Women's Basketball Receives Votes in Latest AP Poll
1/13/2004 7:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Jan. 13, 2004
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The Maryland women's basketball team is making an amazing turnaround under the direction of second-year head coach Brenda Frese. The Terps earned 29 votes in this week's Associated Press Top 25 which was announced on Monday.
The Terps are 11-3 so far this season, eclipsing its win total of a year ago (10). Maryland is also 3-1 in ACC play, its best start in the conference since the 1991-92 season, and is one conference win away from matching its win total from last year.
Maryland has improved not just in the win column, but is also shooting better from the field, from three-point land and from the charity stripe. The Terps are the conference leader in three-point field goal percentage at .399 and from the charity stripe with a .745 percentage.
The Terps are currently tied for second in the ACC standings with No. 13 North Carolina. Maryland returns to face Georgia Tech on Thursday, Jan. 15 at 7 p.m.
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTESAssociate Press Top 25 (Jan. 12)
1. Duke (24) 2. Texas Tech (17) 3. Texas (5) 4. Connecticut 5. Tennessee 6. Minnesota 7. Stanford 8. Penn State 9. Purdue 10. Kansas State 11. Georgia 12. Louisiana Tech 13. North Carolina 14. LSU 15. Colorado 15. Oklahoma 17. DePaul 18. TCU 19. Villanova 20. Auburn 21. Miami 22. Boston College 23. Virginia Tech 24. Baylor 25. Michigan State
Ohio State79, Rutgers72, Vanderbilt43, Utah36, MARYLAND29, SMS16, Florida15, Idaho13, Arizona7, Houston6, Clemson4, Richmond4, Seton Hall4, Oregon3, South Alabama3, Notre Dame2, Santa Barbara2, USC1.
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