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Message: [QUOTE="Dillon77, post: 3817442, member: 6620"] Both teams are 7-5, but Va. Tech is 2-5 in conference. They're 6-3 at home, but three of those losses were the last three they played (FSU, Louisville and Wake Forest, whom ND just beat). So, big pressure on them. Wasn't a lot of defense in these two teams' first game, which ND won, 84-78. Elizabeth Kitley went for 25 and Georgia Amoore for 23. Irish kept Sheppard relatively quiet and Cayla King got into foul trouble, thereby silencing herself. Irish were led by Maddy Westbeld (23), Sam Brunelle (17) and Anaya Peoples (15 pts., 8 rebounds). This marks the return of Dara Mabrey to Blacksburg. While she calls it "just another ACC game," you know it isn't and she might press. Va. Tech, in the games I've seen this year, tends to come out of the chute fast, then tire at the end. In that respect, the key player for me might be the Irish's Mik Vaughn, who was just back in the first game but is increasing her stamina and sharpening her timing and touch recently. She can work with Maddy Westbeld down low to battle Kitley. That, in turn, will allow Brunelle to fire away from mid- to long-range, which she did well in the first game. [/QUOTE]