Post by elp525 on Feb 22, 2011 8:24:43 GMT -5
February 21, 2011
By Ryan Pritt
The Charleston Gazette
The West Virginia women's basketball team is hoping the same opponent will equal the same result.
For the second time in four days, a No. 8 Notre Dame team will visit the Coliseum with tipoff at 7 tonight. The Mountaineers men's team knocked off No. 8 Notre Dame Saturday in front of a packed house.
Women's coach Mike Carey and No. 19 WVU know they're up against a tough opponent, just like the men's team was on Saturday.
"They're a very good basketball team," said Carey. "They're very solid and have a lot of players that can score. Their guards aren't super quick but they're very strong and physical. They show you a lot of looks defensively."
The Irish enter tonight's contest having just had a nine-game win streak snapped by then-No. 2 Connecticut. Notre Dame has lost just two Big East games this season, both to the Huskies.
West Virginia (21-6 overall, 7-6 Big East) has a little momentum of its own, coming off a win at Pittsburgh in a game that saw the Mountaineers break the 90-point barrier for the first time in league play this season. The victory snapped a three-game skid for WVU and gave Carey his 200th victory at the school.
"We definitely needed that win," senior Liz Repella said. "It was a good win; maybe we didn't play the defense we would have liked to play but on offense we really got it going and I think that really boosted our confidence. We've been struggling to score the ball, so to score 90 points when we've been scoring 50 points really gave us a confidence boost."
The Irish (22-5, 11-2) lead the all-time series 17-2.
The game will be broadcast on CBS College Sports.
Madina Ali was named to the Big East Honor Roll for the week after recording 21 points and a career-high 13 rebounds in the Mountaineers' 90-79 win at Pitt.
Ali has led the team in scoring and rebounding in three straight games.
By Ryan Pritt
The Charleston Gazette
The West Virginia women's basketball team is hoping the same opponent will equal the same result.
For the second time in four days, a No. 8 Notre Dame team will visit the Coliseum with tipoff at 7 tonight. The Mountaineers men's team knocked off No. 8 Notre Dame Saturday in front of a packed house.
Women's coach Mike Carey and No. 19 WVU know they're up against a tough opponent, just like the men's team was on Saturday.
"They're a very good basketball team," said Carey. "They're very solid and have a lot of players that can score. Their guards aren't super quick but they're very strong and physical. They show you a lot of looks defensively."
The Irish enter tonight's contest having just had a nine-game win streak snapped by then-No. 2 Connecticut. Notre Dame has lost just two Big East games this season, both to the Huskies.
West Virginia (21-6 overall, 7-6 Big East) has a little momentum of its own, coming off a win at Pittsburgh in a game that saw the Mountaineers break the 90-point barrier for the first time in league play this season. The victory snapped a three-game skid for WVU and gave Carey his 200th victory at the school.
"We definitely needed that win," senior Liz Repella said. "It was a good win; maybe we didn't play the defense we would have liked to play but on offense we really got it going and I think that really boosted our confidence. We've been struggling to score the ball, so to score 90 points when we've been scoring 50 points really gave us a confidence boost."
The Irish (22-5, 11-2) lead the all-time series 17-2.
The game will be broadcast on CBS College Sports.
Madina Ali was named to the Big East Honor Roll for the week after recording 21 points and a career-high 13 rebounds in the Mountaineers' 90-79 win at Pitt.
Ali has led the team in scoring and rebounding in three straight games.
