CHARLOTTESVILLE –
The Virginia women's basketball team won its second-consecutive Atlantic Coast
Conference contest, dispatching Clemson 68-36 on Sunday (Feb. 12) afternoon at
John Paul Jones Arena.
With the victory, Virginia improved to 18-8 overall and 6-6
in ACC play. The loss dropped Clemson's record to 6-17 and 2-10 in league
play.
Senior forward Chelsea Shine (Wayne, Pa.) was UVa's leading
scorer with 20 points. Shine moved closer to her 1,000th-career point as she now
has 986 points over her four-year career. The senior added seven rebounds, three
assists and four steals. It was her first 20-point game of the
season.
Also in double figures for Virginia was senior guard Ariana
Moorer (Woodbridge, Va.) with 13 points, seven assists and six steals and
sophomore guard Kelsey Wolfe (Germantown, Md.) with a career-high tying 12
points, four rebounds, four assists and three steals.
As a team, Virginia tallied 26 steals, which tied the school
record also set earlier this season vs. Wagner and in 1990 vs. Old Dominion. UVa
forced 29 Clemson turnovers and scored 32 points off of those
turnovers.
Virginia out-rebounded the Tigers, 42-29, and improved to
12-0 this season when out-rebounding an opponent.
Virginia improved to 38-29 all-time vs. Clemson and has now
won nine of its last 10 meetings with the Tigers.
