Women's Basketball Takes on 13th-Ranked North Carolina
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Jan. 17, 2004
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COLLEGE PARK, Md. -
Game 17: #13 North Carolina (13-2, 3-1)
Monday, Jan. 19
Comcast Center (17,950)
College Park, Md.
Terps Take on 13th-ranked Tar Heels
* Maryland (12-4, 4-1 ACC) hosts 13th-ranked North Carolina for a crucial matchup in which both teams will be vying for second place in the league. The Terps are currently second in the ACC standings, half a game in front of the Heels. UNC is coming off of a loss to top-ranked Duke, 79-57, for its first loss of the season.
* Last year, UNC used a buzzer-beating shot to top the Terps, 83-82, in Comcast Center to stave off the upset.
* The game will be broadcast locally on Comcast SportsNet and Fox Sports South and the Sunshine Network. On the radio, the game can be heard on the Terrapin Sports Radio Network.
Maryland on the Tube
* The Terps will make at least six television appearances this season as part of the ACC women's basketball schedule. Maryland's first televised contest was against Virginia in Comcast Center on Jan. 4. The Terps are 1-0 in TV games so far.
Day Game TV Time Jan. 4 Virginia at Maryland RSN 1 p.m. Jan. 19 North Carolina at Maryland RSN 7 p.m. Jan. 25 Maryland at NC State RSN 1 p.m. Feb. 5 Maryland at Virginia RSN 7 p.m. Feb. 9 Wake Forest at Maryland RSN 7 p.m. Feb. 22 Duke at Maryland ESPN2 4 p.m.TV: Regional Sports Network (Fox Sports South, Sunshine Network, Comcast SportsNet)
Terps on the Airwaves
* For the second-straight year nearly every Maryland women's basketball game can be heard over the radio airwaves either by the Terrapin Sports Network or by Maryland's student radio station, WMUC. Voice of the Terps Johnny Holliday returns as play-by-play announcer on the Terrapin Sports Network and will be announcing six of the Terps' games.
* Games airing on the Terrapins Sports Network, including the Jan. 19 game vs. North Carolina and the Feb. 9 contest vs. Wake Forest, can be heard on affiliates throughout Maryland and Baltimore areas. Maryland home and road games broadcast by WMUC can be heard on 88.1 FM as well as on the web at www.wmuc.com and www.wmucsports.com.
Terps Make Impressive Turnaround
* Second year head coach and 2002 Associated Press Coach of the Year Brenda Frese is known for her amazing turnarounds and is the midst of another in College Park. Maryland opened ACC play 4-1, equaling its win total from last year and is its best start since the 1991-92 season. The Terps are second in the conference standings, a half game behind No. 1 Duke and a half game ahead of No. 13 North Carolina.
* Maryland's 12 this season is two more than they had all last season when the team went 10-18. The Terps' 12-4 record through 16 games is their best since going 13-3 in 1992-93.
* The Terps' 17-point win over the Demon Deacons is their biggest over an ACC team since a 75-54 win over NC State on Feb. 25, 2001, and its 91-point scoring day vs. Georgia Tech is the most the Terps have scored in an ACC game since a 92-79 win over the Yellow Jackets in Feb. 21, 1999. In its four conference wins, Maryland has averaged 11.8-point margin of victory.
* This season, the Terps are scoring more (73.0 vs. 67.4), shooting better from the field (.433 vs. .414), from three-point land (.402 vs. .316) and from the charity stripe (.740 vs. .616). Maryland leads the ACC in three-point shooting and in free throw percentage and ranks nationally in both those categories.
Terps Receive Votes in National Poll
* The Maryland women's basketball team received 29 votes in the Jan. 12 AP Top 25 poll, five spots out of the top 25. The Terps eclipsed their season win total from a year ago with 11 and started the ACC slate going 3-0. Three of Maryland's losses have come to teams that are ranked.
* Maryland also received votes in the Nov. 24 AP Top 25 Poll. The Terps got off to their best start in four years, going 4-0.
In the ACC Stats
* Several Terps rank among the top 10 in a number of key statistical categories in the ACC. Junior Alli Spence leads the conference with a .536 three-point field goal percentage and 2.14 three-point field goals made. She is also fifth with 4.50 assists per game and eighth with a 1.47 assist-to-turnover ratio, a category which teammate Anesia Smith is the conference's leader at 2.24.
* Freshman Shay Doron is 10th in scoring (12.9) and tied for third in free throw percentage (.800). Classmate Kalika France is 11th in scoring (12.8) and 13th in rebounding (5.8). She is also eighth in the conference with 2.56 offensive rebounds. Having the best season of her career, senior Crystal Washington is eighth in the ACC with a .523 shooting percentage and fifth at 1.25 blocks per game.
* The Terps are the best free throw shooting team in the ACC at .740. Last year, Maryland ended the season ranked eighth at .616. Maryland is also the conference's leader with a .402 shooting percentage from three-point land, which is up from its 2002-03 rate of .316.
In the National Stats
* As of Jan. 12, junior Alli Spence has the third-best three-point shooting percentage in the nation at .528.
* Maryland's .399 three-point shooting rate ranks eighth in the country. The Terps .745 free throw shooting percentage is 25th in the nation. A list of where the Terps rank in several categories in the nation (out of 324 team) is on page four.
Terrapin Turf
* The Terps are 9-1 this season at Comcast Center, improving their all-time record at home to 372-107 (.777) for one of the best all-time home records in the country. Entering the 2003-04 season, College Park was ranked 27th all-time for best city record. Cole Field House, which was the home of the Terps from 1974-2002, ranks as the 46th-best home venue all-time at 288-95 (75.2 percent).
Doron Receives Conference Nod Again
* Freshman Shay Doron's record-tying 32-point outing at Wake Forest led to ACC Co-Rookie of the Week honors on Jan. 12. Her 32 points ties for the most by an ACC player this season. It is also the seventh-highest total scored by a Terp in school history and ties the freshman school record.
* Doron was also 11-for-12 from the charity stripe vs. the Deacons and led the team with five assists. It is the second time this season she has been named Rookie of the Week by the ACC.
Terps In ACC Openers
* Maryland is 19-8 all-time in ACC openers. The Terps have won their last two conference openers at home, defeating Clemson, 70-59, on December 5, 2001 and NC State, 68-56, on Jan. 2, 2004.
* The Terps improved to 4-1 in the ACC after defeating Georgia Tech, 91-87, for its best start since the 1991-92 season. That year, Maryland went 10-0 in ACC play before suffering its first loss of the season and ended the year 13-3 in the conference and 25-6 overall.
Doron Registers 30-Point Outing
* Shay Doron scored 23 second-half points en route to a career-high 32, leading Maryland to a 75-58 win at Wake Forest. Her 32 points tied the freshman class record and is the seventh-highest point total in school history. Deanna Tate set the freshman class mark in 1986 vs. North Carolina.
Most Points by a Maryland Freshman: 32 - Shay Doron, vs. Wake Forest 1/9/04 32 - Deanna Tate, vs. North Carolina 3/3/86
* Prior to Doron's 32-point performance, the last Terps to score 30+ points was when Marche Strickland netted 32 on Jan. 23, 2000.
Fab Freshmen
* Two freshmen who were expected to make an immediate impact, Shay Doron and Kalika France are No. 1 and No. 2 on the team in scoring, averaging 12.7 and 12.5 ppg, respectively. In the history of the program, only four times has a freshman led the team in scoring and never have two freshmen been ranked No. 1 and No. 2 in scoring on the team. Below is a list of players who have led Maryland in scoring as a freshman.
Year Player Scoring Average 1985-86 Deanna Tate 16.7 1986-87 Edna Campbell 16.1 1994-95 Stephanie Cross 11.5 1998-99 Deedee Warley 13.4
Brick Reaches Milestone
* When fifth-year senior Vicki Brick entered the Georgia Tech game, it was the 100th game she had played in a Maryland uniform. Brick has been with the Terrapin program since the 1999-2000 season when the Terps reached the quarterfinals of the WNIT Tournament.
* Christy Winters holds the school record for most games played in a Terrapin uniform with 123 games, a record she set from 1987-90.
How Low Can You Go?
* In the 69-55 win over Virginia, the Terps' stifling defense limited the Cavaliers to just 12 points and 16.7 percent shooting in the first half and claimed a 34-12 edge heading into the locker room en route to the dominating win.
Charge It!
* Maryland has drawn at least one offensive foul in every game this year. Freshman Shay Doron has been the main culprit of the Terps' streak. She has taken at least one charge in 14 games, including the first 11-straight games to open the season. The only games she has not drawn a charge are vs. NC State and at Florida State. Prior to Doron's arrival in College Park and playing as a member of the Israeli National Team, she drew a single-game record of six charges against the Croatian National Team.
France Named All-Tourney
* Freshman Kalika France was named to the Surf-N-Slam All-Tournament team in San Diego, Calif. While in California, France averaged 16 points per game and 6.5 rebounds, while shooting .467 from the field, including .500 from three-point land. Helping the team to a 1-1 mark in the tournament, she scored a then-career high 18 points against No. 3/3 Texas Tech. She was one rebound shy of a double-double in the overtime win over Georgetown, tallying 14 points and nine rebounds.
The Dish on Spence
* Junior transfer Alli Spence has led the team in assists six games this season, handing out a career-high 10 helpers in the win over Niagara. As a result, she is fifth in the ACC with 4.50 assists per game.
* The 10 assists Spence handed out against Niagara is not only a career high but she was also the first ACC player this season to accomplish that feat. Spence and Georgia Tech's Alex Stewart are the only two players in the conference to dish out 10 assists.
France Garners Weekly Recognition
* Freshman Kalika France was named the ACC's Rookie of the Week on Dec. 29. France scored a then-career high 18 points in the Terps' loss to No. 3/3 Texas Tech at the Surf-N-Slam Tournament. She was 8-for-15 from the field and also connected on her only two attempts from beyond the three-point line. She was instrumental in Maryland's defensive effort which limited the Lady Raiders to a season-low 32.8 percent shooting.
Doron Selected Rookie of the Week
* After shooting a scorching 62.5 percent from the field in the Terrapin Classic, Maryland's Shay Doron was named ACC Rookie of the Week on Dec. 1. Doron scored in double figures in back-to-back games of the Terrapin Classic. She led all scorers with 22 points in the 90-49 win over Sacred Heart, going 9-for-12 from the field. She followed up with a 15-point outing on 6-for-12 shooting, dishing out a career-high six assists, helping the Terps to a 97-65 win over UMES and to the Terrapin Classic title. Doron, who led all players in the tournament in points, field goals made and three-point field goals made, was 4-for-4 from three-point land, sinking a pair in each game.
Moving Up
* Two Terps are ascending up the Maryland record books. Fifth-year senior Vicki Brick broke into the top 10 in career steals last year and is now tied for eighth in the record books at 212. She also ranks 12th with 346 career assists.
* In just one season, sophomore Chrissy Fisher has already made her mark in the Maryland record books. One of the best three-point sharp shooters in school history, she ranks sixth in the career record books with 58 three-pointers made and with 159 three-point field goals attempted. Entering the season with a .382 field goal percentage behind the arc, she ranked fourth-best all-time.
Wins Vs. Ranked Opponents
* Maryland has posted 89 all-time wins over ranked opponents (since 1976-77) and 21 of those victories have been against teams ranked in the top 10. In the history of the program, the Terps have also claimed wins against top five teams 12 times. The Terps' last win over a top-five squad was when they beat Virginia, the No. 1 team in the nation, during the 1991-92 season, 67-65. Maryland was ranked No. 3 in that game.
* In 89 of the Terps' all-time wins over ranked teams, the Terps were unranked in 24 of those games. Maryland's only win over a top-five team while unranked was an 81-80 upset over No. 3 NC State on Jan. 26, 1991.
* The Terps have not defeated a ranked foe since defeating four ranked teams during the 2000-01 season, but nearly defeated No. 8/7 North Carolina last year, falling on a buzzer-beating shot in College Park, 83-82. This season, Maryland's only three losses have come at the hands of ranked teams.
Doron Sets Record, Ties NCAA Mark
* In her first-collegiate game, freshman Shay Doron made 23 free throws in the 79-64 win over Coppin State, tying the NCAA record for makes while breaking the ACC and Maryland records. Her 27 attempts were also a conference and school records.
Turtle Tracks...
* For the second time this season, five Maryland players scored in double figures in the win over Georgia Tech, including three starters. Freshmen Shay Doron and Kalika France netted 15 and 16 points, respectively, while senior Delvona Oliver added 15. Sophomore Chrissy Fisher tallied 17 points and junior Alli Spence scored 14 off the bench.
* Maryland's 91 points in the win over Georgia Tech its biggest scoring output in an ACC game since defeating the Jackets on Feb. 21, 1999, 92-79.
* The Terps recorded their biggest ACC win since a 75-54 triumph vs. NC State State on Feb. 25, 2001 when they bested Wake Forest, 75-58. In its four ACC victories, Maryland is averaging an 11.8-point margin of victory in those game.
* Bishop McNamara High School alums Kalika France and Crystal Washington each posted double-doubles in the win over the Wolfpack. France's 19 points were a then-career high and her 10 rebounds tied a career best. Washington grabbed a career-high 13 boards to go along with 10 points. The last time the Terps had two players post double-doubles was in the 104-66 win over Rider last season on Nov. 29. Angel Ross (19 pts, 13 reb) and Charmaine Carr (14 pts, 11 reb) both recorded their first-career double-doubles.
* All five starters scored in double-figures in the 76-61 win over Loyola. Senior Crystal Washington and freshman Shay Doron paved the way, each scoring game-highs of 14 points.
* Maryland's four freshmen scored in double-figures to lead the Terps to a 72-38 rout of UMBC. Rookie C'Vette Henson tallied a career-high 12 points to lead all scorers.
* Freshman Kalika France has pulled down five or more rebounds in nine of Maryland's 15 games. She grabbed a career-high 10 in her first-collegiate game vs. Coppin State and tied that mark in the Terps' ACC opener vs. NC State to complete her first-career double-double.
* Expected to make an immediate impact this season, freshmen Kalika France and Shay Doron have accounted for 35 percent of the team's points. Doron has reached double-digit scoring nine times, reaching the 20-point plateau three times, including a 32-point effort at Wake Forest. France has scored in double-figures 10 times, including her first 20-point outing at Florida State. Both lead the team in scoring (Doron - 12.7 ppg; France - 12.5 ppg)
* Senior Crystal Washington has already surpassed her point total from a year ago. This season, she has netted 126 points, topping the 55 points she scored in 15 games last season. Prior to this year, Washington had never started in a game.
* Senior Crystal Washington's two blocks against No. 3/3 Texas Tech tied a then-career-high with 16 blocks on the season which she set during the 2000-01 season. She broke that mark and leads the team with 20, 12 more than she had last season. She is currently fifth in the ACC with 1.33 blocks per game.
* Junior transfer Alli Spence's career-high 22 points vs. No. 8/8 Penn State was more than she scored in the first four games of the season (20 points). She then dropped 19 points at St. Bonaventure for her first back-to-back double-digit outings of the season. She also strung together three-straight double-digit outings from 12/30-1/4.
* Junior transfer Alli Spence has been red hot from three-point land. A career .328 shooter from behind the arc while at Old Dominion, she leads the ACC with a .532 three-point shooting percentage and ranks fourth in the nation in the category.
* The Terps' 6-1 start this year was their best since going 7-0 in 1991-92. That year, Maryland finished 25-6 overall and 13-1 in the ACC, reaching the NCAA Tournament Mideast Regional. The Terps also went 6-1 in 1992-93 and 2000-01.
Top Recruits Sign with Maryland
* Head coach Brenda Frese announced the signing of four of the nation's top recruits, bringing even more excitement to the New Era of Women's Basketball as the Terps look to return to national prominence. Laura Harper, Crystal Langhorne, Jade Perry and Ashleigh Newman have signed National Letters of Intent to play basketball in College Park beginning the 2004-05 season. Full bios and list of accomplishments can be found on www.umterps.com.
Up Next
* Maryland takes to the road for two games in the state of North Carolina. Top-ranked Duke hosts the Terps on Thursday, Jan. 22 at 7 p.m. On Sunday, Jan. 25 at 1 p.m., Maryland faces NC State to close out the regular-season series.
