mark
Mimi McKinney was scorching the nets on Jan. 15 in Chapel Hill,
N.C. and she became the first woman in Virginia history to record a 40+
game. She was 16-27 from the field, 7-12 from three-point range and 9-13
from the charity stripe in her 48-point performance against fifth-ranked
North Carolina in triple overtime (Jan. 15). She had 35 points at the end
of regulation. The 48 points is the most ever by a men's or women's
Virginia player against a Division I opponent. McKinney's 48 points ranks
second all-time in Virginia basketball history behind Barry Parkhill's 51
points vs. Baldwin-Wallace (Dec. 11, 1971) and ties Buzzy Wilkerson's
48-point game vs. Hampden-Sydney (Dec. 1, 1954).
She eclipsed the women's single game scoring record of 39
established by Wendy Palmer vs. Maryland (Jan. 25, 1995).
Breaking Into The Top 10
DeMya Walker has 579 rebounds in her career and needs only 22 more
rebounds to break into the Top 10 in career rebounding in Virginia history.
Nancy Mayer (1983-87) holds onto the 10th spot in the career rankings with
601.
Walker Second in Nation in Blocks
DeMya Walker ranks second in the nation in blocked shots. Samantha
Tomlinson of Troy State is top shot blocker in the country with 4.0 blocks
per game. Here are the top five in that category:
player (school) G B Avg.
1. Samantha Tomlinson (Troy St.) 18 74 4.1
2. DeMya Walker (Virginia) 18 66 3.7
3. Lasendia Baker (Mississippi Va.) 18 53 2.9
4. Teresa Jenkins (Florida A & M) 17 50 2.9
5. Mani Ortega (Idaho State) 18 52 2.9
Myndee Larsen (Southern Utah) 18 52 2.9
Walker Fourth in ACC Blocks
Walker is closing in on the ACC numbers as well. Currently she
ranks fourth in the conference in blocked shots with 215 career blocked
shots.
player, school (Years) G B Avg.
1. Dawn Royster, UNC (1984-87) 110 329 3.0
2. Peggy Caple, Clem (1982-1985) 119 298 2.5
3. Dolores Bootz, GaT (1985-88) 91 245 2.7
4. DeMya Walker, Va. (1996- present) 82 218 2.7
Climbing Up The Charts
Mimi McKinney and Kate Mooney are moving up the chart in
three-point shooting. McKinney's seven treys against UNC moved her ahead of
Mooney.
Tora Suber is Virginia's all-time leader in three-point field goals
made with 220.
Player G Made Att.
1. Tora Suber 127 220 666
2. Tammi Reiss 127 139 334
3. Dena Evans 134 129 370
4. Dawn Staley 131 124 371
5. Monick Foote 84 121 326
6. Mimi McKinney 92 77 226
7. Kate Mooney 69 64 212
8. Kathy McConnell 62 64 210
9. Donna Holt 32 49 128
10. Wendy Palmer 126 31 96
McKinney Named Player of the Week
For the first time this season, a Virginia player was touted as the
ACC Player of the Week. Mimi McKinney earned the honor for the week of
Jan. 19 after leading Virginia to a 105-100 upset of North Carolina.
Out For The Season
The Cavaliers will be without the services senior guard/forward
Monick Foote and junior guard Tiffany Bower this season. Foote made the
decision to redshirt this season due to a chronic ankle problem (right) and
a stress fracture in the same leg that developed during the summer. Foote
wants to take the time to properly rehab the leg and comeback for a healthy
senior year in 1998-99.
Bower suffered a torn left achilles tendon on the third day of
practice and will not play this season. Bower worked extremely hard over
the summer to come back from a torn right achilles tendon which she
suffered on the eve of the NCAA Tournament last March and was cleared to
play this season.
Double-Doubles
Lisa Hosac recorded the first double-double of the season with her
12 point-12 rebound performance against Kent on Nov. 21. Last season, she
recorded two double-doubles.
DeMya Walker has four double-doubles for the season. She recorded
her first double-double of the year with her 13 point-14 rebound
performance vs. VCU on Nov. 29. She recorded her second one against Mt. St.
Mary's on Dec. 8 with 19 points-17 rebounds. Her third came on Jan. 2 vs.
Florida State with 21 points-13 rebounds. She recorded 16 points-13
rebounds on Jan. 8 vs. Maryland for her fourth double-double.
Cavaliers on Radio
All of the University of Virginia women's basketball games are
broadcast on WINA Radio 1070 AM. Rob Shaffer calls the play-by-play with
color commentary provided by Robbie Robinson. In addition to WINA's
broadcast of all the games locally, seven of the remaining 12 regular
season games will be broadcast state-wide on the Virginia Sports Radio
Network. The network games will also be picked up by AudioNet on the
internet (www.audionet.com).
The network broadcasts are:
Jan. 30 vs. Georgia Tech 7:30 p.m.
Feb. 5 vs. Clemson 7:30 p.m.
Feb. 9 at Maryland 7 p.m.
Feb. 12 at N.C. State 7 p.m.
Feb. 15 vs. North Carolina 4 p.m.
Feb. 19 at Wake Forest 7 p.m.
Feb. 22 vs. Duke 2 p.m.
See page 4 of the Virginia media guide for a listing of radio
network affiliates that will air the games.
Public Television To Air Games
Fans of UVa women's basketball can now watch the Cavaliers on
public television. Central Virginia's Public TV, WHTJ-TV 41 will broadcast
the Jan. 30 game vs. Georgia Tech on tape delay at 11:30 p.m. and the Feb.
5 game vs. Clemson on tape delay at 11:00 p.m. Both games will be broadcast
live in northern Virginia on public television station WNVT Falls Church.
Production funding for the public television broadcast of these UVa
women's basketball games is made possible, in part, by grants from Nike and
by the University of Virginia Continuing Education Centers in Northern
Virginia and Richmond.
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