Women's Basketball vs High Point Nov 6 at 5 PM

The Ladies have a warm-up game today vs High Point in Cassell. at 5 PM. The game is on the ACC network. I'll start by stealing from 07Hokie's Statistical Notes:

Virginia Tech will open the 2023-24 Brooksketball schedule against High Point. The 17-15 Panthers return seven players who netted at least 100 minutes over their 32 game season. Oddly enough 8 of those 10 were all guards. Both post players return, 6-3 SR C Amaria McNear, who finished with only 111 minutes last year and 1.2 ppg in the 13 games in which she played. Joining her in the post is 6-0 SO F Nevaeh Zavala who put up 2.7 ppg in her 178 minutes. Less than 300 minutes over 32 games tells me that this team might just only utilize a five guard rotation. Leading those potential five guards is Nakiyah Terrell, a 5-6 JR who averaged 10.4 last season. Following her are 6-0 SO Anna Hager (2.9 ppg), 6-1 SR Claire Wyatt (8.5 ppg), 5-2 SR Callie Scheier (7.8 ppg) and 6-1 JR Shakira Baskerville (5.1 ppg). High Point isn't a threat in the post, having only pulled down 31.0 rpg, so expect Kitley, Micheaux, and Strack to body people down low. They do have a high TO rate, so hopefully the Hokies can exploit that.

As 07 notes, they return 7 and 6 players have moved on. They have balanced the roster by adding 2 Freshmen in 6' Forward Peyton Gerdes and 5'7 Guard Emma Larios; and bringing back 5'11 Redshirt Senior Guard Cydney Johnson, who was out with an injury last year. And they brought in 5 players from the portal.

Some of the portal players look like contributors to me:

Faith Price is a 5'7 Guard who transferred from UNC Greensboro where she averaged about 30 minutes per game in 30 games. And she led the team in 3 point attempts.

Mack Maier is a 5'9 Guard who transferred from Wake Forest, where she did not play much. She's listed as a shooting guard.

Lauren Bevis is a 5'5 Guard who transferred from Gardner Webb, where she was All-Big South Conference selection at guard ... 2023 Big South All-Tournament Team ... The conference's top shooter from the perimeter and one of the top shooters in Gardner-Webb basketball history ... 259 three-pointers made (259-of-669) at a 38.7 percent clip ... Has scored 1,379 career points in 113 games played (71 starts) ... Career 85.6 percent free throw shooter (268-of-314).

Aaliyah Collins is 5'6 Junior Guard, who does not seem to have played last year(redshirt due to transfer?). Seems to be a defensive specialist.

Bukky Akinsola is 5'6 Junior Guard who transferred from a Community College. Supposed to be quick and a good defender.

The Full roster:

The Hokies should not be challenged tonight unless they take this game too lightly while looking ahead. Hopefully Coach Brooks can get some of the younger players a few minutes in this game. I am really looking forward to seeing what Carleigh Wenzel brings.