#5/5 Maryland Women Close Out Regular Season at NC State
2/29/2008 7:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Feb. 29, 2008
Complete Game Notes in PDF Format 
Game 31
#5/5 Maryland (28-2, 12-1 ACC) at
NC State (18-10, 6-7 ACC)
When: Sun., March 2 • 1:00 p.m.
Where: Reynolds Coliseum (9,500) • Raleigh, N.C.
TV: Regional Sports Network (Comcast SportsNet; Fox Sports Net South, NESN).
Radio: WMUC Sports.
Webcast/Audio: None/www.WMUCsports.com
Audio link available at www.umterps.com
Next Up
31st Annual ACC Tournament
March 6-9, 2008
Where: Greensboro Coliseum (12,005) • Greensboro, N.C.
TV: Regional Sports Network (Comcast SportsNet; Fox Sports Net South, NESN) & Fox Sports Net (check tournament schedule).
Radio: WMUC Sports.
Webcast/Audio: ACC Select/www.WMUCSports.com.
Audio & Video links available at www.umterps.com
Quick Hits
• Maryland is ranked No. 5 in the Associated Press and in the USA Today/ESPN Coaches polls.
• The Terps boast the most wins in the nation and were the first team to 20 victories. Playing 14 games in the first 31 days of the season, they have played the most games of any team in the nation (30).
• Maryland plays its last four games of the season over an 18-day stretch, a stark contrast to the beginning of the season when the Terps played eight games in the first 18 days of the season.
• Maryland's current record through 30 games is the best since the 1988-89 campaign.
• Maryland has won only five times on NC State's home court in the history of the series.
• Senior Crystal Langhorne had her jersey honored after the conclusion of Maryland's game vs. Florida State.
• Senior Ashleigh Newman is one game appearance from breaking the all-time record. She currently holds the mark with former Terrapin Shay Doron (134).
• For the first time in the history of the program, Maryland has won 10 ACC games in three-consecutive seasons.
• Maryland has recorded four-straight 20-win seasons for the first time in school history.
• A Terrapin has earned ACC Player of the Week honors eight times in 16 weeks of the season. Langhorne is the league's active leader with six career weekly nods.
• Maryland is one of 12 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 26 of their 30 games.
• Three Terps overall were selected preseason candidates for the Wade Trophy and two are on the Midseason Wooden list. Three are on the midseason Naismith Award candidate list.
Maryland Closes Out Regular Season at NC State
• The fifth-ranked Terrapins travel to NC State to close out the 2007-08 regular season. Maryland, who has already equalled its win total from a year ago, is looking for its seventh-straight victory and its 13th ACC win. It is the Terps' fourth trip to the state of North Carolina, going 3-1.
• Maryland has won only five times on NC State's home court in the history of the series, winning two years ago in 2006. The Terps have won double-digit ACC games the last three seasons, a first in the history of the program. NC State has a lot on the line on Sunday, as it is still battling for seeding in the ACC Tournament next week and a .500 league record.
• The games will be televised on the ACC's Regional Sports Network (Comcast SportsNet in the Baltimore/Washington, D.C. area) live on Sunday, March 2 at 1 p.m. Debbie Antonelli and Mike Hogewood will call the action. It can also be heard on Maryland's WMUC Sports. An audio link will be available at www.umterps.com.
About the Wolfpack
• NC State is 18-10 overall and 6-7 in the ACC. After losing its first four conference games of the season, the Wolfpack have gone 6-3 since, coming off an easy 89-57 win at Clemson on Thursday.
• Khadijah Whittington leads the Wolfpack, averaging a double-double with 17.2 ppg and 11.3 rpg. She is also the team's leader in blocks and steals, and is shooting 52.1 percent from the field.
• Head coach Kay Yow is in her 33rd year in Raleigh, N.C., mentoring the Wolfpack. The Hall of Fame coach, who is the older sister of Maryland Director of Athletics Deborah A. Yow, has won over 700 games, guiding her teams to 20 NCAA Tournament appearances.
• SERIES HISTORY vs. NCS: NC State leads the all-time series, 40-31, but Maryland has won the last three meetings. The Terps defeated the Wolfpack at Reynolds Coliseum in 2006, only the fifth time in the history of the series they had beaten NC State on its home court.
Leaving Last Year Behind
• With its overtime win over Florida State, Maryland picked up its 28th victory of the season, equalling its win total from a year ago. The Terps also surpassed their ACC win total from last year. The 2006-07 Terrapins went 28-6 overall and 10-4 in league play.
It's All Academic, Too
• Senior Crystal Langhorne is an All-American on the court and in the classroom. For the second-straight year, she was voted to the ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-America team, earning a spot on the second team.
• Langhorne was an ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District 2 team for the third-straight year. She is a communications major and boasts a 3.43 grade point average. She was a third-team Academic All-American last season.
What a Comeback!
• Maryland's 21-point comeback at Virginia Tech on Feb. 4, 2008 tied the third-largest defcit overcome by a team to win in NCAA history. The Terrapins trailed 31-10 in the first half with 10:13 remaining in the first half, before winning the game in overtime, 74-71.
• The largest comeback overcome was a 32-point deficit by Texas State vs. UT San Antonio on Feb. 18, 2008. Texas State won the game, 73-71. Oregon came back from a 22-point deficit against Arizona to win, 75-71, on March 4, 2000, while Louisiana Tech posted a 21-point comeback on Feb. 9, 1989 over Old Dominion to win 72-71.
Boarding School
• Maryland, the leading rebounding team in the nation the last two years, has shown that controlling the glass can affect the outcomes of games. The Terps are 108-8 when outrebounding opponents since 2004-05 and 6-14 when they collect the same or fewer caroms than their opponents.
• The Terps have outrebounded their opponents in 26 games this season, coming out even against Ohio State and Rutgers. Maryland was outrebounded for the first time since last year's ACC Tournament semifinals in the win over Middle Tennessee State and then again at North Carolina.
Coming Up
• A No. 2 seed at the ACC Tournament, Maryland will be gunning for its first ACC Championship title since 1989. The No. 2 seed in the tournament is the highest seeding for the Terps since 1993.
• Clinching a first-round bye, Maryland will play the winner of the first round game between the No. 7 and 10 seeds at 6 p.m. on Friday, March 7. The game can be watched on ACC Select. The semifinal games are slated for Saturday, March 8 at 1 and 3:30 p.m. on Fox Sports Net (Comcast SportsNet in the Baltimore/Washington, D.C. area). The championship game will also be nationally televised on Fox Sports Net on Sunday, March 9 at 1 p.m.
