WBB Game Day: Virginia Tech
11/26/2020 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Game Day Central Links:
Live Video (ACC Network Extra)
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Virginia Tech Women's Basketball Webpage
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Game Time:
Saturday - 2 p.m.
TV Coverage:
ACC Network Extra
Play-By-Play Broadcaster: Bailey Angle
Color Analyst: Mack McCarthy
Radio Coverage:
Liberty Flames Sports Network - Radio
WQLU 90.9 FM The Light
Play-By-Play Broadcaster: Jamie Hall
The Starting 5 - Liberty's Top Storylines
• Liberty (0-1, 0-0 ASUN) will play its second straight road game to begin the 2020-21 season on Saturday, traveling across the Commonwealth to face Virginia Tech (1-0, 0-0 ACC).
• Liberty is playing at Cassell Coliseum for the second season in a row. Host Virginia Tech held off the Lady Flames 73-69 on Nov. 15, 2019, improving to 16-1 in the all-time head-to-head series.
• The Lady Flames are seeking their first win over an ACC opponent since a Dec. 30, 2008 triumph at Virginia Tech. They will look to become the second Liberty team to win in Blacksburg this month. The Liberty football team topped Virginia Tech 38-35 on Nov. 7.
• Averaging 16.0 ppg against the Hokies during her career, Emily Lytle posted 21 points and eight rebounds at Ohio on Wednesday, her third consecutive 20-point game. She has made 18 straight free throws dating back to last season. The program record is 26.
• Mya Berkman provided 10 points and eight boards off the bench during the season opener at Ohio. She is averaging 8.5 rebounds per game against the Hokies, including a career-high 10 during last year's meeting.
Notes and Anecdotes - Liberty vs. Virginia Tech
• Liberty is just 1-16 all-time versus Virginia Tech, but the lone victory came at Cassell Coliseum (Dec. 30, 2008). Future WNBA players Megan Frazee (20 points) and Avery Warley (18 rebounds) helped Liberty pull out a 45-43 triumph.
• The average margin of victory during the last nine Liberty-Virginia Tech meetings (dating back to the 2002-03 season) is just 5.2 points per game.
• Carey Green is 1-11 when coaching against Virginia Tech, beginning with his very first game as Liberty's head coach, Nov. 15, 1999. The Hokies spoiled his coaching debut with a 60-45 Preseason WNIT first round victory at Cassell Coliseum.
• Green (No. 23) and Virginia Tech's Kenny Brooks (No. 20) both rank among the top active NCAA Division I women's basketball head coaches for career winning percentage.
• Green is 2-9 when facing Brooks, including 2-7 during Brooks' 14 years as James Madison's head coach and 0-2 during his current tenure at Virginia Tech.
• Rebounding will be a key stat to watch. Liberty has outrebounded 12 straight opponents dating back to last year, while Virginia Tech boasted a +9 rebound margin against Richmond. Last year, Aisha Sheppard's offensive rebound off a missed free throw sealed the Hokies' win over Liberty.
Liberty vs. ACC
• Liberty is 4-30 all-time versus ACC opponents, with two of its victories coming against Virginia and one apiece versus Virginia Tech and Wake Forest.
• The Lady Flames have lost 11 straight meetings with ACC foes since Dec. 30, 2008. That day, Liberty edged Virginia Tech 45-43 in the championship game of the Hokie Hardwood Classic in Blacksburg, Va.
• Liberty will be facing an ACC opponent for the eighth straight season. The Lady Flames are 0-9 vs. the ACC over the span, with five of the losses coming by eight points or fewer.
