Feb. 14, 2003

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Game 24
Sunday, Feb. 16 ~ 1 p.m.
Terps (9-14, 3-9 ACC) at Florida State (15-7, 7-4 ACC)
at Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center (12,200): Tallahassee, Fla.

Live On TV: Comcast, Fox Sports South, Sunshine Networks
Live On the Radio: WMUC 88.1 FM (College Park)
Live On the Internet: www.wmucsports.com

Maryland's Next Game:
Thursday, Feb. 20 ~ 7 p.m.
Terps Vs. Virginia
at Comcast Center (17,950): College Park, Md.

Live On the Radio: WMUC 88.1 FM (College Park)
Live On the Internet: www.wmucsports.com

Maryland travels to Tallahassee, Fla., for a match-up with Florida State on Sunday, Feb. 16, at 1 p.m. Maryland is 9-14 (3-9 ACC) entering the contest while Florida State is third in the league with a 15-7 mark (7-4 ACC). The game will be broadcast by Mike Hogewood (play-by-play) and Jenny Boucek (color) on Comcast, Fox Sports South, and Sunshine networks. All three will broadcast the game live.

Next Up: Virginia

The Terps return home on Thursday, Feb. 20, vs. Virginia at 7 p.m. That game will also be broadcast on live Fox Sports South and Sunshine networks. Comcast will air the game at 1:30 a.m. the night of the game.

The Maryland/FSU Series

Maryland has a 16-10 lead in the all-time series with Florida State, the newest series of any against an ACC team. In the last 10 games, Maryland has won only three and dropped a 76-61 decision to the Seminoles earlier this season. The Terps have won only one of their last seven meetings with FSU. The last time Maryland beat the Noles on their home court was a 65-58 victory on Jan. 15, 1996.

Going For Four... or More

Maryland's Brenda Frese has already given fans a number of positive signs towards a bright future of this rebuilding program and is on her way to another. Despite being 3-9 in the conference right now, Frese needs to lead Maryland to only one more conference win this season to tie last year's ACC win total and two more to finish either tied with or better than the squad's record three out of the past four years. And that's with four ACC games remaining.

Stolen!

Maryland's Renneika Razor (New York, N.Y.) leads the league in steals this season, averaging 3.48 per game, and edging Duke's Alana Beard by 0.44 steals a game. Beard, the 2002 ACC Player of the Year, is averaging 3.04 steals per game.

Razor is leading the competition in ACC games as well, averaging a 3.42 steals per game in conference games, 1.0 steals more than any other player in the conference.

Razor was 17th 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 3.5 per game this season. Her 3.42 steals per game in ACC contests leads the conference this season by 1.0 steals per 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 259. Razor's total is also good enough for No. 22 all-time in ACC history. She is three steals away from moving into 21st on the all-time conference list.

Razor Cracks 1,000 Pts

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 and ended the afternoon with 1,001 career points. The senior guard currently has 1,091 career points, including 363 this season. Razor is22 points away from the No. 18 spot all-time on UM's scoring chart where Jane Zivalich (1988-91) now sits with 1,113. Razor also has over 500 career rebounds, grabbing 557 to date, and needs 24 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, and is averaging 11.9 ppg. She narrowly missed 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 grabbing a team-high 6.1rebounds 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.

Lighting It Up

Despite her freshman status, Chrissy Fisher (Rumson, N.J.) showed she has what it takes from beyond the arc when she exploded against North Carolina, hitting 6-7 from long range. Fisher's .857 for the game is a new Maryland school record. The previous mark was .667 and was held by five players.

Fisher followed it up with a 3-5 shooting performance behind the arc and 13 points in Maryland's overtime win vs. NC State on Feb. 1. Her two-game performance earned her ACC co-Rookie of the Week honors with North Carolina's La'Tangela Atkinson.

On the road last weekend, Fisher posted double digits both games including 20 points against Clemson, which tied her career high previously set against North Carolina. She has posted double digits for the past six games.

Going Up!

The beginning of Maryland's new era in women's basketball appears to be headed in the right direction. With an 9-14 mark and a 3-9 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.

A crowd of 5,078, the largest at a Maryland women's basketball game since Feb. 24, 1996, was in attendance for the Maryland/NC State game on Feb. 1. The Terps won 74-72 in overtime. The last time the Terrapins hosted a home crowd that large was when 5,750 people were in attendance when No. 9 Virginia came to town.

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: