THIS IS PITT COACHING STAFF 2009-10 TEAM 2008-09 SEASON IN REVIEW PITT HISTORY AND RECORDS BIG EAST/NCAA UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
2008-09 Game Summaries GAME 1 (0-1, 0-0 BIG EAST) NOV. 16, 2008 #10 TEXAS A&M 56 ■ #23 PITT 50 PETE MARAVICH ASSEMBLY CENTER
GAME 2 (1-1, 0-0 BIG EAST) NOV. 20, 2008 PITT 88 ■ WESTERN MICHIGAN 60 UNIVERSITY ARENA
GAME 3 (2-1, 0-0 BIG EAST) NOV. 24, 2008 PITT 80 ■ PENN STATE 59 PETERSEN EVENTS CENTER
BATON ROUGE, LA — Texas A&M is one of the best defensive women’s basketball teams in the country. It is hard to score against them and as Pitt found out yesterday, it is darn near impossible without the starting point guard. Pitt also plays great defense, so the Aggies and Panthers staged an old-fashioned defensive slugfest in the State Farm Tip-Off Classic before a crowd of 7,954 at LSU’s Pete Maravich Assembly Center. The Panthers, who played the final 35 minutes without starting point guard Jania Sims because of a knee injury, couldn’t find enough points to win the game and dropped a 56-50 decision to the Aggies. Texas A&M coach Gary Blair acknowledged that it isn’t always fun to watch his team play because they work so hard on defense and fans generally like to see offense. Sims went down with the score tied, 7-7, and Stewart, a senior, had to step in and finish the game at point guard. She said she had not played the position since she was a freshman. Pitt had only three assists but had 22 turnovers. Pitt’s leading scorer, senior Shavonte Zellous, was being harassed the entire game by Texas A&M defensive whiz Danielle Gant. Zellous finished with a game-high 23 points but she scored 14 of those points from the freethrow line and she made only 3 of 16 shots. Despite the offensive struggles, Pitt led 25-23 at the half and 35-34 with 10:27 to play in the game but the Aggies used a 9-2 run over the next three minutes to pull away. They maintained at least a six-point cushion the rest of the way. Texas A&M got a boost off the bench from guard Sydney Colson, who had ACL surgery in July and was only supposed to play limited action. But Colson played 22 minutes and had 12 points, including two key 3-pointers.
KALAMAZOO, MICH. — The Pitt women’s basketball team (1-1) earned its first win of the season in convincing fashion with an 88-60 victory at Western Michigan (0-2). Shavonte Zellous led all scorers with a 23-point performance, including 20 in the first half. “We came out here today and had a business-like approach,” head coach Agnus Berenato said. “The team came out and went to work and got it done. This was a total team effort today. When we had players come off the bench, there was no drop off and that is great when you can do that.” Every player scored for the Panthers in the 28-point victory. Freshman Pepper Wilson scored 15 on the night and added six rebounds and two assists. Junior forward Sophronia Sallard dished out a career-high six assists on the night and senior Xenia Stewart is now just 16 points from 1,000 for her career with eight on the night. Pitt jumped out to a quick lead and never relinquished it as the Panthers shot an outstanding 52.8 percent from the field (19 of 36) in the first half. Pitt led 42-24 entering the lockerroom, led primarily by the dominating 20-point first half performance by Zellous. At one point in the middle of the half, she scored 12 straight points for the Panthers. The 18-point advantage for the Panthers was due in large part to a Western Michigan drought for over six minutes, as well as Pitt forcing 14 Broncos’ turnovers. It was more of the same to start the second half as Pitt charged to an 18-3 run to start the half on 7 of 12 shooting from the field. The Panthers went on to shoot 38 of 82 for the game for 46.3 percent shooting from the field. Pitt had 25 assists on the night and just 12 turnovers while forcing 26 Western Michigan turnovers.
PITTSBURGH — Senior Xenia Stewart scored her 1,000th career point in Pitt’s largest victory over Penn State in school history, a, 80-59 win at the Petersen Events Center. Stewart scored 17 points on the night and now sits at 1,001 points in her career, becoming the 16th player in school history to hit the milestone. The win is the biggest over Penn State in school history, surpassing the 86-69 Panther win on Feb. 12, 1983. It also marks a considerable improvement for the Panthers under sixth-year head coach Agnus Berenato as her first game in 2003 against the Lady Lions ended in a 96-44 defeat. The domination by the Panthers in this year’s game was from the very beginning. Pitt never trailed in the game and held a commanding 43-18 lead at the half. The Panthers held the Lady Lions to just 18.8 percent from the field during that time (30.0 percent for the game) and forced 18 total turnovers in the contest. Shayla Scott had a special night of her own as she picked up the second double-double of her career with 10 points and 10 rebounds, and was able to honor her mother, Jennifer Bruce Scott, prior to the game. Jennifer Bruce was the Big East Player of the Year in 1984 and helped lead her team to the Big East regular season title. The 1983-84 team was honored prior to the game for their 25th anniversary of the championship. The top scorer on the night was again senior Shavonte Zellous with 23 points and four rebounds. Zellous is averaging 23.0 points through three games this season. Freshman Pepper Wilson added 10 rebounds and junior Sophronia Sallard scored 14.
PITT (50)
PITT (88)
PENN STATE (59)
Player Stewart-F Wilson-C Zellous-G Sims-G Scott-F Sallard Harrison Cole Ogoke Popovec Team Totals
Min. 36 33 32 5 19 5 38 15 5 12 200
FG- 3FG- FTFGA FGA FTA RB 2-6 0-1 1-2 6 3-6 0-0 2-2 9 3-16 3-7 14-16 4 0-3 0-0 2-2 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 4-13 1-4 3-8 5 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 5 4 12-47 4-13 22-30 37
PF 5 2 4 0 1 1 4 0 3 2
A TO BLK 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 6 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 7 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
S 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0
PTS 5 8 23 2 0 0 12 0 0 0
22
3
5
50
22
5
Min. 21 34 33 22 34 5 0+ 1 19 2 7 22 200
FG- 3FGFGA FGA 1-6 0-0 2-4 0-0 2-10 0-3 1-1 1-1 4-10 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-1 4-11 3-7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 5-8 2-4
FTFTA RB 0-0 8 2-3 4 5-8 4 2-2 3 1-4 13 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 2-3 3 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-2 1 6 19-52 6-16 12-22 42
Min. 26 23 33 31 31 26 11 14 19 200
38-82 5-12
FTFTA RB 0-0 6 3-4 6 2-2 7 1-2 4 0-0 4 0-0 3 1-2 5 0-0 0 0-0 13 2 7-10 48
PF 2 2 1 1 1 3 1 0 3 15
A TO BLK 2 0 2 2 4 0 3 1 1 5 1 0 5 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 1 25
12
S 2 0 1 3 3 2 0 0 0
PTS 10 15 23 12 12 8 5 3 8
5 11
88
WESTERN MICHIGAN (60)
TEXAS A&M (56) Player Elonu-F Micheaux-C Starks-G Smith-G Gant-G Buchanan Carter Baker White Collins Assarian Colson Team Totals
Player Scott-F Wilson-C Zellous-G Harrison-G Stewart-G Sallard Cole Ogoke Popovec Team Totals
FG- 3FGFGA FGA 5-8 0-2 6-12 0-0 9-20 3-5 5-9 1-1 4-11 0-2 4-11 0-2 2-5 0-0 1-5 1-2 4-7 0-0
PF 3 4 3 1 4 0 0 0 2 1 1 4 23
A TO BLK 1 1 1 1 4 2 1 4 0 3 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 4 0 12
20
S 1 5 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
PTS 2 6 9 5 9 0 0 0 13 0 0 12
5 12
56
Player Banktson-F M Giden-F Cleary-F Delahoussaye Dwyer-G Dreher Vest Harvey Iaquaniello Fletcher Wilson R Giden Loney Team Totals
Min. 23 30 22 24 28 9 14 2 11 2 10 4 21 200
FG- 3FGFGA FGA 6-10 1-1 4-14 0-1 1-9 1-1 3-8 1-2 2-4 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-5 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 2-6 1-3
FTFTA RB 3-4 6 4-5 5 3-4 8 0-0 3 2-2 1 0-0 2 0-0 1 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-1 1 0-2 1 1-1 4 4 21-59 5-11 13-19 36
Player Trogele-F Lewis-C Grant-G O’Rourke Quinn-G Phillips Gray Womack Mark Wolff Team Totals
200
FTFTA RB 0-0 1 1-2 6 6-9 7 6-8 5 0-0 1 0-0 0 0-0 0 4-6 3 2-4 6 0-0 6 7 18-60 4-13 19-29 42
Min. 21 28 29 31 36 21 8 4 22
FG- 3FGFGA FGA 3-6 2-4 1-6 0-0 8-21 2-9 3-9 1-3 5-11 2-4 6-9 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-1 0-0 1-2 0-0
Min. 15 27 38 36 11 8 13 11 16 25
FG- 3FGFGA FGA 1-7 0-0 2-4 0-0 6-18 2-3 0-9 0-5 0-3 0-2 1-2 1-1 2-4 1-2 0-1 0-0 2-3 0-0 4-9 0-0
PF 2 2 3 3 2 0 4 5 1 0
S 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
PTS 2 5 20 6 0 3 5 4 6 8
22
A TO BLK 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 4 6 0 1 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 11 18 4
6
59
PF 4 3 2 0 4 4 1 0 2
A TO BLK 3 1 0 0 1 4 2 6 0 5 0 0 6 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
S 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1
PTS 10 4 23 8 17 14 2 0 2
6
80
PITT (80) PF 3 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
A TO BLK 0 2 0 0 5 1 0 1 0 4 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 2 0
S 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
PTS 16 12 6 7 7 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 6
10
6
4
60
26
3
Halftime-PITT 25-23; FG pct. - PITT .255, TAMU .365; 3-pt. FG pct. - PITT .308, TAMU .375; FT pct. - PITT .733, TAMU .545.
Halftime-PITT 42-24; FG pct. - PITT .463, WMU .356; 3-pt. FG pct. - PITT .417, WMU .356; FT pct. - PITT .700, WMU .684.
A - 7,954; Officials - Eric Brewton, Tina Napier, Wesley Dean
A - 784; Officials - Becky Blank, Rod Creech, Tom Hallead
Player Scott-F Wilson-C Zellous-G Harrison-F Stewart-G Sallard Cole Ogoke Popovec Team Totals
200
FTFTA RB 2-2 10 2-2 10 5-10 4 1-2 3 5-5 4 2-5 5 0-0 2 0-0 0 0-2 4 7 28-67 7-20 17-28 49
20
19
12
6
Halftime-PITT 43-18; FG pct. - PITT .418, PSU .300; 3-pt. FG pct. - PITT .350, PSU .308; FT pct. - PITT .655, PSU .607. A - 2,080; Officials - Bill Titus, Sue Blauch, Kathy Ridilla
2009 -10 Pitt Women’s Basketball
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