CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The Hurricanes remain at home Thursday night to face the Demon Deacons of Wake Forest at 7 p.m. at the BankUnited Center. The game will be televised on CSS.
The visitors hold a 6-4 all-time series lead against the Canes. However, Miami took the last matchup, a 74-46 lopsided affair near the end of last season in Coral Gables.
On the Verge of Greatness With just 88 more rebounds, senior Shenise Johnson will become just the third player in NCAA Division I women’s basketball history to score 2,000 points, pull down 1,000 rebounds and dish out 500 assists in a career.
After a nationwide survey, it was found that Stanford’s Nicole Powell (2000-04) and Old Dominion’s Nancy Lieberman (1976-1980) are the only other women to accomplish the feat.
A Program First For the first time in the history of the program, the Hurricanes defeated a Top 5 team. Maryland visited the BankUnited Center on Jan. 12 with a perfect 16-0 record and a No. 5 national ranking.
Miami, behind 34 points from Riquna Williams, defeated the Terrapins 75-63. At the time, Maryland was the highest scoring team in the nation and were also ranked No. 1 nationally in rebound differential. The Canes held the Terps to 21 points below their season average and outrebounded them 48-40.
A Quarter Century of Futility... Over For the first time since Jan. 29, 1987, the Hurricanes defeated Florida State in Tallahassee. Miami had lost its last nine meetings in the state capital prior to its Jan. 15 win. Miami raced to a 19-point lead early in the seond half. However, the Seminoles rallied late to tie the game at 57. Stefanie Yderstrom nailed a corner three with 17 seconds left that proved to be the game-winner.
Shenise Dazzles in Scoring 2,000 points Miami’s versatile senior guard Shenise Johnson became the fourth player in program history to reach the 2,000-point plateau. Needing 15 points to reach the milestone heading into UM’s Jan. 15 contest at Florida State, Johnson started the game on fire, hitting seven of her first 10 shots. Her final bucket of the half, a layup coming off of a Seminole turnover, proved to be her 15th point of the game.
By The Numbers
Jan. 26, 7 p.m., BankUnited Center, TV: CSS
5 - Hurricanes’ national rank in points per game. The Canes are averaging 79.2 per contest.
6 - Consecutive ACC wins for the Hurricanes.
7 - Categories in which Shenise Johnson is ranked among the Top-7 in the ACC: points per game (3rd), Assists (3rd), Free Throw Percentage (3rd), Steals (1st), Assist to Turnover Ratio (2nd), Rebounds (7th), Defensive Rebounds (6th)
8th - Miami’s current ranking in the ESPN/USA Today poll, its highest since December 19th.
14.5 - Steals per game for the Hurricanes this season, which is tops in the conference.
16 - Points per game averaged by Riquna Williams (16.2) and Shenise Johnson (16.4), both of which rank in the Top-5 of the conference.
+21 - Point differential for the Hurricanes this season, good for third in the ACC.
22 - Points for Stefanie Yderstrom in Miami’s last outing against Virginia Tech, a career-high.
35 - Consecutive wins at the BankUnited Center for the Hurricanes.
list compiled by: Evan Hadrick
Johnson would finish the contest with a game-best 24 points, leading the Canes to victory - the first win in nearly 25 years at Florida State.
Protecting the BankUnited Center With Miami’s season-opening win over Texas-Pan American, the Canes won their 25th-consecutive home contest - setting a new program record.
Miami has extended that record to 35 games after its 79-48 victory over Virginia Tech on Jan. 23. The streak is currently the third-longest active streak in the nation. Connecticut (96) and Stanford (73) are the two teams with longer active win streaks. Coincidentally, Stanford’s Tara VanDerveer, Connecticut’s Geno Auriemma and Miami’s Katie Meier shared last season’s AP National Coach of the Year Award.
The streak began with the team’s final regular season home game of the 2009-10 season and continued with a perfect 20-0 home record last season.
The previous record of 24 straight wins at home was set from the 1990-91 through the 1992-93 seasons.