Hokie ClubBLACKSBURG -- The Virginia Tech women's basketball team (10-3, 2-0) returns to the floor on Sunday, January 2 for a tilt against Wake Forest (11-2, 1-1).
Tech defeated No. 15 Duke 77-55 Thursday night at Cassell, registering the program's largest margin of victory over a ranked team ever. The Hokies also set a program record for the most free throws in a game without missing, connecting on all 20 attempts.
Elizabeth Kitley registered a double-double with 27 points and 13 rebounds and Georgia Amoore continued her stellar play with another 20-point performance where she also had six assists and a career-high six rebounds.
GAMEDAY INFORMATION
Sunday, January 2 | 4:00 p.m. ET
Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum
at Wake Forest
Game Notes: Virginia Tech (PDF)
TV Broadcast
ACC Network
Play-by-Play: Sam Ravech
Analyst: Stephanie White
Local Radio
Virginia Tech Sports Network
Play-by-Play: Evan Hughes
THE SERIES
- Virginia Tech is 16-15 all-time against the Demon Deacons. Wake Forest has won the last two meetings.
- VT is 4-8 against Wake on the road.
- VT is 13-11 against Wake in ACC play.
A WIN WOULD…
- Help the Hokies to a 3-0 start in ACC play for the first time in program history.
- Be Tech's fourth consecutive victory after suffering back-to-back losses in early December.
WHAT TO WATCH FOR
- The matchup will feature the ACC's top two scorers in Wake Forest guard Jewel Spear (21.3 ppg.) and Tech
- center Elizabeth Kitley (19.3 ppg.).
MISCELLANEOUS PROGRAM NOTES
- Aisha Sheppard's 139 games played is a program record.
- Elizabeth Kitley's 151 blocks are fourth all-time and her 25 double-doubles rank fifth
- The Hokies posted a 3.60 GPA in the fall semester, setting a program record.
- Tech went 20-for-20 from the free throw line against Duke, the most free throws made without a miss in program history. The Hokies are shooting 66% from the FT line this season and are 89% in their two ACC wins.
- The 22-point margin against the 15th-ranked Blue Devils is the largest margin in a win over a ranked team in program history.
- Tech's All-Conference center has been on tear in her last three games scoring 22 or more in each game and recording double-doubles in all three contests. In ACC play, Kitley averages 30.5 points, 13 rebounds and 3.5 blocks per game, shooting 59% from the floor. She contributed nine of those 20 free throws Thursday night as the Hokies set a program record. In two league games she's made 17 free throws and shot 89% while in the non-conference portion of the season she converted just 15 at a 38% clip. Kitley leads the ACC in double-doubles, blocks and 20-point games.
- In her last two games, PG Georgia Amoore is averaging 20 points, 7.0 assists and 5.0 rebounds while shooting 60%.