Preview: Virginia Cavaliers

Preview:   Virginia Cavaliers

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Last Season:   16-16 and 7 –11 in league play

Virginia started the season 4-1 however the loss to Oklahoma was by 44 points. 

The Coaches:

Amaka Agugua-Hamilton is the Head Coach and in her 3^rd year after Head Coach at Missouri State for 3 years and before that Assistant at Michigan State.

CJ Jones is in his 3^rd year. 

Tori Jankoska is in her 3^rd year.

Alysiah Bond is in her 3^rd year.

 

Losses:

Camryn Taylor averaged 15 points and 6 rebounds.

London Clarkson averaged 6 points and 4 rebounds.

Sam Brunelle averaged 6 points.  

Kaydan Lawson, 6′, G, Sr. (2.1 ppg) → Seton Hall

Cady Pauley, 5’11, G, Soph. (2.9 ppg) → Missouri State

Alexia Smith, 5’8, G, Sr. (4.1 ppg, 3.8 rpg) → Oklahoma State

Mir McLean, 5’11, G, Sr. (12.2 ppg, 9.6 rpg) → Maryland

 

Additions:

Rylee Grays, 6-4 Soph Post transfer from North Carolina where she played just 5 games.

Hawa Doumbouya, 6-7 Soph Post who transferred from Maryland where she played little.

Casey Valenti-Paea, 5-9 Grad Student Guard transfer from Long Beach State and before that 3 years at Buffalo.  Last season at LBS she averaged 9 ppg.

Kamryn Kitchen, 5-9 Frosh Guard

Payton Dunbar, 5-11 Frosh Guard

Breona Hurd, 6-2 Frosh Forward.  Hurd had averaged 13 ppg after the first 5 games. 

Latasha Lattimore, 6-4 SR Post who transferred from Miami where she averaged 5 points and 4 rebounds.  Lattimore played at Texas prior to Miami.  

 

Schedule:   Oklahoma who they lost to 95-51.  They also play Auburn and Washington State. 

 

Team:

Paris Clark 5-8 JR Guard who transferred from Arizona a year ago.  Last season at Virginia Clark averaged 10 points and 4 rebounds.

Jillian Brown, 5-10 SR guard who is out for the year after averaging 5 ppg last season. 

Yonya Vaughn, 5-8 JR Guard who averaged 3 ppg.

Edessa Noyan, 6-3 Soph Forward from Sweden.  Last season Noyan averaged 3 points and 3 rebounds. 

Kymora Johnson, 5-7 Soph Guard who averaged 15 points and 5 assists and was 2^nd team All ACC.  Johnson has averaged 18 ppg after the first 5 games. 

Taylor Lauterbach, 6-7 Grad Student Post who averaged 1 point and 2 rebounds.  

 

Prediction:

They lost 48 points from last season players so a rebuilding year for Virginia

 

2025 Recruiting:  

Gabby White, 5-10 Guard from NC.