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12/9/1999 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
#20/18 Duke University (7-1) at Seton Hall (3-3) December 11, 1999 -- 4:00 p.m. Walsh Gym -- South Orange, N.J. - Quick Facts - Duke vs. Seton Hall... Games: 5 1983, 85, 89, 91, 95 All-Time Record: 3-2 Percentage - .600 Overtime Games: 0 Streak DU W-1 At Home 1-1 DU: 76-66, SH: 67-60 On The Road 2-0 DU: 72-65, DU: 88-66 Neutral Site 0-1 SH: 74-67 in Miami SH Coach......Phyllis Mangina Record (YRS)... 203-199 (14) Probable Starters... No. Name Ht. Yr. Pos. PPG RPG APG 10 Peppi Browne 5-11 Sr. F 12.0 6.4 2.9 4 Rochelle Parent 6-0 Jr. F 5.5 5.1 1.3 40 Lauren Rice 6-1 Sr. C 9.6 6.5 3.4 23 Georgia Schweitzer 6-0 Jr. G 19.3 4.0 4.0 3 Sheana Mosch 5-10 Fr. G 9.9 3.6 2.3 Key Reserves... No. Name Ht. Yr. Pos. PPG RPG APG 41 Michelle Matyasovsky 6-1 Fr. G/F 7.3 2.6 1.3 21 Krista Gingrich 5-9 So. G 6.0 1.4 2.3 42 Janee Hayes 6-0 So. F 2.4 2.6 0.0 25 Missy West 5-10 Sr. G 5.5 2.0 0.7Duke Continues Road Swing with Seton Hall on Saturday...
The Duke Blue Devils will travel to Seton Hall on Saturday in search of their seventh win in a row. Duke is in the second game of a four-game road trip that will take them to the Bahamas on Dec. 20-21. The Seton Hall game will be televised on CN8 Comcast Network based out of New Jersey. Last season Duke was 9-2 on the road.
Seton Hall is currently 3-3 and are coming off an 88-45 loss versus #1 ranked UCONN. Their three victories this season came against Richmond (83-81), DePaul (76-69 in OT), and Monmouth (66-63). All three victories came away from home.
The Pirates are led by Arminda Moreno, who is averaging 14.5 points a game and 4.8 rebounds. She has hit 14 three-pointers in six games and has led Seton Hall in scoring in 4-of-the-6 games played. Freshman Leslie Ardon is their second leading scorer (10.0 points) and leads the team with 5.8 rebounds a game. Ardon is averaging 3.2 steals a game.
The Series with Seton Hall...
Duke leads the overall series 3-2 with the last meeting coming on Dec.
10, 1995 in Cameron Indoor Stadium (Durham, NC). Duke won the game
76-66.
Seton Hall's last victory came in 1991 as the Pirates came into Cameron Indoor Stadium and knocked off Duke 67-60 in the championship game of the Duke Women's Basketball Classic. The Blue Devils have won 10-of-12 Duke Classic Championships since it was started in 1988.
The Blue Devils own a 2-0 record at Seton Hall with the victories coming in 85 and 89. Duke has not traveled to Seton Hall under the direction of Gail Goestenkors.
The Matyasovsky File...
Freshman Michele Matyasovsky was able to get back in the action on
Wednesday at Virginia Tech. In the game she scored four points in 21
minutes. She was injured in the Elon game 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 last four games in a row before the injury
and did not dress for the Virginia game. She will have to wear
protective glasses for the time being during games.
The Unstoppable Schweitzer...
Junior Georgia Schweitzer has just been unstoppable for the first eight
games this season. For the past two games in a row she has connected a
career-high points (24 vs. Virginia and 27 vs. Virginia Tech). For the
past three games she has been shooting the lights out (23-of-38 for
.605%) from the field and 9-of-13 (.692%) from 3-point land. She is
averaging 22.7 points a game during the stretch.
She has scored 15 or more points in all eight games this season. In the ACC she ranks third in scoring (19.3), fifth in field goal percentage (.466), second in 3-point field goal percentage (.463), first in free throw percentage (.833), fourth in 3-point field goals per game (2.4), and fifth in assists per game (4.0).
Schweitzer is moving up the career charts along the way and now ranks seventh in 3-point field goals attempted (240) and fifth in 3-point field goals made (96).
Browne Nears the 1,000 Point Mark...
Senior Peppi Browne is moving very close to the 1,000 point mark in her
four-year career. She currently has 954 and at her current 12 points a
game average it would put her in the George Mason game at home on Dec.
28 notching 1,000 points.
On the season she is second on the team with her 12.0 points per game and second with 6.4 rebounds a game. She ranks 2nd in the ACC with 3.4 steals a game.
Last Time Out...
The Blue Devils traveled to Blacksburg, Va. on Wednesday and knocked
off the #24 ranked Hokies from Virginia Tech. Junior Georgia Schweitzer
led Duke with a career-high 27 points and six rebounds. Schweitzer
scored 16 in the first half on 7-of-8 shooting, while putting Duke up
40-26 at the break.
Virginia Tech made a rally in the second half to cut the Blue Devil lead to one (53-52) at the 3:41 mark, but sophomore Krista Gingrich nailed a 3-pointer right out of a Duke timeout to make it a four-point lead and the Blue Devils would not look back. Senior Peppi Browne scored nine points in the second half and finished with 15 points and seven rebounds for the game. Both Browne and Schweitzer scored all of Duke's first 13 points in the second half before Gingrich's 3-pointer.
Duke shot a season-high .652% in the first half missing only eight shots. Gingrich finished with a season-high tieing nine points. Lauren Rice missed a double-double by one point (10 rebounds, nine points).
Gingrich For Three...
Sophomore Krista Gingrich's 3-pointer at the 3:41 mark put the nail in
the Hokies coffin on Wednesday. Virginia Tech had just hit a 3-pointer
and called a timeout, which cut the lead to 53-52 in Duke's favor. The
Blue Devils designed a play for Gingrich to come off of two screens and
she found herself wide open. Then, you know what happened
next...Swish! Gingrich finished the game with nine points, which tied a
season-high. This was her second game back from an ankle injury.
Schweitzer Honored, Again!...
Junior Georgia Schweitzer was named ACC Player of the Week for the
second week in a row 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 and has scored
in double figures in all seven games this season.
Draining the Treys...
The Blue Devils currently lead the ACC with a .433 three-point field
goal percentage and rank 2nd with 6.5 treys per game. Duke has hit 21
three-pointers in the last three games and have hit six or more in
6-of-8 games. Senior Lauren Rice has hit 11-of-20 on the season for a
team-leading .550%, Georgia Schweitzer has hit 19-of-41 (.463%), and
Missy West is 7-of-18 (.389%).
Duke is the only team in the ACC with a 3-point field goal percentage over 40%.
Seton Hall Game Time Changed...
The Seton Hall game scheduled for this coming Saturday (Dec. 11) will
now be played at 4:00 PM. It was previously scheduled for 2:00 PM, but
the game will now be televised on the local New Jersey station (CN8
Comcast Network). It will not be carried on the Duke Radio Network as
the men's basketball team is playing at Michigan the same day.
Mosch Receives First Start...
Freshman Sheana Mosch received her first career start for Duke on
Sunday against Virginia. 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.
She is the third leading scorer for Duke as she is averaging 9.9 ppg. with 3.6 rebounds, while shooting 44% from 3-point land.
Blue Devils Rank Nationally...
The first NCAA statistics have been released and Duke ranks sixth in
scoring margin (78.6) and 11th in 3-point field goal percentage (42.3).
Duke Moves to #20 in AP...
Duke continues to move up the Associated Press rankings as they moved
up two spots to #20 in the poll released on Monday. The Blue Devils
moved up one spot to #18 in the ESPN/USA Today rankings. Seton Hall is
not ranked.
The Blue Devils have now been ranked 41 straight weeks dating back to the 1997-98 season.
The Home Court Advantage...
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).
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 155-69 (.692). She has a career 11-5 record in the NCAA Tournament.
Rice Plays in 100th Game...
Senior Lauren Rice played in her 100th game of her four-year career on
Wednesday 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.
She is currently shooting .550% from 3-point range to lead the team. Duke's season record for 3-point percentage is .539 by Jenni Kraft in 1988-89.
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.
All three players came back in the Elon game on Thursday and each performed well. Gebisa scored a career-high six points and grabbed four rebounds, Gvozdenovic scored four points and had a rebound and Brown had two outstanding blocks with four points.
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 154-69 record.
Vs. #8 Penn State...
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 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...
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.
Duke in the Polls
AP USA Today
Preseason No. 21 No. 4
Nov. 15 No. 22 No poll
Nov. 22 ---- No. 25
Nov. 30 No. 22 No. 19
Dec. 7 No. 20 No. 18
Dec. 14
Dec. 21
Dec. 28
Jan. 4
Jan. 11
Jan. 18
Jan. 25
Assists
1. 533 Hilary Howard, 1996-99
2. 445 Kira Orr, 1994-97
3. 409 Katie Meier, 1986-90
4. 340 Leigh Morgan, 1987-90
5. 335 Claire Rose, 1980-83
6. 297 Connie Goins, 1983-86
7. 259 Jennifer Scanlon, 1993-96
8. 258 Maura Hertzog, 1982-85
9. 252 Robin Baker, 1989-91
10. 240 Paula Andersen, 1985-88
208 Georgia Schweitzer, 1997-pre
207 Peppi Browne, 1997-pre
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. 96 Georgia Schweitzer, 1997-pre
6. 90 Naz Medhanie, 1996-99
90 Leigh Morgan, 1987-90
8. 77 Dana McDonald, 1990-93
9. 66 Kristina Meiman, 1991-94
10. 60 Ali Day, 1993-96
37 Krista Gingrich, 1998-pre
27 Missy West, 1996-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. 240 Georgia Schweitzer, 1997-pre
8. 229 Leigh Morgan, 1987-90
9. 182 Robin Baker, 1989-92
10. 167 Kristina Meiman, 1991-94
Blocked Shots
1. 212 Sarah Sullivan, 1983-87
2. 149 Sue Harnett, 1987-91
3. 96 Tyish Hall, 1994-97
4. 78 Payton Black, 1996-99
5. 63 Zeki Blanding, 1991-94
6. 62 Nicole Johnson, 1990-94
7. 58 Michele VanGorp, 1997-99
8. 53 Katie Meier, 1986-90
9. 49 Carey Kauffman, 1991-94
10. 40 Stacy Hurd, 1982-84
33 Peppi Browne, 1996-pre
Free Throws Made
1. 576 Chris Moreland, 1985-88
2. 447 Katie Meier, 1986-90
3. 331 Sue Harnett, 1987-91
4. 300 Monika Kost, 1988-91
5. 292 Payton Black, 1996-99
6. 288 Ali Day, 1993-96
7. 284 Connis Goins, 1983-86
8. 255 Kira Orr, 1993-97
9. 250 Candy Mikels, 1982-85
10. 243 Peppi Browne, 1996-pre
Steals
1. 232 Katie Meier, 1986-90
2. 223 Maura Hertzog, 1982-85
3. 204 Kira Orr, 1994-97
4. 183 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
1999-2000 Schedule & Results
(7-1 Overall, 1-0 ACC)
November
6 Russian Junior Nat. (exh.) L 69-77
10 U.S. National Team (exh.) L 45-71
Preseason WNIT
15 UNC Greensboro W 72-45
17 #20/21 Boston College L 70-77
24 Vanderbilt W 68-59
Duke Women's Basketball Classic
27 Florida A&M W 93-38
28 #9/8 Penn State W 63-49
December
2 Elon W 101-44
5 Virginia* W 83-62
8 at #24/24 Virginia Tech W 70-61
11 at Seton Hall 4:00 p.m.
Sun Splash Shootout
20 vs. Cal State Sacramento TBA
21 vs. Liberty/UNLV TBA
28 George Mason 7:00 p.m.
30 Georgetown 7:00 p.m.
January
3 at Maryland* 7:30 p.m.
9 at Georgia Tech* 2:00 p.m.
13 Wake Forest* 7:00 p.m.
16 Clemson* (ESPN2) 1:00 p.m.
20 at N.C. State* 7:00 p.m.
24 at Florida State* (RSN) 7:30 p.m.
27 North Carolina* 7:00 p.m.
30 at Virginia* (RSN) 12:30 p.m.
February
3 Maryland* 7:00 p.m.
11 Georgia Tech* 7:00 p.m.
14 at Wake Forest* (RSN) 7:30 p.m.
17 N.C. State* 7:00 p.m.
21 at Clemson*(RSN) 9:00 p.m.
24 Florida State* 9:00 p.m.
27 at North Carolina* (RSN) 12:30 p.m.
March
ACC Tournament
3-6 in Greensboro, N.C.
* - ACC contest; All times EST
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