North Carolina State University Athletics
Wolfpack Women to Meet the Terrapins in College Park
2/9/2000 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
at Maryland (13-9, 4-7)
February 10, 2000 * 7:30 p.m.
Cole Field House - College Park, Md.
Tonight's Contest: NC State is looking for its fourth straight conference win and its first road victory without center Summer Erb. The 6-6 senior is out six weeks with three broken bones in her left foot. The Wolfpack are currently in second place in the ACC standings, one game behind Virginia. Maryland is looking to rebound from a 59-57 loss to Clemson at home on Sunday. For the last 14 games, the Terps have been in a pattern of winning a game and then losing the next.
In a matchup earlier this season, the Wolfpack downed Maryland 71-52 in Reynolds Coliseum. NC State placed four players in double figures in that contest, led by Erb's 19 points. Maryland's Tiffany Brown scored a team-high 12 points. These ACC foes have met 57 times on the hardwood with NC State holding a 33-24 advantage.
This game features two coaches with 50 years of combined experience in the ACC. NC State's Kay Yow and Maryland's Chris Weller are both in their 25th season at their respective school.
Scouting Maryland: The Terrapins have a balanced scoring attack, led by sophomore Marche Strickland (13.8 ppg), senior Tiffany Brown (13.3 ppg) and sophomore Deedee Warley (12.0 ppg). Maryland is having one of its better seasons in recent years rebounding from a 6-21 mark a year ago. Both teams have offenses run by freshmen point guards. NC State's Terah James averages 6.6 points per game and ranks fourth in the ACC with 4.2 assists per game while Vicki Brick of Maryland contributes 6.5 points and stands at third in the league with 4.5 dishes per game. Brick also leads the ACC with three steals per outing.
Maryland ranks second in the league in three-point field goal percentage (34.8) led by Marche Strickland (43.8).
Probable Starters:
NC State G - 12 Terah James (5-7, freshman, 6.6 ppg, 4.2 apg) G - 20 Tynesha Lewis (5-10, junior, 11.9 ppg, 4.8 rpg) C - 50 Kaayla Chones (6-3, freshman, 12.3 ppg, 8.4 rpg) F - 25 Monica Bates (6-2, junior, 5.4 ppg, 2.4 rpg) F - 45 Ivy Gardner (5-9, freshman, 5.0 ppg, 3.2 rpg)Maryland G - 12 Vicki Brick (5-7, freshman, 6.5 ppg, 3.5 rpg) G - 3 Tiffany Brown (5-8, senior, 13.3 ppg, 3.3 rpg) C - 42 Rosita Melbourne (6-3, sophomore, 6.7 ppg, 3.8 rpg) F - 34 Deedee Warley (6-0, sophomore, 12.0 ppg, 4.5 rpg) F - 20 Marche Strickland (5-9, sophomore ,13.84 ppg, 3.5 rpg)
The Coaches: Head Coach Kay Yow is celebrating her silver anniversary season on the Wolfpack bench. She has a 530-218 record in her 24 years at NC State and a 587-237 overall collegiate coaching mark. One of the most successful coaches in the country, she currently ranks fifth in career wins.
Chris Weller is also enjoying her silver anniversary season. In her 25th season with the Terrapins, she owns a 466-249 record.
Last Time Out: NC State defeated Florida State 72-62 with a balanced scoring attack led by Monica Bates' 17 points. Maryland fell to Clemson 59-57 despite Deedee Warley's game-high 19 points.
Next Up: NC State hosts Clemson on Sunday at 2 p.m. Postgame ceremonies are scheduled to honor Coach Kay Yow for her 25th season and retire the jerseys of seven former players. Maryland travels to Florida State on Sunday.
Erb Out With Broken Foot
NC State center Summer Erb has been diagnosed with fractures of the second, third and
fourth metatarsals in her left foot. She will be on crutches for 7-10 days and then will be
placed in a walking boot. The 6-6 senior is expected to miss six weeks.
The injury occurred in the final minute of the game against North Carolina on February 3. Erb went up for a layup with 36 seconds remaining when she was fouled by UNC's LaShonda Allen and landed awkwardly.
"First and foremost, I really hate it for Summer," said Coach Kay Yow. "I knew she would go strong down the stretch and would have an excellent chance to repeat as ACC Player of the Year and be a contender for other postseason honors.
"Summer has played a major role in us being a contender for the ACC regular season championship. We will need our young players to step it up another notch for us to continue to be a contender for the league title."
Erb is the Wolfpack's leading scorer and rebounder with 15.8 points and 8.4 rebounds per contest.
Lineup Change
After using the same starting lineup in the Wolfpack's first 19 games, Coach Yow
started freshman Ivy Gardner at the two guard instead of Tynesha Lewis against Wake Forest.
Against North Carolina, the Wolfpack staff went back to the original starting lineup of Erb,
Chones, Bates, Lewis and James.
Due to the injury to Summer Erb, NC State used its third different starting lineup of the season against Florida State. Gardner earned her second career start with Bates moving to the power forward spot.
Orange Crush
NC State seems to struggle against teams with orange as a school color. The Wolfpack's
four losses have all come against teams that wear orange - Clemson, Virginia, Texas and
Tennessee.
Hot Off the Bench
Amy Simpson has provided a spark off the bench for the Wolfpack in the last few weeks.
In the last seven games she has averaged 13.0 points and 3.9 rebounds in 20 minutes per game.
The freshman scored a career-high 26 points against Duke and has hit 12 three-pointers in the
last seven games.
Lewis Struggles for Wolfpack
Junior guard Tynesha Lewis had not failed to post back-to-back double figure games
since the first four game of her rookie season before she earned a starting role...until this
year.
The preseason first team All-ACC selection played well early in the season, scoring double figures in the first 14 games of the season, before hitting a shooting slump. She scored in single digits in four straight games(NC State was 1-3 in those games) and recorded a career-low two points against Florida State.
In the last eight games she has averaged 6.8 points and shot only 27 percent (24-88 from the floor.
NC State is 12-7 over the last three years when Lewis fails to score in double figures.
Shooting Out of Slump
After leading the ACC earlier in the season in field goal percentage, the Wolfpack fell
to fourth with a midseason shooting slump and are now back atop the league standings with
44.8%.. In NC State's four losses this season, the Pack hit just 39.2% (99-252) of its field
goal attempts, while shooting 45.9% in its wins. NC State set consecutive season lows in losses
to Clemson (37.7%) and Virginia (33.3%).
The Wolfpack Women have also struggled from the free throw line in its four losses, managing only 50-94 (53.2%). NC State is seventh in the ACC in free throw percentage at 62.6%. In its last four games, the Wolfpack have hit only 67 of 140 attempts from the charity stripe for a dismal 47.8%.
Wolfpack Career Scoring Leaders
When Summer Erb and Tynesha Lewis joined the 1,000 point club earlier this season, they
also moved into the top 20 in the Pack record books for career points. The following are the
top 20:
1. Genia Beasley 2,367 2. Linda Page 2,307 3. Andrea Stinson 2,136 4. Chasity Melvin 2,042 5. Trudi Lacey 1,957 6. Trena Trice 1,761 7. Tammy Gibson 1,686 8. Sharon Manning 1,569 9. Rhonda Mapp 1,553 10. Jennifer Howard 1,524 11. Ginger Rouse 1,509 12. Danyel Parker 1,368 13. Umeki Webb 1,362 14. Cristy Earnhardt 1,359 15. Angie Armstrong 1,330 16. Summer Erb 1,200 16. Connie Rogers 1,150 18. Ronnie Laughlin 1,126 19. Tynesha Lewis 1,108 20. Angela Daye 1,011Double-doubles
Three different players have recorded a total of 12 double-doubles this year for NC State. Summer Erb has 19 career double doubles and Tynesha Lewis has 10. The following are the double-doubles to date:
Kaayla Chones (14 pts, 10 reb. vs. Southern Miss)
Kaayla Chones (19 pts, 10 reb. vs. UNC Greensboro)
Tynesha Lewis (12 pts, 10 reb. vs. UNC Greensboro)
Summer Erb (15 pts, 14 reb. vs. Georgia Tech)
Kaayla Chones (15 pts, 11 reb. vs. Wake Forest)
Kaayla Chones (15 pts, 11 reb. vs. Miami)
Tynesha Lewis (11 pts, 10 reb. vs. New Hampshire)
Summer Erb (15 pts, 13 reb. vs. South Carolina)
Kaayla Chones (13 pts, 20 reb. vs. North Carolina)
Summer Erb (18 pts, 11 reb. vs. Virginia)
Summer Erb (19 pts, 10 reb. vs. Duke)
Summer Erb (25 pts, 16 reb. vs. North Carolina)
ACC stats
Kaayla Chones: 5th in rebounds (7.9)
14th in scoring (11.5).
Summer Erb : 4th in scoring (15.8)
3rd in rebounds (8.4)
2nd in field goal percentage (55.5)
4th in blocked shots (1.0)
6th in free throw percentage (77.0)
Tynesha Lewis: 15th in scoring (11.5)
5th in three-point percentage (35.0)
6th in three-pointers per game (1.6)
Terah James: 4th in assists (4.2)
Team rankings: 3rd in scoring (73.5)
3rd in scoring defense (62.4)
2nd in scoring margin (11.0)
1st in field goal percentage (44.8)
1st in field goal percentage defense (37.3)
5th in 3-point field goal percentage (32.3)
5th in 3-point field goals per game (4.6)
8th in free throw percentage (62.7)
4th in blocked shots (2.9.)
8th in steals (7.9)
1st in rebound margin (9.2)
ACC Standings (Feb. 9, 2000)
Team (ACC games) (Overall)
W L W L
NC State 9 2 18 4
Virginia 9 2 17 6
Duke 7 3 18 4
Clemson 6 4 15 7
Georgia Tech 5 6 12 9
Maryland 4 7 13 9
North Carolina 4 7 12 10
Florida State 2 8 9 12
Wake Forest 2 9 6 16
Erb Receives Third ACC Player of the Week Honor
Summer Erb earns her third ACC Player of the Week recognition on Feb. 7 after leading
the Wolfpack to wins over Wake Forest and North Carolina before fracturing her second, third
and fourth metatarsals in her left foot.
For the week,Erb led NC State, averaging 25.0 points per game and 11.5 rebounds per game. The Lakewood, Ohio native hit 73 percent from the floor (22 for 30). She recorded her fifth double-double of the season in the 86-76 win over North Carolina with 25 points and 16 rebounds.
Freshmen Records
Wolfpack rookies Kaayla Chones, Terah James and Amy Simpson are already climbing the charts
of the freshmen record book.
Chones currently has 173 rebounds which ranks sixth in the freshman record book for boards in a season. The freshman record for rebounds in a season stands at 272 by Genia Beasley. Her current scoring average of 11.5 would place her in the sixth spot and her field goal percentage of 57.6% ranks third.
James has 92 assists so far on the season which ranks third. The record for assists by a freshman is held by Angie Armstrong with 136.
Amy Simpson's 21 three-pointers ranks her fifth on the freshman charts for treys.
1999-2000 Wolfpack Women:
Overall record 18-4 Streak won 3 ACC record 9-2 At home 10-1 On the road 4-2 At neutral site 3-1 vs. top 10 teams 3-1 vs. top 25 teams 3-1 Overtime games 1-0 Day games 7-2 Night games 11-2 Televised games 4-2 In November 6-0 In December 5-0 In January 5-4 In February 2-0 Leading at halftime 15-1 Trailing at halftime 3-3 NC State controls the opening tip 14-4 Opponent controls tip 4-0 NC State shoots 45% or better 11-1 NC State shoots under 45% 7-3 Opponnent shoots 45% or better 1-2 Opponnent shoots under 45% 17-2 NC State outrebounds opponent 16-2 Opponnent outrebounds NC State 2-2 NC State has fewer turnovers 10-1 Opponnent has fewer turnovers 8-3 Erb is leading scorer 5-3 Chones is leading scorer 5-1 Lewis is leading scorer 4-0 Bates is leading scorer 1-0 James is leading scorer 1-0 Gardner is leading scorer 1-0 Simpson is leading scorer 1-0
