The #9 Ladies play Kansas in the Cayman Islands Classic today at 5 PM. I can't find where it will be televised; Hokie Sports says Virginia Tech Sports Network, whatever that means. Win or lose, they play Tulane tomorrow at 11 AM.
Kansas has 6'6 Super-Senior Taiyanna Jackson at center and starts 4 guards around her: 5'7 Senior Wyvette Mayberry, 5'8 Super-Senior Zakiyah Franklin, 5'11 Super-Senior Holly Kersgieter and 6'0 Freshman S'Mya Nichols. They are an experienced group around a very good freshman . The first three off the bench are 6' senior G/F Ryan Cobbins, 5'10 G/F Junior Skyler Gill and 6'3 Freshman Center Paris Gains. Cobbins plays about half the game, 23 mpg; Gill plays 15 mpg and Gaines spells Jackson for about 8 mpg. Given that Jackson and Gaines play a total of 31 mpg on average, the Jayhawks are going to have a relatively short team on the court at times.
The Jayhawks are 2-1 with wins against Northwestern State, 88-46 at home and Kansas City, 70-61 at a "neutral site" in Kansas City. Their loss was to Penn State, 85-91 at Penn State.
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Four of the starters are averaging double digit scoring and the fifth is averaging 9 ppg. The bench does not contribute much. They have out rebounded their opponents by almost 4 rpg; but against Penn State they lost the rebound battle 40-33. Their website says they play aggressive man to man defense and try to trap the inbounds pass and at the mid-court line. Kersgieter is shooting 55% on 11 of 20 from 3 point land. Three players are averaging over 3 fouls per game; against the Hokies that tendency could lead to reduced playing time for 2 starters and the first lady off the bench.
Unless the Ladies have a really bad game from 2 or more starters, this should be a win.
LET'S GO HOKIES!
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