Tech Women Head to Virginia for First ACC Road Test

Jan. 10, 2004

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Tech Begins ACC Road Games at Virginia

Georgia Tech will hit the road for the first time in conference play Monday night, traveling to the University of Virginia to take on the Cavaliers in a game that is set to tip-off at 7 p.m. at University Hall. The game will be televised over the Regional Sports Network, which is comprised of Fox Sports Net South, Comcast Sports Net and the Sunshine Network, with Beth Mowins calling the play-by-play and Debbie Antonelli providing the color analysis. Both schools will also broadcast via radio, with the Yellow Jackets on WREK-Radio, 91.1 FM in Atlanta and the Cavaliers on WINA-AM 1070 in Charlottesville. Richard Musterer will call the play-by-play for Tech’s broadcast while Jed Williams and Myron Ripley call the game on the ‘Hoos radio station. Livestats for the contest against Virginia will be available at ramblinwreck.com.

Series Notes

* Virginia holds a 46-7 lead in the series versus the Yellow Jackets, and are 22-1 against Tech on their home court. The only time that the Jackets have won in Charlottesville was on February 8, 2001, with a 17-point win over the Wahoos, 87-70; that contest ended the 20-game losing streak that the Jackets had on the Cavaliers’ home court. Prior to 1997, the Jackets had just won two of 38 games against the Cavaliers, but they have one one-third of the contests since then.

* Tech heads into the game looking to end a four-game losing skid to the Wahoos, as its last win came at Alexander Memorial Coliseum on Tech’s campus by a 92-61 score. The Jackets have lost by a combined 21 points in the four games since that contest, including two losses by just two points. The largest margin of victory for the ‘Hoos was 11 points on Virginia’s home court in the first game between the two teams last season, 74-63. Fallon Stokes led all scorers with 15 points in the contest as four Georgia Tech players scored in double figures. The Cavaliers were led by Brandi Teamer, who turned in a 14-point performance, while three other Virginia players recorded double-figures in the scoring column.

* The longest winning streak that Tech has had against the Cavaliers was three games, from January, 2001 through the following January. The longest losing streak was 18 games, dating from December, 1989 – January, 1997.

* The first game between these two teams was on November 24, 1979, with Virginia winning at home by an 85-44 score. The Jackets last met the Cavaliers at Alexander Memorial Coliseum, with the ‘Hoos taking the close, 56-54 victory on February 16, 2003.

* Georgia Tech versus Virginia Records: Tech’s 92-61 victory over Virginia on January 10, 2002 marked the second-largest ACC win ever in Yellow Jackets history . . . The ‘Hoos and Jackets had the most combined points scored in an ACC game that Tech was a part of when Virginia defeated Georgia Tech 98-94 in Charlottesville on February 2, 1991 . . . Georgia Tech hit eight-of-nine from beyond the arc for an .889 percentage against the Cavs on January 21, 1989, which set the record for the highest three-point field goal percentage in Yellow Jackets history, a mark that still stands today.

Tech in Conference Road Openers

The Yellow Jackets are looking to improve their record in conference road openers when they travel to Charlottesville to take on the Cavaliers this Monday. When Tech won its last conference road opener in 2002 with a 65-56 win at Wake Forest, it broke a six-game streak of losses, dating back to 1996. Prior to that streak, the Jackets had won their road opener five of the previous six times. Georgia Tech is now 6-19 in conference road openers in its 25 years in Atlantic Coast Conference play.

Jackets Like Ranked Cavs

Although the Cavaliers aren’t ranked this week in either the AP or Coach’s poll, they are receiving votes from the Associated Press. The Jackets would rather the Cavs be ranked, however, as five of Tech’s seven wins against them occurred when Virginia held a place in the polls. The only team that Georgia Tech has defeated more often than Virginia when ranked is NC State, as the Jackets have defeated ranked Wolfpack teams six times in history.

Looking at the Cavaliers

Virginia faced a tough non-conference schedule before opening conference play at the beginning of January with a three-point loss to Clemson at home. Three of the Cavs first eight games came against ranked teams, including 20-point losses to second-ranked Texas and No. 6 Minnesota, and a 70-65 victory over 18th-ranked Arizona in the third game of the season. In the game versus the Tigers on the second day of 2004, Anna Prillaman led UVa with 15 points, including three from beyond the three-point arc, while Brandi Teamer added 12. Two days later, the Cavs traveled to Maryland to take on the Terps on their home court. Teamer recorded a double-double in the contest, scoring 14 points while pulling down 11 rebounds, as eight different girls recorded points for the ‘Hoos.

Leading the way for Virginia this season is preseason all-ACC selection Brandi Teamer, averaging 12.1 points and 5.8 rebounds per contest. Joining Teamer in double figures in scoring is Anna Prillaman, who is averaging 10.1 points per contest while leading the team with 38 assists on the season. Also performing well for the Cavs are LaTonya Blue (8.5 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 34 steals, .778 FT%) and Kate Kreager (7.9 ppg, .547 FG%.) Last Time Out for the Jackets

Tech fell to 1-1 in the ACC with a 77-45 loss to Duke at Alexander Memorial Coliseum. The Blue Devils had four different players score in double figures, while Brittany Hunter recorded a double-double with 14 points and 12 boards. The Jackets were led offensively by Fallon Stokes, who had 16 points on 7-of-18 from the field, and defensively by Alex Stewart, pulling down eight rebounds, and Kasha Tery, who had seven blocks in the game. It marked the first time since 1990 that a Yellow Jacket had blocked that many shots in a contest, when Alison Echols tied her own game-record of nine blocked shots against East Tennessee State. The Jackets shot just 30.6% from the field, as compared to the Blue Devils’ 46.2.

Tech Looking for Best ACC Start in Five Years

The Yellow Jackets will be looking for their best ACC start since the 1998-99 season when they began the conference schedule with a 2-1 record. That season, the Jackets dropped their conference opener to the eighth-ranked Tar Heels and then defeated 14th-ranked NC State in the very next game. Tech then improved to 2-1 with a 22-point win over Florida State on the Jackets homecourt, 92-70. The Yellow Jackets concluded that season with a 6-10 record in the league while finishing a game under .500 overall.

Over the past 10 years, Georgia Tech has only begun a season with a 2-1 record three times. There has never been a better start in ACC play than going 2-1.