WBB Game Day Central: No. 3 seed High Point
3/13/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Live Video Streaming (Big South Network)
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Live Stats
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How to Follow the Lady Flames
Both of Saturday's Advance Auto Parts Big South Women's Basketball semifinal contests will be televised live on SportSouth and MASN, beginning with the matchup between No. 1 seed Gardner-Webb and No. 5 seed Coastal Carolina at 1 p.m. The contest pitting No. 2 seed Liberty and No. 3 seed High Point will follow at approximately 3 p.m.
Saturday's games (as well as the postgame press conferences) will both be video streamed via the Big South Network.
The Liberty-High Point matchup will be broadcast live on 90.9 FM "The Light," by the announcing team of Jamie Hall and Josh Wood.
Live stats will be provided for both semifinal tilts, courtesy of the High Point Sports Information Office.
After the game, watch LibertyFlames.com for a full recap of the Liberty-High Point contest, as well as a photo gallery and video highlights from the game and press conference.
Please see the top of this release for the appropriate links.
Team Notes
-- Liberty has reached the 25-win plateau for the seventh time in program history and the sixth time in 11 years under head coach Carey Green.
-- Liberty has advanced to the Big South Championship semifinal round 14 straight seasons.
-- The Lady Flames have won eight games in a row overall and have trailed for only 8:05 during the streak, after leading from wire to wire on Friday.
-- Liberty's current players had combined for 56 career points in the Big South Championship, entering Friday's game against Radford. The Lady Flames tallied 70 points against the Highlanders.
-- Liberty has won 93 consecutive games when scoring 70 or more points, dating back to the 2003-04 season.
-- The Lady Flames posted 62 of their 70 points against Radford either inside the paint or from the foul line. Liberty has outscored every opponent this season in points in the paint and is 22-1 when shooting more free throws than its foe.
-- 23 of Liberty's 25 wins this season have been by double digits.
Liberty-High Point Matchup Notes
-- Liberty is 25-9 all-time against High Point, including 2-0 this season, 5-0 in the Big South Championship and 21-6 under head coach Carey Green.
-- The most recent Big South Championship meeting between Liberty and High Point was an 80-43 triumph by the Lady Flames in the semifinals of the 2008 tournament at UNC Asheville's Justice Center. Rachel McLeod had a career-high eight assists for the Lady Flames in the contest, as a freshman.
-- The Lady Flames are 35-0 all-time in the Big South Championship, when favored according to seed.
-- Liberty is 0-1 in the Big South Championship when playing on its opponent's home court (70-62 loss to Radford in the 1993 semifinals).
-- High Point played overtime last night, but the Lady Flames have never gone to overtime in 43 all-time Big South Championship contests.
-- Devon Brown (26.0 ppg, 10.0 rpg) and Avery Warley (19.5 ppg, 11.0 rpg) have both played well during this season's two victories over High Point.
Player Notes
#1 LaKendra Washington
Jan. 30 at High Point – No stats in 3 minutes played
March 8 vs. High Point – 2 points, 2 steals, 1 assist in 18 minutes played
-- Played the most minutes (21) of any of Liberty's bench performers on Friday vs. Radford.
#11 Jelena Antic
Jan. 30 at High Point – DNP (Foot injury)
March 8 vs. High Point – 13 points, 2 rebounds, shot 6-6 from the floor
-- Averaging 10.2 ppg during her last five outings.
#12 Danika Dale
Jan. 30 at High Point – 2 points, 2 rebounds, 1 steal in 21 minutes played
March 8 vs. High Point – 4 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal in 21 minutes played
-- Finished second on the team with 10 points versus Radford on Friday.
-- Scored in double figures for the fifth time this season.
-- Her 10 free throw attempts were a career high and were the most by any Lady Flame since Avery Warley took 11 foul shots at High Point on Jan. 30.
#15 Kylee Beecher
Jan. 30 at High Point – 3 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists in 21 minutes played
March 8 vs. High Point – 4 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist in 24 minutes played
-- Dished out a team-high 3 assists against Radford.
-- With 262 career rebounds, she is 25 away from becoming one of the top 50 rebounders in program history.
#21 Amber Mays
Jan. 30 at High Point – 7 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal in 26 minutes played
March 8 vs. High Point – 10 points, 5 assists, 2 steals in 26 minutes played on Senior Night
-- Needs 11 points to become the 52nd player in program history to score 500 career points.
-- Has recorded a steal in 39 of her last 41 games.
#23 Avery Warley
Jan. 30 at High Point – 26 points, 14 rebounds, 2 steals in 38 minutes played
March 8 vs. High Point – 13 points, 8 rebounds, 3 blocks, 2 steals, 1 assist in 27 minutes played
-- Has made 19 of her last 21 free throws (.905), dating back to the game at UNC Asheville on Feb. 27.
-- Before her recent hot shooting, Warley was just 46 of 94 (.489) for the season from the charity stripe.
-- Went over the 600-career point mark on Friday and now ranks 36th in program history with 603 points.
-- Sits 19th in program history with 511 rebounds.
#25 Dymond Morgan
Jan. 30 at High Point – 6 points, 3 steals, 1 assist in 19 minutes played
March 8 vs. High Point – 1 point, 2 rebounds, 1 steal in 14 minutes played
-- Scored all six of her points during the second half on Friday.
#32 Rachel McLeod
Jan. 30 at High Point – 2 points, 2 assists, 1 rebound in 32 minutes played
March 8 vs. High Point – 3 points, 2 assists, 2 rebounds in 19 minutes played
-- Her five points against Radford were the most she has scored since Feb. 8 against Gardner-Webb
#40 Devon Brown
Jan. 30 at High Point – 29 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 blocks, 1 steal in 39 minutes played
March 8 vs. High Point – 23 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assist in 24 minutes played
-- Became the 51st player in program history to score 500 career points, Friday against Radford, joining Elena Kisseleva (1996-97) as the only Lady Flames ever to reach the milestone as freshmen.
-- Passed Elena Kisseleva for third place on Liberty's freshman rebounding list on Friday. With 253 rebounds, Brown trails only Cheri Yates (267 boards in 1988-89) and Avery Warley (256 boards in 2008-09).
-- Has now scored 20 or more points in back-to-back games three times this year. Boasts nine total 20-point outings.
-- Averaging 26.0 ppg in two meetings with High Point and 26.0 ppg in two contests at the Millis Center.
-- Leads the Lady Flames in minutes played at 27.5 mpg, but has played 24 minutes or fewer in each of the last five contests.
-- Connected on all seven of her free throws against Radford, matching Avery Warley (March 1 at Presbyterian College) for the best single-game free throw percentage by a Lady Flame this season.
-- Has scored in double figures in 19 straight games.
-- Has grabbed five or more rebounds 25 consecutive times.
#54 Carra Coy
Jan. 30 at High Point – No stats in 1 minute played
March 8 vs. High Point – 1 rebound in 5 minutes played
-- Including Friday's contest, has grabbed at least one rebound in 20 of her 24 appearances this season.
