GAME NOTES

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- West Virginia University's nationally ranked women's basketball team (18-3, 7-1) takes on BIG EAST foe Providence (11-10, 1-7) Saturday, Feb. 9, at 2 p.m. at Alumni Hall in Providence, R.I.

No. 12/11 West Virginia leads the all-time series with the Friars by a 12-4 count and has won five of the last six meetings. WVU is 5-3 all-time at Alumni and 6-2 all-time against PC under coach Mike Carey.

The Mountaineers are just the 12th team in NCAA history to boast four 1,000 point scorers (Meg Bulger, Olayinka Sanni, Chakhia Cole, LaQuita Owens) on the same team after Owens reached that plateau in WVU's most recent win at Seton Hall.

Senior center Sanni leads the Mountaineers with 16.7 points and 7.8 rebounds per game. Senior guard Owens has paced the Mountaineers in the last three contests, averaging 21.7 points per contest.

Sophomore guard Kendria Holmes averages 11.1 points and 3.2 rebounds for the Friars.

MSN radio with Travis Jones will broadcast the game while CSTV All-Access will have the game's webcast. Livestats can be accessed via www.friars.com.