The Ladies travel to the frozen north to play Pitt today at 6 PM. The game will be on ACCN extra. Pitt is 9-11, 1-6 in the ACC; the Hokies are 13-5, 4-3. PItt has lost to a bunch of top 20 teams and some not so great teams. Their one ACC win was at home against SMU. They have lost 5 of their last 6; but they have played decent teams over that span, losing to 4 ranked teams and Louisville. The Hokies beat Louisville 70-65 in their last game. Against other common opponents: Pitt lost to Miami 62-56; we beat them 68-64. Pitt lost to Ga Tech 100-61; we beat them 105-94 in double overtime. Duke beat Pitt 61-39; we lost to Duke 81-59. ESPN says we are 10.5 point favorites with an over/under of 134.5. The Matchup Predictor gives us 90.1% chance of winning.
11 different players have started a game for Pitt. Only #11 5'7 junior guard Marley Washenitz has started every game; she is also the only player in the top six who has played her entire career at Pitt. #2 Amiya Jenkins has not played against an ACC team; so I assume she is out for some reason since she started the three games she played in. Probable starters are #0 5'5 senior guard Brooklyn Miles, #3 6'3 senior forward MaKayla Elmore, Washenitz, #15, 6'4 grad Khadija Faye and #23 6'1 rsoph guard Michayla Johnson. The Hokies are again going to be at a disadvantage in the paint.
Faye and Johnson lead the scoring at 18.1 and 10.2 ppg. Washenitz averages 8; everyone else is less than 5. Faye also averages 9.5 rebounds per game, almost half of them offensive. The Ladies are again going to have a problem keeping Pitt from getting second chances on missed shots. Faye averages 3.4 fouls per game; but still manages to play 29.4 min. Washenitz also averages over 3 fouls per game(3.1). The Panthers average 13.1 assists, 17.7 TOs and 8.5 steals. PItt shoots 38.7% overall and 33.9% from beyond the arc. They shoot about 19 threes per game and make about 6. They only shoot 69.4% from the free throw line.
Below is a table I stole from Pitts web page:
Overall the stats favor the Hokies. My only real concern is dealing with the height in the paint and the possibilty that Johnson or someone else may get hot from beyond the arc. This is a game the Ladies should win; but winning on the road in the ACC is never easy.
LET'S GO HOKIES!
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