Women's Hoops Travels To Virginia
1/18/2003 7:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Jan. 18, 2003
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Game 17
Sunday, Jan. 19 ~ 1 p.m.
Terps (8-8, 2-3 ACC)
at Virginia (6-9, 1-4 ACC)
at University Hall (8,394)
Charlottesville, Va.
Live On Television: Fox Sports South, Comcast Mid-Atlantic, Sunshine Network
Live On the Radio:
WBAL 1090AM (Baltimore), WTBO 1450AM (Cumberland), WARK 1490AM (Hagerstown), WMSG 1050AM (Oakland), WTDK 107.1FM (Cambridge/Easton), WQMR 101.1FM (Ocean City), WTGM 960AM (Salisbury), WMUC (College Park) 88.1FM
Live On the Internet: www.wmucsports.com
Maryland's Next Game:
Thursday, Jan. 23 ~ 7 p.m.
Terps at No. 1 Duke at Cameron Indoor
Stadium (9,314): Durham, N.C.
Live On the Radio: 88.1 FM WMUC (College Park, Md.)
Live On the Internet: www.wmucsports.com
Terps On Live on TV at Virginia on Sunday, Jan. 19 at 1 p.m.
Maryland (8-8, 2-3 ACC) hits the road for Virginia (6-9, 1-4 ACC) on Jan. 19 and then No. 1 Duke on Jan. 23 before returning home to face North Carolina on Jan. 27. The Virginia game will not only be regionally televised live with Debbie Antonelli and Beth Mowins, but will also be available on the Terrapin Radio Network. The game begins at 1 p.m. ET and will be shown live on Comcast, Fox Sports Net South and Sunshine Network.
The Terrapin Radio Network broadcast of the ACC match-up with Jason Elliot and Johnny Holliday calling the game can be found on the following affiliates throughout the state of Maryland: WBAL 1090 AM (Baltimore), WTBO 1450 AM (Cumberland), WARK 1490 AM (Hagerstown), WMSG 1050 AM (Oakland), WTDK 107.1 FM (Cambridge/Easton), WQMR 101.1 FM (Ocean City), WTGM 960 AM (Salisbury). On the Internet, the game can be found on www.wmucsports.com originating from Maryland's student radio station, WMUC. WMUC will also broadcast the game on 88.1 FM in College Park.
The Maryland/Duke game will be broadcast live as well on WMUC at 88.1 on your FM dial as well as at www.wmucsports.com. That game will start at 7 p.m. on Jan. 23 with the pregame show starting at 6:30 p.m. from Cameron Indoor Stadium.
Border Wars: The Maryland/Virginia Series
The Terrapins trail 21-36 in the overall series with Virginia, with Maryland's last win coming on Feb. 24, 2000, in Cole Field House, 76-71. The Terps have lost 21 of the past 22 games they have played against the Cavaliers. Renneika Razor (New York, N.Y.) leads all returning Terps against the Cavaliers, averaging 7.0 ppg during her career vs. Virginia.
Razor Climbs Um All-Time Lists, Needs 15 Points for 1,000
Senior Renneika Razor continues to climb the career charts for steals, averaging 4.2 per game this season. Here 5.9 steals per game in ACC contests leads the conference this season. Razor set her new career high for steals in the Florida State (1/16) loss with eight and is currently tied for fifth on Maryland's all-time list in that category with 236. Razor's total stands just three steals away from cracking the ACC's Top 25 all-time.
Additionally, Razor is on pace to become the 20th player in Maryland history to break the 1,000 point plateau. The senior guard currently has 985 career points, including 257 this season, leaving her 15 points from the career milestone. Razor also has over 500 career rebounds, grabbing 522 to date, and needs 59 more to crack the Top 15 all-time for that Maryland list.
Maryland's All-Time Steals Chart
1. 315 Debbie Lytle (1980-83)
2. 309 Sonia Chase (1995-98)
3. 293 Deanna Tate (1986-89)
4. 241 Myra Waters (1979-82)
5. 236 Chequita Wood (1983-86)
236 Renneika Razor (2000-present)
7. 220 Vicky Bullett (1986-89)
8. 212 Lisa Brown (1985-88)
9. 190 Tiffany Brown (1997-00)
10. 188 Stephanie Cross (1995-98)
11. 182 Marcia Richardson (1981-84)
12. 162 Subrena Rivers (1986-90)
13. 153 Dafne Lee (1989-92)
14. 152 Kelley Gibson (1995-99)
15. 139 Jessie Hicks (1990-93)
Oliver Bursts on the Scene
2002 AP National Coach of the Year Brenda Frese added her first recruit to the Terrapin roster this summer in 6-3 junior college transfer Delvona Oliver (Euclid, Ohio). Oliver, a center from Cincinnati State Technical and Community College, has now met all of her requirements and was eligible for the first time this season for the Gatorade Holiday Classic. She wasted no time making the impact her coaches said she would, averaging 16.0 ppg in her first seven outings, narrowly missing a double-double against Cleveland State with 16 points and nine rebounds and again at NC State with 19 points and nine rebounds. She is now posting 16.8 points per game in ACC play and grabbing a team-high 7.0 rebounds per game.
Oliver earned second-team All-America recognition from the National Junior College Athletic Association and averaged 18.1 points, 10.5 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game in the 2000-01 season. She earned most valuable player honors at the Ohio Community College Athletic Conference postseason tournament.
Heading in the Right Direction
The beginning of Maryland's new era in women's basketball appears to be headed in the right direction. With an 8-8 mark and a 2-3 conference record, Maryland has made the following strides this year en route to turning the corner back to national prominence.
Maryland won the first-ever game, men's or women's, in the Terps' new home, the Comcast Center. Senior Renneika Razor scored the first basket in the Comcast Center, en route to the Terps' 80-72 win over the Loyola Greyhounds.
The Terps broke 100 points in a game for the first time since Dec. 28, 1993, when it downed UMES 102-31. Maryland's 104-point output was the highest since Dec. 1, 1992 vs. Drexel. That game was a 121-52 win for the Terps, and still stands as the school record for points in a game.
Maryland won its first ACC road game since Feb. 19, 2001, when UM grabbed a 69-53 win at Wake Forest. The Terrapins held on for ACC road win No. 1 in 10 tries. Last year's 0-8 effort on the conference road trail was the first time in program history the Terps finished without an ACC road win.
Welcome Home
Welcome to the Comcast Center... Maryland held the grand opening for the new home of women's and men's basketball on Oct. 10 when the university celebrated the official ribbon-cutting at the Comcast Center. New head coach Brenda Frese lined up with Maryland Governor Parris Glendening, University President C.D. "Dan" Mote, men's basketball bench boss Gary Williams, Athletics Director Deborah A. Yow, and many others to address the crowd of over 1,200 invitees to the grand opening.
The Comcast Center's seating capacity will be an outstanding 17,100 with the building including such amenities as:
Frese Takes the Helm
Brenda Frese named third head coach ever for Maryland women... Maryland introduced 2002 AP National Coach of the Year Brenda Frese as its new head coach on April 2, 2002.
Frese brings a history of turning programs around with her to Maryland. Frese began her head coaching career at Ball State in 1999 and took a program that had been 66-169 in the past nine seasons to records of 16-13 and 19-9 and two NCAA tournaments before moving to Minnesota in 2001.
Frese orchestrated the best one-year turnaround in Big Ten history, taking a team that had gone 8-20 in 2000-01 and guiding them to a 22-8 record last season. Her turnaround heroics ended in the NCAA second round against the ACC's own North Carolina Tar Heels, but her amazing reversal of Minnesota's fortunes still earned Frese AP National Coach of the Year honors.
Frese coached her 100th career game on Jan. 5 against Georgia Tech. Frese's Terps earned the 71-63 victory by leading the Jackets, who were on the verge of being ranked, from beginning to end.
Maryland's Next Home Action
Maryland won't return home until Jan. 27 vs. North Carolina at 7 p.m. in the Comcast Center. That game will be one of two Terrapin home games that will be regionally televised this season. The Maryland/UNC game can be found live in Northern Florida on the Sunshine network and live on Fox Sports South in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina and South Carolina, and will be tape delayed on Comcast Mid-Atlantic and some Fox Sports affiliates in Kentucky and Tennessee. The Terps' game will be rebroadcast at 1:30 a.m. on Jan. 28 (the night after the game) on Comcast Mid-Atlantic's full network and at 1:30 p.m. on Fox Sports South's entire network on Jan. 28.
