The Ladies travel to St. Thomas in the British Virgin Islands to play Brigham Young University in the Paradise Jam at 5:30 PM today. The game will be broadcast on the ESPN+ network. The ESPN matchup predictor give the Hokies almost 81% chance of victory. BYU was a pain to track; they don't update statistics during the season.
BYU is 6-0, Tech is 5-1. BYU opened their season with Coastal Carolina winning 91-57; the Hokies played Coastal Carolina Nov 15 winning 82-59. BYU's only close game was at Montana where they won 70-69.
The Cougars currently start a senior #13 Lara Rohkohl 6' 3" forward, a redshirt junior #23 Marya Hudgins 6' 0" Guard, a sophomore #24 Brailey Cannon 6' 1" G/F and two freshmen #2 Sydney Benaly 5' 9" G and #7 Olivia Hamlin 5' 10" G. For the first four games Sophomore #11 Delaney Gibb 5' 10" G stated in place of Hamlin. Bibb has not played in the last two games. Ten players(nine if Bibb isn't available) have played 9.7 or more minutes per game.
BYU is a prolific scoring team, averaging 79.5 ppg. Gibb is the leading scorer at 16.3 ppg; but three of the current starters are averaging 10.7 to 12.5 ppg and Cannon comes in at 9.7. The Cougars average 46 rebounds per game; the Hokies average 42. They are averaging almost 15 offensive boards per game; the Ladies are going to have to concentrate on maintaining position under the basket when on defense or BYU is likely to get too many second chances.
#13 Rohkohl is averaging almost a double-double with 11.2 ppg and 8.8 rebounds per game. She also blocks 2.2 shots per game. She is deadly underneath shooting 72.1% from the field; but she had not attempted a three. The Cougars overall make 8.7 threes per game while shooting only 28% beyond the arc. Overall, helped by Rohkohl's 72.1%, they shoot 43.3%. They only shoot 65.4% from the line. Note: #8 Mackey-Williams has not started a game; my mistake trying to pull data from the box scores.
I hope the ESPN predictor is correct. Guessing based on their score against the common opponent, Coastal Carolina, the two teams are evenly matched. Their big player Rohkohl is taller than any of our starters and may be a challenge. The winner of this game will get the winner of #17 Vanderbilt/Oregon State, which ESPN predicts to be Vanderbilt 92.2%. The winner game will be at noon Saturday; the loser game will be at 2:30.
LET'S GO HOKIES!
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