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Dec. 10, 2004

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Monmouth (4-3) vs. #19/21 MARYLAND (6-1)
Sunday, December 12, 2004 • 5:30 p.m.
Comcast Center (17,950) • College Park, Md.

QUICK HITS
• Maryland earned its first top-20 AP ranking this week since Dec. 14, 1993.
• The Terps are 6-1 for the second-straight year and the third time in the last five seasons.
• Maryland has scored at least 72 points in its six wins this season and is 24-6 when scoring at least 70 points under head coach Brenda Frese.
• The Terps have had at least three double-digit scorers in every game but one and a 10+ rebounder in the last six contests.
• At least one Terrapin has posted a double-double in five of the team's seven games.
• Four different Terps have reached the 20-point plateau this season.

Terps Host Monmouth in Doubleheader
• The No. 19/21 Terps host Monmouth in the second game of a doubleheader with the men's basketball team on Sunday, Dec. 12. In the midst of a five-game homestand, Maryland looks to extend its win streak to five games, which would be the longest since the 2000-01 campaign. It is also looking to get to 7-1 for the first time since 1996-97.
• The game airs live on the nine-station Maryland Radio Network. Men's basketball season ticket holders are entitled to a free general admission ticket to the women's game which tips off at 5:30 p.m. The Terpvision videoboard will feature the NFL and NCAA Championship soccer between games.

Last Time Out
• Maryland cruised to a 49-point rout of St. Bonaventure on Sunday. Five different Terrapins reached double-digit scoring led by sophomore Shay Doron's 25 points. Freshmen Laura Harper and Crystal Langhorne posted their third double-doubles of the season, with Langhorne accomplishing that feat for the third-straight game. The Terps used a 19-0 run early in the first half and a tenacious defense which allowed just five field goals to put the game away early on.

Head Coach Brenda Frese
• Entering her third season at the Maryland helm, head coach Brenda Frese has revitalized the Terrapin women's basketball program. After signing two-straight top-five recruiting classes, the rebuilding of the Maryland squad has been put on the fast track. In what was supposed to be year two of the rebuilding process, Frese guided the Terps to a tie for third place in the ACC last year after a preseason eighth-place prediction and also led the team to its first NCAA Tournament win in 12 years when it upset Miami (Fla.) in the first round, 86-85.
• Frese is a 1993 graduate of Arizona and has compiled a 34-32 record in three seasons at College Park. She has also put together an 91-62 mark in six seasons as head coach.

Terps in the Polls
• The young Maryland Terrapins earned their highest ranking of the season, garnering a 19th national rating in the Associated Press Top 25 poll this week. The top-20 ranking is the highest for the program in 11 years. The Terps are featured among the national top 25 for the fifth-consecutive week.
• Maryland was also ranked 21st in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll this week, also its highest rating of the season to date. • Four Maryland opponents are featured in this week's polls, including top-ranked LSU and ACC foes North Carolina and Duke, who are in the top 10 in both rankings. Arizona is 24th in the AP Poll and 23rd in the Coaches Poll.
• The Terps have run out to a 5-1 record this season with their only loss coming against the No. 1 Lady Tigers.
• Maryland is making its first top-20 appearance in the AP poll since earning a No. 20 rating on Dec. 14, 1993. Maryland held onto that spot for three weeks. The No. 19 national ranking is the highest since ending the 1992-93 campaign ranked 11th.

About Monmouth
• Monmouth in coming off a 79-64 loss to St. Peter's, dropping to 4-3 on the season. The Hawks have not had much success on the road so far. In two games, they fell to Princeton, 57-52, to open the season and Rice, 73-58, in Houston.
• Monmouth, who returns nine letterwinners, including three starters, is led by junior guard Niamh Dwyer. Dwyer, who is averaging 18.3 points per game, has been the Hawks' top scorer in every game but one. One of only two seniors on the squad, Courtney Lumpkin is the only other player on the team to average double-figure scoring, netting 10.4 ppg. Also one of two players to average over six rebounds per game, the Hawks are hauling down 41.7 boards per game.
• Head coach Jackie DeVane is in her fifth season with the Hawks, owning a 69-52 record and a career mark of 183-208 in 15 seasons. She is a 1983 graduate of Delaware State.

Series vs. Monmouth
• In the only meeting between the teams, Maryland edged out Monmouth, 65-63, on Nov. 23, 1985 in College Park.

Double Trouble
• With Laura Harper (10 points, 10 rebounds) and Crystal Langhorne's (12 points, 10 rebounds) double-doubles in the win over St. Bonaventure, the duo became the first to post double-doubles in the same game since former Terrapins Deedee Warley and Jamecca Harrell did so on Feb. 9, 2002 vs. IPFW.
• Langhorne's double-double vs. the St. Bonaventure marked the third-straight game she's performed the feat. Not since Jamecca Harrell on Dec. 9, 2000 has a Terrapin had three-straight games with a double-double.

Doubling Up
• Freshmen Laura Harper and Crystal Langhorne have accounted for a combined six double-doubles. Harper recorded her first-career double-double in the Terps' home opener vs. Siena, then went on to accomplish that feat against top-ranked LSU and St. Bonaventure. Langhorne's first double-double came against Loyola and then posted double-doubles in the next two games at Xavier and vs. the Bonnies.
• Five current Terrapins have reached double-doubles:

	Player             Career   2004-05
	Charmaine Carr     1        0
	Kalika France      1        0
	Laura Harper       3        3 (Siena, LSU, St. Bon)
	Crystal Langhorne  3        3 (Loyola, Xavier, St. Bon)
	Angel Ross         3        0

Langhorne Voted Top Rookie of the Week
• Crystal Langhorne was selected the ACC's Rookie of the Week on Dec. 6 after posting back-to-back double-doubles. It is the second-straight selection for the Terps as classmate Laura Harper was given the honor last week.
• Langhorne recorded her first-career double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds in Maryland's decisive 77-36 win over in-state foe Loyola. She helped the Terps pull out a close 74-72 victory at Xavier tallying 18 points on 9-for-11 shooting and a season-high 11 boards.

That 70s Show
• Since head coach Brenda Frese took over the program during the 2003-04 season, the Terps are 24-6 when scoring 70 points or more and 18-1 since last year. Maryland has scored at least 72 points in each of its five wins this season.
• The Terps are also 10-1 when netting 80 or more points under Frese and 6-0 when scoring at least 90 points since Frese has been at the helm.

Moving Up
• It took just one season, but sophomore Shay Doron has already made her way into the Maryland record books. After making her mark on the free throw record, she has her sights set on the three-point charts. She is eighth with 36 treys after entering the season ranked 10th in the school record books. Her 109 attempts behind the three-point line is eighth overall.

Harper Picked Rookie of the Week
• A media panel voted Laura Harper ACC Rookie of the Week on Nov. 29 after averaging a double-double at the Coors Classic over the Thanksgiving weekend. Harper had season highs of 17 points, 16 rebounds and three blcoks in the close loss to LSU on the first day of the tournament. She then posted nine rebounds and three blocks in the win over Penn.

Harper Earns All-Tourney Nods
• Averaging 12.5 points, 12.5 rebounds and 3.0 blocks over two games at the Coors Classic in Boulder, Colo., freshman Laura Harper was selected to the five-player all-tournament team as the Terps earned a split at the tournament.
• Harper posted her second-career double-double in the close loss to second-ranked LSU, leading the team with season-highs of 17 points and 16 rebounds. She also had three blocks in the game. In the win over Penn, she netted eight points and grabbed nine boards while also making three blocks.

Doron's Diary
• Get up close and personal with sophomore Shay Doron. Read her diary on www.espn.com every two weeks or by going through www.umterps.com.

Maryland Picked Third in ACC Preseason Poll
• After being picked to finish eighth in the previous two Preseason ACC Media Polls, the Terps jumped five spaces to third in the 2004-05 version, garnering two first-place votes. Last year, Maryland ended the season in a surprising third-place tie with NC State.
• North Carolina was predicted to end Duke's six-year stranglehold on the ACC regular-season title, while the Blue Devils were picked to place second in the league. League newcomers Virginia Tech and Miami round out the top five, respectively.

Langhorne Selected Preseason Rookie of the Year
• Newcomer Crystal Langhorne became the first-ever Terrapin to be named ACC Rookie of the Year when it was announced at ACC Media Day. Langhorne was rated the top post player in the nation last year according to the All-Star Girls Report and was a McDonald's, Parade, Street & Smith's and WBCA All-American.
• Since 1991 when the preseason picks began, the preseason honoree has been the actual honoree seven times.

Terrapins 12th in Athlon Poll
• Maryland was 12th in this year's Athlon College Basketball Annual, the Terps' highest preseason ranking. Only three ACC teams were among the preseason top 25. North Carolina was seventh in the poll while Duke was ninth.

Doron earns Preseason Honors
• Doron, who was the first Terrapin freshman to ever earn All-ACC honors, was named to the Naismith Player of the Year watch list. In addition, Street & Smith's selected Doron a Honorable Metion All-American in its college basketball preview edition. She was also voted to the Preseason All-ACC squad at the ACC's Media Day.

Frese Signs Recruits
• Head coach Brenda Frese announced the signing of two of the nation's top recruits. High school seniors Marissa Coleman and Kristi Toliver signed National Letters of Intent to play basketball at the University of Maryland beginning 2005-06. The Blue Star report rated this class the No. 4 recruiting class in the nation, making it the second-straight year Frese has secured a top-five recruiting class.

Up Next
• The Terps get a week off before hosting Coppin State on Monday, Dec. 20 at 7 p.m. It is the third game of Maryland's five-game homestand.