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12/27/1999 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
George Mason (4-5) at #17/15 Duke University (10-1)
December 28, 1999 - 7:00 p.m.
Cameron Indoor Stadium - Durham, N.C.Live TotalCast!
December 28, 1999 - 7:00 p.m.
Cameron Indoor Stadium - Durham, N.C.
- Quick Facts -
Duke vs. George Mason
Games 2
1980, 1985
All-Time Record 2-0
Percentage - 1.000
Overtime Games 0
Streak DU W-2
At Home 1-0
DU: 86-50 in 1980-81
On The Road 1-0
DU: 85-66 in 1985-86
Neutral Site 0-0
GM Coach ...Debbie Taneyhill
Record (YRS)... 27-29 (4)
Probable Starters
Key Reserves
No. Name Ht. Yr. Pos. PPG RPG APG
3 Sheana Mosch 5-10 Fr. G 9.2 3.4 2.0
4 Rochelle Parent 6-0 Jr. F 5.5 4.7 1.4
42 Janee Hayes 6-0 So. F 2.6 2.4 0.0
25 Missy West 5-10 Sr. G 4.3 2.1 0.8
On George Mason
So far this season GMU has been led by junior Jen Surlas (13.7 pts.),
senior Trish Halpin (10.6), senior Jill Bartley (10.4), and senior
Chrissy Todd (10.3). As a team they are averaging 63.3 points a game
and shooting 41% from the field.
Browne Needs 12 More Points For 1,000...
Browne is also only nine more steals away from 200 for her career. She
currently ranks fourth on Duke's career steals list with 191 and needs
only 42 more to become the career leader. She also ranks 9th on Duke's
career free throw's made list (251) and is approaching 10th place on the
career blocked shots list (35) and career assists (215).
Last Time Out
In the championship game against Liberty Duke broke out to a 28-17
half-time lead and cruised to a 66-45 victory over the Flames.
Schweitzer led all scorers with 20 points, while bringing down four
rebounds, dished out three assists and had three steals. Gingrich
scored eight points and freshman Sheana Mosch came off the bench to
score nine points.
Duke After the Holidays
On Duke's 10-1 Start
Gingrich Gets Start!
In her first start she scored a season-high 14 points, had four
rebounds, dished out four assists, and had one steal. She hit 4-of-8
shots from the field and 5-of-7 free throws. In the championship game
against Liberty, Gingrich started and hit for eight points, had three
rebounds, three assists, and two steals. She is averaging 7.4 points a
game on the season.
The Home Court Advantage
The Blue Devils own the longest current ACC home game winning streak at
17 games. The ACC record for most home ACC wins in a row is 30 by
Virginia from January 18, 1992 and ended on January 2, 1996. Duke's win
streak dates back to the 1997-98 season in which the Blue Devils were
8-0 at home and in 1998-99 Duke was again 8-0. This season their lone
victory has come against Virginia (83-62).
In the seven home games this season Duke is holding opponents to 36%
shooting and just 53.7 points a game. As a team Duke is shooting 45%
from the field and averaging 78.6 points a game.
Duke in the NCAA/ACC Statistics
In the ACC Duke ranks atop five categories: scoring defense, scoring
margin, 3-point field goal percentage, free throw percentage, and
turnover margin. A listing of all the ACC categories where Duke ranks
is listed on page six.
Matyasovsky Returns to Lineup
She was injured in the Elon game (12/2) when she was poked in the eye.
She received three lacerations to her left eye and had to have surgery
on her tear duct the next morning. The surgery went well and they put a
shunt in her tear duct, which will act as her tear duct.
Matyasovsky had started the first four games in a row before the injury
and did not dress for the Virginia game.
Parent Misses Game
Parent started the first nine games of the season and is averging 5.5
points and 4.7 rebounds a game.
Schweitzer Leading the Way
In seven home games she is averaging 18.1 points, 4.1 assists, and 3.7
rebounds a game.
Duke Players in ACC Stats
Schweitzer Honored, Again!
Mosch Receives First Start
Goestenkors Most Successful Coach in Duke History
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 158-69 (.696). She has a career
11-5 record in the NCAA Tournament.
Rice Plays in 100th Game
She is currently shooting .48% from 3-point range to lead the team.
Duke's season record for 3-point percentage is .539 by Jenni Kraft in
1988-89.
Coach "G" Records 150th Win
Blue Devils Win Duke Classic
Duke limited 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.
The Exhibition Games
The Excitement Continues
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
Other Returning Letterwinners
The Newcomers
No. Name Ht. Yr. Pos. PPG RPG APG
10 Peppi Browne 5-11 Sr. F 11.8 6.9 3.5
41 Michelle Matyasovsky 6-1 Fr. F 7.5 2.9 1.1
40 Lauren Rice 6-1 Sr. C 9.0 6.8 3.7
23 Georgia Schweitzer 6-0 Jr. G 17.6 3.9 3.4
21 Krista Gingrich 5-9 So. G 7.4 1.8 2.4
#17/15 Blue Devils Return from Holiday's to Host George Mason on Tuesday
The #17/15 ranked Duke Blue Devils (10-1) will return to action on
Tuesday as they host George Mason University (4-5). Duke has been off
for seven days with the Christmas holiday's after winning the Sun Splash
Shootout on Dec. 20-21 in Nassau, The Bahamas. Duke has won the past nine games
in a row after falling in the second round of the preseason WNIT to Boston College (77-70).
This will mark the third time George Mason and Duke will square off
when the two teams meet on Tuesday in Durham. Duke leads the overall
series 2-0 with one victory coming in Cameron Indoor Stadium in 1980-81
(85-60) and the other victory coming in 1985-86 at George Mason (85-66).
Senior Peppi Browne is moving very close to the 1,000 point mark in her
four-year career. She currently has 988 and needs only 12 more points
to notch 1,000.
The Blue Devils traveled to Nassau, The Bahamas and brought home the
championship crown as they defeated Sacramento State (81-45) and Liberty
(66-45). Senior Peppi Browne was named Most Valuable Player after
posting her second double-double of the season vs. Liberty (11 points,
11 rebounds) and Georgia Schweitzer was selected to the All-Tournament
team. In the game against Sacramento State the Blue Devils got off to a
24-0 start and ended up taking a 38-12 half-time lead into the
lockeroom. The Blue Devils won 81-45 with Schweitzer leading the way
with 15 points. Sophomore Krista Gingrich made her first start of the
season and scored a season-high 14 points in the victory. Freshman
Michele Matyasovsky added 10 points and five rebounds and Browne chipped
in nine points and four rebounds.
The Blue Devils have won the past seven games in a row after returning
from the Christmas break under the direction of head coach Gail
Goestenkors. Since Coach "G" arrived in 1992-93 the Blue Devils have
not lost their first game back after the holiday break.
Duke is off to their best start (10-1) since the 1995-96 and the
1994-95 teams began the season with a 12-1 record. The 1995-96 team
ended up finishing with a 26-7 record and the 1994-95 team ended the
season with a 22-9 record. The longest winning streak for the Blue
Devils is 16 games in a row, which happened last season.
Sophomore guard Krista Gingrich received her first career start in the
Sun Splash Shootout, which she started at point guard for the two games
in which the Blue Devils brought home the championship crown.
Duke loves to play at home and their record shows this as they have
recorded an unbelievable 36-3 record in Cameron Indoor Stadium dating
back to the 1997-98 season. In ACC play Duke has won the past 17 games
in a row in Cameron. The last loss came in 1996-97 against Virginia on
Feb. 19 (86-56).
The Blue Devils currently rank in five different team categories in the
NCAA statistical rankings through games of Dec. 13. Duke is ninth in
scoring defense (54.3), sixth in scoring margin (21.9), 13th in won-loss
percentage (.889), 12th in free throw percentage (76.0), and 16th in
3-point field goal percentage (40.6).
Freshman Michele Matyasovsky won her starting spot back in the Sun
Splash Shootout in Nassau, The Bahamas before Christmas after missing
one game and coming off the bench in the next two due to an eye injury.
In the two games started at the Bahamas she scored 10 points vs.
Sacramento State and five points against Liberty.
Junior forward Rochelle Parent missed the Sacramento State game last
Monday in the Sun Splash Shootout, which was her first game she has
missed this season. She was sidelined with a strained calf. Parent has
been hobbled with the injury for most of the season and will need a long
break before it will heel completely. She did come back in the game on
Tuesday and came off the bench to play in 11 minutes and score two
points and dish out three assists.
Duke's leading scorer Georgia Schweitzer will look to continue her
excellent play after the Christmas holiday break. Before the break she
was leading the Blue Devils with a 17.6 points per game average. She
has scored 15 or more points in 10 of the Blue Devils 11 games this
season. In four games the junior from Columbus, Ohio has scored 20 or
more points.
Junior Georgia Schweitzer ranks third in the ACC in points per game
(17.6), fifth in field goal percentage (.463), second in 3-point field
goal percentage (.418), second in free throw percentage (.833), fourth
in 3-point field goals per game (2.1), and assists (3.4). Senior Peppi
Browne ranks 10th in rebounds (6.9), seventh in free throw percentage
(.740), ninth in assists (3.5), ninth in blocks (0.6), and third in
steals (3.1). Senior Lauren Rice ranks ninth in free throw percentage
(.718) and eighth in assists (3.7).
Junior Georgia Schweitzer was named ACC Player of the Week for the
second week in a row on Dec. 6 after leading Duke to a 2-0 record on the
week, including an 83-62 victory over Virginia to open ACC play. For
the week she averaged 20.5 points, 5.0 assists, 5.0 rebounds, and 2.0
steals. She shot .609% (14-23) from the field and .700 (7-10) from
behind the arc. In the two games she committed only two turnovers.
Freshman Sheana Mosch received her first career start for Duke in the
83-62 victory over Virginia on Dec. 5. In the game she scored 13
points with seven rebounds, two steals and one assist. It marked the
third straight game Mosch scored 13 or more points. She scored 14
points against Elon on Thursday while dishing out a career-high nine
assists had five steals on the night. She was 6-of-11 from the field in
the game. Against Penn State she scored 14 points (5-of-8) with six
rebounds. She hit her only 3-point attempt of the game.
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.
Senior Lauren Rice played in her 100th game of her four-year career at
Virginia Tech. She picked up her first double-double of the season
against #8 Penn State. In the game she posted 10 points, 11 rebounds,
three assists in 33 minutes.
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 158-69 record.
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.
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.
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
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).
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.
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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