University of Connecticut Athletics
Huskies Face Seton Hall in Final Regular Season Game
2/26/2001 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
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THE GAME
The Connecticut Huskies (24-2, 14-1) are coming off their biggest win of the season after a 118-44 victory over the Red Storm on Friday, senior night. The 74-point difference was the second largest margin of victory in a BIG EAST game for UConn (78 largest- 126-48 vs. Providence, 1/98). With a win this evening versus Seton Hall, the Huskies will at least get a share of the regular season BIG EAST title. A Notre Dame loss along with a UConn win this evening would give UConn the title outright. It would be UConn's 11th BIG EAST regular season title. Seton Hall is currently in a three-way tie for the fourth seed this evening. The Pirates are 16-10 overall and 9-6 in the league. Villanova (at Miami tonight) and Virginia Tech (at St. John's tonight) are also at 9-6. The only tournament seed that has been determined so far is that Rutgers is the No. 3 seed.
THE SERIES
UConn holds a 33-10 lead over Seton Hall since the series began in 1978. The Huskies have won 13 straight contests against the Pirates and 28 of the last 29 meetings. The last Seton Hall victory over UConn was a 74-53 win in South Orange in January, 1994. Under head coach Geno Auriemma, the Huskies are 30-2 versus the Pirates. Seton Hall has not scored more than 45 points versus the Huskies in the last three meetings. In those three contests, UConn had an average margin of victory of 52 points. Overall, UConn is 14-4 in Walsh Gymnasium.
EN ROUTE TO 30
With a win Friday night, UConn tied the 1988-89 team for the 10th most victories in a season with 24. That season the Huskies finished 24- 6 in winning the school's first-ever BIG EAST regular season and tournament championship. They were also the first UConn team to reach the NCAA tournament. With up to 10 games left on the Connecticut schedule, the Huskies could move into a tie for third with most wins (33) by winning the BIG EAST Tournament and national title.
AT STAKE
With a win tonight, UConn will at least own a share of the BIG EAST regular season title. This would mark the eighth straight regular season crown for the Huskies and 11th overall. UConn could cap an eighth consecutive conference season, in which they lost no more than one game, marking the 10th overall. Over the eight-season stretch Geno Auriemma has guided the Huskies to a league record of 140-4 (.972) with none of those losses at home and the first of those being to Seton Hall (53-74, 1/5/94). UConn would also reach 25 victories on the season by defeating Seton Hall. This would rank as the sixth most wins in a regular season in school history and move the team into a tie with the 1989-90 squad for most wins in a single season. That year the Huskies finished 25-6 in earning a share of the BIG EAST regular season crown before being defeated by Providence (68-82) in the BIG EAST tournament and Clemson (59-61) in the NCAAÂ's. A victory would also guarantee this yearÂ's team of being no worse than the seventh best in terms of winning percentage in school history even if they were to drop the first games of the next two tournaments.
PIRATE DOMINANCE
With a 30-2 record all-time against the Pirates, Geno Auriemma has not beaten any team more times than he has Seton Hall. The next closest to that mark is Georgetown who Auriemma has knocked off on 28 occasions. Taking it a step farther, no other conference foe has allowed the Huskies to beat them on 30-or-more occasions.
RUNNING AWAY WITH IT
In UConnÂ's last two games, runs have been the keys to wiping out West Virginia and St. JohnÂ's. The Huskies got things started against the Mountaineers by holding them scoreless for the opening nine minutes of play and by the time West Virginia finally did get on board it was already 19-2. The runs in the St. JohnÂ's game would be even more impressive. A 20-0 run between the 10:07 and 4:57 mark in the first half was a sign of things to come, as the second half began with a 28-0 run that turned into a 46-2 run in the first 15:31 of the second stanza. Combining the three runs against the Red Storm, would give UConn a 66-4 run during 20:43 of the contest.
LAST FOUR GAMES
Over the last two games, the Huskies have showed that they are just about in tournament form. This does not bode well for Seton Hall as it has dropped its last four contests. Over the last four games, things have been deteriorating somewhat for the Pirates, but itÂ's not as bad as it looks as assists and turnovers per game are heading in the right direction. Although the point swing from 70.3 to 51.2 per game makes an impact as far as winning or losing, itÂ's not for lack of shooting as the Pirates have averaged four more shots a game in their last four games than they did in the first 22. The graph below shows all stats on a per game average:
First 22 Last 4Points 70.3 51.2Opponents Points 62.1 62FG % .398 .329Rebounds 41.4 36.5Assists 8.3 10Turnovers 19.5 17.5
OPPONENTĂ‚'S OPPONENTS
The collective record of the 16 teams Seton Hall has defeated this season is 197-216. This will be the third straight team UConn has faced whose opponents have a losing record, but this is the best of those three.
STEP IT UP? NO SVET!
Now without the services of All-American Svetlana Abrosimova, the graph below shows who is making the biggest move in terms of averages over the last six games from where they were prior to SvetÂ's injury to where they are now in the order to fill the void in the categories that Abrosimova led the team in. So far, Ralph, Johnson and have made the biggest impact. With Taurasi out in the last game ConlonÂ's point production more than doubled from 2.2 to 4.5 night. (Bold shows increase in production.)
First 19 Games Games Played in Since Injury Points Steals Points Steals Ralph 8.7 1.74 11.7 1.8Taurasi 9.8 1.05 11.5 1.2Bird 9.6 2.16 10.2 1.2Johnson 4.4 1.32 10.2 2.5Cash 12.2 1.16 12.8 0.5Jones 8.6 1.05 7.5 0.7Schumacher 5.8 0.26 6.2 0.4Conlon 1.3 0.16 5.1 0.4Willams 10.8 1.42 4.5 1.5 Valley 3.5 0.74 2.4 0.1Rigby 2.6 0.16 4.0 0.0Czel 1.1 0.26 1.5 0.2
POINTS IN A SEASON
With 118 points versus St. John's, the team moved into 10th on the schoolÂ's all-time list for points in a season. Currently, the Huskies have scored 2,280 passing the 1989-90 team which netted 2,225. Furthermore, with 45 field goals on Friday night, UConn moved past the 1989-90 squad for 10th on the all-time chart for most field goals in a single season. They need just two more field goals to move into ninth on the chart. Unselfish play has also been a key to the season as the Huskies moved into ninth in that category with 589 so far. The 1991-92 squadheld the 9th place position with 567 assists.
OUT WITH A BANG
In the last two seasons, UConn has finished strong in their final games of the year. The Huskies clobbered Providence in the last regular season game last year with a 102-68 win in Providence, and when the juniors were freshmen two seasons ago, the Huskies dismantled Syracuse, 105-43 in Syracuse.
MORENO LEADS THE WAY
Arminda Moreno is Seton Hall's leading scorer and has been for the past two seasons. She is averaging 15.8 ppg on the season and has led (or tied) the team in scoring in 19 of SHU's 26 contests. However, the last time the Huskies faced Seton Hall, Moreno was held scoreless on 0-of-3 shooting and played only 17 minutes with four fouls. Connecticut defeated the Pirates 86-34.
TONIGHT ON 20-20
In UConnÂ's game against West Virginia on 2/20 Swin Cash led the team with 20 points and 20 rebounds. Cash became the 13th player in school history to record 20-or-more rebounds in a game and the first to do it in five years. The last time a Husky notched over 20 in both departments was Nov. 19, 1995, when Kara Wolters scored 29 points and grabbed 20 boards. Rebecca Lobo did it twice in the same season and three times in her career with 24 points and 23 rebounds against Seton Hall (2/6/93). The next year she had 24 points and 20 rebounds against Georgetown (2/2/94) and 32 points and 21 rebounds against Boston College (2/16/94). Before that, Renee Najarian had 26 points and 21 rebounds against Drexel (11/28/87). The last time a Husky had above 20 rebounds, but was unable to reach 20 points was when Peggy Walsh had 25 rebounds against Pittsburgh (2/19/86). To her credit, she did tie the school rebounding record in the effort.
BIG EAST HONORS
Junior Swin Cash earned Co-Player of the Week honors this week after her 20-20 performance versus West Virginia. The forward shared the honor with Becky Gottstein from Boston College. Diana Taurasi is the only other UConn player to have received a weekly honor this season- she was Co-Rookie of the Week (1/12).
TOP SCORERS
Just one player (Arminda Moreno- 15.9) averages more than 10 points a game. The next biggest contributor, Leslie Ardon, is averaging only 9.7, while Charlene Thomas is next at 7.3 ppg. Connecticut has seven players hitting more than 7.5 per game.
COULDN'T HAVE BEEN SCRIPTED BETTER...
Despite the career-ending injury to Abrosimova, UConn's senior night couldn't have been scripted better. The four seniors that started each had a memorable game. The team scored a season high 118 points, the second highest point total in school history. Christine Rigby led all scorers with a career high 21 points, while Marci Czel chipped in a career high nine points on 3-of-4 shooting from behind the three-point line. Shea Ralph finished with 19 points (7- of-9 shooting) and tied her season high in assists with seven, while Kelly Schumacher had 12 points, a season high six blocks and tied her season high of eight rebounds.
SNIPERS
The Huskies shot an astounding 80.6% in the second half (including 7- of-8 from three-point line), to end the game at 72.6% overall (45-of- 62). UConn shot 71% versus Hampton in the first round of the 2000 NCAA tournament. The NCAA record for single-game field goal percentage with a minimum of 36 field goals made is 73.7%- Florida Int'l vs. Canisius, Jan. 2, 1992 (42 of 57).
SCORING DISCREPENCY
Coming into tonightÂ's game, the Huskies are averaging 87.7 points per game. So far this season, Seton Hall has only scored above 80 on one occasion and that came three months ago in the season opener against Long Island, in an 82-51 blowout (11/18/00). In fact, the Pirates haveonly scored above 70 four times.
STIFLING D
Over the last seven games, no team has been able to manage better than 34.6 percent from the field against UConn, while West Virginia shot a season-low 19.2% (Last year, West Virginia held the season of 12.7% on 2/3/00). In the first game against Villanova (2/4) the Wildcats went 15-57, after that both Rutgers and Boston College went 17-52, while Virginia Tech hit 13-55. In the last game, Villanova managed just 11-42 from the field. West Virginia was 10-52 overall and had just four field goals in the first half. Most recently, St. John's was 17-of-52 versus UConn (31.5). The lack of points for opposing teams starts with the top scorers. Coming into the game with Connecticut, Rutgers had three players averaging double-digits and none of those three got into double figures. Overall, in the last six games only five (Gottstein- BC, Tere Williams- VaTech, Juhline- Villanova, Darya Kudryavtseva-WVA, Latasha Thompson- SJU) of 16 players who typically score 10 or more points have neared their average.
DEFENSE WINS GAMES
Over the past seven games UConn has held its opponents to under 55 points. Versus Villanova and Virginia Tech, the Huskies held opponents to under 40 points in back-to-back games. The last time the Huskies held back-to-back opponents to fewer than 40 was last season versus West Virginia (35, 1/12/00) and Pittsburgh (36, 1/15/00). UConn held the Mountaineers to just 34, while St. John's mustered only 44 points.
MORE TALK OF D
So far this season, the UConn defense has kept nine opponents under 50 points including six of the last seven. The one exception being Boston College, which netted 53 on Feb. 11. Only one other time in the Auriemma era have the Huskies held five consecutive opponents under 53 points. This came during the 1996-97 season starting with Boston College on 11/24/96 and ending at Rhode Island on 12/9/96. In that streak Connecticut kept six straight opponents to 53 or less points. Since UConn's loss to Tennessee, St. John's became the seventh straight opponent to be held to 53 points or less.
HOME STREAKS STILL STANDING
The St. John's game was UConnÂ's 69th consecutive home regular season BIG EAST win (Gampel and Civic Center) since UConn lost to Georgetown on 2/27/94 (64-62) and 82nd consecutive BIG EAST home win overall (including conference tournaments). The Huskies are currently riding a 22-game home winning streak (including HCC games, not including exhibition games) dating back to the Tennessee game of 1999-2000 (2/2/00). The Huskies have won their last 16 games in Gampel (not exhib.) dating back to February 2, 2000.
LINEUP DAY-TO-DAY
Since the injury to Abrosimova, predicting Auriemma's starting five is like trying to predict the weather in New England. Auriemma shook- up the lineup a bit inserting three new starters against Villanova in the first meeting, including two first-timers. Diana Taurasi and Kennitra Johnson both made their first career starts in UConn's first meeting versus the Wildcats. KJ had a solid game finishing with 13 points on 5-of-8 shooting, and grabbing three steals, while Taurasi had seven points, three assists and four rebounds in the affair. Williams made her first start of the season versus 'Nova and had 10 points and eight rebounds. With the recent injury to Taurasi and Williams, UConn had another new mix start the game versus West Virginia. Since the Tenn. game, UConn has seen six different starting lineups (including senior night) in seven games. The Huskies have won with all six lineups.
BACK IN THE RACE
If Connecticut and Notre Dame run the table they will share the regular season conference crown. The Panthers (3-12 in the BIG EAST) are left on Notre DameÂ's schedule, while the Huskies have just Seton Hall. Currently the Pirates maintain a 16-9 record and half of those wins have come at home with SHU going 8-4 on its home court. The game remaining for ND will be played in Pittsburgh, where the Pirates have their only three conference wins (3-4 at home).
FINISH LINE
With one game remaining on the BIG EAST regular season slate, UConn is now tied with Notre Dame in the conference race thanks to Rutgers shocking the Irish on Saturday night, 54-53. The win came just three days after UConn had soundly defeated the Scarlet Knights, 70-45, in Storrs, CT. The halftime lead appears to be the key to knocking off either UConn or Notre Dame. ND and Tennessee had it when they defeated the Huskies and the Irish were down at intermission for the first time all season in their game against Rutgers. Also, in each one of the three losses Connecticut and Notre Dame have combined for, they have only hit 11 free throws in each game. UConn was 11-33 against Notre Dame from the line on 1/15, however, that effort increased greatly against Tennessee as the Huskies went 11-15 on 2/1. Notre Dame was 11-22 from the free throw line against Rutgers. Shown below are the what UConn was able to do against Rutgers compared to what Notre Dame did within a 72-hour time span:
TOT-FG 3-PT FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S UConn 25-51 14-28 6-9 8 29 37 15 70 21 18 4 6UND 20-50 2-5 11-22 16 23 39 18 53 14 13 6 3
'TREY'MENDOUS SHOOTING
Versus Virginia Tech, UConn set a new school record for three pointers made in a game with 14 trifectas. On the same note, Virginia Tech was shutout from long range going 0-15. UConn has shutout an opponent from behind the arc one other time this season as Miami went 0-7 on December 5, 2000. UConn followed up the Virginia Tech game with a repeat record-setting performance nailing 14-of-28 threes against Rutgers. The Huskies are now first in the conference in three-point field goals made (187), second in the league in three-point field goal percentage (.393) and second in three-point field goal percentage defense (.244).
UCONN'S DIAPER DANDY
Freshman sensation Diana Taurasi needs one more assist to break on to the top ten list for assists by a freshman. She has 74 assists so far this season and Laura Lishness holds the 10th spot with 75 assists as a freshman. Taurasi is already 9th on the blocks list for freshmen with 21, and needs only two more to move up to seventh. Paige Sauer and J. Weideman are ahead of Taurasi with 23 blocks apiece.
FRESHMEN LEAD WAY
When the UConn freshmen are mentioned, all consider Diana Taurasi the leader of the pack. However, with Taurasi out versus West Virginia, UConn's other two active freshmen led the Huskies for the first time this season. Freshman Maria Conlon netted a career-high 16 points on a team-leading four three-pointers and 5-of-7 shooting. Freshman Morgan Valley tied for the lead in assists with a career high five assists on the night. Conlon followed up her season high performance with nine points on three-of four shooting from the three-point line versus St. John's.
UCONN AT NO. 3
Connecticut is 64-4 when they are ranked No. 3 in the nation. The only four teams to have beaten UConn at the third spot are North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, and NC State.
UCONN LOSES ABROSIMOVA FOR SEASON
Abrosimova underwent left foot surgery on Wednesday, Feb. 7, to repair a torn ligament and will be sidelined for the remainder of the 2000-2001 college basketball season. Following the surgery, Abrosimova will spend approximately six weeks in a walking boot. The normal return to basketball for this type of injury is expected to range in the five-to-six month span. Abrosimova concludes her four- year career ranked No. 5 in career scoring with 1,865 points, carrying a career scoring average of 14.7 ppg. She is No. 3 at UConn in career steals (299), No. 5 in career assists (473), and No. 7 in career rebounding (814).
A FOUL AFFAIR
This season, UConn athletes have already fouled out over twice as many times than they did all of last season combined (10 in 2001, 4 in 2000). A look at UConnÂ's fouls shows the Huskies have had a difficult time adjusting to the NCAAÂ's point of emphasis this season of "cleaning up "rough play". UConn has been whistled for 486 fouls in 26 games an average of 18.7 per contest, up from 17.1 a year ago. In both of UConnÂ's losses this year, the Huskies have recorded 30-or- more fouls. These were the only two times that Connecticut has done so this season.
THE TENNESSEE CLUB
In the past five years, Tennessee is the only team in the country to have beaten UConn more than once. Connecticut is one of three teams (La. Tech and Georgia) to have defeated Tennessee multiple times. The only teams to have defeated both UConn and Tennessee in the last five seasons are La. Tech, Georgia and Old Dominion.
WIN-STREAK HALTED
UConnÂ's winning streak of 30 straight games which dated back to February 2, 1999, was halted on Jan. 15 versus the Irish. The streak moved UConn past Miami (Fla.) for eighth on the all-time list. Two other Connecticut streaks also rank inside the top 10, a school best 35 straight from 1994-96 and 33 from 1996-97.
MORE STREAKS FALL
Notre Dame ended UConn's regular season BIG EAST winning streak at 28 dating back to a 78-66 loss to Boston College in Chestnut Hill on Jan. 23, 1999. Notre Dame also ended UConn's regular season game winning streak on the road at 19 dating back to 2/13/99 when they suffered an 82-77 loss at Old Dominion.
TEAM EFFORT
Despite not having a single individual ranked in the national statistics, as of Monday (2/19), UConn is ranked in the Top 10 in seven different team categories. The Huskies are No. 1 in scoring margin (30.6), No. 2 in scoring offense (86.0), No. 3 in field goal percentage (50.3), No. 4 in win-loss percentage (.917), No. 5 in field goal percentage defense (34.5), No. 6 in rebound margin (8.8), and No. 5 in scoring defense (55.5).
THE BIG 400
When UConn defeated Illinois, it was the 400th career win for UConn head coach Geno Auriemma. His record is currently 417-97 (.811). Auriemma became the 30th coach in the history of the game to eclipse the 400 win mark, having done it in just 16 seasons. He became the second coach this season to go over 400 as Villanova head coach Harry Perretta collected his 400th victory in a 60-55 win over Temple. Muffet McGraw of Notre Dame became the third in the club this season with her 400th win over Miami on Tuesday night. Auriemma and McGraw join Perretta and RutgersÂ' C. Vivian Stringer to give the BIG EAST four current head coaches on the 400-or-more win list.
WINNINGEST COACH
Entering the Seton Hall game, head coach Geno Auriemma is currently the third winningest coach all-time by percentage. He boasts a winning percentage of .810 (416-97). Pat Summit, whose team is currently 27-1, is second at .833 (755-151) and the leader is Leon Barmore of LaTech (25-4 so far this season) with a current clip of .868 (546-82).
HUSKIES HANDLE ELITE TEAMS
Since the second Villanova game, the Huskies are 43-11 overall versus ranked opponents over the past five seasons and are 21-11 versus Top 10 opponents in that span. All-time, UConn is now 60-29 versus ranked teams and 28-19 against Top 10-ranked teams. The Huskies finished the 1999-2000 season 16-1 versus ranked opponents and an astounding 10-1 vs. Top 10 foes. Four of the nine occasions that the Huskies reached the century mark in 1999-2000 were against ranked teams. UConn boasted an average margin of victory of 20.0 points over ranked opponents (and a margin of defeat of 1.0 points).
A GOOD OMEN
ConnecticutÂ's victories over Louisiana Tech (Jan. 7) and Tennessee (Dec. 30) marked only the second time in as many seasons that the Huskies have beaten both teams in the same season. Prior to the Huskies doing it last year, the last team to beat both the Lady Techsters and Lady Vols in the same year was Purdue, in 1998-99. The Boilermakers went on to win the national championship as did the Huskies last year.
HEAD COACH GENO AURIEMMA
Head Coach Geno Auriemma is in his 16th season at the helm for the Huskies. Entering the Seton Hall game, he is 417- 97 (.811) overall in his career, and has two national championships at Connecticut (1995, 2000). Auriemma is third among active Division I coaches in winning percentage. He was also the first Division I coach (men or women) in basketball history to earn five consecutive 30- plus winning seasons. Auriemma has taken UConn to the 1995 and 2000 National Championship, four Final Four appearances, seven Elite Eights and eight Sweet Sixteen games. During his tenure, the team has also won 10 regular season BIG EAST titles and nine league tournament championships, including the last seven consecutive titles in each regular season and postseason.
GIVING A HAND
The Husky offense, known for its scoring, is one of the most unselfish teams in the country. UConn's assist to basket ratio is an astounding 68.8%. The Huskies average 22.6 apg. UConn had its worst assist effort versus LaTech when the Huskies only helped out on 11 of 30 field goals, but bounced back against Syracuse assisting on 24 of 30 hoops. UConn dished a season-high 33 assists versus Georgetown to finish the game with 33 assists on 38 field goals (86.6%). UConn had 20 assists on 22 field goals in the first half alone (90.9%). Six different players have led the Huskies in assists in 25 games this season. UConn point guard Sue Bird is the team leader with 140 assists (5.4 apg), and is followed by Shea Ralph who has dished 98 assists (3.8 apg) so far.
CPTV- ALMOST AUTOMATIC
Through the St. John's game, the Huskies post a 137-2 record when playing on CPTV. UConnÂ's only two losses on the network have been at Rutgers in 1998 (74-70) and at Syracuse in 1996 (62-59). UConnÂ's debut on CPTV came in 1993-94 when they picked up four games. The following season, the network showed a total of 16 games en route to UConnÂ's 35-0 season. The 1995-96 season produced 18 games, 1996-97 showed 22 games, 1997-98 included 18 games, 1998-99 had 20 games and last season the Huskies played 22 games on CPTV.
HOT TICKET
UConn's game versus Villanova in The Pavilion attracted a record high women's basketball crowd of 6,229. The Conte Forum was sold out (8,606) for a BC women's game the first time this season when the Huskies came to town. The UConn- Tennessee game drew 24,046 fans to Thompson-Boling Arena, a season-high for a women's basketball game and the fifth highest crowd ever at Boling Arena. UConn's game versus Pittsburgh drew the largest crowd ever for a women's game at the Fitzgerald Field House as 3,418 people came to watch the game. The 11,418 fans that came out to the Joyce Center on Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, was the first sellout crowd in the history of women's basketball at Notre Dame. The 1,516 fans that packed the Knight Sports Complex in Coral Gables was a sellout and the second highest crowd in history at the Knight Complex. The 2,024 at Syracuse was a season-high and the tenth highest crowd number in Manley Field House history. The Huskies drew 6,098 fans to the opening night of the Key Bank Arena in Seattle, WA., when UConn defeated UW, 90-63, setting a precedence for women's games in the arena (the men drew 6,313 the following night). UConn drew record crowds on the road in four different arenas in 1999-2000.
THE BENCH FACTOR
Overall, UConn's bench is outscoring opponent reserves by a 869-432 margin. Williams had been leading UConn off the bench averaging 9.8 ppg, but made her first start of the season versus Villanova. With Svetlana Abrosimova on the sideline, UConn's bench is a bit smaller and the lineup fluctuates often. Only three times season has the bench been outscored, the first was during the December game against Miami (31-17), the second was on Jan. 27 vs. Syracuse (28-26), and the third was versus Boston College (21-20). BC freshman Janelle McManus hit for 20 of the Eagles' 21 bench points. UConn's bench outscored Georgetown reserves, 43-15 (one hoop shy of GU's total offensive output), and the entire Providence team with a 60- 49 point effort. UConn's bench outscored the entire St. John's team, 51-44.
SHEA'S BACK
Before the first Villanova contest, All-American Shea Ralph suffered through six games where she totalled 23 points (3.83 ppg), after averaging 12.1 ppg midway through the season. During the six-game stretch, she shot 9-of-31 (.290) from the floor and was 1-of-11 from behind the three-point arc. Versus Villanova, the senior went 5-for-5 from the floor, including 3-for-3 three-point shooting, to lead the team with 14 points. This was the fifth time in her career and third time in the month of February that she had a perfect outing from the field, three of the other four times came a season ago with two of those coming in back-to-back games. The other time came during the 1998-99 season.
Date Opponent FG-FGM 3FG-3FGM FT-FTA1/2/99 West Virginia 8-8 1-1 3-411/26/99 Old Dominion 9-9 1-1 4-52/15/00 at St. JohnÂ's 2-2 0-0 2-22/18/00 Syracuse 7-7 0-0 4-4
Shea followed up the Villanova game with a 13-point performance versus Virginia Tech and 10 pts. versus Boston College. It was the first time since Jan. 2 that Shea had back- to-back-to-back double-figure games. The most double- figure scoring games in a row she had this season was four dating back to Dec. 10-Jan. 2. Last season,
