Terps Look to Get Back on Track at NC State
1/23/2004 7:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Jan. 23, 2004
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -
Game 19: NC State (9-10, 1-5 ACC)
Sunday, Jan. 25
Reynolds Coliseum (12,400)
Raleigh, N.C.
Terps Look to Get Back on Track at NC State
* Maryland closes out its road trip at NC State looking to get back to its winning ways after suffering back-to-back losses for the first time this season. The Wolfpack host the Terps Sunday, Jan. 25 at 1 p.m. The game will also be televised on Comcast SportsNet, Fox Sports South and the Sunshine Network.
* The Terps will be playing the Wolfpack for the second time this year as Maryland faces the second half of the conference schedule. Maryland defeated NC State once this season, claiming a 68-56 decision in College Park.
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.
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 conference win total from last year, and its 4-3 mark in ACC play is its best through seven games since the 2000-01 season. The Terps are a half game out of third place in the conference standings, behind behind No. 1 Duke, No. 13 North Carolina and Clemson.
* Maryland's 12 wins this season are two more than they had all last season when the team went 10-18. The Terps' six losses through 18 games is the second-fewest since dropping only four games during the 1996-97 season (14-4). Maryland also went 12-6 during the 2000-01 season, the last year the Terps made a trip to the NCAA Tournament.
* 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 conference 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 (70.8 vs. 67.4), shooting better from the field (.424 vs. .414), from three-point land (.394 vs. .316) and from the charity stripe (.743 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
* Maryland is receiving votes in the Associated Press Top 25 for the second-straight week and for the third week this season. The Terps received 29 votes in the Jan. 12 poll, the most this season, and were five spots out of the top 25.
* 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.
Last Time Out: No. 1 Blue Devils Drop Terps
* Freshman Shay Doron scored 14 of her 17 points in the first half, but it was not enough as top-ranked Duke defeated the Terps, 78-48, in Cameron Indoor Stadium. The Blue Devils extend their ACC winning streak to 49 games.
* The Terps suffer back-to-back losses for the first time this season and is 0-5 against teams ranked in the top 25 during the time of the meeting.
* Maryland made seven of its first 14 shots to take a 19-18 lead with 10:35 left in the first half. But Duke reeled off an 11-3 run to take control of the game.
About the Wolfpack
* NC State suffered five-straight losses beginning with the loss to the Terps on Jan. 2 to start the ACC slate winless, but snapped that streak, picking up its first victory in conference action, defeating Florida State, 79-64, on Jan. 19.
* The Wolfpack, under the direction of 29-year head coach Kay Yow, are 9-10 entering Sunday's contest vs. Maryland and are 1-5 in the ACC. Five of NC State's wins have come at home.
* Kaayla Chones is the only player on NC State averaging double-digit scoring and leads the Pack in scoring and rebounding with 15.1 ppg and 7.8 boards. Her average in conference action is slightly higher in both categories, posting 16.3 ppg and 8.2 rpg.
Series Vs. the Wolfpack
* Maryland trails in the all-time series, 38-28, but has won the last two meetings, including a game this season in Comcast Center. The Terps had lost four-straight meetings before snapping that streak last year in an overtime thriller in College Park, 74-72.
* LAST MEETING: Kalika France and Crystal Washington posted career highs to lead the Terps to their first ACC win of the season, 68-56. Both notched double-doubles with France netting a then-career high 19 points and grabbing 10 rebounds. Washington had a career-best 13 boards and 10 points. Maryland sealed the victory connecting on 10 free throws to pull away for the win.
In the ACC Stats
* The only team besides North Carolina and Duke to lead the ACC in any statistical category, Maryland leads league in free throw shooting (.743) and three-point field goal percentage (.394) as several Terps rank among the top 10 in a number of key statistics as of Jan. 23.
* Junior Alli Spence leads the conference with a .508 three-point field goal percentage and is second with 1.94 three-point field goals made. She is also seventh with 4.12 assists per game and eighth with a 1.38 assist-to-turnover ratio, a category which teammate Anesia Smith is the conference's leader at 2.36.
* Freshman Shay Doron is 10th in scoring (12.7) and ranks third with an .809 free throw percentage. Classmate Kalika France right behind Doron is scoring, just out of the top 10 rating 11th with 12.2 ppg. Having the best season of her career, senior Crystal Washington is fifth at 1.22 blocks per game and sophomore Chrissy Fisher is knocking down threes at a rate of .345 which is 10th in the league.
In the National Stats
* As of Jan. 19, junior Alli Spence has the second-best three-point shooting percentage in the nation at .534.
* Maryland's .399 three-point shooting rate ranks seventh in the country. A list of where the Terps rank in several categories in the nation (out of 324 team) is on page four.
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 12.2 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* Shay Doron and Kalika France are among the top four in freshmen scoring in the ACC, behind UNC's Camille Little (14.4) and Ivory Latta (13.9).
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.
Doron, France Tabbed Rookies of the Week
* Two highly touted recruits, freshman Shay Doron and Kalika France have already made themselves known to the ACC in just their first season and both have reaped the benefits. Doron and France have each been named ACC Rookie of the Week twice each.
* On Jan. 19, France earned Rookie of the Week honors for the second time this season after leading all players with a career-high 26 points and seven rebounds in the Terps' loss to Florida State. She scored 22 points in the second half in Maryland's attempt to rally back for the win. She then followed up with a 16-point, six-rebound outing to help the Terps to their fourth ACC win of the season, tying its conference win total of a year ago.
* On Jan. 12, Shay Doron's record-tying 32-point outing at Wake Forest led to ACC Co-Rookie of the Week honors for the second time. 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.
* On Dec. 29, Kalika France garnered the weekly award for the first time when she 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.
* On Dec. 1, Shay Doron became the first Terrapin this season to earn an ACC weekly conference nod. After shooting a scorching 62.5 percent from the field in the Terrapin Classic, Doron was named ACC Rookie of the Week. 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.
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.
* As the Terps continue through conference play, they continue to pile on accomplishments they have not reached in many years. Its 2-0 start this season was the first time Maryland opened the ACC slate with two wins in 10 years (1993-94). Their 3-0 start was their best since the 1991-92 season with the Terps went 10-0 before suffering their first conference loss. When Maryland was 4-2 in league action, that was its best showing through six games since the 1992-93 season.
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 drew an offensive foul in every game until the loss to North Carolina. 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, at Florida State and vs. UNC. 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.
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 stands in eighth place along in the record books at 213. She also ranks 11th with 348 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 61 three-pointers made and with 165 three-point field goals attempted. Entering the season with a .382 field goal percentage behind the arc, she ranked fourth-best all-time.
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...
* 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.
* For the third time this season and the first time in ACC play, five Terps scored in double figures when they topped Georgia Tech, 91-87. Five Terps also reached double-digit outings vs. UMES and Loyola.
* 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.
* A guard, freshman Kalika France has pulled down five or more rebounds in 11 of Maryland's 18 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.She currently leads the team in rebounding.
* Expected to make an immediate impact this season, freshmen Shay Doron and Kalika France have accounted for 35 percent of the team's points. Doron has reached double-digit scoring 11 times, reaching the 20-point plateau three times, including a 32-point effort at Wake Forest. France has scored in double-figures 12 times, including two 20-point outings both coming against ACC teams. Both lead the team in scoring (Doron - 12.7 ppg; France - 12.2 ppg).
* Senior Crystal Washington has already surpassed her point total from a year ago. This season, she has netted 144 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 22, 14 more than she had last season. She is currently fifth in the ACC with 1.22 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 .508 three-point shooting percentage and ranks second 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.
* Games airing on the Terrapins Sports Network 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.
Up Next
* Maryland returns home to host Clemson on Thursday, Jan. 29 at 7 p.m. It is the first meeting this season between the teams.
