Feb. 8, 1998
Virginia Travels to College Park
#13 Virginia
(16-5, 7-4)
at Maryland
(13-8, 6-5)
Feb. 9, 1998
7:00 p.m.
WINA Radio 1070 AM
HTS-TV
Cole Field House
(14,500)
College Park, Md.
Storyline on Virginia
The Cavaliers are on a three-game winning streak and have relied on
the sharp shooting of three-point specialist Kate Mooney to notch those
wins. Mooney is averaging 21.0 points and 5.3 three-pointers per game in
the last three games and has been the leading scorer in those games.
Mimi McKinney leads the team in scoring (15.8 ppg), followed by
DeMya Walker (14.6 ppg) and Erin Stovall (10.1 ppg). Walker leads the team
in rebounding (8.0 rpg) and blocks (3.3 bpg).
In all games, the Cavaliers are 10-1 at home, 6-3 on the road and
0-1 at a neutral site. In ACC games, Virginia is 5-1 at home, 2-3 on the
road.
Series with Maryland
Tonight's game is the 49th meeting between the two teams and
Virginia holds a 28-20 advantage in the series. The Cavaliers have won the
last 13 meetings with Maryland and the series with the Terps is one of
Virginia's oldest and longest continuous rivalries which dates back to the
1976-77 season. The Cavaliers are 9-10 in Cole Field House but have not
lost in this venue since a 70-66 loss on Jan. 20, 1993.
The Terps dominated in the first 24 games of the series, winning 13
of those games, while Virginia has had control in the last half of the
series, posting 17 wins in 24 tries since the 1987-88 season.
Hoo's Hot
Prior to the Jan. 30 game vs. Georgia Tech, Kate Mooney had only
connected on 18 three-pointers this season. She was 0-10 from the field in
the Duke game (Jan. 23) and then went 0-2 in the Old Dominion game (Jan.
27). But in the last three games, Mooney has shot .513 (20-39) from the
field and has led the team in scoring in each game. In addition, she was
16-29 (.552) from beyond the arc during that stretch.
She recorded a career-high 20 points in the 93-57 win over Georgia
Tech (Jan. 30) and then hit a new career-high of 22 points in the 83-76
overtime win at Florida State (Feb. 1). She continued the barrage with 21
points in the 72-55 win over Clemson (Feb. 5). She is the only player on
the current roster to have scored 20 or more points in three consecutive
games.
She tied the school record for three-point field goals in a game
with seven treys in the Florida State game and tied the school record for
three-point field goals in a half with five in the first half against the
Seminoles.
Countdown to 1000
DeMya Walker needs only 17 points to reach the 1000-point mark in
her career. She currently has 983 points and with a good night tonight,
she will become the 15th player in school history to reach the 1000-point
plateau.
Probable Virginia Starters
Pos. No. Player Cl. Ht. Stats
F 20 Lisa Hosac So. 6-2 7.4 ppg, 7.3 rpg
F 40 Kate Mooney Jr. 6-0 6.7 ppg, 2.6 rpg
C 22 DeMya Walker Jr. 6-2 14.6 ppg, 8.0 rpg
G 21 Mimi McKinney Sr. 5-9 15.8 ppg, 5.2 rpg
G 3 Erin Stovall Fr. 5-9 10.1 ppg, 2.6 rpg
Off the Bench
Pos. No. Player Cl. Ht. Stats
G 12 Katie Tracy Fr. 5-5 1.8 ppg, 0.7 rpg
G 5 Renee Robinson So. 5-6 3.9 ppg, 3.1 rpg
F 30 Chalois Lias Fr. 6-0 3.0 ppg, 2.2 rpg
F 00 Dean'na Mitchelson Fr. 6-2 1.8 ppg, 1.5 rpg
C 14 Elena Kravchenko Fr. 6-10 1.6 ppg, 1.2 rpg
F 4 Lesley Brown Jr. 6-0 7.1 ppg, 3.2 rpg
Last Game Vs. Maryland
No. 9 Virginia came out thinking offense and redemption. Coming
into the Jan. 8 game against Maryland, the Cavaliers had scored 80 or more
points only once this season and were coming off a loss to unranked
Clemson. Virginia opened the game with an 11-0 run, led 44-23 at the half
and never let up in the second half en route to an 86-60 victory over the
Terrapins.
"It's good to see us start putting points up on the board and see
some players loosen up ... and start shooting the ball much better," said
coach Debbie Ryan.
After averaging 67.8 points a game, the Cavaliers shot 57 percent
(16-of-28) in the second half and 54 percent (35-of-65) for the game with
Demya Walker scoring 16 points, grabbing 13 rebounds and blocking four
shots. Maryland got no closer than 58-42 after alayup by Stephanie Cross
with 12:59 left.
"This team has started to get a little confidence," Ryan said. "I
think the way we handled the loss at Clemson made all the difference. In
the locker room, they were devastated, and I told them it was their best
game of the season. ... I said, `We just have to win enough games to get in
the tournament because by March, we're going to be pretty darn good."'
Erin Stovall added 15 points for Virginia (11-2, 2-2) and Dean'na
Mitchelson had 11. Cross, a reserve, led the Terrapins with 17 points,
Kalisa Davis had 15 and Branka Bogunovic 12.
"We didn't try to back off or be careful," Maryland coach Chris
Weller said. "We went right at them."
Regardless, Virginia scored 25 points off Maryland's 16 turnovers
and limited the Terrapins to two points on second-chance shots, while
scoring 22 when getting the offensive rebound. The Cavaliers had a 42-32
rebounding advantage.
Head Coach Debbie Ryan
Head Coach Debbie Ryan, in her 21st season, brings a career record
of 478-162 (.747) into tonight's game. Ryan is the ACC leader in conference
wins (197) and winning percentage (.748).
Ready to Play
Point guard Renee Robinson, who missed two games due to a
concussion, was cleared to play in last Thursday's game with Clemson.
Robinson suffered the injury in the Old Dominion game (Jan. 27) when she
collided with Mery Andrade at midcourt.
She was knocked unconscious, butreturned to play in that game. However, on the team's return to
Charlottesville, Robinson was diagnosed with a concussion and was sidelined
for the Georgia Tech game (Jan. 30) and the Florida State game (Feb.1).
Robinson leads the team in assists with (3.7) and steals (2.3). In
the Clemson game, Robinson did not start but played 11 minutes.
Need For Three's
The Cavaliers are shooting .337 (88-261) from three-point range in
the 16 wins this season. In the five losses, the percentage drops to .232
(26-112). In the last two wins, Virginia is shooting an impressive .397
(27-68) from beyond the arc.
Home Sweet Home
The Cavaliers are 282-50 (.849) during the last 24 years at home
and are 120-9 (.930) in University Hall since 1990.
Hitting The Three's
Mimi McKinney has 44 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.
Kate Mooney has also recorded a season-high 34 three-pointers. Her
previous high was 27 treys in her freshman season.
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).
Virginia in the ACC Stats
DeMya Walker
blocked shots 3.5 first
field goal % .55.9% fourth
rebounds 7.9 fourth
scoring 14.7 fifth
Mimi McKinney
scoring 15.7 third
3-pt FG 2.3 second
free throw % 78.6% fourth
steals 2.4 second
3-pt FG% 36.4% fourth
assists 3.8 sixth
field goal % .38.9% tenth
Erin Stovall
steals 2.3 fourth
free throw % 71.4% fifth
Lisa Hosac
rebounds 7.3 seventh
Renee Robinson
steals 2.3 fourth
assists 3.7 eighth
As a team, Virginia leads the league in steals (12.5) and
blocks (6.0). The team ranks second in field goal percentage defense
(.392).
Breaking Into The Top 10
DeMya Walker has 608 rebounds in her career and moved into
Virginia's Top 10 in career rebounding. Walker moved ahead of Nancy Mayer
(1983-87), who had 601 rebounds, in the career rankings.
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.
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 4.1 blocks
per game. Here are the top five in that category:
Player (school) G B Avg.
1. Samantha Tomlinson (Troy St.) 20 85 4.3
2. DeMya Walker (Virginia) 21 69 3.5
3. Teresa Jenkins (Florida A & M) 19 59 3.1
4. Myndee Larsen (Southern Utah) 19 56 2.9
5. Cortney Moore (Samford) 18 51 2.8
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 221 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) 85 221 2.6
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 95 82 246
7. Kate Mooney 72 80 241
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 seventh-ranked North
Carolina.
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 score over 40
points in a 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 in the Maryland game on Jan. 25, 1995.
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. Her fifth and
most recent came on Jan. 30 with 19 points-12 rebounds vs. Georgia Tech.
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 remaining network broadcasts are:
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.
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