Women's Basketball Travels to No. 9 NC State on Monday
6/21/1999 8:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Feb. 13, 1998
ACC Standings (Feb. 13, 1998)
ACC Overall
Team W L W L
NC State 10 3 19 4
Duke 10 3 17 6
Clemson 10 4 19 6
North Carolina 9 4 19 5
Virginia 8 5 17 6
Maryland 6 7 13 10
Florida State 4 9 8 15
Georgia Tech 2 11 9 14
Wake Forest 0 13 4 19
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MARYLAND (13-10, 6-7) vs. No. 9 NC STATE (19-4, 10-3)
Date: Monday, Feb. 16 Site: Raleigh, N.C.
Arena: Reynolds Coliseum Time: 7:00 p.m.
Television: Home Team Sports
MARYLAND: Maryland enters tonight's game with an overall record of 13-10 and a conference mark of 6-7. Tonight's contest marks the third of four consecutive games against a ranked opponent for the Terps. Maryland lost to 13th-ranked Virginia, 47-45, and to 21st-ranked Clemson, 74-70 in overtime last Thursday. The Clemson game marked the second overtime contest in the Terps' last three as Maryland defeated Wake Forest, 56-52, in overtime in Winston-Salem. The Terps' fourth consecutive game against a ranked opponent comes on Friday, Feb. 20, when Maryland travels to Chapel Hill, N.C., to play the Tar Heels.
NC STATE: NC State enters tonight's game with an overall record of 19-4 and a conference mark of 10-3. State defeated Virginia, 70-63, in its last game and has won four of its last five. Chasity Melvin leads the Wolfpack in scoring with an average of 15.7 points per game, and LySchale Jones averages 11.7 points per game. Melvin also leads the team in rebounds (9.7) and assists (2.9). NC State is coached by Kay Yow, who is in her 23rd season with the Wolfpack. Yow owns a record of 488-199 at NC State and an overall career mark of 545-218 in 27 years.
MARYLAND vs. NC STATE ALL-TIME SERIES:
Tonight's game is the 53rd meeting between the Terps and Wolfpack.
The Series Maryland trails 29-23
Maryland at Home Maryland on the Road Maryland at Neutral Site
Md. leads 11-8 Md. trails 3-15 Md. leads 9-6
Last Maryland win Jan. 18, 1997; 54-51
Last NC State win Jan. 15, 1998; 64-56
Last Maryland win at Reynolds Coliseum Feb. 9, 1991; 86-85
Maryland vs. NC State win streak NC State has won 2
PROBABLE MARYLAND STARTERS Pos. # Player Cl. Ht. 1997-98 Statistics F 33 Sonia Chase Sr. 5-11 13.0 ppg, 5.7 rpg F 00 Stephanie Cross Sr. 6-1 13.0 ppg, 6.5 rpg C 34 Kalisa Davis Sr. 6-2 15.2 ppg, 5.8 rpg G 45 Kelley Gibson Jr.R 5-11 7.4 ppg, 4.4 rpg G 03 Tiffany Brown So. 5-6 7.8 ppg, 2.9 rpg TOP RESERVES C 55 Branka Bogunovic So. 6-8 6.8 ppg, 4.4 rpg F 43 Meghan McIntyre Fr. 6-1 2.0 ppg, 3.2 rpgTERPS BY THE NUMBERS
1st Tiffany Brown leads the ACC in average minutes played per game - 37.2.
1st Maryland's scoring defense ranks first in the conference, holding its opponents to an average of 60.0 points per game.
2nd Kelley Gibson average 4.8 assists per game, second-best in the conference.
1.17 to 1 Kelley Gibson's assist to turnover ratio is 1.17 to 1, fifth-best in the conference.
2.5 Meghan McIntyre averages 2.5 rebounds per game, ninth-highest by a freshman in the ACC.
3 Three of the top 10 scorers in the conference are Terrapins - Stephanie Cross, Sonia Chase and Kalisa Davis.
4th The Terps rank fourth in field goal percentage in the ACC, hitting 42.8 percent of their shots.
5 Maryland is the only school in the ACC with five different players that have recorded a double-double this season.
5th Maryland's turnover margin is 2.2, fifth-best in the conference.
7 Tiffany Brown hit seven three-point shots against North Carolina on Jan. 18 to set the school record for treys in a game.
61.5 Chris Weller's all-time winning percentage in the month of February (115-72). In 22 years, Weller has had a winning record in the month of February 15 times.
76 Tiffany Brown has converted 76 three-pointers in her career, placing her on top in the Maryland record book.
NOW YOU KNOW: The Maryland/NC State series is the longest running series in school history. Maryland and NC State first played on Feb. 6, 1976.
DID YOU KNOW? Since the 1976-77 season, Maryland has defeated a ranked NC State team 15 times. The last Maryland win over a ranked NC State team was Jan. 18, 1997 as the Terps defeated 15th-ranked NC State, 54-51, at Cole Field House.
LAST TIME OUT: Kalisa Davis scored a career-high 26 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and Branka Bogunovic added 14 points and 11 rebounds in Maryland's 74-70 loss to No. 21 Clemson in overtime. Sonia Chase hit a free throw to tie the game at 63 with 12 seconds remaining in regulation but missed the second shot. Clemson turned the ball over on its final possession to force overtime. In the extra session, Clemson scored the first five points before a Tiffany Brown three-pointer cut the lead to 72-70 with 12 seconds remaining. Maryland was forced to foul and Clemson converted its free throws to seal the win.
DOUBLE-DOUBLE I: Branka Bogunovic recorded her first career double-double against Clemson with 14 points and 11 rebounds, while Kalisa Davis recorded her second double-double of the season with a career-high 26 points and 10 rebounds. Davis' double-double against Clemson was the seventh of her career.
DOUBLE-DOUBLE II: The double-double performances by Davis and Bogunovic against Clemson marked the first time since Dec. 21, 1996 that two Terps recorded a double-double in the same game.
DOUBLE-DOUBLE III: Maryland is the only school in the ACC with five different players to record double-double performances this season.
Player Opponent (Date) Points Rebounds
Sonia Chase Loyola (11/19) 16 10
Howard (12/14) 14 10
Kalisa Davis Wake Forest (1/4) 18 11
Clemson (2/12) 26 10
Kelley Gibson Georgia Tech (11/22)10 11
North Carolina (1/18) 13 12
Stephanie Cross Harvard (11/29) 21 12
Virginia (2/9) 21 10
Branka Bogunovic Clemson (2/12) 14 11
LAST TIME AGAINST NC STATE: The Terps fell to then-10th ranked NC State, 64-56, on Jan. 15 at Cole Field House. Maryland took a 25-23 lead into the locker room at the half but Summer Erb scored 21 of her game-high 25 points in the second period. Tiffany Brown scored a season-high 21 points on 6-of-10 shooting from beyond the three-point arc.
SENIORITY RULES: The senior class of Sonia Chase, Stephanie Cross and Kalisa Davis have scored 887 of the Terps' 1,422 total points this season. The three seniors have accounted for 62.4 percent of Maryland's scoring total.
SUPER CHASE: Sonia Chase is one of only two players in Maryland history to score more than 1,000 points, grab more than 615 rebounds, dish out more than 350 assists and record more than 285 steals. Chase joins Debbie Lytle (1979-83) in this elite group.
Player Points Rebounds Assists Steals Sonia Chase 1,100 625 360 292 Debbie Lytle 1,189 668 583 315
MOVIN' ON UP: With her three steals against Virginia, Sonia Chase moved into 12th-place all-time in career steals in the ACC with 289. Chase needs only two steals to move into 11th-place and pass former Terp Deanna Tate with 294. Chase's 72 steals ranks the 11th highest season total in Maryland history.
SENIOR CLASS BY THE NUMBERS1st Kalisa Davis leads the ACC in field goal percentage with a shooting mark of 61.6.
2nd Kalisa Davis recorded her second double-double of the season against Clemson (26-10).
3.28 Kalisa Davis averages 3.28 offensive rebounds per game, fourth-best in the conference.
9th Kalisa Davis ranks ninth in the NCAA in field goal percentage with a mark of 62.4 (2/10/98).
19 Stephanie Cross' career-high 19 rebounds against Hampton is the ACC's season-high in the 1997-98 season.
26 Kalisa Davis scored a career-high 26 points against Clemson (2/12/98).
25 Sonia Chase scored a career-high 25 points against Harvard in the ECAC Holiday Festival.
48 The trio has combined to score in double-digits 48 times this season.
59 Kalisa Davis has converted 50 percent or more of her field goals in 59 of 89 career games.
62.4 The percentage of the Terps' total scoring that has come from the three seniors.
73 Sonia Chase leads the ACC in steals with 73.
3,288 Total points scored by Sonia Chase, Stephanie Cross and Kalisa Davis in their careers at Maryland.
8,761 Total minutes played by Sonia Chase, Stephanie Cross and Kalisa Davis in their careers at Maryland.
CHASING SONIA: Sonia Chase leads the ACC in steals with 72 this season for an average of 3.1 thefts per game. Chase currently stands in 12th-place all-time in the ACC in career steals with 292. She led the ACC in thefts in 1996 with 90. Below is the ACC career steals chart:
Place Name School Steals 10th Angie Armstrong NC State (1980-83) 297 11th Deanna Tate Maryland (1986, 1988-89) 293 12th Sonia Chase Maryland (1995- 292
2 FOR 300: Stephanie Cross led the Terps in scoring as a freshman (322, 11.5 ppg), sophomore (343, 13.2 ppg) and junior (332, 11.9 ppg). Cross needs just two more points to break the 300-point barrier as a senior. Cross currently stands 12th all-time in scoring at Maryland with 1,285 points. If Cross hits her average of 13 points per game for the remainder of the season, she will break into the top 10 scoring all-time.
GOLDEN TOUCH: Kalisa Davis leads the Terps and the ACC in field goal percentage, shooting 61.6 percent and is averaging 15.2 points per game. In 89 career games, Davis has converted 50 percent or more of her field goals in 59 games. Davis had her streak of 23 consecutive games in which she converted at least 50 percent or more of her field goals end against Duke on Jan. 30. Since the Blue Devil game, she has converted 21-of-37 for a 56.8 percent shooting mark.
NEAR THE TOP: Kalisa Davis has converted 355-of-620 field goals in her career for a shooting percentage of 57.3. She currently ranks second all-time in career field goal percentage at Maryland, second only to Jessie Hicks (1989-93) who converted 649-of-1,104 for a 58.8 shooting mark.
KELLEY'S ASSIST: Junior guard Kelley Gibson has dished out a career-high 111 assists this season for an average of 4.8 per game. Gibson has led the Terps in assists in 14 of the last 19 games.
GIBSON LOOKS FOR 15: Kelley's Gibson's 111 assists this season places her 16th all-time in the season assist category at Maryland. Gibson needs eight more assists to pass Katrina Colleton (1992-93) and move into 15th-place.
DOWNTOWN BROWN: In ACC play only, Tiffany Brown has converted 30 field goals this season. Of those 30 field goals, 25 have come from beyond the three-point arc. Of Brown's 107 points scored in conference play, 70.1 percent have come from three-point territory.
DOWNTOWN BROWN II: Tiffany Brown, who owns every three-point record at Maryland, has converted at least one trey in 31 of 47 career games and multiple treys in 22 games.
STARTING FIVE: Head Coach Chris Weller has used nine different starting lineups this season. Weller's lineup in the last four games has been Sonia Chase, Kelley Gibson, Tiffany Brown, Branka Bogunovic and Kalisa Davis. Kelley Gibson is the only Terp to start all 23 games this season.
IN TONIGHT'S GAME LOOK FOR:Sum Stephanie Cross needs seven points to move into 11th-place in career scoring with 1,292 points.
UPCOMING MILESTONES: Several Terps are moving up the all-time list in career statistics. Listed below is the player and category and where they stand all-time.
Category Place Player Number
Points 10th Tara Heiss (1974-78) 1,350
11th Lisa Brown (1984-88) 1,291
12th Stephanie Cross (1995- 1,285
Rebounds 5th Jessie Hicks (1989-93) 703
5th Chequita Wood (1982-86) 703
6th Stephanie Cross (1995- 688
10th Sonia Chase (1995- 625
3PT Field Goals Made 1st Tiffany Brown (1997- 79
3PT Field Goal Attempts 1st Tiffany Brown (1997- 255
2nd Carla Holmes (1988-91) 199
3rd Kelley Gibson (1995- 149
Assists 7th Lisa Brown (1984-88) 383
8th Sonia Chase (1995- 360
Steals 1st Debbie Lytle (1979-83) 315
2nd Deanna Tate (1985-89) 293
3rd Sonia Chase (1995- 292
8th Stephanie Cross (1995- 182
Games Started 4th Christy Winters (1986-90) 100
5th Sonia Chase (1995- 99
AROUND THE ACC: (overall games) As of 2/13/98
Scoring Rank Player PTS AVG
5th Kalisa Davis 288 15.2
T9th Stephanie Cross 299 13.0
T9th Sonia Chase 300 13.0
Field Goal Pct. Rank Player FG FGA PCT
1st Kalisa Davis 114 185 .616
6th Stephanie Cross 128 280 .457
7th Sonia Chase 115 285 .404
Rebounds Rank Player NO AVG
10th Stephanie Cross 148 6.5
Assists Rank Player NO AVG
2nd Kelley Gibson 111 4.8
6th Sonia Chase 91 4.0
Steals Rank Player NO AVG
1st Sonia Chase 72 3.1
UP NEXT: Maryland travels to Chapel Hill, N.C., to play the Tar Heels on Friday, Feb. 20. Game time is 7:00 p.m.
TERP SEASON HIGHS P/R/A -Points/Rebounds/Assists #00 STEPHANIE CROSS P: 26 vs. Holy Cross., 11/30/97 R: 19 vs. Hampton, 12/4/97 A: 6 vs. Georgia Tech, 1/26/98 #3 TIFFANY BROWN P: 26 vs. North Carolina, 1/18/98 R: 8 vs. Harvard, 11/29/97 A: 8 vs. Harvard, 11/29/97 #12 MICHELLE MILLER P: 2 vs. North Carolina, 1/18/98 R: 1 vs. Georgia Tech, 11/22/97 A: 0 #32 ANTONIETA GABRIEL P: 3 vs. Hartford, 12/13/97 R: 5 vs. Hartford, 12/13/97 A: 2 vs. Loyola (Md.), 11/19/97 # 33 SONIA CHASE P: 25 vs. Harvard, 11/29/97 R: 10 vs. Howard (12/14/97), Loyola (Md.) 11/19/97 A: 7 vs. North Carolina, 1/18/98 #34 KALISA DAVIS P: 26 vs. Clemson, 2/12/98 R: 11 vs. Wake Forest, 1/4/98 A: 5 vs. Georgia Tech, 1/26/98 #43 MEGHAN McINTYRE P: 9 vs. Holy Cross, 11/30/97 R: 12 vs. Rutgers, 11/15/97 A: 4 vs. Howard, 12/14/97 #45 KELLEY GIBSON P: 16 vs. Hartford (12/13/97) R: 12 vs. North Carolina, 1/18/98 A: 8 vs. St. Peter's, 12/30/97, Hampton, 12/4/97, Holy Cross, 11/30/97 #55 BRANKA BOGUNOVIC P: 17 vs. Clemson, 1/11/98 R: 14 vs. Loyola (Md.), 11/19/97 A: 1 vs. Georgia Tech, 1/26/98, Harvard, 11/29/97 1997-98 TERPS' RECORD WHEN: Overall Record 13-10 ACC Record 6-7 Home Record Overall 8-4 Road Record Overall 3-6 Neutral Site Record 2-0 ACC Home Record 4-3 ACC Road Record 2-4 Led at half-time 8-3 Trailed at half-time 5-6 Tied at half-time 0-1 Shot 50% of better 3-0 Shot less than 49% 3-2 Shot less than 45% 5-1 Shot less than 40% 2-7 Had higher FG% than opponent 11-1 Had lower FG% than opponent 2-9 More rebounds than opponent 7-2 Fewer rebounds than opponent 6-7 Rebounds equal 0-1 Had fewer turnovers than opponent 9-3 Had more turnovers than opponent 3-6 Turnovers equal 1-1 Shot more FTs than opponent 12-3 Shot fewer FTs than opponent 1-7 Scored between 40-49 points 0-4 Scored between 50-59 points 4-4 Scored between 60-69 points 4-1 Scored between 70-79 points 2-1 Scored between 80-89 points 3-0 Scored between 90-100 points 0-0 Record in overtime 1-1 Record in November 3-2 Record in December 5-2 Record in January 4-4 Record in February 1-2 Record on Sunday 5-1 Record on Monday 2-2 Record on Tuesday 0-1 Record on Wednesday 1-1 Record on Thursday 1-3 Record on Friday 1-1 Record on Saturday 3-1
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