The Ladies play Appalachian State at 4 PM on Dec 4 in Cassell Coliseum. The game will be available on ACCNx. App State is 2-0 with wins over Charlotte(74-68) and UNC Ashville(70-60).
Against Charlotte, Pre Stanley scored 20 points with 7 assists and 6 rebounds. Michaela Porter recorded the first double-double of her career with 13 pts and 11 rebounds. Lainey Gosnell also recorded a double-double. They out rebounded a taller Charlotte 51-48.
Against UNC Ashville, Pre Stanley was again the leading scorer with 25 pts to go with 7 rebounds. Michaela Porter recorded her second career double-double with 12 pts and 12 boards. App State again out rebounded their opponent; this time by 14(49-35).
Tech will have a significant height advantage in this game.
Pre Stanley, #5,5'9" Senior Guard. Averages 22.5 pts, 6.5 rebounds in 24.3 minutes. Shoots 36% overall and 25% from 3. Has attempted only 4 3's in two games. Sixth in the Sun Belt in scoring last year.
Tierra Wilson, #3,5'8" Redshirt Junior Guard. Missed last year wit a lower leg injury. Led the team with 57 3's as a sophomore. In two games this year, she is averaging 5 pts and 2 rebounds in 31.1 minutes per game. Struggling on offense, shooting 20% overall and 12.5% on 1 of 8 from 3.
Michaela Porter, #10, 5' 10" Senior guard. Transfer from Cincinnati, who sat out the 2018-19 season. Led the team in scoring off the bench last year. In two games this year, she is averaging 12.5 pts and 12 rebounds in 30.2 minutes per game.
Brooke Bigott, #20, 5'10" Junior Guard. Became a starter in the last half of last year. Led the team shooting 36.9% from 3. Averaging 13 pts, 4.5 rebounds in 35.9 minutes per game. Shooting 54.5% on 6 of 11 from 3; and 42.9% overall.
Lainey Gosnell, #30, 6'1" Senior Forward. Averaging 7.5 pts and 12 rebounds in 30.3 minutes this year. Shooting 35.7% overall and 60% on 3 of 5 from 3. Made 45 3's last year.
Maya Calder, #1, 6'0" Senior Forward, Dane Bertolina, #4, 5'10" Freshman Guard, Faith Alston, #11, 5'7" Freshman Guard and Janay Sanders, #24, 5'10" Redshirt Sophomore Guard are the first players off the bench. They all play 8-10 minutes per game and score 5pts or less per game. Emma Newton, #15, 5'9" Redshirt Sophomore Forward and Zahra Daniel, #23, 5'9" Redshirt Sophomore Guard have not played this year. Daniel is a transfer from Moberly Area Junior College.
Season stats are below.
The Hokies should be able to impose their will underneath with Jones, Kitley and Obouh-Fegue. If I were Coach Brooks, I would play some of the game without any of those three on the court, just to see how a small lineup performs. I expect Kitley to get her third double-double before half time. Don't see this game being competitive; everyone on the roster should play.
Comments
When a Women's game has almost 100 combined rebounds, it says a lot about how poorly both teams shot the ball. If App State shoots that way in this one, Kitley could have a 20+ double-double.
Would really like to see Kitley more physical and less finesse under the basket. I would like to see her with a catch and shoot move, especially when guarded by a shorter player. Go up over them and force the foul or get the easy shot. Don't mean that to sound critical of her; she is an awesome player. I just think she could be even more dominant in these early games and more competitive with the bigs she will see in ACC play with a little more physicality in her play down low.
I don't disagree, she hasn't found that angry basketball switch yet. I still think she is poised to have a really big game this afternoon.
Just a quick reminder that this one is later today.
Let's Go!
HOKIES!
Game Time Start Jumping!!
Ladies cruising, Kitley already in double figures in first quarter and she actually missed three other relatively easy scoring chances
Other then Kitley, they really take poor angles on rebounding
29-10 after first quarter and Kitley sat the last five minutes
Interesting, announcer said the Ladies lead the nation in made three pointers at 14 per game.
Wish Kitley had Sheppard's aggressiveness on offense
She's only a sophomore and has probably never had to work for her shots until she got to the ACC. Hopefully by the team she's a senior, she will have developed a more aggressive game.
More plays like that.
Score me
51-31 @ half, Kitley with 17 points already and has way more then the 4 rebounds she currently is credited with in the box score
You hate to be upset with a 17 point lead but quite a few mental errors for the Hokies, especially the foul trouble
68-49 after 3rd quarter. Pretty sloppy play from the ladies in this quarter.
They took the foot off the gas petal and they aren't used to playing like that.
Four games, four Kitley double-doubles.
Appy seems to be getting away with a lot of shoves, elbows, and hacks.
30 points for Kitley.
84-59. Really hard to get upset about a 25 point win but definitely some good film in the second half to clean up
One more easy game before they start the ACC schedule with PItt. Gardner Webb at 2PM on Sunday; then Pitt at 6PM Thursday Dec 10.