Dec. 4, 2005
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COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) - Maryland's Crystal Langhorne had several dominant games on her way to being named the 2005 Atlantic Coast Conference Rookie of the Year.
Langhorne hadn't completely dominated an opponent this season until Sunday against Mount St. Mary's, when the 6-foot-2 sophomore hit her first 10 shots.
Langhorne scored a season-high 30 points on 14-of-15 shooting, Jade Perry had her second consecutive double-double and No. 9 Maryland coasted to a 102-53 win over the Mountaineers Sunday afternoon at Comcast Center.
For awhile, it looked like Langhorne couldn't miss.
"It was funny because at halftime, everyone was joking with me," Langhorne said. "I was like, 'I bet you I miss my first shot of the half.' And I did. I knew it was going to happen sooner or later. You can't be 100 percent forever."
Perry added a career-high 23 points and 13 rebounds, Shay Doron scored 18 and Ashleigh Newman scored 10 in helping the Terrapins (6-1) score at least 100 points for the second straight game and third time this season. Maryland has had at least four players score in double figures in every game this year.
Doron said when Langhorne is on her game, the rest of the Terps' job is easy.
"Just throw it up. She goes to get it," Doron said. "That's basically what we do."
Brianna Gauthier paced the Mountaineers (2-3) with 14 points in her team's most lopsided defeat in school history.
Langhorne averaged 14.2 points over the Terrapins' first six games and her previous season-high was 17. But the sophomore surpassed that total in the first half alone.
Langhorne scored 21 of her 30 points during the opening half. She didn't miss a shot until one minute elapsed in the second half.
"She's one of the most dominant post players out there in the country," said Terps coach Brenda Frese. "I love the fact that she's playing with a lot of confidence right now, but doing it so unselfishly - not forcing shots, you see her shooting percentage, she's a catalyst for us defensively and she continues to keep making us a better team."
Maryland jumped out to an 11-0 lead 2:57 into the game on its way to building a 56-22 halftime advantage. The Terps converted 63.2 percent of their shots in the half and 56.2 percent overall.
The Terps' defense had another good showing, limiting Mount St. Mary's to 25.3 percent shooting while outrebounding the Mountaineers 58-39.
"I'm obviously just extremely excited in the direction of where this team is headed. Again I thought this team came out and they came ready to play," Frese said. "It's fun to watch when we're so unselfish and we're playing together as a team."
