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February 25, 1999

Eight ACC assistant coaches also have played in the league tournament...below is a list of those coaches, alma mater and number of tournament games played.

Assistant Coach (School)          Alma Mater        Games
Courtney Johnson (Clemson)        Clemson '92           9
Joanna Boyle (Duke)               Duke '85              3
Theresa Gernatt (FSU)             Georgia Tech '91      4
Christy Winters (Maryland)        Maryland '90         10
Charisse Mapp (NC State)          North Carolina '89    3
Audra Smith (Virginia)            Virginia '92         10
Jenny Kuziemski (Virginia)        NC State '93          8
Stephanie (Lawrence) Yelton (WFU) North Carolina '95   10

ACC Assistant Commissioner Bernadette McGlade played in the first three league tournaments as a member of the University of North Carolina Tar Heel squad, averaging 14.2 points and 12.5 rebounds and more than 31 minutes per game...she scored and rebounded in double digits in four of the six tournament games she played, including a 25-point effort in 1979 against Virginia and an 18- rebound performance in 1978 against Wake Forest.

How many times have all five starters for a single team scored in double figures in a single tournament game? 10 times: 5 by Maryland, 2 each by Virginia and Clemson, 1 by North Carolina.

Virginia vs. Clemson . . . . 1980
Maryland vs. Clemson . . . . 1980
Maryland vs. Clemson . . . . 1982
Maryland vs. Virginia. . . . 1983
Maryland vs. NC State. . . . 1983
Virginia vs. Georgia Tech. . 1984
North Carolina vs. Virginia. 1984
Maryland vs. Virginia. . . . 1984
Maryland vs. Virginia. . . . 1988
Clemson vs. Georgia Tech . . 1989
Clemson vs. NC State . . . . 1992

A host of players have played at least one ACC Tournament game in its entirety, including 1993 Tournament MVP Dena Evans of Virginia who played in a league tournament record 55 minutes of the 106-103 triple overtime win over Maryland in the title game...in the 1997 tournament, Terp guard Kim Bretz played all 45 minutes in a 60-52 overtime loss to Duke...Maryland's Lisa Brown in 1986 and Georgia Tech's Devony Caldwell in 1992 played every minute of their three tournament games that year.

500 wins and counting for another ACC coach! Virginia's Debbie Ryan became the third ACC coach to capture her 500th career victory as her Cavaliers defeated Florida State 73-55 on February 21...all 500 of her wins have come during her 22-year career at the University of Virginia where she is a six-time ACC Coach of the Year and was named Naismith Coach of the Year in 1991...Ryan has led the Cavaliers to 15 consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances, including three Final Four berths, nine regular season ACC titles and three league tournament crowns.

ACC SEASON SUPERLATIVES

INDIVIDUAL Points Scored 40 Niesha Butler, GaT vs. FSU. . . . J2 38 Latavia Coleman, FSU vs. UNC. . . D5 35 Michele VanGorp, Duke vs. Clem. .F14

Rebounds 19 LaQuanda Barksdale, UNC vs. HCross. D17 18 Summer Erb, NCS vs. GaT . . . . . . J28 18 Regina Tate, GaT vs. Georgia. . . . J18 18 Jaime Kruppa, GaT vs. Ga. State . . D19

Assists 18 Tiffany Brown, Md vs. Morgan State. . F3 15 Nikki Teasley, UNC vs. GaT. . . . . .J25 11 Tiffany Brown, Md vs. GaT . . . . . .F21

Steals 8 Kim Smith, NCS vs. ODU . . . . . . . N24 7 Brooke Wyckoff, FSU vs. Long Bch St. N22 6 April Traylor, FSU vs. Md. . . . . . F18

Blocked Shots 6 DeMya Walker, UVa vs. GaT. . . . .J14 6 Brooke Wyckoff, FSU vs. So. Fla. .D14 6 DeMya Walker, UVa vs. WFU. . . . . D4

Three-Point Field Goals Made 8 Danielle Donehew, GaT vs. Samford.N27 7 Danielle Donehew, GaT vs. FSU. . .J31 7 Danielle Donehew, GaT vs. UNC. . .J24 7 Nicole Erickson, Duke vs. Clem . .J14

TEAM Points Scored 113 Duke vs. Georgia Tech. . . . . . J7 112 Duke vs. Temple. . . . . . . . .D12 112 North Carolina vs. Florida St. . D5

Rebounds 59 NC State vs. New Orleans. . . . .F19 57 Six times

Assists 32 Duke vs. Temple . . . . . . . . .D12 29 Duke vs. Hampton. . . . . . . . . D9 28 Maryland vs. Morgan State . . . . F3

Steals 22 North Carolina vs. Hampton. . . .D31 22 Virginia vs. Brown. . . . . . . .D28 22 Florida State vs. W. Carolina. . D22 Blocked Shots 14 Virginia vs. Georgia Tech . . . .J14 13 Clemson vs. UNC Greensboro. . . .D31 9 Clemson vs. Winthrop . . . . . . . D1

Three-Point Field Goals Made 11 Five times

DEFENDING THE HOMECOURT

Through the final regular season game of the 1998-99 campaign, ACC teams were a combined 81-45 (.643) on their homecourts, led by the Duke Blue Devils who compiled a 13-1 record in Cameron Indoor Stadium...the team's only homecourt loss this year was a 72-70 decision against Virginia Tech on November 17.

HOMECOURT WON-LOSS RECORDS
(since joining ACC)
School                   WON    LOSS       PCT
Clemson. . . . . . . . . 239      67      .781
Duke . . . . . . . . . . 197      84      .701
Florida State. . . . . .  45      61      .425
Georgia Tech . . . . . . 137     121      .531
Maryland . . . . . . . . 211      77      .733
North Carolina . . . . . 236      70      .771
NC State . . . . . . . . 233      58      .801
Virginia . . . . . . . . 270      47      .852
Wake Forest. . . . . . . 135     135      .500

1998-99 REGULAR SEASON HOME ATTENDANCE
At the close of the regular season, the ACC's overall home attendance total stood at 255,629, already a 4.5 percent increase from a year ago and prior to NCAA Tournament competition...five of the schools (shown by the arrow) experienced increases in total attendance and average.

School              GAMES     TOTAL       AVG
Virginia               15    51,368     3,425
Duke                   14    37,454     2,675
NC State               13    34,285     2,637
North Carolina         16    39,445     2,465
Clemson                15    29,870     1,991
Georgia Tech           15    24,853     1,657
Maryland               15    19,401     1,293
Wake Forest            11     9,875       898
Florida State          13     9,078       698
Total                 127   255,629     2,013

SOUNDS LIKE A BROKEN RECORD
Three different schools set single game home attendance records during the 1998-99 season, including North Carolina who posted its first-ever sell-out crowd for a women's basketball game...10,000 spectators attended the Duke at UNC game in Carmichael Auditorium in Chapel Hill...almost as many poured into Cameron Indoor Stadium for the Tar Heels' visit to Durham as a school-record 8,572 fans attended the North Carolina at Duke game in the final regular season game...Wake Forest recorded an all-time single game high with 3,622 spectators in attendance for the Demon Deacons matchup with then No. 7-ranked Duke.

1998-99 TOP SINGLE GAME HOME ATTENDANCE
Jan. 22    Duke at North Carolina . . . .(4th) 10,000
Feb. 21    North Carolina at Duke . . . . (8th) 8,572
Jan. 7     No. Carolina at NC State. . . (15th) 7,741
Feb. 7     Duke at Georgia Tech. . . . . . . . .6,058
Feb. 14    Virginia at North Carolina . . . . . 5,951
Feb. 20    Wake Forest at NC State. . . . . . . 5,892
Feb. 21    Florida State at Virginia. . . . . . 5,569
Jan. 18    North Carolina at Virginia . . . . . 5,473
Feb. 7     NC State at North Carolina. . . . . .5,108
Feb. 18    NC State at Duke . . . . . . . . . . 4,954

RPI RANKINGS (as of February 24, 1999)
(compiled by Collegiate Basketball News)

ACC Rankings 4 Duke .6505 21 Clemson .6131 22 North Carolina .6142 34 Virginia .5951 52 NC State .5789 114 Georgia Tech .5157 157 Florida State .4913 160 Maryland .4884 184 Wake Forest .4646

TOP TEN SCHOOLS & CONFERENCES

Schools Conferences Tennessee. . . . . 1. Southeastern Louisiana Tech . . 2. Big 12 Purdue . . . . . . 3. Big Ten Duke . . . . . . . 4. Pacific 10 Virginia Tech. . . 5. Atlantic Coast Colorado State . . 6. Big East Texas Tech . . . . 7. Sun Belt Connecticut. . . . 8. Missouri Valley Iowa State . . . . 9. Conference USA Old Dominion . . .10. Atlantic 10

BY THE NUMBERS

ALL GAMES Assist to Turnover AST TO RAT Telisha Quarles, VA 36 16 2.25 Itoro Umoh, CU 153 75 2.04 Nikki Teasley, NC 176 87 2.02 Hilary Howard, DU 117 63 1.86 Nicole Erickson, DU 83 49 1.69

Offensive Rebounds GP NO AVG DeMya Walker, VA 26 105 4.04 Regina Tate, GT 26 97 3.73 Brooke Wyckoff, FS 26 92 3.54 LaQuanda Barksdale, NC 30 102 3.40 Nikki Blassingame, CU 26 88 3.39

Minutes Played GP MIN AVG Marche Strickland, MD 26 874 33.6 Tynesha Lewis, ST 26 859 33.0 Jen Robinson, FS 26 859 33.0 Kenya Williams, GT 26 856 32.9 Nikki Teasley, NC 30 977 32.6

ACC GAMES ONLY

Assist to Turnover AST TO RAT Kristen Gillespie, ST 51 22 2.32 Nikki Teasley, NC 105 46 2.28 Nicole Erickson, DU 54 26 2.08 Angie Cossey, CU 15 8 1.88 Itoro Umoh, CU 91 49 1.86

Offensive Rebounds GP NO AVG DeMya Walker, VA 16 63 3.94 Nikki Blassingame, CU 16 60 3.75 Natasha Anderson, CU 16 54 3.38 Regina Tate, GT 16 52 3.25 Brooke Wyckoff, FS 16 52 3.25

Minutes Played GP MIN AVG Tiffany Brown, MD 14 538 38.4 Kelley Gibson, MD 14 499 35.6 Tynesha Lewis, ST 16 542 33.9 Nikki Teasley, NC 16 542 33.9 Kenya Williams, GT 16 539 33.7

MARYLAND'S BROWN BREAKS 21-YEAR OLD ASSIST RECORD
Terrapin guard Tiffany Brown broke the ACC's single game assist record with 18 versus Morgan State on February 3...the previous record was 17 by former Maryland players Tara Heiss (vs. Rutgers, February 28, 1978) and Debbie Lytle (vs. Wake Forest (January 23, 1980) and Clemson's Drema Greer (vs. Wake Forest (January 17, 1979)

CURRENT PLAYERS MOVING UP ACC CAREER CHARTS

Blocked Shots 2nd DeMya Walker, Virginia . . . . . 326 16th Brooke Wyckoff, Florida State . .141 23rd Monick Foote, Virginia. . . . . .122

Rebounds 21st DeMya Walker, Virginia. . . . . .918

Assists 15th Hilary Howard, Duke . 497 23rd Itoro Umoh, Clemson . 430

Steals 18th Itoro Umoh, Clemson . 249

Three-Point Field Goals Made 10th Amy Geren, Clemson. . . . . . . . 190 11th Heidi Coleman, Wake Forest. . . . 183 14th Danielle Donehew, Georgia Tech. . 165 16th Monick Foote, Virginia. . . . . . 146 17th Chanel Wright, North Carolina . . 141

FRESHMEN STATISTICS ACC GAMES ONLY
(13 minutes per game)

Player, School                MIN   FG%      REB       PTS
Niesha Butler, GaT . . . . .  31.9  .421     4.5      21.3
Deedee Warley, Md. . . . . .  28.9  .492     5.6      13.7
April Traylor, FSU . . . . .  30.6  .337     3.5      13.6
Marche Strickland, Md. . . .  32.7  .369     2.9       7.9
LaChina Robinson, WF . . . .  21.6  .471     4.2       6.4
Angela Sutton, FSU . . . . .  24.4  .406     3.5       5.9
Ginji Perry, Md. . . . . . .  14.6  .403     2.1       5.6
Krista Gingrich, Duke. . . .  13.8  .469     1.6       5.4
Val Klopfer, WFU . . . . . .  14.2  .390    1.4a       4.3

DOUBLE-DOUBLES

Points-Rebounds Summer Erb, NC State . . . . . .10 DeMya Walker, Virginia . . . . .10 LaQuanda Barksdale, UNC. . . . . 9 Branka Bogunovic, Maryland . . . 9 Brooke Wyckoff, Florida State. . 7 Tynesha Lewis, NC State. . . . . 6 Nikki Blassingame, Clemson . . . 5 Olivia Dardy, Wake Forest. . . . 5 Regina Tate, Georgia Tech. . . . 5 Natasha Anderson, Clemson. . . . 3 Peppi Browne, Duke . . . . . . . 3 Kenya Williams, Georgia Tech . . 3 Latavia Coleman, Florida State . 2 Tamara Gracey, Florida State . . 2 Jackie Higgins, North Carolina . 2 Itoro Umoh, Clemson. . . . . . .*2 Deedee Warley, Maryland. . . . . 2 Chanel Wright, North Carolina. . 2 Juana Brown, North Carolina. . . 1 Lesley Brown, Virginia . . . . . 1 Tiffany Brown, Maryland. . . . . 1 Niesha Butler, Georgia Tech. . . 1 Arleshia Davidson, Florida St. . 1 Kelley Gibson, Maryland. . . . . 1 Brenda Mock-Kirkpatrick, WFU . . 1 Emon McMillian, Wake Forest. . . 1 Georgia Schweitzer, Duke . . . . 1 Angela Sutton, Florida State . . 1 Nikki Teasley, North Carolina. . 1 Michele VanGorp, Duke. . . . . . 1

Points-Assists Itoro Umoh, Clemson. . . . . . .*3 Nikki Teasley, North Carolina. . 2 Hilary Howard, Duke. . . . . . . 1

Triple-Doubles (Points-Rebounds-Assists) Itoro Umoh, Clemson. . . . . . .*1