Hokie ClubThe 13th-ranked Virginia Tech women's basketball team is back home on Carilion Clinic Court Monday night to take on USC Upstate Spartans.
THE SERIES
• VT is 4-0 all-time against USC Upstate with the last meeting coming on Nov. 6, 2018 at Cassell Coliseum. The Hokies won that one 96-45 behind five athletes in double figures including Taylor Emery who scored a game-high 18 and Aisha Sheppard who scored 17 off the bench.
A WIN WOULD...
• Move the Hokies' record to 3-0 for the seventh straight season.
• Be Tech's fourth consecutive non-conference victory at home.
TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE CASSELL ENVIRONMENT
•VT is playing at home for the final time before Thanksgiving.
•The next game at home will be a November 27 contest vs. Longwood.
•Next week, the team will travel to Nassau, Bahamas to compete in the Pink Flamingo Championship where they will be met by two SEC foes, Kentucky and Missouri.
KING SHINES ON OPENING NIGHT
•Cayla King's 33-point effort on opening night tied for the seventh-most points that a VT athlete has scored in a game.
•King made a program record nine triples against The Mount, breaking her former teammate Aisha Sheppard's mark. She had made eight on two occasions. Jeni Garber had also made eight in one contest in 1991.
•She has moved into seventh place all-time at VT in career 3's with 156, passing Taylor Emery and Dara Mabrey in the opening two games.
GAMEDAY INFORMATION
Monday, November 14 | 7:00 p.m. ET
Cassell Coliseum (Carilion Clinic Court)
vs. USC Upstate
HOW TO FOLLOW
TV Broadcast – ACC Network Extra
- Play-by-Play: Bailey Angle
- Analyst: Mack McCarthy
Local Radio
Virginia Tech Sports Network
Play-by-Play: Evan Hughes
Gameday experience elements
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