Feb. 13, 2005
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Maryland Basketball Postgame Notes
Duke 60, Maryland 49
• No. 19/21 Maryland fell to No. 3/4 Duke, 60-49 in an intense Atlantic Coast Conference matchup Sunday afternoon. The Terps are now 31-26 all-time against the Blue Devils, but have dropped the last 11 meetings. In their previous matchup, the Blue Devils edged the Terps, 60-57, in Durham on Jan. 27. The Terps dropped to 17-6 overall and 6-5 in the conference.
• With a crowd of 17,243 at Comcast Center, Maryland broke its own all-time ACC mark for single-game attendance. The Terps set the previous mark with 14,500 fans against border rival Virginia on Feb. 12, 1992 at storied Cole Fieldhouse.
• Kalika France and Shay Doron got the Terps rolling early, scoring the team's first eight points on a combined 4-of-9 shooting.
• The Maryland defense held Duke scoreless for a stretch of 5:06 in the first half. During the spurt, in which the Terps took a 12-8 lead, the Blue Devils missed all eight of their field goal attempts.
• Duke was up 27-23 at halftime. Wanisha Smith led the Blue Devils in scoring with eight points, including a pair of threes. For Maryland, France had seven points and Doron and Crystal Langhorne both contributed six. Langhorne also recorded a team-high seven rebounds.
• The Terps opened the second half on a 9-0 run to seize a five-point advantage. Doron scored five points and France and Jade Perry added two a piece.
• Duke stormed back with a 10-0 run of its own to reclaim the lead at 37-32. Monique Currie, Jessica Foley, Wanisha Smith, Chante Black and Wynter Whitley all scored two points for the Blue Devils during the run, which began with 14:46 remaining.
• Currie, a Washington, D.C. native, had a team-high 14 points for the Blue Devils, who pulled away late in the second half. Doron had a game-high 18 for Maryland, to go along with six rebounds and three assists. With 436 points this season, Doron is now fifth on the school scoring list for sophomores.
• Several members of the Maryland men's basketball team, which knocked off the No. 7/8 Blue Devils, 99-92, in an overtime thriller last night, were in attendance this afternoon. Nik Caner-Medley, Chris McCray, Ekene Ibekwe, Mike Jones, Sterling Ledbetter, Darien Henry and Head Coach Gary Williams were among those present to cheer on their fellow Terps.
