Jan. 26, 2005

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#20/22 MARYLAND (13-4, 3-3)at #1/4 Duke (18-2, 4-1)
Thursday, January 27, 2005 • 7 p.m.
Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) • Durham, N.C.

QUICK HITS

• The Terps remain in the national top 20 in the Associated Press for the third-straight week, earning a No. 20 rating. Maryland slipped to 22 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll, but remain in the top 25 in both polls for the 12th-consecutive week.
• Terrapin head coach Brenda Frese is two wins from career number 100.
• Maryland is four conference wins away the program's 200th ACC victory.
• Freshman Crystal Langhorne's eight double-doubles is the most in the ACC. After averaging 14.2 rebounds per game over her last five contests, she leads the conference that category.
• Maryland's 75.9 points per game the team's highest scoring average since 1992-93. The Terps rank 11th in the nation in scoring and are third in the ACC. Sophomore Shay Doron's 19.5 ppg is currently the fourth-highest single-season average in school history. Crystal Langhorne's 16.1 ppg is in the top 15 all-time.
• Maryland has scored at least 72 points in 11 of its 13 wins and in 13 total games this season. The Terps are 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 four games and a 10+ rebounder 14 times.

TERPS HIT THE ROAD TO FACE NO. 1 DUKE
• No. 20/22 Maryland go on the road for a tough two games beginning at No. 1 Duke on Thursday, Jan. 27 at 7 p.m. The Blue Devils are the second team this season Maryland faces that was ranked No. 1 in the polls at some point during the season.
• Earlier in the season, Maryland played LSU who was ranked No.1 in the Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll for five weeks. The Blue Devils host the Terps while ranked No. 1 for the third-straight season.

TERPS ON TV
• Maryland makes 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. Maryland heads to Arizona for another nationally televised game on FSN on Jan. 29.
• 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.

LAST TIME OUT
• The Terps snapped a nine-game home win streak, falling to NC State, 67-55, in the only regular-season meeting between the teams this year. The Wolfpack held Maryland to its lowest first-half point total of the year, jumping out to a 31-18 lead at the break. The Terps used a 14-2 run to open the second period to get to within, 33-32, but could not overcome the deficit down the stretch. Maryland committed 23 turnovers in the game, but outrebounded NC State, 48-34.
• Freshman Crystal Langhorne posted her eight double-double of the season, grabbing a career-high and Comcast Center record 19 boards to go with 14 points. She became the first Terrapin since Stephanie Cross in 1997 to grab 19 rebounds. Sophomore Kalika France added 11 points while senior Anesia Smith dished out 11 assists for her third double-digit assist outing of the season.

TERPS IN THE POLLS
• For the third-straight week, Maryland is ranked in the top 20 in the Associated Press and has been in the AP top 20 for seven weeks overall. Maryland slipped to No. 22 this week in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll, but has been among the top 20 four weeks this season.
• Five Maryland opponents are featured in this week's polls, including Duke who has been tabbed No. 1 in the AP rankings and fourth in the coaches poll. LSU is No. 1, again, in the Coaches poll. The Lady Tigers spent five weeks as the top team in the nation earlier in the season. They are also No. 2 in the AP ranking this week. North Carolina, who the Terps upset on Jan. 9, garnered a No. 5 coaches rating after upsetting Duke and is No. 12 in the AP. Florida State is 21st in the AP and 19th in the coaches poll, while NC State is 25th in the AP Poll and receiving votes 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, 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 13-4 record this season with their losses coming to teams who are ranked in at least one poll this week.
• The No. 15 national ranking earlier this season was 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 DUKE
• Duke saw its 16-game win streak, the nation's longest win streak, come to an end when it fell to arch-rival North Carolina, 56-51, on Monday night. The Blue Devils come into Thursday night's game with an 18-2 record, 4-1 in the ACC, winning all nine of its home contests this season.
• Down to eight scholarship players, four are averaging double-digit scoring led by junior Monique Currie's 18.3 ppg. Five are averaging at least five rebounds per game, with Mistie Williams leading the way with 7.8 rpg.
• The Blue Devils are guided by 13th-year head coach Gail Goestenkors. Leading Duke to five-consecutive ACC titles, she has compiled a 320-90 record.

SERIES VS. DUKE
• Maryland leads the all-time series, 31-24, but has lost nine-straight meetings. Duke has also won 15 of the last 17 games. The Terps last win over the Blue Devils was a 63-62 upset in Durham, N.C., on Feb. 3, 2000.
• Duke won all three meetings last season, but there was marked improvement by the Terps in each meeting. The Blue Devils picked up a dominant win over Maryland, 78-48, at Cameron Indoor Stadium. However, the Terps were competitive in a 72-59 game in Comcast Center in front of over 13,000 fans, the second-largest attendance in ACC women's basketball history. Maryland nearly pulled off the upset in the ACC Tournament semifinals, falling 70-63.

RPI RATING
• As of Jan. 24, Maryland had a No. 9 ratings percentage index (RPI) in the 2004-05 WBCA/Summerville RPI, the second-highest in the ACC. The Terps' schedule is also the third-best in the nation behind only LSU and Duke, two teams which are featured on the Maryland schedule.
• Maryland also has a top 10 RPI according to collegerpi.com (as of Jan. 26, No. 9) and Collegiate Basketball News (as of Jan. 24, No. 10). Its strength of schedule is rated eighth and fifth, respectively.

AMONG NATION'S BEST
• As of Jan. 24, three different Terrapins are ranked among the nation's top 15 in four statistical categories. After going on a scoring tear where she is averaging almost 35 points per game over a three-game period from Jan. 9-Jan. 16, sophomore Shay Doron's season average of 19.5 ppg is 19th in the nation. Freshman Crystal Langhorne's accuracy from the floor ranks eighth in the nation at 61.5 percent shooting. She jumped into the top 50 (46th) after upping her rebounding average to 9.1 rpg. Senior Anesia Smith continues to put together one of the best seasons of her career. Her 6.8 helpers per game is not only first in the ACC but also ranks fifth nationally.
• As a team, Maryland is in the top 20 in five different statistical categories. Its 10.1 rebounding margin is sixth overall in the nation. Its 78.1 points per game is eighth in the country. The Terps' .467 shooting percentage is 16th and rank 19th with a 15.4 scoring margin. The team's 17.3 assists per game is 20th. Check out the chart at the bottom right-hand corner of page three to see where the Terps rank among Division I's 324 teams in every statistical category as a team.

30TH ANNIVERSARY OF LANDMARK GAME
• Thirty years ago on January 26, the University of Maryland hosted the first nationally televised women's basketball game from Cole Field House. On that day in 1975, the Terps fell to Immaculata, 80-48, but the score was not the most important thing on that day. An independent network, Mizlou Television Network, sold the broadcast rights of that game to 100 television stations. Thirty years later, women's basketball games are regionally or nationally televised almost everyday of the season, culminating in the non-stop coverage of the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament.

HITTING THE CENTURY MARK
• Maryland head coach Brenda Frese is two wins away from career victory number 100. Currently boasting a 98-65 record, she started her head coaching career six years ago at Ball State in 1999-2000 where she began building her reputation of making amazing turnarounds and as one of the nation's top recruiters. In 2002, she was named Associated Press Coach of the Year while at Minnesota, leading the Gophers to one of the biggest one-season turnarounds in NCAA history, transforming an 8-20 program into a 22-8 team and a top 25 national ranking.
• Two years after posting a 10-18 mark in her first season, Frese now boasts a 41-35 record in her three seasons in College Park.

ON THE OFFENSIVE
• Maryland's scoring is up. Way up! The Terps are averaging 75.9 points per game this season, currently the highest scoring average since 1992-93. Not only is that third-best in the ACC, but it also ranks 11th in the nation (as of Jan. 24).
• Sophomore Shay Doron is one of the reasons the team scoring average is up 7.5 points per game from last season. Her 19.5 ppg would rank fourth in the Maryland record books, while Crystal Langhorne's 16.1 ppg would be in the top 15 all-time.
• Since head coach Brenda Frese has taken over the Maryland helm three years ago, fans have seen the Terps' scoring improve from 63.2 ppg in 2001-02. In her first season, Maryland averaged 67.4 ppg and last year, it was averaging 68.4 ppg.

DROP AND GIVE ME 20
• In a rare feat, both sophomore Shay Doron and freshman Crystal Langhorne had four-straight games with at least 20 points. Langhorne was the first of the two to accomplish that feat, doing so from 12/19/04-1/9/05, becoming the first Terp in 12 years to perform such a feat. Doron posted games of 37, 28, 39 and 21 points. from Jan. 9 to Jan. 20.
• Prior to Langhorne, the last Terrapin to score at least 20 in four-straight contests was when Jessie Hicks did so in five-straight games from Jan. 14-Jan. 25, 1993.

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 75.9 points per game, the Terps are third in the ACC in scoring behind North Carolina (80.0) and Duke (79.8). 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.
• The Terrapins are also second in the ACC in shooting at .458. Maryland has shot above 50 percent from the field eight times this season. Second in the ACC in field goal percentage, freshmen Crystal Langhorne has shot better than 50 percent in 13 games this season and better than 80 percent four times.

THIRTY-SOMETHINGS
• Sophomore Shay Doron exploded offensively in an eight-day stretch, averaging almost 35 points per game over three games from Jan. 9-16. 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 in a 72-65 victory at Georgia Tech. In an impressive performance, she had a 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. In Maryland's first four games without Harper, classmate Crystal Langhorne posted four-straight 20-point games, averaging 23 ppg and 9.3 rpg in that span. Since then, she is the team's second leading scorer (16.1) and ranks in the top six in the ACC. Averaging 14.2 rebounds per game in her last five games, she became the conference's top rebounder at 9.1 rpg, has posted four of her league-high eight double-doubles since Harper was sidelined, was named ACC Rookie of the Week twice and voted Terrapin Classic Most Valuable Player. When Harper was sidelined, she was the ACC's leading rebounder with 9.8 rpg.
• Another freshman, Jade Perry has stepped in to start in place of the injured Harper. She has averaged 4.0 ppg and 4.1 rpg since stepping into the starting lineup.

DORON, LANGHORNE SWEEP ACC HONORS
• Sophomore Shay Doron and freshman Crystal Langhorne swept the Jan. 10 weekly ACC honors when Doron was selected Player of the Week while Langhorne earned Rookie of the Week nods for the second-straight week and the third time overall. It is only the second time in school history two Terps have earned conference weekly honors in the same week.
• Doron earns Player of the Week recognition for the first time in her career. Last year, she was a two-time Rookie of the Week pick. She was selected after scoring a career-high 37 points in the upset win over North Carolina, just two points shy of tying the school record. Langhorne posted her fourth-consecutive 20-point game and fifth double-double of the season, tallying 23 points and a career-best 14 rebounds. She has earned the most Rookie of the Week honors of any freshman this season.

LANGHORNE VOTED TOP ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
• Freshman Crystal Langhorne has been named ACC Rookie of the Week a conference-best three times this season, including earning the honor in back-to-back weeks on Jan. 3 and 10.
• Posting her fourth-straight 20-point game, Langhorne recorded her fifth double-double of the season in the upset-win over then-No. 5/4 North Carolina en route to Rookie of the Week honors on Jan. 10. Langhorne had 23 points on 11-for-13 shooting and grabbed a career-high 14 rebounds.
• Langhorne was named conference Rookie of the Week most recently on Jan. 3. She posted three-straight 20-point outings in three games, helping the Terps to a 2-1 week and the Terrapin Classic team title. In the first game of the Terps' home tournament, she recorded her fourth double-double of the season, netting a career-high 26 points and 10 rebounds. She was named tournament MVP after scoring 20 points in the championship game. In her first-career ACC appearance, she scored a game-high 23 points at Virginia Tech.
• Langhorne was first selected Rookie of the Week on Dec. 6 after posting back-to-back double-doubles.She notched 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.

DOUBLING UP
• Freshman Crystal Langhorne leads the team and the ACC with eight double-doubles and has combined with classmate Laura Harper and sophomore Kalika France to post 12 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. For a player-by-player breakdown, check page five.
• Five current Terrapins have reached double-doubles:

			Player		Career	2004-05
			Charmaine Carr	1	0
			Kalika France	2	1
			Laura Harper	3	3
			Crystal Langhorne	8	8
			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.

ROAD TESTED
• It's tough to win on the road in the ACC. Maryland has also struggled on the road in recent years. In the last two seasons, the Terps have had just three road victories and just two in conference play. In 2001-02, Maryland was winless away from College Park.
• The last time the Terrapins posted a .500 record in league games was 2000-01 and they have not had a winning record since 1991-92. The lower left corner of page eight features the year-by-year breakdown of the Terps record on the road since 1991-92.

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 318 career helpers ranks 13th 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 50 treys after entering the season ranked 10th in the school record books. Her 155 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 318.

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.

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 blocks 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.

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.

WINS VS. RANKED OPPONENTS
• Maryland recorded its 90th win (since 1976-77; based on AP poll) over a ranked opponent when it upset then-No. 5/4 North Carolina on Sunday, 92-77. Of those wins, 22 came against top-10 teams. In the history of the program, the Terps have also claimed wins against top five teams 13 times. Prior to its win over UNC, the Terps had not defeated a top-five foe since topping then-No. 1 Tennessee, 77-72, during the 1992-93 season.
• Of those wins , the Terps were also ranked in 66 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 had not defeated a ranked squad (AP or Coaches poll) in almost two seasons until its first-round 2004 NCAA Tournamen tvictory over No. 23 (Coaches) Miami, 86-85, to advance and claim its first postseason victory in 12 years.

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 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.

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
• Head coach Brenda Frese takes her Terrapins to face her alma mater, Arizona, on Saturday, Jan. 29. Set for a 4 p.m. MT/6 p.m. ET tip off, the game will be nationally televised on Fox Sports Net. In the Balitmore/Washington area, the game will be broadcast on a tape delay basis at 11 p.m. ET on Comcast SportsNet.