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thesportscritic wrote:we were not executing on offense the first 10 minutes of the game. we were mostly standing around on offense and fouling needlessly but when we started to execute on offense and play some decent defense and hold on to the ball those things allowed us to get back in the game. Megan is nasty. only 6 points in the first half and scored 31 points in the second half. great win for LU. We left some cryptonite in the new John Paul Jones Arena. we made history by being the first team on either men's or women's basketball to win in that building. But JPJA is an awesome facility and i plan on going back there one of these days.I have to post faster... Critic beat me to the punch on the JPJ comments.
SuperJon wrote:Critic, any chance we talk Blosser into taking us up there?lets try talking to him when we get back to class on Tuesday. or I could email him and ask.
Megan Frazee totaled 37 points and 15 rebounds.
November 20, 2006
Charlottesville, Va.
» Box Score
Liberty sophomore Megan Frazee scored 31 of her career-high 37 points after halftime, helping the Lady Flames erase a nine-point second-half deficit and claim a 75-71 win at Virginia Monday evening. The victory at John Paul Jones Arena was Liberty’s second-ever triumph over its in-state rival and its first win in Charlottesville.
Frazee, who posted the third-highest single-game scoring performance in program history, also matched a career high with 15 rebounds. The Lady Flames are now 4-0 for just the second time in school history. Only the 1997-98 Liberty squad, which finished the regular season 28-0, had started its year with four-successive triumphs.
Virginia suffered its first setback of the year and drops to 3-1.
The host Cavaliers scored the first seven points of the contest, including four by Siedah Williams. Liberty remained scoreless until Moriah Frazee split a pair of free throws to make the score, 7-1 in favor of Virginia at the 16:28 mark of the first half.
Virginia extended its lead to 13 points, 14-1, on a steal and lay-up by Paulisha Kellum at 13:17.
Liberty’s first two field goals, a three-pointer by Rebecca Lightfoot and a jumper from inside the paint by Megan Frazee, narrowed the gap to 15-6 with 12:17 remaining before the intermission.
The Lady Flames’ third triplet, Molly Frazee, got into the act during a 7-0 burst midway through the opening half, scoring five points. Frazee’s three-point play at the 9:33 mark capped the run and cut the Cavalier advantage to 19-13.
After a Sharnee Zoll three-pointer, Liberty fashioned another run. The Lady Flames scored 13 of the game’s next 17 points, tying the score at 26 on a Molly Frazee three-pointer at 4:29.
Liberty took its first lead, 32-30, with 2:44 showing on the first half clock, when Michelle Parker scored on a fast break lay-up. Parker’s hoop was the third of three-consecutive transition buckets for the Lady Flames, generated by Liberty’s pressure defense.
Virginia then scored the final four points of the first half, reclaiming the advantage, 34-32 at 1:14 on a basket by Kellum.
Molly Frazee led a balanced scoring attack for the visitors, tossing in eight first-half markers. Liberty’s bench totaled 23 of the Lady Flames’ 32 first-half points. Roli-Ann Nikagbatse and Megan Frazee grabbed six boards apiece in the first half, helping Liberty achieve a 26-16 advantage on the glass.
Williams was Virginia’s leading scorer in the opening 20 minutes, tallying nine points. Kellum came up with three steals and played a significant role in forcing 13 first-half miscues by the Lady Flames.
Megan Frazee, who scored Liberty’s first 19 points of the second half, hit a jumper that allowed Liberty to briefly retake the lead at 38-36 with 18:24 left in the game.
The homestanding Cavaliers bounced back with a 12-5 burst, taking a 48-43 lead on a bucket by Lyndra Littles at 14:19.
The Lady Flames tied the score at 48 on another Megan Frazee hoop, before the Cavaliers went on a 9-0 run. Zoll scored the last two baskets of that burst, lifting her team to a 57-48 edge with 10:03 remaining.
Liberty came back to take the lead at 60-59 on a jumper by Megan Frazee at 5:07. Moriah Frazee then connected on both ends of a one-and-one at 2:34, making the score, 66-60, to cap an 18-3 run. Virginia was limited to just one field goal during the extended run, a Williams lay-up at the 6:33 mark.
The two teams exchanged baskets before Monica Wright completed a four-point play at 1:20 to cut the Liberty lead to two at 68-66.
Megan Frazee hit a shot from the paint as the shot clock wound down, rebuilding the Lady Flame advantage to four, 70-66, with 55 seconds left in the game.
Virginia had several chances to halve the advantage in the final minute, but Megan Frazee rejected a Williams shot from point-blank range. After Frazee missed a free throw, Zoll went coast-to-coast for a lay-up with 17 seconds on the clock, shaving Liberty’s lead back to two points at 70-68.
Megan Frazee gained a measure of redemption with 15.9 seconds left by sinking a pair of foul shots to rebuild the Liberty edge to 72-68. However, Zoll and the Cavaliers were not done yet. The junior guard fashioned a three-point play with 11.2 seconds remaining to pull the home team within a single point, 72-71.
Those points would be Virginia’s last of the evening as Parker split a pair of free throws and Megan Frazee made two more from the charity stripe to make the final margin 75-71. The setback was Virginia’s first in three games at the John Paul Jones Arena.
Molly Frazee tallied a career-best 11 points for the Lady Flames and matched her personal high with five caroms. Parker came off the bench to contribute nine points and four assists. Nikagbatse added nine boards and four assists of her own.
Zoll scored 13 of her 20 points after the intermission to pace Virginia. Williams added 17 markers for the Cavaliers.
For the game, Liberty held the rebounded advantaged over Virginia by a 48-34 count. The foul line also played a significant role in the Lady Flames’ victory as Liberty drilled 17-of-20 from the charity stripe in the contest.
Liberty will continue its three-game road trip on Saturday when the Lady Flames visit Binghamton. Tip-off is scheduled for 1 p.m.
Virginia will head to The Bahamas for a pair of games at the Junkanoo Jam. The Cavaliers will meet South Dakota State on Friday at 1 p.m.
JLFJR wrote:Thanks for your input, PA! Very helpful.
Purple Haize wrote:WOrk with me on this one. Who said we the best women's college team in the commonwealth???? Just askingI'm thinking probably your wife
JLFJR wrote:Thanks for your input, PA! Very helpful.
Flames surprise Cavaliershttp://newsadvance.com/servlet/Satellit ... th=!sports
By Andy Bitter
Lynchburg News & Advance
November 21, 2006
CHARLOTTESVILLE -Liberty head coach Carey Green sat in the press room in the bowels of the John Paul Jones Arena aglow. He praised his team over and over again for its 75-71 upset of Virginia, expressing how grateful he was to be coaching the 14 players on his roster before getting a little more specific.
"Especially one," he said. "I'll let you guess who that is."
That would be forward Megan Frazee, who scored 31 of her career-high 37 points in the second half to lead the Flames (4-0) to what Green called "one of our greatest wins."
Frazee, who was named Big South preseason player of the year despite coming off major knee surgery, went 14 of 23 from the floor, grabbed a game-high 15 rebounds and came up with a key block in the final minute to preserve the win.
"We tried a variety of things, as far as switching and trying to deny her the ball," UVa center Siedah Williams said. "Nothing seemed to work."
"It's ridiculous," Virginia head coach Debbie Ryan said.
Frazee scored Liberty's first 19 points in the second half and 12 of its final 17 to put away the Cavaliers (3-1), who lost for the first time in their new arena.
"I just try to take what the game gave me," said Frazee, who burned UVa from both inside and out, sinking three 3-pointers in the second half.
The only person who could stop her was Green, who gave his star a three-minute breather midway through the second half. Her break coincided with a 9-0 UVa run that gave the Cavaliers what seemed like a comfortable 57-48 lead.
Not so. Frazee retuned and hit a 3 to stem the tide. Her sisters got in the act too, with Molly draining a 3 and Moriah getting a layup before Megan swished a jumper from the top of the key to put Liberty ahead for good at 60-59 with 5:05 left.
Virginia trailed by six with 1:20 to go when Monica Wright made a four-point play, getting fouled on a made 3-pointer. The Flames made free throws and the Cavaliers answered with layups before Liberty's Michelle Parker made 1 of 2 from the line with 9.5 seconds left, giving UVa a shot to tie the game, trailing 73-71.
The Cavaliers never even hit the rim. Sharne? Zoll, who scored five of her team-high 20 points in the last 17 seconds, drove hard to the lane but ran into the back of her own teammate, Lyndra Littles. Her shot fell woefully short, drawing air and landing out of bounds with 2.1 seconds left.
Frazee -who else -calmly sank two free throws at the other end to give Liberty its only win over Virginia other than a 77-69 overtime victory at the Vines Center in 2002.
"I felt (we could win) even before the game," Green said. "I know my team and I watch our opponents and I measure up as much as I can. I felt like we had a legitimate chance."
Things didn't look good early. Virginia started the game on a 14-1 run, led by Williams, who finished with 17 points.
But the Cavaliers were out of sorts from there on out. Wright, the ACC preseason rookie of the year, went 2-for-12 from the floor. Even more disappointing was Littles, the reigning ACC player of the week, who went 2-for-6 for four points.
"We can't take the floor and have her play like that and win," Ryan said.
Liberty looked just as bad to start off -even Frazee, who scored six first-half points on 3 of 8 shooting. At halftime, Green challenged her to show what she could do.
Did she ever.
Said Green: "She just got that eye of the tiger and took over."
SCAR wrote:Sorry GMTM but Smoothie and I are too important at work to get awayAm I a Prophet or a good luck charm or a bad luck charm?Seriously though I have a ton of stuff to take care of and Smoothie is short handed down there in Roanoke. Logistics prevent us from making the trip to Charlottesville like I told you but hold it down because I will be tuned in. Hopefully you and FSN will get to witness history tonight. The last time I had plans to go to Charlottesville and missed out was when our Men's team won in 98! I was supposed to work the game with Dr. Edwards. He let me cut my teeth that year with him in a few games (I am very greatful to him for that too), but I couldn't get away from work in time to get up there. Deja Vu anyone? I say we get it done tonight! Go Lady Flames!!!!!
SCAR wrote:It appears you are....maybe we should now call you "The Great Bald One"SCAR wrote:Sorry GMTM but Smoothie and I are too important at work to get awayAm I a Prophet or a good luck charm or a bad luck charm?
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