Feb. 6, 2007

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Maryland's loss tonight gives the Terrapins
...A record of 17-7 this season, 3-6 in the ACC
...An all-time series record of 101-65 over the Cavaliers, including 60-21 in College Park
...A 13-2 record at Comcast Center this season
...A record of 24-12 in ACC games all-time at Comcast Center
...A scoring offense of 79.9 points per game and a scoring defense of 67.6 points per game

Game Trends
...After the teams raced out to an 8-8 tie in the first 2:32 of the game, Virginia used a 13-2 run to take a double digit lead at 21-10
...The margin fluctuated between 8 and 14 points for the rest of the half
...Greivis Vasquez scored the last seven Terrapin points of the half over 3:32; The Cavaliers lead 41-31 heading into the break
...Virginia extended the lead to 59-44 before Maryland strung together 9 straight points to pull within 59-53 with 7:50 remaining
...The Terps further trimmed the lead down to 66-65 with 12 seconds left, but could get no closer

Miscellaneous
...This is the 6th straight season that one of the teams has swept the season series, UVA also swept in 2002-03, Maryland the other four
...The Terrapins now force an average of 18 turnovers per game (compared to 16.7 per game last season) after forcing 20 tonight
...The Terps lead the ACC, and are 4th in the nation, with 7.1 blocked shots per game
...Maryland is holding opponents to 38.3% shooting (1st in the ACC and 9th nationally) and 28.7% on three point attempts (1st in the ACC)
...The Terrapins are 2nd in the ACC this season with an average of 16.9 assists per game (24th nationally)
...Maryland leads the ACC in 3-point shooting with a 38.6% success rate (42nd nationally)
...Maryland has hit at least one three-pointer in 276 consecutive games

Senior Guard Mike Jones
...Has scored 36 points in the two games against Virginia this season and has shot 7-12 from the field in both games
...Passed Len Elmore in career scoring at Maryland to move into 41st place with 1,020 points

Senior Guard D.J. Strawberry
...Registered 4 steals tonight to pass Terrell Stokes for 6th in Maryland history with 191 career steals
...Ranks 2nd in the ACC with more than 2.4 steals per game

Freshman Guard Greivis Vasquez
...Has scored 30 points in the two games against Virginia this season and shot 11-22 over the series