No. 19 UVa Wraps Up Regular-Season At Georgia Tech
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CHARLOTTESVILLE Jockeying for position in the Atlantic Coast Conference standings, the 19th-ranked Virginia women’s basketball team will wrap up the regular-season with a road game at Georgia Tech on Sunday. Tip-off is 1 p.m., and the game will be televised by the ACC’s Regional Sports Network (Comcast Sports Net in the Charlottesville area).
Additionally, the game will be broadcast over the airwaves on WINA 1070 AM with Jay James, Myron Ripley and Larry Johnson calling the action. Live audio is available through V Pass and live statistics are available at VirginiaSports.com.
Virginia (22-7, 8-5 ACC) is coming off of a 68-63 victory at No. 11 Florida State on Tuesday night, its fourth win over a ranked opponent this season.
Head coach Debbie Ryan has reached the 20-win mark for the 22nd time in her career. The Hall of Fame coach’s career record is 697-295, just three wins shy of 700.
Virginia continues to be led offensively by national player of the year candidate Monica Wright, who averages 21.2 points per game, and senior Lyndra Littles, who averages 21.4 points per game.
With 615 points so far in 2008-09, Monica Wright has broken the Virginia single-season scoring mark. The previous record was held by Heather Burge (1993) with 612 points in 32 games.
Aisha Mohammed, meanwhile, is the only player in the ACC that averages a double-double (13.0 points, 10.0 rebounds per game), and tallied 15 points and 11 rebounds in the Cavaliers’ last outing vs. Florida State. The double-double against the Seminoles was her 12th of the season.
Georgia Tech enters the contest with an overall record of 20-8 and a league mark of 7-6. The Yellow Jackets and Cavaliers are jockeying for final seedings for the 2009 ACC Tournament. Virginia currently has sole possession of fifth place with an 8-5 league mark, followed by Georgia Tech with its 7-6 record.
Virginia leads the all-time series with Georgia Tech, 51-9, including two meetings last season (103-101 on March 2 at JPJA and 52-43 on March 7 at the 2008 ACC Tournament.
Up next, the seedings for the conference tournament will be announced on Monday, March 2. The 2009 ACC Tournament tips off from the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, N.C., on Thursday, March 5.