Jan. 19, 2005

Virginia (13-4, 3-1) vs. #16/18 MARYLAND (12-3, 2-2)
Thursday, January 20, 2005 • 7 p.m.
Comcast Center (17,950) • College Park, Md.

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QUICK HITS

• The Terps remain in the national top 20 in both the Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today Coaches polls for the second-straight week, earning a No. 16 and 18 rating, respectively. The Terps have been featured in the top 20 in the AP poll for six weeks overall and four weeks in the Coaches ranking.
• Terrapin head coach Brenda Frese is three wins from career number 100.
• Maryland is five conference wins away the program's 200th ACC victory.
• Maryland sophomore Shay Doron has averaged almost 35 points per game over the last three games, scoring 37, 28 and 39 in her last three outings. She is the sixth player in school history to have at least three 30-point games in their career.
• Maryland has scored at least 72 points in 11 of its 12 wins and in 13 games this season and is 29-7 when scoring at least 70 points under head coach Brenda Frese.
• The Terps have had at least three double-digit scorers in all but three games and a 10+ rebounder 11 times.

TERPS RETURN TO DEFEND HOME UNBEATEN STREAK
• No. 16/18 Maryland looks to get back to its winning ways and protect its undefeated record at home when it hosts long-time rival Virginia on Thursday, Jan. 20 at 7 p.m. The Terps are 8-0 this season at Comcast Center for the first time since 1991-92.
• The Cavaliers won six straight over Maryland until the Terps ended that streak with a 69-55 victory in College Park last season, moving to 2-0 in the ACC for the first time since the 1993-94 campaign. Maryland limited Virginia to just 12 points and 16.7 percent shooting in the first half en route to the win.

TERPS ON TV
• Maryland make at least five television appearances this season. The Terps made its first at Virginia Tech on Jan. 2 on the ACC's regional network (Comcast Sports Net, Fox Sports South and the Sunshine Network) and upset then-No. 5/4 North Carolina in a nationally broadcast contest on Fox SportsNet on Jan. 9.
• The Terps make at least three national television appearances overall this season. Maryland will be on Fox Sports Net for the second time when it travels to Ariona on Jan. 29. Maryland appears on ESPN2 when it hosts Duke on Feb. 13.
• Maryland's home game vs. NC State, a regional broadcast, is the only other game currently scheduled to appear on television on Jan. 23.

TERPS IN THE POLLS
• For the second-straight week, Maryland is ranked in the top 20 in the Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today Coaches poll. The Terps have been in the top 20 in the AP ranking for six weeks overall and four weeks in the coaches poll.
• Five Maryland opponents are featured in this week's polls, including Duke who has been tabbed No. 1 in both rankings. LSU was the top-ranked team in the nation for five weeks and is at No. 2 this week. North Carolina, who the Terps upset on Jan. 9, is in the top 10 in both rankings (No. 9/6) while Virginia Tech is 23rd in the AP and Florida State is No. 24 in the coaches ranking. Also receiving votes in the polls this week are Arizona, who hosts the Terps in late January for a nationally televised contest, NC State and Virginia.
• After upsetting its first top-five opponent since 1992-93 when it defeated North Carolina, Maryland made the second-largest leap in the Associated Press poll the week of Jan. 10, jumping six spots from No. 21 to No. 15.
• The Terps have posted a 12-3 record this season with their losses coming to teams who are ranked in at least one poll this week.
• The No. 15 national ranking is the highest for the Terps since earning a No. 11 final ranking at the end of the 1992-93 season.
• On Dec. 20, Maryland was ranked in the top 20 in both the AP and Coaches poll for the first time since the week of Dec. 27, 1993. That was also the last year the Terps were featured in the top 20 in either poll prior to this season.

ABOUT VIRGINIA
• Virginia has won nine of its last 10 games, coming into Thursday's contest with a 13-4 record and 3-1 in conference. The Cavaliers' only ACC loss to date is an 87-65 defeat at the hands of No. 1 Duke on Jan. 14.
• Seniors Brandi Teamer and LaTonya Blue lead the team with 14.4 points per game and 11.8 ppg, respectively. Blue is handing out a team-best 5.3 assists per game. Jocelyn Logan-Friend is hauling down a team-high 6.6 rebounds per game, as three Cavaliers are averaging at least 5.8 rpg.
• The Wahoo's are under the direction of 28-year head coach Debbie Ryan. Ryan logged her 600th-career victory on Dec. 29 becoming just the seventh head coach in NCAA women's basketball history to win over 600 games at the same school.

SERIES VS. VIRGINIA
• Virginia has a 39-22 series advantage, winning 24 of the last 26 meetings. Last season, the Terps snapped a six-game losing streak to UVA, topping the Hoo's, 69-55, in Comcast Center. The Terps limited the UVA to 12 points and 16.7 shooting in the first half. But Virginia avenged that loss on Charlottesville, Va., 64-51, to avenge that loss.

THIRTY-SOMETHINGS
• Sophomore Shay Doron has exploded offensively in an eight-day stretch, averaging almost 35 points per game in her last three outings. In the 92-77 upset of then-No. 5 North Carolina, Doron poured in a Comcast Center record 37 points to lead Maryland to the win. She followed up with 28 points to help the Terps to a 72-65 win at Georgia Tech. She then followed up with an impressive, career-high 39 points in the overtime loss (95-91) at Florida State.
• Doron is the sixth player in school history to have at least three career 30-point performances. Former Maryland great and All-American Vicky Bullett had a school-record eight 30-point outings over her career. She also holds the Maryland record with three 30-point games in a season.

PICKING UP THE SLACK
• With the departure of Laura Harper, the Terrapin post players have had to step up to make up for the 13 points and nearly 10 rebounds per game Harper was contributing. Classmate Crystal Langhorne has posted four 20-point games over the last six games, averaging 20.8 points and 9.7 rebounds, nearly five points and two rebounds more than her season average. She was named Terrapin Classic Most Valuable Player after helping the Terps win their home tournament for the second-straight year and ACC Rookie of the Week in back-to-back weeks.
• Another freshman, Jade Perry has stepped in to start in place of the injured Harper. She has averaged 4.0 ppg and 4.3 rpg since stepping into the starting lineup.

LETHAL WEAPONS
• Maryland has proven hard to defend with its strong inside/outside game. Opponents will not be able to zero in on just one player to contain the Terrapin offense. Averaging 78.1 points per game, the Terps are third in the ACC in scoring behind North Carolina (81.7) and Duke (80.6). With four different players reaching the 20-point plateau (including the injured Laura Harper), the Terps are the only team with two players among the top six in scoring in the ACC while sophomore Shay Doron is leading the conference in scoring in ACC only games.
• The Terrapins are also third in the ACC in shooting at .463. Maryland has shot above 50 percent from the field seven times this season. Second in the ACC in field goal percentage, freshmen Crystal Langhorne has shot better than 50 percent in 12 games this season and better than 80 percent four times.

DROP AND GIVE ME 20
• Freshman Crystal Langhorne accomplished an amazing feat, netting over 20 points in four-straight games from 12/9/04-1/9/04. The last player to reach the 20-point plateau in four-consecutive games was Jessie Hicks who did so from Jan. 16-Jan. 25, 1993.
• Langhorne's streak began on the first day of the Terrapin Classic vs. UMass on Dec. 29, 2004. Most recently, she scored 23 points in the upset win over then-No. 5/4 North Carolina on Jan. 9, 2004.

DEJA VU
• Sophomore Shay Doron's 37-point outing vs. North Carolina on Jan. 9 2005 was exactly one year after her first-career 30-point outing. As a freshman, Doron scored 32 points in a 75-58 win at Wake Forest on Jan. 9, 2004, tying the Maryland freshman class record. The two 30-point efforts on Jan. 9, 2004 and 2005 are the only two of her career.

DOUBLING UP
• Freshman Crystal Langhorne leads the team with six double-doubles and has combined with classmate Laura Harper and sophomore Kalika France to post 10 on the season. Prior to suffering a season-ending Achilles tendon injury, Harper had three double-doubles through nine games and was a rebound short of her fourth in her last outing of the season vs. Coppin State. France had her first double-double of the year in the championship game of the Terrapin Classic.
• Five current Terrapins have reached double-doubles:

			Player		Career	2004-05
			Charmaine Carr	1	0
			Kalika France	2	1 (Marshall)
			Laura Harper	3	3 (Siena, LSU, St. Bon)
			Crystal Langhorne	6	6 (Loyola, Xavier, St. Bon., UMass, UNC, GT)
			Angel Ross	3	0

THAT 70s SHOW
• Since head coach Brenda Frese took over the program during the 2003-04 season, the Terps are 29-7 when scoring 70 points or more and 23-2 since last year. Maryland has scored at least 72 points in 11 of its 12 wins and in 12 games overall this season.
• The Terps are also 14-2 when netting 80 or more points under Frese and 7-1 when scoring at least 90 points since Frese has been at the helm, dropping its first 90-point game in three years at Florida State on Jan. 16, 2005, 95-91 in overtime.

MOVING UP
• With her 11 assists in the upset-win over then-No. 5/4 North Carolina, senior Anesia Smith entered the top15 among Maryland's career assist leaders. Her 299 career helpers ranks 14th overall in the Terrapin record books.
• 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 seventh all-time with 49 treys after entering the season ranked 10th in the school record books. Her 149 attempts behind the three-point line are also seventh overall.

SMITH REACHES MILESTONE
• At Georgia Tech, senior Anesia Smith played in her 100th-career game. A three year letterwinner and a member of the Terrapin squad since the 2001-02 season, she earned the full-time starting position last season. After her 11 dishes vs. then-No. 5/4 North Carolina, she entered Maryland's top 15 career assists list and now has 294.

HARPER SIDELINED
• Freshman Laura Harper suffered an Achilles tendon injury of her left ankle at practice on Monday night and will be sidelined for the remainder of the season. She will undergo surgery to repair the tendon later this week.
• Harper, who comes to College Park after earning McDonald's and Parade All-America honors as a high school senior and helped the USA Junior World Championship team to a gold medal this summer, was named ACC Rookie of the Week on Nov. 29. Averaging 13.2 points per game while leading the conference in rebounding with 9.8 boards per game, she posted three double-doubles this season, including a 17-point and 16-rebound outing vs. No. 1 LSU.

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.

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 Mention All-American in its college basketball preview edition. She was also voted to the Preseason All-ACC squad at the ACC's Media Day.

UP NEXT
• The Terps host NC State for another television contest before hitting the road for two games. Maryland hosts the Wolfpack on Sunday, Jan. 23 at 1 p.m. NC State earned an NCAA Tournament berth last season and was tied for third with the Terps in the final 2003-04 standings. The game can be watching on the ACC's Regional Sports Network (Comcast SportsNet, Fox Sports South and Sunshine Network).