Maryland
Wake Forest
Maryland Women Win Nailbiter at Wake Forest
6/21/1999 8:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
February 8, 1999
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Branka Bogunovic and Tiffany Brown each sunk a free throw in the final 14 seconds of the game to lift Maryland to a 68-66 win over host Wake Forest in an ACC women's basketball contest at Reynolds Gymnasium on Saturday afternoon. The win was the Terrapins' first road victory of the season and improved their record to 5-16 overall and 2-9 in the ACC. Wake Forest dropped its eighth straight contest to fall to 6-16 overall and 2-10 in the ACC.
Maryland led 32-27 at halftime, but the Demon Deacons hit 10 of their first 14 shots from the floor in the second period to take the lead. Wake went up 49-48on a Kristen Shaffer layup at the 9:49 mark, and pulled ahead by four before Maryland rallied. The Terps used a 14-7 run to retake the lead, and pulled ahead 66-63 on a Deedee Warley layup at 1:38.
Wake's Janae Whiteside responded with a three-pointer from the top of the key with 44 seconds to go to tie the score at 66-66. Bogunovic was fouled with 14 seconds remaining and hit one of two free throws, and Brown hit the front end of a one-and one just two seconds later to put the Terps up by two. Wake was unable to get an open look at the basket in the game's waning seconds, as Whiteside overshot the goal on her last-second three-point attempt.
Both teams shot over 50 percent from the floor for the game, with Maryland hitting 54 percent of its shots (28-52) and Wake hitting 51 percent (26-51). The Terps outrebounded the Deacs by a 30-25 margin. Warley led Maryland with 23 points and eight rebounds, while Kelley Gibson added 20 points and six assists. Bogunovic tallied 18 points and eight rebounds for the Terps. Four Wake Forest players netted double figures on the day: Whiteside (13 pts), Emon McMillian (12), Olivia Dardy (10), and Kristen Shaffer (10). Dardy grabbed a team-high seven rebounds for WFU.
Wake Forest travels to Duke for a 7 p.m. contest on Thursday, Feb. 11th.
