After a brilliant basketball career at South Western High School, Taylor Geiman has spent her college career as part of the supporting cast at Virginia Tech. She and the Hokies will now play on their sport’s biggest stage.
Virginia Tech advanced to the Final Four on Monday night with an 84-74 victory over Ohio State, sending the No. 1-seed Hokies to the national semifinals for the first time in program history. Geiman made a one-minute appearance in the game but played 15 minutes in Virginia Tech’s first two tournament contests and scored five total points.
It’s been a storybook season for head coach Kenny Brooks’ Hokies, who have won 15 games in a row to improve to 31-4 overall. That streak includes the ACC tournament title, two home wins in the big dance, a 73-64 victory over No. 4-seed Tennessee in Seattle and Monday’s triumph over the No. 3-seed Buckeyes. Ohio State knocked out powerhouse UConn in the regional semifinal.
Elizabeth Kitley, a 6-foot-6 senior center and the two-time ACC Player of the Year, notched 25 points and 12 rebounds Monday, while junior guard Georgia Amoore added 24 points. Six players logged 199 of Virginia Tech’s 200 minutes; Geiman was the seventh Hokie to take the floor.
Geiman tallied 1,134 points at South Western, and she was named York-Adams League Player of the Year in 2019 after averaging 13 points, 10 rebounds, 5.7 assists, 4.1 blocks and 2.4 steals per game. She chose Virginia Tech over a lengthy list of suitors, and while her first two seasons were riddled with knee injuries and she’s remained a reserve as an upperclassman, Monday’s celebration was well worth the wait.
The Hokies will battle No. 3-seed LSU (32-2) in the Final Four at 7 p.m. Friday in Dallas. No. 1 overall seed South Carolina (36-0) and No. 2-seed Iowa (30-6) will follow at 9:30. The championship game will tip off at 3:30 p.m. Sunday.
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