#20/21 Maryland Women's Basketball Defeats Clemson, 87-82, For Third Straight Win

Feb. 6, 2005

CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) -- Ashleigh Newman hit seven 3-pointers and finished with a career-high 21 points for No. 20 Maryland, sending Clemson to its eighth straight loss, 87-82, on Sunday.

Kalika France scored 14 of her 19 points in the second half for the Terps (16-5, 5-4 Atlantic Coast Conference), who had a school-record tying 11 3-pointers. France had four of the 3s.

D'Lesha Lloyd led Clemson (7-14, 1-8) with 18 points and Reggie Maddox had 17.

Crystal Langhorne had 12 points and 13 rebounds for Maryland. Shay Doron, the Terps leading scorer at nearly 20 points a game, finished with 12, including eight from the foul line.

Clemson rallied from a 13-point deficit to a 72-all tie with 4:34 to go. But France followed with her final 3-pointer and had a three-point play down the stretch.

Newman was held scoreless after the break, going 0-for-3. France and point guard Anesia Smith then took over on offense for Maryland. Smith had all 12 of her points in the second half for the Terps, who had five players finish in double figures.

Clemson's plan was to hold Maryland's two-leading scorers, Doron and Langhorne, in check. While the pair was held to 6-of-14 shooting and 24 points (12 fewer than their season average), the Lady Tigers couldn't stop the outside display of Newman and France.

Newman's touch early on spurred an 18-5 run that put Maryland ahead 39-26 in the opening half. When Newman closed the period with her seventh three, she looked like she would easily break the school record of eight, set by Tiffany Brown against Clemson in 2000. The league record of nine was set by North Carolina State's Jennifer Howard in 1995.

But Clemson toughened its defense on Newman during its comeback. Lloyd and Maddox had eight points each as the Lady Tigers went on 22-4 run to lead 56-51 midway through the period.

Smith scored Maryland's next eight points to keep the game tight. France's third 3-pointer with 4:16 left broke the final tie and gave the Terps a 75-72 lead. After France and Doron converted three-point plays, Maryland was up 81-72.

Clemson couldn't get closer than three points the rest of the way.

Maryland hadn't made more than eight 3-pointers in a game this season. The Terps tied the school mark of 11 set against Fairleigh Dickinson on Nov. 30, 1999.

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