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Duke Will Look For First Ever Win vs. Elon
12/2/1999 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Elon College (3-2) at #22/19 Duke University (4-1)
December 2, 1999, 7:00 p.m.
Cameron Indoor Stadium/Durham, N.C.
December 2, 1999, 7:00 p.m.
Cameron Indoor Stadium/Durham, N.C.
Quick FactsDuke will be looking to notch their first ever victory over Elon College tonight. Elon owns a 4-0 record against the Blue Devils with all four victories coming between 1975-77. So far this season Elon is 3-2 and come off a 111-50 victory over Averett on Wednesday evening. In the five games this season junior Loretta Lawson leads the Fightin' Christians in scoring with an 13.0 ppg. average. On Wednesday Elon had seven players in double-figures scoring and Jayme Chikos tied a school-record with 10 steals.
Duke vs. Elon Games 4 1975-76 (2), 1976-77 (2) All-Time Record 0-4 Percentage - .000 1975-76, 43-82 EC/47-50 EC 1976-77, 47-48 EC/38-74 EC Overtime Games 0 At Home 0-2 On The Road 0-2 Neutral Site 0-0 Elon Coach Brenda Paul Record (YRS)...334-280 (20) Probable Starters No. Name Ht. Yr. Pos. PPG RPG APG 10 Peppi Browne 5-11 Sr. F 11.2 6.6 3.2 4 Rochelle Parent 6-0 Jr. F 4.4 6.4 1.0 40 Lauren Rice 6-1 Sr. C 9.2 6.4 3.0 23 Georgia Schweitzer 6-0 Jr. G 17.2 3.2 3.8 41 Michelle Matyasovsky 6-1 Fr. G 9.0 3.4 1.4 Key Reserves No. Name Ht. Yr. Pos. PPG RPG APG 3 Sheana Mosch 5-10 Fr. G 9.6 3.4 1.2 21 Krista Gingrich 5-9 So. G 5.2 1.4 1.8 42 Janee Hayes 6-0 So. F 3.2 2.6 0.0 25 Missy West 5-10 Sr. G 2.5 2.0 1.0
Elon is coached by Brenda Paul (North Georgia College, 77) in her fifth year with Elon. She has totaled a 56-83 record in her five years and her overall coaching record is 335-280 in 20 years of coaching. Elon returns three starters and eight letterwinners off their 4-23 team from last year.
Duke Moves Back in AP Rankings
The Blue Devils moved back into the Associated Press Rankings this week
after their upset victory over Penn State on Sunday. Duke is now ranked
#22 in the AP and #19 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll. Last week
the Blue Devils were #25 in the USA Today poll.
Last Time Out
Talk about a big game...Well, the Blue Devils came out on Sunday and
played their hearts out. It was a game where each and every player
contributed to the 63-49 victory over #9/8 Penn State. For the game
junior Georgia Schweitzer led the Blue Devils with a game-high 18
points, with six other players scoring in the victory.
Duke limided the Lady Lions to just 27% shooting from the field and All-Tournament selection Lisa Shepherd to 0-12 shooting from the field. Just the day before Shepherd hit 9-of-11 from the field on her way to a career-high 31 points.
Freshman Sheana Mosch came off the bench and showed why she was selected Preseason ACC Rookie of the Year with 14 points and six rebounds. Senior Lauren Rice notched her first double-double on the season with 10 points and 11 rebounds and senior Peppi Browne added 10 points and nine rebounds.
Duke led 28-33 at the half before going on a 15-4 run beginning at the 13:45 mark. The Blue Devils hit 13-of-16 free throws on the game and blocked seven shots.
Browne was selected to the All-Tournament team and Schweitzer was named MVP. It marked the eight straight time Duke has won the Duke Classic title.
Schweitzer Honored
Junior Georgia Schweitzer was named ACC Player of the Week on Monday
after leading Duke to a 3-0 record last week including the 63-49 victory
over #8 Penn State. For the week she averaged 16.3 points, 3.3 assists,
3.0 rebounds, and 2.0 steals. Schweitzer was selected the Duke Women's
Basketball Classic M.V.P. after scoring 18 vs. Penn State and 16 against
Florida A&M.
In the five games on the season Schweitzer has scored double-figures in all five. She has led Duke in scoring in four of the five games. Her season-high came against Boston College (21). Her career-high is 22 points, which has happened two different times.
Defensive Play
Duke's defense really stepped it up this past weekend in the Duke
Classic. They held Penn State to 27.3% shooting from the field and
Florida A&M to 31.4%. For the weekend the Blue Devils only allowed five
3-pointers (5-28, 18%) and 29% shooting (34-117).
One of the keys to victory on Sunday against Penn State was Duke held All-Tournament selection Lisa Shepherd to 0-12 shooting from the field. Just the day before Shepherd hit 9-of-11 from the field on her way to a career-high 31 points.
On the season Duke is holding opponents to an ACC best 36% shooting from the field and 54.0 points per game.
Super Frosh Mosch
Freshman Sheana Mosch came off the bench on Sunday against Penn State
and performed liked all the Duke coaches have expected her to play all
season long. In the game Mosch scored 14 points (5-of-8) with six
rebounds. She hit her only 3-point attempt of the game.
She is the third leading scorer for Duke at the moment averaging 9.6 ppg. with 3.4 rebounds, while shooting 46% from the field and 50% from 3-point land.
Mosch has come off the bench in all five games and is averaging 19.8 minutes of action.
Rice Notches Double-Double
Senior Lauren Rice picked up her first double-double of the season on
Sunday against #8 Penn State. In the game she posted 10 points, 11
rebounds, three assists in 33 minutes.
Rice has been shooting very well from the field as she hits 52% from the field and 55% (6-of-11) from 3-point land. Among scoring and rebounding, Rice is dishing out 3.0 assists a game, 2.0 steals, and has blocked two shots on the season.
The Injury Bug Strikes
Sophomore guard Krista Gingrich went down on Sunday with a turned
ankle. Gingrich has been bothered by the same ankle injury all season
long as she sprained it before the season started. Before the injury on
Sunday she had scored five points and recorded two steals. For the
season she is averaging 5.2 points and 1.8 assists in all five games off
the bench. Gingrich did not practice on Tuesday and could possibly see
action on Thursday against Elon, but it will be a game-time decision.
Hayes Notches Career-High
Sophomore Janee Hayes had a career day on Saturday against Florida
A&M. Hayes came off the bench to score 10 points, pull down three
rebounds and record two steals in only 12 minutes of action. She hit
3-of-4 shots for the game. Her previous career-high was five points,
which happened two different times last season.
Gebisa, Brown, & Gvozdenovic Post Firsts
Freshmen Lello Gebisa, LaNedra Brown, and Olga Gvozdenovic each
recorded their first field goals as Duke Blue Devils on Saturday against
Florida A&M. Brown scored seven points (2-of-3 shooting), had three
rebounds, one assist, and one steal in 12 minutes of play. Gebisa hit
one of two shots, dished out three assists and brought down one rebound
in 13 minutes of action. Then, Gvozdenovic saw her first action of her
career against FAMU as she scored two points on 2-of-2 from the free
throw line and had one rebound in four minutes of action. She had been
sidelined with torn scar tissue in her knee.
Goestenkors Most Successful Coach in Duke History
The current and three-time ACC Coach of the Year Gail Goestenkors is
izn 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 152-69 (.688). She has a career 11-5 record in the NCAA Tournament.
Matyasovsky in the Lineup
Since freshman Michele Matyasovsky made her first start three games ago
the Blue Devils are 3-0 and have moved back into the AP rankings at
#22. In the three games started she is averaging 9.3 points, 3.7
rebounds, and 2.3 assists per game. She scored a career-high 14 points
and pulled down seven rebounds in the win against Florida A&M.
Matyasovsky is the first freshman to earn the starting nod this early in the season since Missy West started the 1996-97 season opener. In her first career start she scored 10 points, three rebounds and two assists.
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 last
Wednesday. In her eighth season she has totaled a 152-69 record.
The Home Court Advantage
Duke loves to play at home and their record show this as they have
recorded an unbelievable 34-3 record in Cameron Indoor Stadium dating
back to the 1997-98 season.
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."
In the Rankings
The Duke women's basketball team moved back in the Associated Press
rankings this week as they jumped into the #22 slot. Duke now has been
ranked 40 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.
Other ACC schools ranked are North Carolina is ranked #9 while North Carolina State is #6.
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 five games she has scored in double-figures in all five and is
averaging 17.2 points a game. Schweitzer scored a season-high 21 points
in the loss to Boston College. In 28 attempts she has hit 10
three-pointers for 36%. She also leads the team with 19 assists on the
season.
In the ACC rankings she is fifth in scoring (17.3), 10th in field goal percentage (.400), third in 3-point field goals per game (2.0), and fifth in assists (3.8).
Browne & Schweitzer Moving Up the Charts
Senior Peppi Browne and junior Georgia Schweitzer continue to move up
the Blue Devil career charts in a few different categories. Browne
ranks fourth in steals with 174 for her four-year career.
Schweitzer ranks seventh in three-pointers made (87) and is in eighth place with 227 three-pointers attempted. This is in just three years of play with the Blue Devils.
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.
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 152-69 (.688%) record at Duke in
her eight 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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