January 21, 1999

COLLEGE PARK, Md.--Tonight's Maryland at Georgia Tech women's basketball game, originally scheduled to be aired on FOX SportsSouth, locally in the Atlanta area, will be picked up and carried live in the Baltimore/Washington, D.C. area on Home Team Sports (HTS). The Terrapins and Yellow Jackets tipoff at 7 p.m.

Maryland, a 94-76 winner over Florida State last Sunday, appears in its first live television game of the season. It is the first of four, in four straight weeks.

After beginning the season 0-8 due to the absence of senior Kelley Gibson and starting point guard Tiffany Brown, the Terps have rebounded to go 3-5 since their return. Each of Maryland's losses during that stretch have come against top 25 teams (Rutgers, Duke, Virginia, North Carolina) and a defending national semifinalist (NC State advanced to last year's Final Four). Maryland has averaged nearly 70 points a game since their return, in stark contrast to a 48-point average in the year's first eight games.

Perhaps most interesting about tonight's matchup is the battle pitting Maryland's freshmen against Georgia Tech's freshman. The Yellow Jackets boast perhaps the most dynamic newcomer to the league this season in freshman Niesha Butler, who leads the ACC in scoring and has six times been named the ACC Rookie of the Week. Maryland, meanwhile, plays four freshman in its regular rotation with Ginji Perry and Deedee Warley representing the Terps as past rookies of the week. Perry is coming off a 27-point scoring effort in the win over Florida State, while Warley is Maryland's leading scorer.

Tipoff is 7 p.m. tonight, live on HTS and FOX SportsSouth.