Jan. 18, 2007
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Virginia Cavaliers (12-5, 2-1 ACC) at
#3/3 Maryland Terrapins (18-1, 2-1 ACC)
Friday, Jan. 19, 2007 • 7 p.m.
Comcast Center (17,950) • College Park, Md.
TV: ACC Regional Sports Network
tape delay on Comcast SportsNet at 11:30 p.m., Live on Comcast SportsNet Plus
Radio: WMUC Radio
Video Webcast: None
Link to live audio & video streams available at www.umterps.com
Terps Looking to Get Back on Track
• After suffering its first loss of the season, Maryland, who slipped to No. 3 in the national rankings, is looking to return to its winning ways this Friday. The Terps are back on the court for the first time since their setback at Duke, hosting Virginia on Jan. 19 at 7 p.m.
• Despite the loss, Maryland remains in the top three in the national polls. The Terps have been ranked in the top five for 15 weeks in the Associated Press poll and 16 weeks in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll, dating back to last season. Their 10 weeks at No. 1 were a school record.
• The Terps are hosting Virginia for the 29th time. Both teams have won 14 times in College Park, with the Terps winning the last three games in Comcast Center.
• Since head coach Brenda Frese has been at College Park, the Terps have won at least 18 games every season but her first.
• The game will be televised on the ACC's Regional Sports Network (Fox Sports South, Sun Sports). It will be televised live in the Baltimore/Washington are on Comcast SportsNet PLUS and on tape delay at 11:30 p.m. on Comcast SportsNet. Check your local listings.
In Case You Forgot
• Maryland's tip off time in its next home game vs. Wake Forest on Sunday, Jan. 21 was changed to 4 p.m. The game will also be nationally televised on CSTV.
About Virginia
• Virginia is 12-5 on the season and 2-1 in the ACC, winning its last two conference games by close margins. After falling to North Carolina, 96-62, to open the conference slate, the Cavaliers have defeated Wake Forest, 77-70, and recently pulled out an overtime victory over Boston College, 65-63.
• UVA is led by Lyndra Littles who is averaging 15.9 points per game. She also leads the team with 8.9 assists per game. Second on the team in scoring is Monica Wright, the conference's preseason Rookie of the Year and five-time ACC Rookie of the Week. She is contributing 14.0 ppg in 17 starts. Third in the conference in assists per game, Sharnee Zoll is chipping in 11.9 ppg, while dishing out 5.41 apg.
• The Cavaliers are coached by long-time coach Debbie Ryan, who is celebrating her 30th season at the helm.
• SERIES VS. VIRGINIA: Maryland trails in the all-time series which includes some classic games, 40-25. The Terrapins swept the Cavaliers last season for the first time since 1989. They also won for the first time in Charlottesville, Va., since 1992. The Terps have won the last two meetings and four of the last six.
Terps Sell Out Comcast for Duke & UNC Games
• For only the second and third times in the history of the program, Maryland athletic department has announced a sell out of Terps' women's basketball games. Both of the Terps' contests vs. No. 2 North Carolina on Jan. 28 and vs. No. 3 Duke on Feb. 18 are SOLD OUT. The game against UNC will mark the first-ever women's basketball sell out in Comcast Center, which boasts a capacity crowd of 17,950, and will be the largest crowd to ever attend an ACC women's basketball game.
• Maryland owns the top four attendance marks in ACC history, including the current record of 17,243 set on Feb. 13, 2005 when it hosted the Blue Devils. The Terps also drew more than 16,000 fans to last year's matchup against Duke, the second-largest women's basketball crowd in conference history.
• The Terps have owned the top women's basketball attendance record for 14 years. It first set the all-time record in 1992 when a sellout crowd of 14,500 crammed Cole Field House to watch No. 1 Maryland take on No. 2 Virginia. That record stood until 2005.
• Maryland announced a sell out of the game against the Blue Devils on Jan. 10 and announced a second sell out against UNC the following day.
Doron Among top 30 for Class Honor
• Maryland's Shay Doron was named one the top 30 women's candidates for the 2007 Lowe's Senior CLASS Award - the nation's premier tribute to college seniors. The award is presented annually to a NCAA Division I male and female senior basketball player who excel both on and off the court.
• An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School, the award was launched during the 2001-02 season to honor the attributes of college basketball seniors who remain committed to their university and pursue the many rewards that a senior season can bring.
Doron 2nd Among All-Time Terp Scorers
• Senior Shay Doron's impact on the Maryland women's basketball program is stamped all over the record books. Another achievement on her resume as added when she became the second-most prolific scorer in school history against NC State on Jan. 3. In her career at Maryland, Doron has scored 1,717 points in 119 games.
• Doron's 10 points against the Wolfpack moved her into second place in scoring at Maryland all-time, trailing only Terrapin great Vicky Bullett who set the school's scoring record, netting 1,928 point from 1986-89.
• As she move up the charts, she past some great Terrapins, including Christy Winters (1985-90, 1,679), Marcia Richardson (1979-84, 1,630), Jessie Hicks (1990-93, 1,601) and Deanna Tate (1986-89, 1,541), to name a few, and all ranked in the top five on the Maryland scoring list.
A Little Help From friends
• The Terrapins are averaging 87.4 points per game, the second-most in the nation, but are not scoring without some help. Of the 32.5 field goals made per game, 20.3 of those are coming by an assist. The nearly 20 apg leads the nation.
Coming Up
• Maryland stays home to face Wake Forest on Sunday, Jan. 21 at 4 p.m. The game will be televised nationally on CSTV.
