Disclaimer: I am not a hoops wiz; the below info is based mostly on looking at season stats and reading a couple of write-ups on the Miami website. I can't watch a bb game and tell you whether the offense is running a 4 out,1 in scheme; or playing the rotating unicyle offense(/s). So take everything below with a grain of salt.
The Lady Hokies play Miami at 2PM Thursday Jan 3 at Miami. The game is on ACC network.
Miami will be the first real challenge for the ladies. Miami is tall: Mompremier (6'4")averages a double double per game. Hof(6'3") averages 9 rebounds and 13.5 points per game. Five starters average more than 10 points per game. Their average rebound margin is +9.7. Average scoring margin is +16.6. Two of their losses were on the road: one in the Big 10 challenge to Purdue, 63-74, and in the finals of the WNIT preseason tournament to Iowa State, 52-75. In both losses, they shot very poorly from 3, 10% vs Iowa State, 25% vs Purdue. In the Iowa State game, they had foul trouble, Purdue shot 67% from 3. Even when they shoot poorly, their average from the field is respectable because the bigs get a lot of easy shots. Their other loss was to Central Michigan at home. CMU was very balanced and had some bigs who could shoot the three. Mompremier and Hof got tired chasing the 3 point shooters. Magarity and Baptiste are going to have to play very well to keep this Hokies in this game. Miami defense is also very good. The Hokies will have to watch their passes in this game.
Starters(I think based on minutes per game)
Beatrice Mompremier: No. 32; 6'4" Redshirt Junior forward. Plays 26.7 minutes/game. Shoots 54.3% from the field,1 for 1 from 3,51.3% FT. Contributes 11.3 rebounds and 15.9 points per game. Also averages almost 1 block and over 1 steal per game.
Emese Hof: No. 21; 6'3" Senior forward/center. Plays 26.9 minutes/game. Shoots 63.8% from the field, has no attempts from 3, 63.9% FT. Contributes 8.9 rebounds and 13.9 points per game. Also averages over 2 blocks and almost 1 steal per game.
Laura Cornelius: No. 1; 5'8" Redshirt Junior guard. Plays 29.3 minutes/game. Shoots 46.7% from the field, 47.1 from 3, 86.1% FT. Contributes 2.9 rebounds and 10.9 points per game.
Mykea Gray: No. 5, 5'4" Sophomore guard. Plays 24.1 minutes/game. Shoots 42.9% from the field, 35.7 from 3, 80.0% FT. Contributes 1.7 rebounds and 10.6 points per game.
Kelsey Marshall: No. 20, 5'9" Sophomore guard. Plays 25.4 minutes/game. Shoots 42.2% from the field, 37.8 from 3, 57.1% FT. Contributes 2.8 rebounds and 10.1 points per game.
Others with significant minutes:
Khalia Prather: No. 25, 6'1" Redshirt senior forward. Plays 13.0 minutes per game. 55.6% from the field, no attempts from 3, 0-2 FT. Contributes 1.5 rebounds and 5.0 points per game. Just back from injury; has only played in the last 2 games.
Sarah Mortensen: No. 12, 6'1" Junior guard/forward. Plays 13.9 minutes per game. 45.5% from the field, 47.7 from 3, 33.3% FT. Contributes 2.5 rebounds and 4.9 points per game.
Endia Banks: No. 3, 5'9" Sophomore guard. Plays 20.2 minutes/game. Shoots 40.3% from the field, 30.4% from 3, 42.9% FT. Contributes 3.1 rebounds and 4.2 points per game.
Taylor Mason: No. 13, 5'9" Sophomore guard. Plays 19.6 minutes/game. Shoots 30.0% from the field, 13.6% from 3, 80% FT. Contributes 2.5 rebounds and 3.9 points per game.
Jamir Huston: No. 15, 6'0" Freshman forward. Plays 10.3 minutes/game. Shoots 46.9% from the field, no attempts from 3, 47.6% FT. Contributes 2.6 rebounds and 2.9 points per game.
Rebecca Ripley: No. 23, 6'0" Redshirt freshman guard/forward. Plays 4.8 minutes/game. Shoots 36.4% from the field, 50% from 3, 2 of 2 FT. Contributes 0.4 rebounds and 1.6 points per game.
Miami is a team that tries to use its height on offense; most of their scoring is in the paint. They do have some 3 point ability; they make 8.4 three point shots per game on 21.7 attempts. Since they have Mompremier and Hof at 6'4" and 6'3", they have controlled the paint against most of their opponents. Mompremier is more of a finesse player; Hof is bigger and stronger. Neither is as good as Magarity; but that combination inside is going to be a challenge for the Hokies. The key to this game will be three point shooting by the Hokies and blocking out positioning in the paint to keep Hof and Mompremier from getting easy put backs on missed shots. Miami really has no answer if the ladies can shoot well from outside. Playing fast and wearing out their bigs can have a big impact in this game. Getting Miami bigs in foul trouble would also be a big help. The Hokies can win; but it will be a battle.
Comments
LET'S GO!!!!
lady hokies!!!!!
Dmhbeaver appreciate you putting this together. I don't follow women's hoops all to much. but the more you know.
Thanks. I'm not sure I can keep this up. I have increased respect for the real Hoops Wiz on this site. Putting these together is a lot of work; and I'm pretty sure I'm not digging as deep as Lt. Pererson.
You're doing work on this and I appreciate it. Legs all around
I legged you all over this post as I barely have the time anymore to follow my teams. I will take any news about the WBB team, if it gets too much as the games get more frequent, I would rather you condense your post to a summary of the opponent and each sides keys to winning in the matchup than stop posting. Same to you ltrepeter.
I have already started on Syracuse. I think I can download their stats and just post a table rather than all the text. I will try that for that game and see how much time it takes. The real time-consuming part is trying to get a feel for how their team plays. I don't have time to watch a lot of games; so I just read a few summaries and make some guesses based on the stats. I'm actually pretty nervous about that part of the write up because I really don't have the expertise to evaluate other teams play. As I have said in other posts, I'm not a hoops wiz; I'm just an engineer that can play with data.
A look at RPI rankings...we are #40 and Miami is #38. We have wins over #24 Rutgers (at home) and #31 Villanova (neutral site). Miami's size and it being on the road add to the challenge. Go Hokies!
Tech is #25 in the women's coaches poll
The title of this thread needs to be UNDEFEATED WBB vs Miami. Lady Hokies are quietly kicking some real ass!
Fixed.
Its tough finding the time but it gives you better insight into something you probably were going to watch anyway. Makes you appreciate that much more when the team has success.
Gonna need Magarity to have a confident game down low, going against 2 bigs by herself, unless Baptiste can do some damage down low too.
Baptiste will be fine down low in this game. She is a Florida girl so will likely want to ball out a bit more down in her home state. Honestly, Baptiste is the biggest difference in this roster because other teams have to respect her down low which frees Magarity up more often than she has been in the past when she was the sole talented big most of her career. Baptiste has been averaging 7.4 RPG coming off the bench. Now that we are in the ACC schedule, I expect her impact to increase as her size will be called upon more often.
Good. I'm just worried about size difference among the posts. Magarity only gives up an inch, but Baptiste gives up 3. Granted, I just witnessed how Horne carved through bigs against ND, but I haven't had a chance to watch the women play, so I don't know how physical Baptiste is.
Tied at 34 going into the half.
Ladies are actually looking pretty good. A little more patience on offense will lead to better opportunities.
nice, 11-2 run to open the 3rd!
well that didn't age well. down 58-55 with 6:00 left in the 4th
Cant get a rebound to save ourself. Magarity with 4 fouls tho. Emory putting the team on her back
Lady Hokies fall 61-68. Got out rebounded by 12 and had 17 fewer free throw attempts.
Biggest difference in this game was a combination of the Hurricanes getting to the free throw line and the Hokies inability to hit the three. Outside of Mabrey going 5 for 6 the rest of the team was 2 for 22 from outside. Lost by 7 so Coach Brooks is going to have to decide to either bring the ball inside more to Magarity and Baptiste or live and die by the three. Neither team shot the ball well, both finishing around 39% from the floor and less than 29% from outside.
Miami went 14 of 23 from the line while the Hokies were 6 for 6. Seems like a pretty wide disparity but I didn't get to watch the entire game.
Tough to win against anybody when you shoot 2 for 22
Especially when you are impatient on offense and don't wait for good shots.
yeah it was crazy rushed there at the end. I feel like we panicked a little early after we blew that 3rd quarter lead.
I did not see the fourth quarter. I thought they shot too early many times in the first half; and they tried to push the ball too fast and made mistakes the whole first 3 quarters.