#4/4 Terps and #6/6 Oklahoma Battle in State Farm Tip-Off Classic
11/10/2007 7:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Nov. 10, 2007
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Game 2
State Farm Tip-Off Classic
#6/6 Oklahoma (0-0, 0-0 Big 12) vs.
#4/4 Maryland (1-0, 0-0 ACC)
When: Sun., Nov. 11 • 5 p.m.
Where: Dean E. Smith Center (21,750) • Chapel Hill, N.C.
TV: ESPN2
Radio: WMUC Sports/WMUCSports.com
Webcast: None
Audio/Video links available at www.umterps.com
Next Up
Preseason WNIT
Delaware (1-0, 0-0 CAA) at
#4/4 Maryland
When: Tues., Nov. 13 • 7 p.m.
Where: Comcast Center (17,950) • College Park, Md.
TV: None
Radio: WMUC Sports/WMUCSports.com
Webcast: ACC Select/www.accselect.com
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Quick Hits
• It is the first of at least four games the Terps will play against a team currently ranked in the top 10.
• Maryland's Crystal Langhorne and Laura Harper were teammates with Oklahoma's Courtney Paris this summer on the USA Basketball U21 team.
• Both Courtney Paris and Crystal Langhorne were named to the Preseason AP All-American team. They are also candidates for the Wade Trophy and Wooden Award.
• It is the first-ever meeting between Maryland and Oklahoma.
• Laura Harper needs three points for her 900 for her career, while Marissa Coleman needs 28 points for 1,000.
• The Terps are coming off a season-opening win over Princeton in the first round of the Preseason WNIT. All five starters had at least an assist and at least a steal.
TIP-OFF CLASSIC FEATURES BIG-TIME MATCHUP
• Fourth-ranked Terps face an early challenge when it takes on sixth-ranked Oklahoma in the second game of the State Farm Tip-Off Classic in Chapel Hill, N.C. Two of the top players in the nation square off, with Maryland's Crystal Langhorne and OU's Courtney Paris battling in the low post.
• Also looking to bang down low with the Paris twins are seniors Laura Harper, the 2006 NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player, and Jade Perry, who posted a double-double in the season opener starting in place of Crystal Langhorne.
• The game will be televised nationally on ESPN2 with Beth Mowins (play-by-play) and Carolyn Peck (color) calling all the action. It will also be broadcast on Maryland's WMUC Sports with the audio link available through www.umterps.com.
• #8/7 North Carolina and Arizona State get the event started at 2:30 p.m. on ESPN.
ABOUT OKLAHOMA
• The Sooners are opening their seaon against the Terps on Sunday. Oklahoma is coming off winning its second-straight Big 12 title.
• Ranked No. 6 in the preseason, OU has just one starter returning in junior Courtney Paris. Earning numerous honors, she was last year's Associated Press National Player of the Year. She recorded 66 career double-doubles in 69 games, accomplishing the feat in her last 61 games.
• Eight letterwinners in all return for the Sooners this season. OU went 28-5 and 13-3 in the Big 12 ending the season ranked 11th in the AP poll and 10th in the ESPN/USA Today's Coaches poll.
• SERIES HISTORY: It is the first meeting between the Terps and Sooners, however, Maryland boasts a 7-2 record all-time vs. Big 12 squads. The last Big 12 team it faced was Baylor in the 2006 NCAA Sweet 16, en route to the Terps' first-ever national championship.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL HALL OF FAMERS
• The State Farm Tip-Off Classic will also introduce the 2008 Women's Basketball Hall of Fame class. The Terrapins boast one hall of famer. The great Tara Heiss was inducted in 2003. A 1978 graduate of Maryland, she led the Terrapins to the AIAW Finals and an ACC title in her final campaign.
COUNTDOWN...
• Three Terrapins are nearing their 1,000th-career point.
• Junior Marissa Coleman is the closest and needs just 28 points for 1,000. She goes into Sunday's game with 972 career points.
• Senior Laura Harper is three points shy of her 900th, while junior Kristi Toliver has netted 818 points in her career, 182 points shy of 1,000.
• National player of the year candidate and senior Crystal Langhorne is third on Maryland's all-time scoring list with 1,711. She holds the school record for fastest to 1,000 points, needing just 60 games.
Speaking of Milestones...
• With her 12 points in the win over Princeton, senior Jade Perry netted her 600th-career point. She currently has 603 for her career.
RECORDS WATCH
• Senior Crystal Langhorne has had an outstanding career in her three seasons in College Park. Entering her final season, she is approaching two of the biggest records at Maryland.
• Langhorne has scored 1,711 points and grabbed 939 rebounds in her career. She ranks third behind Shay Doron (1,878) and record-holder Vicky Bullett (1,928) in scoring, and is only second behind Bullett (968) in rebounding.
COMING UP
• The Terps return to going after their first Preseason WNIT title, taking on Delaware in the second round of the tournament. The game will be played at Comcast Center on Tuesday, Nov. 13 at 7 p.m.
