Women's Basketball Travels To Pittsburgh

Jan. 21, 2003

Coral Gables, FL (hurricanesports.com) – The Miami women’s basketball team travels to face Pittsburgh Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the new Petersen Events Center.

The Hurricanes (11-4 overall, 3-1 BIG EAST) look to rebound from a 79-61 loss to No. 24/22 Boston College a week ago in the Convocation Center.

Pittsburgh (9-6 overall, 1-3 BIG EAST) is coming off of a 75-51 victory over St. John’s Saturday night. The Panthers are 6-1 at home this season, while Miami is a perfect 3-0 in conference action on the road.

Miami leads the all-time series 14-8 over the Panthers.

Freshman Tamara James leads Miami with 24.3 points and 9.1 rebounds per game.

Senior Laine Selwyn leads the Panthers with 15.1 points and 6.3 rebounds per game.

The game is broadcast live on WVUM (90.5 FM) or via the internet at hurricanesports.com.

STARTING LINEUPSMIAMI HURRICANES (11-4, 3-1 BIG EAST)No. 	Name 	Pos. 	Ht. 	Yr. 	PPG 	RPG	MISC02	Tamara James	F	5-9	Fr.	24.3	9.1	2.4 steals/pg23	Shaquana Wilkins	F	6-2	Jr.	9.8	6.1	1.2 steals/pg25	Meghan Saake	G	5-10	Sr.	9.1	3.6	4.0 steals/pg03	Melissa Knight	G	5-11	So.	7.0	3.7	2.0 steals/pg10	Yalonda McCormick	G	5-8	So.	8.0	2.5	6.2 assists/pg

PITTSBURGH PANTHERS (9-6, 1-3 BIG EAST)No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. PPG RPG45 Latoya Kincaid F 6-1 Jr. 4.2 2.950 Mandy Wittenmyer F 6-2 Sr. 11.38 4.7 1.2 blocks/pg05 Brooke Stewart G 5-8 Sr. 13.0 2.3 1.7 assists/pg23 Jessica Allen G 5-8 Fr. 4.8 0.642 Laine Selwyn G 5-7 Sr. 15.1 6.3 6.8 assists/pg