Virginia Women's Basketball 2015 NIT Tournament Capsule

Virginia Cavaliers
ACC (17-13, 7-9)

 

Big Wins: 11/14 Ohio State (87-82), 1/29 N.C. State (71-63), 3/1 Louisville (75-59)
Bad Losses: 11/28 vs Toledo (62-64), 12/3 at Illinois (63-86), 12/28 Davidson (57-67)
Coach: Joanne Boyle

Probable Starters:
Breyana Mason, Sophomore, Guard, 9.3 ppg, 3.5 apg
Mikayla Venson, Freshman, Guard, 11.6 ppg, 2.3 apg
Faith Randolph, Junior, Guard, 16.7 ppg, 2.3 apg
Lauren Moses, Freshman, Forward, 6.2 ppg, 5.8 rpg, 1.1 bpg
Sarah Imovbioh, Senior, Center, 12.8 ppg, 10.8 rpg

Key Roleplayers:
Aliyah Huland El, Freshman, Guard, 5.6 ppg, 1.0 apg
Sydney Umeri, Sophomore, Forward, 2.7 ppg, 3.0 rpg

By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 67.5 (108th in nation, 8th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 63.7 (162, 10)
Field-Goal Percentage: 42.9 (57, 6)
Field-Goal Defense: 40.6 (226, 11)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 5.6 (136, 10)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 36.1 (24, 2)
Free-Throw Percentage: 71.1 (104, 6)
Rebound Margin: 0.6 (166, 10)
Assists Per Game: 12.3 (214, 11)
Turnovers Per Game: 14.6 (77, 5)

Recent Postseason Appearances:
2012    NIT    First Round win over Howard
2012    NIT    Second Round win over Richmond
2012    NIT    Third Round win over Appalachian State
2012    NIT    Quarterfinal loss to James Madison
2011    NIT    Round of 64 win over Morgan State
2011    NIT    Round of 32 win over Loyola-Maryland
2011    NIT    Regional Semifinal win over Boston College
2011    NIT    Regional Final loss to Charlotte
2010    NCAA    Round of 64 loss to Green Bay
2009    NCAA    Round of 64 win over Marist
2009    NCAA    Round of 32 loss to California
2008    NCAA    Round of 64 win over UCSB
2008    NCAA    Round of 32 loss to Old Dominion
2007    NIT    Second Round win over Charlotte
2007    NIT    Third Round win over South Florida
2007    NIT    Fourth Round loss to Wisconsin

*all team stats through 3/5

 

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