Feb. 16, 2006
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COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) - No. 18 Boston College took fourth-ranked Maryland to overtime in January for one of the Terrapins' closest games of the season.
The Terps made sure that didn't happen again in Thursday's rematch.
Maryland's Shay Doron scored 22 points and Crystal Langhorne added 16, as the Terrapins cruised to an 86-59 home win over BC, snapping the Eagles' seven-game winning streak.
Laura Harper added 14 points and 10 rebounds, and Marissa Coleman had a career-high 15 rebounds for the Terps (23-3, 10-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) in their third straight game against a ranked opponent. Maryland improved to 5-3 against such teams this season, giving the Terps their most wins over Top 25 foes in a single year since 1992-93.
"We dominated," said Maryland coach Brenda Frese. "Watching film on Boston College, I was worried coming into this game. Boston College is a team that usually doesn't make a lot of mistakes."
Aja Parham scored a team-high 15 points, and Kathrin Ress contributed 10 points and 10 rebounds for BC (19-7, 6-5 ACC), which led the ACC in scoring defense by allowing 55.4 points per game entering the contest. The Eagles allowed a season-high for points. Their previous high was 82 against Miami.
"The players first said how embarrassed they were with the type of defensive game they played tonight," said BC coach Cathy Inglese. "Our defense keeps us in games and wins us ballgames, keeps us close. We just got out of a rhythm from the start."
Maryland stretched that Eagles defense early with quality shooting both inside and outside. The Terps scored the first 11 points of the game and slowly added to their lead on their way to a 42-23 halftime lead.
The Terrapins followed with a 13-0 run in the first 3 minutes, 18 seconds of the second half to build a 55-23 advantage they would not lose. Harper keyed the surge with six points.
Doron responded well after shooting 2-for-12 against No. 1 Duke on Monday. She made 9 of 16 shots Thursday in helping Maryland hand BC its worst defeat since March 5, 2002, a 96-54 loss to Connecticut.
"Nothing was different," Doron said. "I shot the same shots, stayed confident, got my shot going early and just stayed with it."
Frese added that she's pleased with her team's play and makeup with three regular season games remaining.
"I like where we're at. We're playing with a ton of confidence and just moving the ball, being so unselfish," Frese said. "And as long as we can continue to do that on the offensive end and defend them on the defensive end, great things are going to continue to happen for this team."
