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Imovbioh, Franklin, Wolfe and Gerson are near return along with Gaffney and Gerson, who by the locks to be in the starting lineup when the season end of the 2011‑12 season was one of the best play‑ begins, but Boyle is still looking for someone to lock ers on a UVa team that won 25 games and was one of down the point guard duties with first-year Breyana the final teams snubbed by the NCAA Tournament Mason a prime candidate to step into that role. selection committee. Mason, a 5-8 standout from Forest Park High Franklin averaged 14.3 points to lead the Cavaliers School in Woodbridge, Va., was Virginia's Gatorade last season, and also contributed 4.3 rebounds and High School Player of the Year last season and a 2.2 steals per game. Wolfe, a 5-10 fourth-year guard Parade All-American. Mason was a do-it-all player from Germantown, Md., was the only other Virginia who averaged 26.9 points, player to average double 7.3 rebounds, 4.8 assists and figures in scoring, averag‑ Quick Facts ing 10.6 points per contest Head Coach: Joanne Boyle, 41-25 at UVa (3rd 2.9 steals per game last year. She'll join Gerson, Frank‑ while playing and starting in year); 270-129 career (12th year) lin and Wolfe in the back‑ 25 games, a major increase 2012-13 In Review: 16-14, 8-10 ACC (T-5th) court as players with the in production from her first Starters Returning/Lost: 3/2 ability to get steals, and that two seasons. Now she's back Lettermen Returning/Lost: 7/4 kind of defense could be from the ACL tear that took Key Additions: F Amanda Fioravanti, G Breyana Mason, G Tiffany Suarez and F Sydney what sparks the offense for her out at the end of the sea‑ Umeri Virginia this season. son and looking to increase Key Losses: G China Crosby (6.5 ppg. and 4.4 Amanda Fioravanti, a 6-1 on her 37.0-percent shooting apg.) and F Telia McCall (8.3 ppg. and 7.7 rpg.) forward from Frederick, from the field. Md., and Tiffany Suarez, a Also back is third-year Returning Leaders 5-11 guard from Miami are center Sarah Imovbioh, Points: Ataira Franklin (14.3 per game) two other first-years joining who averaged 8.5 points Rebounds: Sarah Imovbioh (6.8 per game) the program as part of an ex‑ and 6.8 rebounds per game Assists: Franklin (2.6 per game) citing recruiting class. last season. Imovbioh had Steals: Franklin (2.2 per game) Cavalier opponents could some huge games at times Blocks: Franklin (0.7 per game) see Boyle's squad mix it up — including a 21-point FG Pct.: Imovbioh (.591) on defense, with some fullperformance against James 3FG Pct.: Franklin (.350) court pressure designed to Madison, and a nine-point, FT Pct.: Faith Randolph (.830) take advantage of UVa's nine-rebound, four-block depth and create turnovers game against North Carolina and easy buckets. State — but was up and down in her first year of eli‑ "If we get into some of that [full-court press] gibility for the Wahoos. She was, however, efficient stuff with certain people, we could go 10 or 11 enough to lead the ACC in field goal shooting at 59.1 deep," Boyle said. "If we end up being more in our percent. matchup zone and stuff like that, I might shorten With lots of experience and, knock on wood, depth that bench a little bit. But it depends on what we can on the perimeter, the Cavaliers are likely to run a fourdo. Right now, if we can get to eight, nine, 10 con‑ guard lineup centered around Imovbioh in the paint sistently and change things up, that would be great." much of the time. First-year forward Sidney Emuri But, as usual, the Cavaliers face a very difficult (6-1) and third-year forward Sarah Beth Barnette (6schedule. ACC foes Duke, Maryland, Notre Dame 2) should spell her underneath. i22-24.Women's Basketball Preview.indd 3 11/5/13 2:10 PM