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Women's Basketball Battles Vanderbilt
11/23/1999 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Vanderbilt University (1-1) at #25 Duke University (1-1)
November 24, 1999 -- 7:00 p.m.
Cameron Indoor Stadium/Durham, N.C.
November 24, 1999 -- 7:00 p.m.
Cameron Indoor Stadium/Durham, N.C.
Duke to Face Vanderbilt University on Wednesday...
The #25 ranked Duke University women's basketball team will look to
rebound from a 77-70 loss to #20 Boston College in the second round of
the preseason WNIT a week ago as they face Vanderbilt University.
Duke and Vanderbilt have met two times with the series being even at 1-1. Last season Duke won 79-71 at Vanderbilt. Nicole Erickson led the Blue Devils in scoring with 19 points and seven rebounds. Rochelle Parent scored eight points and pulled down six rebounds, Lauren Rice netted seven points, Georgia Schweitzer chipped in six points, and Krista Gingrich added six points off the bench.
The Vanderbilt Commodores...
The Vanderbilt Commodore's enter Wednesday's game with a 1-1 record.
They come off a 81-57 victory over George Washington on Friday and a
63-51 loss to Purdue University on Sunday. Zuzana Klimesova leads Vandy
with a 14.5 scoring average, Ashley Smith is averaging 7.0 assists a
game, and Chavonne Hammond is averaging 14.0 points a game. They return
three starters off their 13-14 team of last season and are coached by
Jim Foster (182-70 at Vandy).
Blue Devils Fall in Second Round of WNIT...
November 17 doesn't seem to be a good of a day in Cameron Indoor Stadium for the Duke University women's basketball team. For the past two years in a row the Blue Devils are 0-2 on Nov. 17. As a matter of fact Duke lost 72-70 to Virginia Tech in 1998-99 and their next loss in Cameron Indoor Stadium didn't come till Nov. 17 of this year when the Blue Devils lost 77-70 to Boston College. The streak had risen to 17 victories in a row in Cameron so it is time for a new streak to begin.
In the game Duke was led by Georgia Schweitzer with 21 points and Rochelle Parent with her first career double-double (11 points and 11 rebounds). Peppi Browne recorded 10 rebounds and nine points, Sheana Mosch, Lauren Rice and Michele Matyasovsky added nine points each.
The Blue Devils advanced to the second round with a 72-45 victory over UNC Greensboro. Junior Georgia Schweitzer led Duke in scoring with 16 points. This was the first action of the season for the Columbus, Ohio native. Other key players were sophomore Krista Gingrich with nine points and two assists off the bench, freshman Sheana Mosch (13 points), senior Lauren Rice (11 points) and junior Rochelle Parent (11 rebounds). The University of Georgia ended up winning the WNIT with a 85-64 victory over UC-Santa Barbara.
Parent Tough on the Boards...
For the first two games of the season junior Rochelle Parent has been
huge on the boards for the Blue Devils. In both games she has totaled a
career-high tieing 11 rebounds. Before this season she had totaled nine
rebounds two different times in her career, which both happened her
sophomore season.
But this season has been a different story. Parent recorded Duke's first double-double of the season last Wednesday against #20 Boston College (11 points and 11 rebounds). Of the 22 rebounds she has grabbed eight have been offensive.
Among bringing down rebounds, she is also scoring for the Blue Devils. In the two games she is averaging 7.0 points a game and shooting a whopping .857 from the field (6-of-7).
Freshmen off the Bench...
So far freshmen Sheana Mosch and Michele Matyasovsky have been key
performers off the bench for the Blue Devils. In the first two games
Mosch is averaging 10.5 points and 2.0 rebounds while Matyasovsky is
scoring at an 8.5 clip and pulling down 3.0 rebounds a game.
Mosch is shooting 47% from the field and .500 (2-of-4) from behind the arc in only 21 minutes a game. Matyasovsky is 6-of-10 from the field (60%) and 1-of-1 from 3-point land (1.000%) in 17 minutes a game.
Matyasovsky's season-high is nine points and Mosch's season-high is 12 points.
Both players were Parade All-American selections out of high school and Mosch was selected preseason ACC Rookie of the Year by the media for 1999-2000.
In the Rankings...
The Duke women's basketball team is ranked #25 in the ESPN/USA Today
Coaches poll this week and drops out of the Associated Press poll (was
#22). Duke now has been ranked 39 straight weeks dating back to the
1997-98 season. The Blue Devils finished 1998-99 ranked #2 in the
nation, which is their highest ranking ever.
When looking at the next opponents, all three of the next four possible teams are ranked or received votes in the ESPN/USA Today top 25 poll. Vanderbilt received 22 votes, St. Joseph's received 27 votes and Penn State is ranked 8th in the poll.
Other ACC schools ranked are North Carolina is ranked #11 while North Carolina State is #9.
Goestenkors Most Successful Coach in Duke History...
The current and three-time ACC Coach of the Year Gail Goestenkors is in
her eighth season in Durham with the Blue Devils. Over her Blue Devil
career, Coach "G" has accomplished feats no other Duke coach has
attained. She has guided Duke to a school-record five straight NCAA
tournament appearances, leading them to Duke's first-ever Elite Eight in
1998 and first-ever Final Four last season. Her four 20-win seasons
(22 in 1995, 26 in 1996, 24 in 1998, and school-record 29 in 1999) is
also a first for a Duke coach. In 1997-98, she led the team to the best
ACC season in school history with a 13-3 record and a first-place
finish, and followed that up last season with another first-place finish
and new school record of 15-1 in the league.
Goestenkors is a 1985 graduate of Saginaw Valley State, where she earned NAIA All-America honors at point guard. She came to Duke in 1992 after a successful six-year stint as an assistant coach at Purdue. The only coach in Duke history to post four 20-win seasons, Coach G currently has a career/school record of 149-69 (.683). She has a career 11-5 record in the NCAA Tournament.
The Gvozdenovic File...
Freshman Olga Gvozdenovic has been sidelined with torn scar tissue in
her knee for the past two weeks. She is expected to miss two more weeks
of action. She is gradually practicing more and more with a knee
brace. Gvozdenovic dressed for the first exhibition game against the
Russian Junior National team but didn't see action and didn't dress for
the USA National team due to the injury.
Time For Rice...
After playing in 92 games in three years and starting only 13 of those,
senior Lauren Rice is ready to step into the starting spot and show some
leadership for this young team. In her three years at Duke she has been
a key reserve off the bench. As a sophomore she posted a career-high of
23 points off the bench against Florida State and tied a career-high
with 13 rebounds. She has a career average of 5.0 points and 4.0
rebounds a game. She has a career free-throw percentage of .761, which
currently ranks third on Duke's all-time list. In her first two games
this season she is averaging 10.0 points and 5.0 rebounds in 32 minutes
a game. She is second on the team with five steals.
The Fab Five...
After losing so many players to graduation last season, Goestenkors
welcomed a large freshmen class to Duke this fall. Five highly regarded
signees joined the Blue Devils as one of the top recruiting classes in
program history. Three newcomers appeared on Parade magazine's
All-America team -- Michele Matyasovsky and Sheana Mosch were both named
to the second team while Olga Gvozdenovic earned third team honors.
Matyasovsky, also a Street & Smith All-America who was New Jersey's
Gatorade Player of the Year, scored over 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds
during her prep career. Mosch, the 1999 Pennsylvania Player of the Year
who holds her school and district record for most points scored (3.066)
was also a USA Today Top 25 selection. Both Matyasovsky and Mosch were
teammates of Krista Gingrich on the Philadelphia Belles AAU team.
LaNedra Brown averaged 18.0 points and 12.0 rebounds during her career
and Lello Gebisa, a 6-7 center also arrives as the tallest Duke women's
basketball player ever.
Browne & Schweitzer Moving Up the Charts...
Senior Peppi Browne and junior Georgia Schweitzer are moving up the
Blue Devil career charts in a few different categories. Browne ranks
fourth in steals with 168 for her four-year career.
Schweitzer ranks seventh in three-pointers made (81) and is in eighth place with 212 three-pointers made. This is in just two years of play with the Blue Devils.
The Excitement Continues...
In the year of 1998-99 Duke had it most successful season in school
history after advancing to the Final Four in San Jose, Ca. The Blue
Devils defeated the University of Georgia in the Final Four by a score
of 81-69 and then lost to Purdue 62-45 in the national championship game
The Blue Devils lost six seniors off the Final Four squad but return East Region M.V.P. junior Georgia Schweitzer, seniors Peppi Browne and Lauren Rice, All-ACC Freshman Krista Gingrich and junior Rochelle Parent. Along with the returnees Head Coach Gail Goestenkors brought in one of the top recruiting classes in the program history. Joining the Blue Devil family are Michele Matyasovsky, Sheana Mosch, Olga Gvozdenovic, LaNedra Brown, and Lello Gebisa. Matyasovsky, Mosch and Gvozdenovic were Parade All-Americans.
The Returning Starters...
Duke returns two starters off the Final Four team of last year. Senior
Peppi Browne (8.7 ppg., 6.3 rbs., and 1.5 spg.) and junior Georgia
Schweitzer (10.0 ppg., 4.1 rbs., 2.9 spg.). Browne has been the teams
leading rebounder the past two seasons. Schweitzer was named the East
Region M.V.P. last season in the NCAA Tournament after a 15-point
performance against Old Dominion and a team-high 22-point performance
against Tennessee. She became the third ACC player to top the All-East
Region list, joining Dawn Staley (1990 and 1992) and Chasity Melvin
(1998).
Other Returning Letterwinners...
The Blue Devils do return five other letterwinners off of last years
Final Four team. Junior Rochelle Parent (4.1 ppg., 3.4 rbs.), sophomore
Krista Gingrich (5.5 ppg., 2.1 rbs.), senior Missy West (1.5 ppg., 0.5
rbs.), senior Lauren Rice (5.5 ppg., 4.1 rbs.) and sophomore Janee Hayes
(2.2 ppg., 1.5 rbs.). Gingrich was named to the ACC All-Freshmen team
last season.
The Newcomers...
Duke has a highly touted freshmen class entering the season, including
three signees featured on Parade's All-America team. Michele
Matyasovsky and Sheana Mosch were named to the second team, while Olga
Gvozdenovic earned third team honors. Two other incoming freshmen, 6-7
Lello Gebisa and 6-1 LaNedra Brown, added to the other three Parade
All-American's make the class one of the best in the program history.
The Coach...
The head coach behind Duke's rise to national prominence over the last
seven seasons is Gail Goestenkors. She has guided the Blue Devils to
five straight NCAA Tournaments, including the 1999 Final Four and
championship game, four 20-plus win seasons over the last five years,
Duke's best ACC finish in school history with a 15-1 conference mark,
and much more! Coach Goestenkors has a 149-68 (.687%) record at Duke in
her seven years with three ACC Coach of the Year honors.
The Exhibition Games...
In the Blue Devils two exhibition games this season, Duke was without
two key players in Georgia Schweitzer and Krista Gingrich with
injuries. Even with the two players out Duke almost pulled out a
victory against the Russian Junior National team (77-69 loss). In the
loss freshmen Sheana Mosch and Michele Matyasovsky led the Blue Devils
in scoring with 22 points and 14 points respectively. Senior Missy West
came off the bench to score eight points on 2-of-3 from 3-point land.
Another senior, Lauren Rice, tallied 10 rebounds and seven points.
Peppi Browne added eight points and nine rebounds. Next up for the Blue
Devils was the USA National team led by WNBA players Lisa Leslie and
Chamique Holdsclaw. Duke jolted out to a 12-6 lead early and trailed by
only 10 points at halftime (32-22), but the possible future Olympic team
shot 57% from the field in the second half to pull away and win 71-45.
Browne and West led Duke with 12 points each and Rice added seven
points.
Steals
1. 232 Katie Meier, 1986-90
2. 223 Maura Hertzog, 1982-85
3. 204 Kira Orr, 1994-97
4. 168 Peppi Browne, 1997-pre
5. 165 Claire Rose, 1980-83
6. 151 Kim Matthews, 1979-82
7. 149 Missy Anderson, 1993-94
8. 144 Hilary Howard, 1996-99
9. 130 Jennifer Chestnut, 1981-84
10. 125 Joanne Boyle, 1982-85
Three-Point Field Goals Made
1. 159 Jennifer Scanlon, 1993-96
2. 133 Kira Orr, 1994-97
3. 132 Hilary Howard, 1996-99
4. 122 Nicole Erickson, 1998-99
5. 90 Naz Medhanie, 1996-99
90 Leigh Morgan, 1987-90
7. 81 Georgia Schweitzer, 1997-pre
8. 77 Dana McDonald, 1990-93
9. 66 Kristina Meiman, 1991-94
10. 60 Ali Day, 1993-96
31 Krista Gingrich, 1998-pre
Three-Point Field Goals Attempted
1. 420 Jennifer Scanlon, 1993-96
2. 416 Kira Orr, 1994-97
3. 354 Hilary Howard, 1996-99
4. 309 Nicole Erickson, 1998-99
5. 251 Naz Medhanie, 1996-99
6. 242 Dana McDonald, 1990-93
7. 229 Leigh Morgan, 1987-90
8. 212 Georgia Schweitzer, 1997-pre
9. 182 Robin Baker, 1989-92
10. 167 Kristina Meiman, 1991-94
Three-Point Field Goals Made
1. 159 Jennifer Scanlon, 1993-96
2. 133 Kira Orr, 1994-97
3. 132 Hilary Howard, 1996-99
4. 122 Nicole Erickson, 1998-99
5. 90 Naz Medhanie, 1996-99
90 Leigh Morgan, 1987-90
7. 81 Georgia Schweitzer, 1997-pre
8. 77 Dana McDonald, 1990-93
9. 66 Kristina Meiman, 1991-94
10. 60 Ali Day, 1993-96
31 Krista Gingrich, 1998-pre
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