Staley Goes Back to School When Temple Travels to Virginia

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Nov. 28, 2006

Charlottesville, VA- Dawn Staley and her Temple Owls will look to go 2-0 against the ACC when they travel to Virginia, Staley's alma mater, on Wednesday, November 29 at 7 p.m.  This is Staley's second trip to Charlottesville as a coach.  She is 0-1 against her former coach, Debbie Ryan, after the Owls dropped a close one on December 28, 2003. 

Staley may be 0-1 against Virginia as a coach, but she is 1-0 against Temple as a player.  Staley and her then-ranked #2 Cavaliers topped the Temple Owls, 81-52, on November 30, 1991 in Philadelphia, almost 15 years to the day from tonight's meeting. 

Kamesha Hairston led Temple with 15 points, including 11 in the second half, to lead Temple to a 61-51 win in her home city of Toledo, Ohio on Sunday afternoon. Shenita Landry earned her first double-double of her career with career-highs of 13 points and 14 rebounds.  After trailing 27-32 at the break, Temple outrebounded the Rockets 33-14 in the second half to take over the game.  The Owls finished with a 54-37 rebounding advantage. Fatima Maddox scored nine points before leaving with an injury.  Lady Comfort grabbed 11 rebounds while Ashley Morris had a career-high eight.  Hairston and LaKeisha Eaddy dished three assists a piece.

Hairston leads three players in double figures with 19.5 ppg, while Maddox is second with 15.3 ppg.  Comfort is third with 10.3 ppg.  Hairston is also tops in rebounds, averaging 6.8 rpg.   Eaddy has dished a team-leading 13 assists thus far. 

Virginia is coming off a  76-47 win over University of Central Florida in the third place game of the 2006 Junkanoo Jam.  Lyndra Littles tallied her fourth double-double of the season with a game-high 21 points and a game-high 12 rebounds. Monica Wright  followed with 13 points, while Brenna McGuire added 12 second-half points, all from three-point range.  Abby Robertson grabbed a career-high 10 rebounds.

Littles leads the Cavaliers in points (16.0 ppg) and rebounds (9.3 rpg), while Wright is second, averaging 11.0 ppg.  Siedah Williams and Sharnee Zoll are chipping in with 10.8 and 10.7 ppg, respectively. 

Distinguished Alumnae
Dawn Staley was a three-time Kodak All-American at Virginia, helping UVA to a 110-21 record and four NCAA appearances. Three of those trips led to Final Four appearances in 1990, 1991 and 1992, and in 1991 the Cavaliers were the national runners-up. She is ranked sixth all-time on the NCAA's career steals list with 454 and was named the National Player of the Year in 1991 and 1992. In addition, she was the ACC Player of the Year in 1991 and 1992 and the Rookie of the Year in 1989. She is the only player, male or female, in ACC history to tally more than 2,000 points, 700 rebounds, 700 assists and 400 steals, and was just the second person in Conference history to record a triple-double, a feat she did twice. To commemorate 25 years of Division 1 basketball, ESPN.com voted Staley as one of the "Top Players of the Past 25 Years."

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