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Message: [QUOTE="Dillon77, post: 2906763, member: 6620"] My Simian colleague in Notre Dame fandom, Orangutan, noted on the Bench that Virginia Tech won it's first game 96-45 over USC Upstate and one Dara Mabrey scored 18 points, tying Tech senior guard Taylor Emery for the game high. Va Tech Kenny Brooks was pretty juiced about his freshman point guard. “She shoots the ball extremely well,” Tech coach Kenny Brooks said. “She will help stretch the defenses — kind of picking your poison if you want to play us zone. She has unlimited range.” Mabrey, the younger sister of Notre Dame star Marina Mabrey and former Notre Dame standout Michaela Mabrey, was 4 of 8 from 3-point range against the Spartans’ zone defense. Brooks also appreciated Mabrey’s presence for another reason. “She’s a two-time New Jersey player of the year, and … New Jersey has some of the best girls’ high school basketball,” Brooks said. “Another thing she does for us is just name recognition [with recruits]. [COLOR=rgb(226, 80, 65)]We had a big-time recruit here today, and she’s a rival of Dara’s,[/COLOR] and she’s looking at us. It kind of opens up a lot of doors.” [COLOR=rgb(226, 80, 65)]Charlie...any idea who this rival might've been? Assuming we're talking Jersey. Maybe even Jersey Shore.[/COLOR] [COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)]Now, this is just the first game for Mabrey and the Hokies will play significantly tougher competition, but Coach Brooks is pretty juiced first time out.[/COLOR] [COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)][B]Regarding Syracuse's win over North Dakota, [/B]the Summit League champ last year, Coach Q. threw waves of personnel at ND, with newcomers Kiara Lewis (soph. transfer from Ohio State) and Emily Engstler (frosh from NYC) each scoring 13 points off the bench. If the newcomers can join with the returners and improve the 3-pt. shooting pct., the Orange could start being a run and gun machine again. [/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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