[caption id="attachment_33116" align="alignleft" width="211" caption="Senior guard Monica Wright enters tonight's game ranked first in the ACC in scoring, averaging 22.7 points per game.
The No. 21 Virginia women's basketball team will look for a bit of breathing room in the tightly-packed ACC when it travels to Coral Gables to take on conference foe Miami tonight. Even though the Cavaliers (17-6, 6-3 ACC) have not lost to the Hurricanes (16-7, 3-5 ACC) since 2005 and own the all-time series record 6-1, this is no guarantee that Virginia will walk away with a win.
[caption id="attachment_32982" align="alignleft" width="178" caption="Senior guard Monica Wright contributed 34 points to lead the Cavaliers to a win yesterday against Maryland.
In a game that was never really in doubt beyond the first 10 minutes, the No. 24 Virginia Cavaliers throttled the Clemson Tigers Thursday night 82-60.
The No. 24 women's basketball team will face ACC opponent Clemson tonight at the John Paul Jones Arena. The Cavaliers' (15-6, 4-3 ACC) four-game win streak came to a close last Sunday with a 64-57 loss against Wake Forest in Winston-Salem, despite the efforts of freshman guard Lexie Gerson, who scored a career-high 15 points.
[caption id="attachment_32798" align="alignleft" width="244" caption="Despite scoring 15 points on 5-for-11 shooting, freshman guard Lexie Gerson was unable to guide the Cavaliers to a fifth consecutive win.
One of the best athletes the University has ever seen will wrap up her decorated career during the next several weeks.
She had 737 career wins, four ACC championships and an Olympic Gold Medal in 1988. She was inducted not only into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2000, but also the Naismith Hall of Fame, which includes athletes and coaches from across the game of basketball, in 2002. Most who knew her agree, though, that Kay Yow's biggest accomplishment as a coach - and as a person - before her bout with cancer tragically ended Jan.
[caption id="attachment_32662" align="alignleft" width="217" caption="Sophomore guard Whitny Edwards notched 10 points, including back-to-back three pointers late in the second half, to help Virginia top N.C.
[caption id="attachment_32621" align="alignleft" width="259" caption="Freshman guard China Crosby has started all 13 of the Cavaliers' games in which she has played this season, averaging 5.9 points each game, which is good for fifth on the team.
[caption id="attachment_32575" align="alignleft" width="184" caption="Sophomore forward Chelsea Shine ranks second on the team in scoring behind senior guard Monica Wright, averaging 7.9 points per game.
[caption id="attachment_32537" align="alignleft" width="195" caption="Freshman guard Lexie Gerson contributed to the Cavaliers' 57-55 win against the Yellow Jackets.
[caption id="attachment_32509" align="alignleft" width="199" caption="Though she only scored three points in 22 minutes, junior guard Paulisha Kellum delivered the game-winning basket in Virginia's victory against Boston College.
[caption id="attachment_32478" align="alignleft" width="203" caption="Senior guard Monica Wright was selected as a preseason All-American and was recently put on a midseason short list as a candidate for the Wooden Award.
[caption id="attachment_32273" align="alignleft" width="199" caption="Junior guard Paulisha Kellum was named MVP of the Junkanoo Jam Tournament after scoring a career-high 25 points against South Dakota State.
[caption id="attachment_32157" align="alignleft" width="184" caption="Senior guard Monica Wright put up 21 points yesterday against Tennessee to lead the Cavalier offense.
[caption id="attachment_32101" align="alignleft" width="228" caption="Sophomore forward Chelsea Shine scored 27 points and grabbed 11 rebounds against USC Upstate.
[caption id="attachment_32065" align="alignleft" width="182" caption="Senior guard Monica Wright led Virginia with 31 points against Manhattan Sunday, shooting 12-14 from the field.
[caption id="attachment_31987" align="alignleft" width="236" caption="Coach Debbie Ryan earned her 700th career win when the Cavaliers topped UMBC on Friday.
[caption id="attachment_30501" align="alignleft" width="184" caption="Senior guard Monica Wright has piled up preseason honors.
