#3/3 Terps Women's Basketball Hosts Temple in Final Season-Opening Stretch
12/8/2007 7:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Dec. 8, 2007
Complete Game Notes in PDF Format
Game 14
Temple (4-5, 0-0 A-10) at
#3/6 Maryland (12-1, 0-0 ACC)
When: Sun., Dec. 9, 2007 • 2 p.m.
Where: Comcast Center (17,950) • College Park, Md.
TV: None.
Radio/Audio: Maryland Radio Network (Flagship: ESPN 1300AM Baltimore)/Maryland All-Access.
Webcast: Watch on ACC Select.
Video & Audio links available at www.umterps.com
Next Up
#3/6 Maryland at
James Madison (6-2, 0-0 CAA)
When: Thur., Dec. 20 • 2 p.m.
Where: JMU Convocation Center (7,156) • Harrisonburgh, Va.
TV: None.
Radio: WMUC Sports/Maryland All-Access.
Webcast: None.
Video & Audio links available at www.umterps.com
Quick Hits
• Maryland was the first team in the nation to win 10 games, with four wins coming against ranked opponents. Its only loss was to a top-five opponent.
• National Player of the Year candidate Crystal Langhorne need just 14 rebounds to become the first women's basketball played in school history with 1,000 rebounds.
• The Terps are ranked third in the nation in the Associated Press poll for the third-straight week and sixth in this week's ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll.
• Maryland is one of 11 known teams in NCAA history with four 1,000-point scorers on the roster.
• The Terps have had at least one player with a double-double in 10 of their 13 games.
• Maryland is playing its 14th game in a grueling 31-day stretch. The Terps played its first 10 games of the season between Nov. 11-30.
• Three Terps overall were selected preseason candidates for the Wade Trophy and Wooden Award.
• Maryland returns the second-most experienced team in the nation.
Terps Host Temple in Final Season-Opening Stretch
• Third-ranked Maryland will be playing its 14th game in 31 days and fourth game this week when it hosts Temple on Sunday, Dec. 2 at 2 p.m. It will be the Owls' first visit to College Park since 1990.
• The game will be broadcast across the state and in Washington, D.C., on the Maryland Radio Network (Flagship ESPN 1300 AM Baltimore) with Matt Noble and Dave Preston calling the action. It can also be heard on the Maryland All-Access at www.umterps.com.
• After Sunday's game, Maryland is off for 11 days before its next game at James Madison on Dec. 20.
Last Time Out
• After suffering its first loss of the season and a hard-fought win against Middle Tennessee State on Wednesday, the Terps took it out on Northern Iowa, blowing out the Panthers, 91-37. Five players reached double figures in the win, with junior Marissa Coleman leading the way with 22 points and 12 rebounds.
• Maryland was dominating in the game, outrebounding the Panthers, 52-19. The Terps shot 55.4 percent from the field, limiting UNI to just 26.3 percent shooting.
• Aside from Coleman, senior Laura Harper also had a double-double, netting 10 points and had 11 rebounds.
• Every Terrapin that dressed scored at least a point and had at least a rebound in the win.
• Northern Iowa, who was making its first-ever trip to College Park, made just five three pointers, two below its average. Traci Ollendieck led UNI with 14 points, netting four of the team's treys.
About the Terps
• The first team in the nation to win 10 games, Maryland is 12-1 on the season after winning its second of three games played this week. The wins include four victories over ranked teams, including two in the Preseason WNIT, which the Terps won.
• Maryland has had at least one player with a double-double in 10 of its 13 games, posting 15 double-doubles overall. Senior Laura Harper and junior Marissa Coleman lead the way with four double-doubles a piece.
• Leading the way offensively for the Terrapins is junior Kristi Toliver, who is averaging a team-best 17.7 points and 7.7 assists per game. Four Terps, in all, are averaging double-digit scoring.
• Coleman is grabbing a team-high 8.2 rebounds per game, with Harper not far behind, averaging 7.9 rpg. Four Terps in all are averaging at least 6.0 rpg.
• The Terps' offense continues to be one of the best in the nation. Entering the week, they ranked third in the nation and are currently first in the ACC in field goal percentage, knocking down over 50 percent of their shot attempts. Maryland also boasts one of the best three-point shooters in the nation, shooting 43.2 percent from long range.
• The nation's leader in rebounding margin the last two years, Maryland has outrebounding its opponents by +11.5 rpg.
About the Owls
• Temple is 4-5 on the season, coming off a decisive victory over Kent State on Wednesday, 74-34. The Owls have faced three other ACC teams this season, losing to Georgia Tech (59-49), Duke (64-53) and NC State (57-52).
• The Owls are led by Ashley Morris and Lady Comfort, who are averaging 17.0 and 11.0 points per game, respectively. Comfort is grabbing 9.4 rebounds per game. The team opened the season scoring 83 points in a win over Central Michigan, but since, have scored in the 70s only twice. Temple is averaging 61.0 ppg. However, TU is also limiting its opponents 52.7 ppg and 35.4 percent shooting.
• Temple, who returned nine letterwinners from last year's 25-8 team that advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament, are led by Dawn Staley, who is in her eighth season at the helm. Staley is familiar with the Terps and the ACC as a 1992 graduate of Virginia.
• SERIES HISTORY: Maryland leads the all-time series, 11-1, winning the last eight matchups, including a 77-66 decision last year in Philadelphia. Last season's meeting was the first since 1991. Temple's trip to College Park will be the first since 1990. That year, the Terps defeated the Owls, 101-36.
Nearly 1,000 Grabbed
• Already having broken the career rebounding record, Maryland's Crystal Langhorne could become the first-ever Terrapin women's basketball player to grab 1,000 rebounds.
• Langhorne is 14 shy of the milennium mark. Only one other Terrapins, men's or women's, has reached the milstone. Len Elmore (1972-74) had 1,053 boards for his career.
• Only 14 players in ACC history have grabbed 1,000 rebounds.
Coming Up
• Maryland will take a well-deserved 11-day break before taking the court again. The Terps' next game will be on a trip to Kristi Toliver's hometown of Harrisonburg, Va., to face James Madison on Thurs., Dec. 20.
