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11/26/1999 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Duke Women's Basketball Classic
Florida A&M (0-2) at #25 Duke University (2-1)
November 27, 1999 - 4:00 p.m.
Cameron Indoor Stadium/Durham, N.C.
Florida A&M (0-2) at #25 Duke University (2-1)
November 27, 1999 - 4:00 p.m.
Cameron Indoor Stadium/Durham, N.C.
Quick Facts
Duke in the Classic...
Appearances 11
1988-98
All-Time Record 20-2
Percentage - .909
Overtime Games 0-0
Consecutive Wins 14
Titles 9
88, 89, 92-98
Finals Appearances 11
1988-98
Probable Starters... No. Name Ht. Yr. Pos. PPG RPG APG 10 Peppi Browne 5-11 Sr. F 11.7 7.3 3.3 4 Rochelle Parent 6-0 Jr. F 4.7 8.3 1.3 40 Lauren Rice 6-1 Sr. C 10.7 5.7 2.3 23 Georgia Schweitzer 6-0 Jr. G 17.3 3.3 3.7 41 Michelle Matyasovsky 6-1 Fr. G 9.0 3.0 0.7Key Reserves... No. Name Ht. Yr. Pos. PPG RPG APG 3 Sheana Mosch 5-10 Fr. G 9.0 2.0 1.0 21 Krista Gingrich 5-9 So. G 4.0 1.7 2.3 42 Janee Hayes 6-0 So. F 2.0 1.7 0.0 25 Missy West 5-10 Sr. G 1.7 1.0 0.7
Duke to Host Women's Basketball Classic this Weekend...
The #25 ranked Duke women's basketball team will host the 12th Duke
Women's Basketball Classic on Saturday and Sunday in Cameron Indoor
Stadium. The 1999 Classic features Florida A&M, Penn State, St.
Joseph's in addition to the host Blue Devils. This will mark the eighth
season the Duke Women's Basketball Classic will benefit the Durham
Ronald McDonald House. As with each Classic, this year's event is held
with two records in mind --one, breaking the attendance record and two,
breaking the record for donations to the House.
Florida A&M and Penn State will be making their first ever appearances in Cameron Indoor Stadium this weekend, while St. Joseph's makes their second appearance in 1999 as they traveled to Durham, N.C. to compete in the NCAA Tournament last season. Duke downed the Hawks 66-60 to advance to the "Sweet 16."
Duke has won the last seven Duke Classic's in a row and have won 9-of-11 since it was started in 1988. The Duke/FAMU winner will take on the winner of the PSU/SJU winner on Sunday.
Duke vs. Florida A&M...
Duke & Florida A&M will be meeting for the first time, but the
Rattlerettes are no strangers to Cameron Indoor Stadium/Duke Classic as
they competed in the Duke Classic back in 1997. Florida A&M lost in the
first round to Michigan 78-51 and then lost the next day to Ohio State
77-76.
Last season the Rattlerettes finished with an 18-12 record and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the second time FAMU had ever advanced to post season play. They lost to Clemson (76-45) in the first round. This season they return three starters and nine letterwinners, but have started with an 0-2 record. Both losses have come on the road at South Carolina (73-51) and Bethune-Cookman (74-66). Glenda Lee (12.0 pts.) and Damelia Glenn (13.5 pts.) led the way for the Rattlerettes.
Last Time Out...
The Blue Devils got back on the winning note on Wednesday with a 68-59
victory over Vanderbilt University. Senior Peppi Browne played her best
game of the early season with 19 points, eight rebounds, and some
outstanding defensive play.
As a team the Blue Devils posted four players in double-figures scoring and shot 45% from the field. Duke led 27-24 at the half and then came out and shot 62% from the field in the second half to pull away and win by nine points.
Duke led by 12 points with eight minutes remaining before Vandy outscored the Blue Devils 13-5 to cut the lead to 59-55 with 2:44 remaining. But the Blue Devils made five of six free throws down the stretch to outscore Vandy 9-4 and notch the victory.
Senior Lauren Rice added 12 points, Georgia Schweitzer 15 points, and Michele Matyasovsky 10 points.
Matyasovsky Makes First Start...
Freshman Michele Matyasovsky made her first career start at Duke in
Wednesday's 68-59 victory over Vanderbilt University. In the game
Matyasovsky scored 10 points on 3-of-9 shooting, while pulling down
three rebounds and dishing out two assists in 32 minutes of play.
For the season she is averaging 9.0 points, 3.0 boards and 0.7 assists. Matyasovsky is shooting .474% from the field and .667% from 3-point land.
In the three games this season she has progressed well scoring eight points in the first game, nine in the second, and 10 in her first start in a Blue Devil uniform.
Coach "G" Records 150th Win...
Duke head coach Gail Goestenkors picked up her 150th victory at Duke
University with the 68-59 victory over Vanderbilt University on
Wednesday. In her eighth season she has totaled a 150-69 record.
Browne Steps it Up...
Senior forward Peppi Browne stepped up her play in Duke's victory over
Vanderbilt last Wednesday. In the victory Browne scored a season-high
19 points and pulled down eight boards. Among leading the Blue Devils
in scoring, she shut down Vandy's 6-6 Chantelle Anderson as she only
scored 13 points.
Coach "G" praised Browne's play, "Defensively, she fronted the entire game Chantelle Anderson, which is a 6-6 post, and that isn't an easy thing to do. She was a workhorse and she bumped her early on their fast break. She kept her off the block and kept her from getting touches.
"I thought Peppi did an excellent job keeping the ball out of her hands. I have said it before and I know Peppi is undersized but I still believe she is the best post defender in the country. I've been saying that for two years."
Parent Tough on the Boards...
In the first two games of the season junior Rochelle Parent was huge on
the boards for the Blue Devils. In both games she 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 against #20 Boston College (11 points and 11 rebounds). Of the 22 rebounds she grabbed in the first two games eight were offensive. For the season she leads the Blue Devils with 8.3 rebounds per game and is shooting .750% from the field.
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 150-69 (.685). She has a career 11-5 record in the NCAA Tournament.
Leading Scorer...
This season the Blue Devils have needed a player to step up and pick up
the scoring load and junior Georgia Schweitzer has done so. In the
first three games she has scored in double-figures in all three and is
averaging 17.3 points a game. Schweitzer scored a season-high 21 points
in the loss to Boston College. In 17 attempts she has hit seven
3-pointers for 41%. She also leads the team with 11 assists on the
season.
Gvozdenovic To Return Soon...
Freshman Olga Gvozdenovic has been sidelined with torn scar tissue in
her knee for the past two weeks. She dressed for the Vanderbilt game on
Wednesday and could return to action soon. 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 next three games since the injury.
During this past summer, she tore the ACL in the same knee and has been rehabilitating during the fall. She was the Gatorade Circle of Champions Illinois Player of the Year last year at Loyola Academy.
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 first three years at Duke she
was 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
three games this season she is averaging 10.7 points and 5.7 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.
Mosch off the Bench...
So far freshman Sheana Mosch continues to impress as she is averaging
9.0 points, 2.0 rebounds, and 1.3 steals off the bench for the Blue
Devils. In the three games she is averaging 27 minutes a game and
shooting 47% from the field and 50% from 3-point land. Her season-high
was 12 in her first game of her career versus UNC Greensboro.
Mosch was a Parade All-American selection out of high school and 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.
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 170 for her four-year career.
Schweitzer ranks seventh in three-pointers made (84) and is in eighth place with 216 three-pointers attempted. This is in just three years of play with the Blue Devils.
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.
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.
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