Maryland Takes On Its Second Straight Top 10 Opponent, Hosts UNC
1/24/2003 7:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Jan. 24, 2003
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Monday, Jan. 27 ~ 7 p.m.
Terps (8-10, 2-5 ACC) Vs. North Carolina (16-2, 5-1 ACC)
at Comcast Center (17,950): College Park, Md.
Live On Television: Sunshine Network: Live (Northern Florida). Fox Sports South: Live (Ala., Ga., Miss., NC, and SC). Tape Delayed- Jan. 28, 1:30 p.m. (Ky. and Tenn.). Comcast Mid-ATlantic: Jan. 28, 1:30 A.M. (Entire Network)
Live On the Radio: 88.1 FM WMUC (College Park, Md.)
Live On the Internet: www.wmucsports.com
Saturday, Feb. 1 ~ 7 p.m.
Terps Vs. NC State at Comcast Center (17,950): College Park, Md.
Live On the Radio: 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), WMAL 630 AM, and 88.1 FM WMUC (College Park)
Live On the Internet: www.wmucsports.com
Maryland (8-10, 2-5 ACC) meets its second straight Top 10 opponent when it hosts No. 9/9 North Carolina (16-2, 5-1 ACC) on Monday, Jan. 27, at 7 p.m. Monday's game will be televised both live and taped dalayed. Please check your local listings for the schedule in your area.
The Terps begin the ACC slate again from the top starting on Feb. 1 when they host NC State at 7 p.m. in the Comcast Center. That game will be broadcast live by the Terrapin Radio Network's Jody Lavin Patrick (color) and Johnny Holliday (play-by-play) on the following stations: 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), WMAL 630 AM, and 88.1 FM WMUC (College Park).
Want To Win Tickets to the Women's ACC Tournament In Greensboro?
Enter at the marketing table at this Monday's game vs. North Carolina to be one of four lucky winners to grab a pair of tickets to the upcoming ACC women's basketball tournament! Starting with the Jan. 27 game, fans can enter the contest, which continues through the Wake Forest game on Feb. 13. Two winners (each receiving one of the four total pairs) will be announced in the second half of the North Carolina game and the final two winners will be announced during the second half of the Wake Forest game. Good luck!
The Maryland/UNC Series
The Terps trail the Tar Heels 26-27 in the all-time series. Maryland has only managed one win in the past 10 match-ups, a 55-53 win on Jan. 28, 2001, at Cole Field House. Last season, North Carolina stole three from the Terps, winning 85-56 on Dec. 30 in Chapel Hill, 68-57 on Jan. 31 at Cole Field House and 78-58 at the ACC Tournament to end the Terps' season last year. Renneika Razor (New York, N.Y.) posts the highest scoring average of any returning player vs. the Heels, averaging 8.7 points per game.
North Carolina is the only ACC team new Maryland head coach Brenda Frese had met in her three-year coaching career before signing on with the Terps. 2002 AP National Coach of the Year, Frese's Minnesota team was eliminated from the NCAA tournament last year at Carolina by a 72-69 margin.
Kudos For Razor
Before Monday's game vs. UNC, senior guard Renneika Razor will be honored for scoring her 1,000 career point. Razor passed the milestone on Jan. 19 at Virginia, scoring 16 points vs. the Cavaliers.
UM vs. Ranked Teams
When UM takes the floor vs. No. 9 North Carolina, the Terps will be looking for their first win over a ranked team in two years. The last time Maryland beat a ranked team was on Feb. 25, 2001 vs. NC State in Cole Field House. The Wolfpack women were ranked 17th at the time and the win was one of four the Terps had over ranked teams that year. The Terps just lost to No. 1 Duke on Thursday, 101-52.
Stolen!
Maryland's Renneika Razor narrowly leads the league in steals this season, averaging 4.0 per game, and edging Duke's Alana Beard by a slight margin. Beard is averaging 3.59 steals per game. (Stats as of Jan. 23).
Razor is blowing away the competition in ACC games, however, averaging a fat 3.9 steals per game in conference games, almost two steals more than any other player in the conference.
Razor was sixth nationally in steals per game heading into this week.
Razor Climbs All-Time Lists
Senior Renneika Razor continues to climb the UM career charts for steals, averaging 4.0 per game this season. Here 4.8 steals per game in ACC contests leads the conference this season by almost two steals a game. Razor set her new career high for steals in the Florida State (1/16) loss with eight and is currently fourth on Maryland's all-time list in that category with 250. Razor's total is also good enough for No. 22 all-time in ACC history.
Razor Cracks 1,000-Point Mark
In Maryland's 69-58 loss at Virginia, Renneika Razor became the 20th player in Maryland history to break the 1,000 point plateau. She scored 16 points in the game, leading Maryland and ending the afternoon with 1,001 career points. The senior guard currently has 1,009 career points, including 281 this season. Razor is 43 points away from the No. 19 spot all-time on Maryland's scoring chart where Carla Holmes (1988-91) now sits with 1,052. Razor also has over 500 career rebounds, grabbing 529 to date, and needs 52 more to crack the Top 15 all-time for that Maryland list.
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, 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 14.2 ppg in her first nine 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 14.3 points per game in ACC play and grabbing a team-high 7.6 rebounds per game, including a career-high 16 at Virginia.
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 Loyola.
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.
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.
Bullett, Heiss Named to ACC's List of Top 50 Female Athletes
The Atlantic Coast Conference 50th Anniversary Top 50 Female Athletes were announced today by Commissioner John D. Swofford. The 50-member team was voted on by a 120-member blue-ribbon committee that was selected by the league's 50th Anniversary Committee.
The Terrapins who made the distinguished list are Jen Adams (women's lacrosse), Vicky Bullett (women's basketball), Tara Heiss (women's basketball), Kate Kauffman (field hockey) and Carla Tagliente (field hockey). In addition, one current Terp coach - women's soccer's Shannon Higins-Cirovski - was named to the team for her play while at North Carolina in the late '80s.
"These women are more than just outstanding former student-athletes, they are pioneers for women's athletics as a result of their exceptional and varied accomplishments both professionally and athletically." said Swofford. "These women established a level of excellence and achievement, both nationally and internationally, that will serve as a standard for all future women athletes in the ACC."
North Carolina led all league schools with 15 members on the Golden Anniversary team while Duke and NC State were second with eight honorees each. Clemson had six athletes selected, followed by Maryland and Virginia (5) and Wake Forest (3).
