The Virginia women's basketball team (4-3) hosts a red-hot Old Dominion squad (3-1) tonight at 7 p.m. The Cavaliers, fresh off a convincing victory over Northwestern, must face an Old Dominion team that has won three straight games, including a victory over then-16th ranked Rutgers.
Virginia thus far has been led in scoring by senior forward Brandi Teamer with 15.5 points per game. She is followed by senior guard/forward LaTonya Blue (10.4 ppg) and senior forward Jocelyn Logan-Friend, (9.4 ppg).
The scoring has been very spread out, though, as five different players have either led or finished second in scoring in the Cavaliers' eight games this season. In addition, no player has either led or finished second in scoring for two straight games.
The same cannot be said for Old Dominion. Their explosive offense -- 76.5 points per game -- has been led in scoring every game by senior guard Shareese Grant, who is scoring just under 20 points per contest. She is followed by sophomore forward Sherida Triggs at 11 points per game.
A key to the game for Virginia certainly should be finding a way to contain Grant and force her teammates to win the game. This job likely will be hoisted upon the shoulders of Blue, who was named to the All-ACC first-team defense last year and leads a Cavalier defense that only allows 58.8 points per game.
"My team needs me to score, but I don't go out with the mentality that all I need to do is score," Blue said. "I try to be an all-around player, same thing with Brandi. Whatever we have to do on a given night -
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