SAN ANTONIO – The Virginia Tech women's basketball team is set to take on No. 5 and second-seeded Baylor (26-2) on Tuesday, March 23 in the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament. Game time in 7 p.m. ET and the game will be seen on ESPN2.
It will be the first ever meeting with Baylor.
Virginia Tech is 10-9 all-time in the competition and advanced into the Second Round for the eighth time.
VIRGINIA TECH GAME NOTES
GAMEDAY INFORMATION
Tuesday, March 23 – 7 PM ET
Bill Greehey Arena, San Antonio, Texas
vs. Baylor (26-2, 17-1)
Head Coach: Kim Mulkey
Record at school: 630-104 (21st season); Career: same
Series: First meeting
Live Stats: CLICK HERE
Broadcast: ESPN2
Play-by-Play: Pam Ward
Analyst: LaChina Robinson
Radio: Virginia Tech Sports Network
Play-by-Play: Bryant Johnson
Behind 23 points from Elizabeth Kitley, seventh-seeded Virginia Tech women's basketball defeated 10th-seeded Marquette 70-63 on Sunday at Strahan Coliseum in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
Kitley (11 of 19 shooting) was steady all afternoon, giving the Hokies a cushion early and helping maintain momentum later in the game when the Golden Eagles made a run.
After Aisha Sheppard's transition layup at 7:32 in the fourth gave the Hokies a 15-point lead, Marquette countered with their best offensive stretch of the game, hitting all four of their 3's. in a 90 second span to cut the lead to just three.
The Hokies closed the game out on the free throw line, with Cayla King and Azana Baines each knocking down a pair free throws.
Baines joined Kitley in double figures with 15 and Georgia Amoore added 13 as the Hokies advanced to the Second Round for the eighth time in program history
IN THE RECORD BOOKS
•Kitley's 11 field goals against Marquette are a new program mark in the NCAA Tournament
•Kitley became just the fourth Hokie to ever to record 40 minutes on the floor in the competition.
•Virginia Tech is now 10-9 all-time in 10 appearances in the NCAA Tournament.
