November 24, 1998
Game Facts and Coverage
#4 : Hampton at Maryland
Date: Tuesday, Nov. 24
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Site: First National Bank of Maryland Court at Cole Field House (14,500)
#4 : W. Michigan at Maryland
Date: Wednesday, Dec. 2
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Site: First National Bank of Maryland Court at Cole Field House (14,500)
Radio: The Hampton and Western Michigan games both will be aired on WMUC Radio, 650-AM and 88.1-FM. Broadcasts can also be heard on the Internet at ww.wmuc.umd.edu. (Brett Molina, Adam Gantman, Paul Monusky)
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Chris Weller and the Maryland women's basketball team hope to regroup following a discouraging loss last Friday at Howard University, and find the ingredients necessary for their first victory on Tuesday, Nov. 24, against Hampton. The Terrapins host Hampton in the final game before the Thanksgiving holiday, at 7:30 p.m. at First National Bank of Maryland Court at Cole Field House.
The Terps lost to the Lady Bison despite a career high double-double by junior center Branka Bogunovic (Zemun, Serbia). Bogunovic matched her previous career high with 17 points by halftime, scoring the final bucket of the half to post Maryland to a 30-29 lead. She finished with career bests of 21 points and 17 rebounds, but it was overshadowed by 32 turnovers and an eight-minute scoring drought that resulted in Maryland's third straight defeat.
Against Hampton, the Terps face a fourth straight foe to open the regular season that either played for its conference title or advanced to the NCAA Tournament last season. Hampton has been idle since a pair of games at the University of Pittsburgh tournament two weeks ago.
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MARYLAND'S PROBABLE STARTERS
Player (G/GS) Ht. Yr. Hometown PPG RPG APG Notes
F 33 Cara Ferris (3/3) 6-1 Jr. Pensacola, Fla. 5.0 7.7 0.7 team leaders in min., FG%, reb., stl.
F 34 Deedee Warley (3/3) 6-2 Fr. Ft. Wash., Md. 6.0 5.7 2.0 7 rebounds vs. UNCG, Howard
C 55 Branka Bogunovic (38/25) 6-8 Jr. Zemun, Serbia 12.0 8.0 0.0 career high pts. & rebs. at Howard
G 20 March Strickland (3/3) 5-9 Fr. Kingston, Mass. 7.0 3.0 3.0 team leader with 38.3 minutes
G 25 Ginji Perry (3/1) 5-11 Fr. Hyattsville, Md. 4.0 4.7 3.3 leads team with 10 assists
RECORDS
Maryland is 0-3 following last Friday's 65-47 loss at Howard.
Hampton is 1-1 after a pair of games in last week's Pittsburgh Tournament. The Lady Pirates fell to Miami-Ohio, 81-80, and beat Robert Morris, 78-71. Last Tuesday's game at Texas Tech was cancelled. Western Michigan is 2-1 following a 75-57 win over state rival Central Michigan. The Broncos host Detroit on Wednesday night before traveling to Maryland next Wednesday.
COACHES
Maryland's Chris Weller (Maryland 66) has guided her alma mater to a national championship game and three Final Four appearances. Now in her 24th season, she has engineered an unprecedented eight ACC championships while compiling a 447-224 (.669) record. In 1995, she became just the fifth coach in women's college basketball history to earn at least 400 victories at the same school. Three years earlier, her Terps were No. 1-ranked for a month which led to her naming as the 1992 Naismith and United States Basketball Writers Association national coach of the year.
Hampton's Patricia Bibbs (Grambling State) is 267-132 in her 14th year as a college head coach. She is 23-8 in her second year with the Lady Pirates. Western Michigan's Ron Stewart (Indiana 71) is 9-20 in his second year at WMU.
SERIES HISTORY
The Terps are 1-0 against Hampton, downing the Pirates 65-57 in the first meeting between the schools. Maryland is 1-0 against WMU, defeating the Broncos 103-59 at the Northern Illinois/Contel Fastreak Festival. The teams last met exactly eight years ago, on Dec. 2, 1990.
1998-99 ACC Standings (ACC Overall)
Teams W L Pct. W L Pct.
No. Carolina 0 0 .000 4 0 1.000
Clemson 0 0 .000 4 0 1.000
Florida St. 0 0 .000 2 0 1.000
NC State 0 0 .000 2 0 1.000
Georgia Tech 0 0 .000 1 1 .500
Virginia 0 0 .000 1 1 .500
Wake Forest 0 0 .000 1 1 .500
Duke 0 0 .000 1 3 .333
Maryland 0 0 .000 0 3 .000
Monday, Nov. 23
Duke at Vanderbilt, Florida State hosts Seminole Classic
Tuesday, Nov. 24
Wake Forest at Providence, Mercer at Georgia Tech, Old Dominion at NC State, VCU at Virginia, Hampton at Maryland
Friday, Nov. 27
Georgia Tech vs. Samford (Atlanta Marriott Northwest Classic), Wake Forest vs. Fairleigh Dickinson (Fairfield Warner Classic), North Carolina at Rainbow Wahine Classic, NC State at San Diego State Tournament
Saturday, Nov. 28
Villanova at Duke (Ronald McDonald Classic), Georgia Tech hosts Atlanta Marriott Northwest Classic), Wake Forest at Fairfield Warner Classic, North Carolina at Rainbow Wahine Classic, NC State at San Diego State Tournament, California at Virginia
Sunday, Nov. 29
Duke hosts Ronald McDonald Classic, North Carolina at Rainbow Wahine Classic
Sunday, Nov. 30
Clemson at Winthrop, Virginia at Virginia Tech, Wake Forest at West Virginia
FERRIS & THE FRESHMEN
Boasting six freshmen on the roster and missing returning starters Tiffany Brown (Clinton, Md.) and Kelley Gibson (Easton, Md.), the Terps are obviously counting heavily on those half-dozen freshmen. Maryland newcomers, including JC transfer Cara Ferris (Pensacola, Fla.), accounted for 87% of minutes played in the second half at Loyola on Tuesday. Here is a closer look at the season:
Player Minutes Points Rebounds
March Strickland 115 22 9
Ginji Perry 95 12 14
Rosita Melbourne 73 25 22
Deedee Warley 63 18 17
Ije Agba 30 9 4
Marija Ilic 2 0 0
Freshmen Totals 378 86 66
Percent of Team Total 63% 64% 50%
Cara Ferris (JC Tran) 100 15 23
Newcomer Totals 478 101 89
Percent of Team Total 80% 75% 68%
MARYLAND TOTALS 600 135 131
IN THE PAINT
While "unstoppable" is perhaps too lofty a description for the Terps' inside players at Howard, Maryland certainly was dominant in the paint : whenever the Terps were successful in getting into an offense.
Besides Branka Bogunovic, who had a career night with personal bests of 21 points and 17 rebounds, Cara Ferris, Rosita Melbourne (Washington, D.C.) and Deedee Warley (Fort Washington, Md.) each were highly successful both at rebounding and scoring.
Bogunovic, Ferris (13) and Melbourne (12) each registered double-digit rebounds for the Terps. Together, the trio also shot 17 for 33 (52.5%) from the floor, compared to the team's 36 percent.
Through the entire first half and until 17:39 remained in the game : on a short jumper by Ginji Perry (Hyattsville, Md.) the only Maryland field goals were by Bogunovic, Melbourne and Warley. Maryland commanded a 30-29 halftime lead solely on scoring from those three players.
BOGUNOVIC EXPLODES
Junior center Branka Bogunovic, at 6-8 the tallest player in Maryland women's basketball history, contributed career highs of 21 points and 17 boards at Howard, eclipsing previous bests of 17 points at Clemson (1-11-98) and 14 rebounds vs. Loyola (11-19-97).
Against the Lady Bison, Bogunovic scored Maryland's first three baskets and had 10 of the Terps' first 14 points. She ended the first half with seven of Maryland's last eight points including a layin with :36 in the half to put the Terrapins in the lead. She shot 8 of 9 from the floor in the first half.
MORE FRESHMEN PAINT
Local freshmen Rosita Melbourne and Deedee Warley have commanded an inside presence in each of the Terps' last two games. Maryland has outrebounded its opponent in all three games, with Melbourne or Warley totaling at least seven boards in each game, and leading the team in two of the three games.
At Loyola, Melbourne and Warley scored 9 of 10 Maryland points during a 10-4 run which brought Terps back from a 33-28 deficit. Melbourne's jumper in the paint gave the Terps a brief 38-36 lead.
Melbourne leads the Terrapins with 8.3 rebounds including a career high 12 boards at Howard. She led the Terps with seven at Loyola. Warley boasts 5.7 per game, and has had seven rebounds vs. both UNC Greensboro and Howard.
FERRIS CONTRIBUTIONS
JC transfer Cara Ferris has not scored the most points nor pulled down the most rebounds, yet, for the Terps, but she has provided steady efforts in each of Maryland's three games. Ferris is currently second on the club with 33.3 minutes per game, and is third on the club with 7.7 rebounds. She and Branka Bogunovic are the only players shooting 50 percent or better, and her six steals share the team lead.
MULTIPLE CONTRIBUTIONS
Maryland certainly is not led by just one or two players thus far in the young season. In fact, many of Maryland's young players are finding ways to contribute. Through three games, four different players have at least shared in team scoring honors, and three different players have led the Terps on the boards each game.
MISSED OPPORTUNITIES
After falling behind early, and never recovering, in two exhibition games and the season opener against UNC Greensboro, the Terrapins showed glimpses of life during each of the last two regular season outings at Loyola (Md.) and Howard.
At Loyola, the Terps trailed by as many as eight during the first half against the Greyhounds, but rallied to outscore Loyola 10-4 for a 27-27 tie at intermission. In the second half, Maryland secured its first second half lead of the season by rallying from a 36-31 deficit to lead 38-36 with 11:38 to play. It was Maryland's last lead of the game, but Loyola never led by more than five until late free throws in the final minute. The Terps were within three, 46-43, with 1:19 to play.
At Howard, the Terps controlled much of the game and led by four, 42-38, with 13 minutes to play. An eight-minutes scoring drought however, and several turnovers resulted in a lost lead and subsequent loss.
NOT AN EASY BEGINNING
All four Maryland games to tip off the regular season are against teams which advanced at least to their respective conference title games.
: Maryland's first four opponents boast a combined record of 83-31 (.728) from last season. The Terps opened the 98-99 campaign at Cole Field House on Nov. 14 against Southern Conference champion UNC Greensboro (21-9). A drive to Baltimore on Dec. 17 pitted the Terps against Loyola which upended Maryland last season in College Park en route to a 20-9 record and second place finish in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Crosstown rival and three-time NCAA participant Howard (23-7) downed the Terps on Nov. 20. Maryland entertains MEAC runner-up Hampton (19-5) on Nov. 24.
TELLING STATISTICS
Missing easily their most athletic returning starters, and the top returning scorers and assist makers from a year ago in Tiffany Brown and Kelley Gibson, Terrapin deficiencies have been obvious.
Evidence of their loss thus far has been poor shooting (55-152, .362) and ballhandling by a team comprised mostly of freshmen and almost exclusively by newcomers.
The Terps have collected 31 assists and recorded 82 turnovers in three games. That is in contrast to Maryland opponents' more respectable 40 to 45 ratio.
Freshman Marche Strickland (Kingston, Mass.) came to the Terps as a primary shooting threat, but has begun on-the-job training as a college point guard. She has averaged 7.0 points with just nine assists in three games. She has averaged 38.3 minutes.
Freshman Gingi Perry made her first start at Howard, and has contributed 10 assists, 4.0 points and 4.7 rebounds. Perry has averaged 31.7 minutes and directed the offense during most of the second half at Loyola.
BEST CLASS SINCE '85-86?
Not since the freshman campaign of current pros Deanna Tate and Olympian Vicky Bullett has Maryland welcomed a freshman class with as much promise. The Terps boasted seven freshmen out of 15 players in 1985-86, compared to six of 13 on this season's roster.
The '85-86 team finished 17-13 overall and just 6-8 in the ACC, but rebounded to win the sixth of Chris Weller's eight ACC tournament titles. Maryland fell to Ohio State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
NOT JUST FRESHMEN, (VERY) LOCAL TOO
Maryland's bumper crop of freshmen includes a quartet of local stars that come widely regarded by local and national publications. Ije Agba, Rosita Melbourne, Ginji Perry and Deedee Warley all prepped at D.C.-area high schools and received All-Met honors by the Washington Post.
Melbourne arrives as potentially the best post athlete during Weller's tenure and was a highly regarded recruit nationally.
Perry was the All-Met Player of the Year in 1996-97. All played their high school ball within 20 minutes of the Maryland campus.
BROWN AND GIBSON OUT EARLY
Kelley Gibson, the team's lone senior, team captain and Maryland's leader in assists (4.3) and blocks (0.6) last season, re-tore the ACL in her right knee during preseason workouts. It marks the third of her five seasons that injury to one knee or the other has resulted in missed action. She hopes to return for games in early January.
Tiffany Brown is academically ineligible for the fall semester, and hopes to return for the Terps' non-conference date with Rutgers on Dec. 22. Brown is the Terps' leading returning scorer from 1997-98, averaging 7.3 points per game. She also is Maryland's career 3-point field goals leader after just two seasons.
NATIONAL RANKINGS
The Terps play nine games this season against teams currently ranked in national top 25 polls, and 12 against teams at least receiving votes.
AP (Nov. 23) ESPN/USA Today (Nov. 23)
5. North Carolina 5. North Carolina
10. NC State 8. NC State
11. Rutgers 12. Rutgers
17. Virginia 15. Duke
20. Duke 19. Virginia
Others: Clemson Others: none
Penn St.
NEXT GAMES
Maryland returns from post-turkey festivities to host Western Michigan on Dec. 2. The Terps open conference play at Clemson on Saturday, Dec. 5, and travel to Penn State five days later.
RADIO/TV SCHEDULE
Seventeen Maryland women's basketball games will be carried on live radio this season. Recently added to the broadcast schedule is a trio of games to be aired on the Maryland/Learfield network which includes Baltimore-based WBAL (1090-AM) the flagship station for women's basketball.
Games carried on WBAL and the Maryland/Learfield network are: the ACC opener on Dec. 5 at Clemson; Dec. 10 at Penn State; and Jan. 8 at Virginia.
Campus radio station WMUC (650-AM and 88.1-FM) carries 14 home Maryland women's basketball games this season beginning Nov. 24 with Hampton.
The Terps appear on four regionally televised games. All four games fall during the ACC season beginning with a Jan. 21 date at Georgia Tech. Subsequent dates include Maryland at Duke on Feb. 1, Virginia at Maryland on Feb. 8, and Maryland at NC State on Feb. 15.
TERPS BY
THE NUMBERS
0
The number of seniors that have played for Maryland so far this season.
1
Maryland's scoring defense led the Atlantic Coast Conference last season with an average of 60.2 points allowed per game. The Terps allowed just 59.4 in ACC action.
3
Only three classes of players under Chris Weller have failed to participate in at least one Sweet Sixteen appearance.
3
The number of players : Bogunovic, Ferris and Melbourne : who posted double-digit rebounds at Howard.
6
Maryland welcomes six freshmen to its 1998-99 roster. It is the most freshmen to grace a Maryland roster since seven in 1985-86.
8
The Terps have captured an unprecedented eight ACC championships.
9
The number of teams on the 1998-99 Terrapin schedule that qualified for last season's NCAA Tournament.
14
The number of games on the 1998-99 Terrapin schedule against participants in last season's NCAA Tournament.
17
Career high rebounds recorded by Branka Bogunovic at Howard.
21
Career high points scored by Branka Bogunovic at Howard.
32
Terp turnovers at Howard.
38.3
The number of minutes averaged by freshman guard March Strickland through two regular season games.
87
The percentage of time played by newcomers during the second half of Tuesday's game at Loyola.
QUOTING
COACH WELLER
On Howard game: "I was not please at all. I was very disappointed in our effort, for the first time this season. We didn't play with intensity and we let Howard take the game from us. [Howard] played well, but we self-destructed. [Howard] put a little more pressure on our guards in the second half and we just fell to pieces. I don't mind mistakes. And we're young. I expect mistakes. But we didn't play hard. We never even got into our offense in the second half. We had been making progress every step of the way to this point. This loss set us back. I am absolutely disappointed."
On Loyola game: "We're very pleased with the progress we've made. We're just young and there's not a whole lot we can do about that. As I told people before, if I'd known we'd be without the services of Tiffany [Brown] and Kelley [Gibson], I doubt if I'd have scheduled any games at this time! But, we have a schedule, so we have to play it. I just feel like the progress we've made from [last] Saturday against Greensboro until now was very good. We've cleaned up a lot of things. I thought we handled a zone a lot better. There are still a lot of things we have to do better. Loyola is obviously a very fine team and a good shooting team. You might think it's not wise to play the zone against their good shooters, but when you look at the charts, they hurt us more when we were in man [defense], because they could penetrate. We're without our guards who can stop penetration."
On upcoming games, following opening loss to UNC Greensboro: "Our next game is against a [NCAA] Tournament team, and our next game is against a [NCAA] Tournament team. I know that we are very young, and maybe we shouldn't be playing tournament teams right off the bat, but you have to play this level of team to get ready for the ACC. We're not going to nationals based on anything we do out of conference, because the only way we can get wins early, out of conference and based on missing Kelley [Gibson] and Tiffany [Brown], would be to play teams that really have no power rating. We have to bite the bullet and play teams that do. Greensboro's a pretty good team, maybe they'll win their league again and be in the NCAAs. Loyola's a good team. Howard's a good team, they both might win their conferences also. It's going to help us get ready for the ACC. Our only hope of getting into the NCAAs is to do reasonably well in the ACC, and the only way to do that is play legitimately good teams right off the bat. And lose if that's what it takes, but get some valuable experience that we don't have right now. We're going to be a very different team as soon as we get Tiff and Kelley back. We'll be a much quicker team, and a so much more experienced team, especially on the perimeter."
UNC Greensboro 63, Maryland 45
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Katie Del Campo and Brianne Dodgen each scored 13 points and combined to shoot 10 of 13 from the field to help lead defending Southern Conference champion UNC Greensboro to a 63-45 non-conference women's basketball win over Maryland.
In what was the season-opening game for both teams, UNCG (1-0) shot 53 percent to just 35 percent for Maryland (0-1), and took advantage of 29 Terrapin turnovers.
The Spartans took a lead midway through the opening half, and led by as many as 12, 29-17, with 1:57 left in the period. The Terps pulled within 35-27 early in the second half before a 9-0 spurt put UNCG in command, 44-27, with 10:34 to play. Samika Foster scored seven of her 11 points during the run and Maryland never got closer than 13 points the rest of the way.
A young Terrapin lineup consisting of as many as four and five freshmen on the floor at a time, got eight points apiece from freshmen March Strickland and Ije Agba, and junior college transfer Cara Ferris. Freshman Deedee Warley's seven rebounds helped Maryland to a 35-26 advantage on the boards.
UNC GREENSBORO 63, MARYLAND 45
First National Bank of Maryland Court at Cole Field House : Nov. 14, 1998
UNCG Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S Pts
M. Goodson f 26 5-7 0-0 2-3 1-5 6 3 2 3 0 1 12
Del Campo f 34 5-7 0-1 3-4 1-1 2 1 2 3 0 3 13
Kreter c 28 1-3 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 4 1 2 0 0 2
Gwaltney g 23 1-5 0-2 2-2 0-2 2 4 3 3 0 0 4
Smith g 33 1-3 1-1 2-4 1-4 5 1 3 4 0 1 5
Cook 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Foster 19 5-12 1-2 0-0 0-2 2 2 4 2 0 3 11
Reid 5 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
B. Goodson 10 1-1 0-0 1-2 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3
Dodgen 21 5-6 1-1 2-5 1-4 5 2 0 2 0 0 13
Team 2-1 3
Totals 200 24-45 3-7 12-20 6-20 26 20 15 21 0 8 63
Maryland Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S Pts
Gabriel f 31 1-1 0-0 0-0 2-1 3 0 2 2 0 1 2
Ferris f 33 4-5 0-0 0-0 3-1 4 2 1 8 1 2 8
Warley f 18 1-2 0-0 0-0 3-4 7 3 1 3 0 0 2
Bogunovic c 13 3-6 0-0 1-2 2-0 2 3 0 2 0 0 7
Strickland g 37 2-20 0-5 4-4 1-2 3 3 3 3 0 1 8
Ilic 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Perry 27 2-8 2-6 0-0 0-5 5 3 3 7 0 4 6
Agba 20 3-3 0-0 2-5 0-4 4 4 0 0 0 2 8
Melbourne 19 1-4 0-0 2-2 3-3 6 3 0 4 2 0 4
Team 1-0 1
Totals 200 17-49 2-11 9-13 15-20 35 21 10 29 3 10 45
UNC Greensboro (1-0) 31 32 - 63
Maryland (0-1) 22 23 - 45
FG% - UNCG .533, Maryland .347. 3FG% - UNCG .429, Maryland .182.
FT% - UNCG .600, Maryland .692. Technical Fouls - none. Officials - Lewis, Fusco, Lippa. A - 1,124.
Loyola (Md.) 50, Maryland 43
BALTIMORE, Md. - A balanced attack and solid defense down the stretch paced Loyola (Md.) to a 50-43 win over Maryland in the Greyhounds season-opener.
Loyola (1-0) jumped to a quick 14-6 lead with 14:19 remaining in the half, but Maryland went on a 19-9 run over the final 10 minutes of the first half to knot the score at 27-27 going into the locker room.
The Greyhounds ran out to a five-point lead to open the second half, but the Terrapins (0-2) went on an 8-3 run, keyed by freshmen Deedee Warley and Rosita Melbourne who scored tying and go-ahead baskets, to take the lead at 38-36. Loyola answered with an 8-2 run of its own to take a 44-40 lead -on the strength of three steals by Shannon Cohen. Cohen finished the game with a game-high seven steals and Loyola never trailed again as Maryland could only come as close as 46-43 with 1:19 to play.
Neither team shot particularly well, combining to shoot just 34.5 percent from the floor, and 57.5 percent from the free-throw line.
Jina Mosley and Corey Hewitt paced Loyola with 11 and 10 points, respectively, while Cohen and Laura Slater each added seven off the bench. Maryland was led by Marche Strickland who netted 11 points and Warley who contributed 10. Melbourne had nine points and a game-high seven rebounds.
LOYOLA (MD) 50, MARYLAND 43
Reitz Arena (Baltimore, Md.) : Nov. 17, 1998
Maryland Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S Pts
Gabriel f 10 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-4 4 3 0 1 0 0 0
Ferris f 35 0-3 0-1 1-2 2-4 6 0 0 5 0 1 1
Warley f 25 5-12 0-0 0-0 1-2 3 3 2 3 1 1 10
Bogunovic c 22 3-5 0-0 2-5 1-4 5 3 0 2 0 0 8
Strickland g 40 3-9 2-3 3-4 1-2 3 1 3 2 1 2 11
Perry 31 1-5 0-3 1-2 0-5 5 3 5 4 0 2 3
Agba 7 0-1 0-0 1-2 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
Melbourne 30 4-7 0-0 1-1 1-6 7 2 2 0 2 0 9
Team 2-4 6 3
Totals 200 16-42 2-7 9016 8-31 39 16 12 21 4 6 43
Loyola (Md.) Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S Pts
Mosley f 36 4-16 0-0 3-3 4-3 7 3 3 6 1 0 11
Kirsch f 26 2-6 0-0 2-4 3-4 7 2 3 1 0 0 6
Rath c 29 2-9 0-0 0-0 2-2 4 2 0 0 0 0 4
Hewitt g 31 3-7 3-6 1-2 2-1 3 2 2 1 0 1 10
Cooney g 9 0-1 0-1 1-2 0-1 1 2 0 0 0 1 1
Cohen 21 2-6 0-2 3-5 1-3 4 1 0 2 0 7 7
Slater 23 3-6 1-3 0-0 1-3 4 1 1 1 0 1 7
Wilson 7 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0
Bongard 18 2-7 0-1 0-0 1-1 2 3 3 0 0 0 4
Team 1-4 5 0
Totals 200 18-58 4-13 10-17 15-23 38 18 12 12 2 10 50
Maryland (0-2) 27 16 - 43
Loyola (Md.) (1-0) 27 23 - 50
FG% - Maryland .381, Loyola .310. 3FG% - Maryland .286, Loyola .308.
FT% - Maryland .563, Loyola .568. Technical Fouls - none. Officials - DeMayo, Sanseviro, Lewis. A - 738.
Howard 65, Maryland 47
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Courtney Kirk scored 15 points and Howard University outscored Maryland 27-5 during the final 13 minutes as the host Lady Bison notched their first victory against the Terrapins in history. Howard's 65-47 win was its first in 24 tries against its crosstown rivals, in a series which dates to 1976.
Maryland (0-3) saw a four-point lead with 13:17 to play, 42-38, simply evaporate as it suffered through an eight-minute scoring drought and numerous turnovers. The Terrapins committed 19 second half turnovers, 32 in all, and watched Howard (1-2) score 13 unanswered points to take a 51-42 lead with 5:21 remaining.
Howard took its final lead with 9:50 to play when Channel Washington's short jumper staked the Lady Bison to a 43-42 lead before a crowd of 1,200. The Terps' drought continued as Howard raised its lead to nine before Branka Bogunovic ended the skid with a layup at the 4:49 mark. Maryland scored just one field goal the rest of the way on a driving layup by Cara Ferris.
The disastrous collapse overshadowed an otherwise impressive performance by Bogonovic who registered career highs of 21 points and 17 rebounds. She matched her previous career best, 17 points at Clemson last January, on a late first half basket to put Maryland ahead, 30-29, at intermission.
Three Maryland players had double figure rebounding efforts to accent a dominant Terrapin front line. Bogunovic led the way with Ferris adding 13 rebounds and freshman Rosita Melbourne 12. Rebounds and plentiful opportunities were wasted by turnovers, however, as Maryland lost its third straight.
HOWARD 65, MARYLAND 47
Burr Gymnasium : Nov. 20, 1998
Maryland Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S Pts
Ferris f 32 3-6 0-1 0-0 2-11 13 4 1 5 0 3 6
Warley f 20 3-9 0-0 0-0 1-6 7 2 3 3 0 0 6
Bogunovic c 33 10-18 0-0 1-6 10-7 17 3 0 3 0 0 33
Strickland g 38 1-12 0-2 0-0 1-2 3 4 3 5 0 3 2
Perry g 37 1-5 0-2 1-2 0-4 4 4 2 8 0 0 3
Ilic 2 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Agba 3 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gabriel 11 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
Melbourne 24 4-9 0-0 1-2 6-6 12 3 0 6 1 1 9
Team 0-1 1 0
Totals 200 22-61 0-6 3-10 20-37 57 22 9 32 1 7 47
Howard Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S Pts
Gardner f 10 0-5 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Screen f 12 1-3 0-0 2-2 3-1 4 2 0 0 0 0 12
Enobakhare c 35 5-13 0-0 4-6 8-4 12 3 0 1 0 1 14
Washington g 35 4-16 0-0 6-14 2-4 6 0 4 2 0 3 14
Ford g 28 2-5 1-1 0-0 1-2 3 2 2 2 0 4 5
Jackson 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Berry 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Holmes 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Kirk 24 7-14 1-1 0-2 2-7 9 2 3 3 0 3 15
Baker 30 2-9 0-0 1-3 3-3 6 2 1 3 0 0 5
Holland 8 1-3 0-0 1-2 1-0 1 2 0 1 0 0 3
Lambert 15 2-5 0-0 1-2 0-2 2 1 2 0 0 0 5
Team 3-0 3 0
Totals 200 24-73 2-4 15-31 23-23 46 16 13 12 0 11 65
Maryland (0-3) 30 17 - 47
Howard (1-2) 29 36 - 65
FG% - Maryland .361, Howard .270. 3FG% - Maryland .000, Howard .500.
FT% - Maryland .300, Howard .484. Technical Fouls - none. Officials - D. Johnson, C. Jones, Ellison. A - 1,200.
