#4/4 Terps Looking to End Home Drought Vs. Duke on Monday
1/12/2008 7:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Jan. 12, 2008
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Game 21
#12/13 Duke (13-3, 2-0 ACC) at
#4/4 Maryland (19-1, 3-0 ACC)
When: Mon., Jan. 14 • 7 p.m.
Where: Comcast Center (17,950) • College Park, Md.
TV: ESPN2 (Carolyn Peck, Mark Jones & Rebecca Lobo).
Radio/Audio: Maryland Radio Network (Flagship: ESPN 1300AM).
Webcast: None.
Video & Audio link available at www.umterps.com
Next Up
#4/4 Maryland at
Virginia (12-4, 1-0 ACC)
When: Fri., Jan. 18 • 7 p.m.
Where: John Paul Jones Arena (14,593) • Charlottesville, Va.
TV: Regional Sports Network (Comcast SportsNet; Fox Sports Net South, NESN).
Radio/Audio: WMUC Sports.
Webcast: None.
Audio link available at www.umterps.com
Quick Hits
• Maryland moved up to No. 4 in both the Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today Coaches polls.
• The Terps boast the most wins in the country after playing 14 games in the first 31 days of the season. The first team in the nation to win 10 games, they are looking to become the first team to win 20 games.
• The Terrapins have played the most games of any team in the nation.
• Crystal Langhorne became Maryland's all-time rebounding leader, men's or women's, surpassing Len Elmore's mark.
• Crystal Langhorne needs 20 points to tie the Maryland (women's) scoring record.
• Junior Kristi Toliver needs just one free throw to qualify for the career shooting record at Maryland. She is shooting 87.4 percent from the line, which would be a school record.
• A Terrapin garnered ACC Player of the Week honors for the second-straight week and the sixth time in 10 weeks of the season. Langhorne is this weekly honoree.
• 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 17 of their 20 games.
• Maryland returns the second-most experienced team in the nation.
Terps Looking to End Home Drought Vs. Duke on Monday
• No. 4/4 Maryland is looking to end a long drought when the 12th-ranked Blue Devils come to town on Monday, Jan. 14 at 7 p.m. While they defeated Duke on the biggest stage in the 2006 NCAA Championship, it has been 10 years since the Terps have beaten the Blue Devils in College Park.
• The game will be televised live on ESPN2 with Carolyn Peck and Mark Jones calling the action, while Rebecca Lobo is on the sideline.
• The Terps' Matt Noble and Dave Preston will call the action on the Maryland Radio Network (Flagship: ESPN 1300AM Baltimore). Audio links will be provided on www.umterps.com.
• The Terrapins have played the most games in the nation (20) and have also won the most games (19). Maryland is looking to become the first 20-win team in the nation. It is currently riding a nine-game win streak.
Terps Among Nation's Leaders
• With the latest NCAA rankings released on Jan. 10, the Terrapins' boast the second best three-point shooting percentage in the nation, shooting 43.8 percent from that long-range.
• Maryland also ranks in the top 10 in the nation in five other categories. The Terps' 51.2 percent shooting from the field is second in the country. They're also fourth in rebounding margin, sixth in scoring and fifth in scoring margin. The team's 95.0 winning percentage is second in the country.
• In the indvidual rankings, junior Kristi Toliver ranks third nation in assists per game (7.9), while her 2.16 assist-to-turnover ratio is 20th. Shooting 45.8 percent from three-point range, she ranks 14th in the category.
• Laura Harper is third in the country in field goal percentage (64.4), while Marissa Coleman is in the top 100 in free throw percentage (82.8).
Langhorne Eclipses Elmore's Rebounding Record
• In Maryland's 88-61 win at Boston College on Jan. 10, Crystal Langhorne broke Maryland's overall (men's or women's) rebounding record, previously held by Terrapin men's legend Len Elmore (1972-74) for 34 years. Elmore and Langhorne hold the distinction of being the only two players to eclipse the 1,000 rebound mark.
• Langhorne broke the all-time women's record on Dec. 3, 2007 at Rutgers, surpassing Vicky Bullett's (1986-89) mark of 968. She became the first-ever Terrapin women's basketball player to grab 1,000 rebounds in Maryland's win at James Madison on Dec. 20, 2007 and also became only the 15th woman in the history of the ACC to do so.
• Elmore was a 1974 All-American and a three-time all-conference selection under Coach Lefty Driesell. A 1,000-point scorer as well, he also still holds the school record for career rebounding average (12.2) and single-season average (14.7 in 1974). He is the only player at Maryland, men's or women's, to grab over 400 rebounds in a season (412, 1974).
• She grabbed 18 boards in the rout over BC to surpass Elmore's mark and now has 1,064 heading into Monday's game against No. 12 Duke.
Langhorne Approaching All-Time Scoring Record
• Two-time All-American Crystal Langhorne has broken numerous records and reached a number of milestones during her succesful career at Maryland. With about half of her senior campaign still remaining, she is not done leaving her mark in the record books.
• Already breaking the all-time rebounding record in the Terps' game at Rutgers, Langhorne now has the Maryland all-time scoring record within sight.
• Langhorne needs just 20 points to break Vicky Bullett's mark of 1,928. She currently ranks second on the scoring list with 1,908 points, only the second player in school history with at least 1,900 career points.
Coming Up
• Maryland is back on the road to face one its arch rivals, traveling to Virginia on Friday, Jan. 18. The Terrapins have won the last five meetings between the teams.
