BLACKSBURG – Junior center Elizabeth Kitley earned ACC Player of the Week honors, the conference announced on Monday afternoon. Kitley averaged 20.5 points 10.0 rebounds and 3.0 blocks across the Hokies' two wins last week. She also shot 66% from the field and connected on her first 3-point FG attempt of the season.
Kitley registered her second double-double of the season with a 13-point, 13-rebounds effort against Coppin State and followed that up with a 28-point performance vs. Campbell. The Summerfield, North Carolina native owns three 20-point games already this season, the best mark in the conference.
For the season, she is posting 20.8 points per game, 9.8 rebounds and 3.6 blocks.
She ranks first in the ACC in points per game, second in field goal percentage, third in rebounds and is the leader in blocks with 18.
Kitley's consecutive weeks earning this award makes her the second Hokie to ever register two ACC Player of the Week awards in a single season and the first to do so back-to-back.
Program news and notes:
•Tech has registered wins of 45+ in two consecutive games for the first time in program history.
•The Hokies have scored 80+ in three straight games for the first time since doing so four times to open the 2020-21 season.
•VT has allowed less than 40 points in consecutive games for the first time since December 2015.
•Tech has allowed 57 or fewer points in five straight games for the first time since 2018-19. This is the first time in program history that the Hokies have done so in the first five games of a season.
The Hokies are headed to the San Juan Shootout in San Juan, Puerto Rico for games against Missouri State (November 26) and UT-Martin (November (27).