Dec. 20, 2009
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Final Stats
Post-Game Notes
RV/RV Maryland at American
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Washington, D.C. (Bender Arena)
FINAL SCORE: RV/RV Maryland 75, American 64
Team Records and Series Notes
• Maryland improves to 9-2 while American falls to 5-5.
• The Terrapins continue to dominate the overall series with the Eagles with an 11-1 advantage.
• Maryland returns to action Sunday, Dec. 27 against Stony Brook at 6 p.m. ET. The game is the first of three in the Terrapin Classic hosted by the Terps from Dec. 27-29. Maryland will also play UNC-Wilmington on Tuesday, Dec. 29. Tickets for games over the holidays are half price included the Terrapin's Jan. 3 game against Saint Joseph's.
Team Game Notes
• Line-up: Dara Taylor, Lori Bjork, Lynetta Kizer, Kim Rodgers and Diandra Tchatchouang. This starting lineup is now 1-0 this season.
• Key run: The Terps maintained the lead throughout the game, but broke an 8-0 run with 11:29 left in the second half to put it away. Sparked by a Lynetta Kizer layup, the Terrapins opened up an 11 point lead.
• Four Terps broke the 10-point mark in today's game, Tianna Hawkins (20), Lynetta Kizer (21) Diandra Tchatchouang (12) and Kim Rodgers (10). Maryland has had at least two players score double-digits in all but one game this season. They are 9-1 when multiple players record double-figure points.
• Maryland won the battle on the boards, 46-21, and has out-rebounded their opponent in all games except one (at Mississippi State, 42-41).
• The Terrapins recorded their second best shooting performance of the season hitting 28-of-54 (.519).
• Maryland dished out the second highest number of assists this season with 19. Dara Taylor accounted for 11 of those assists.
• Maryland only fouled eight times, a season low.
Individual Game Notes
• Sophomore center Lynetta Kizer had her 11th career double-double against the Eagles. She had 21 points off 7-for-9 shooting from the field and from the charity stripe. Her 13 rebounds were a new season high.
• Coming off the bench, freshman forward Tianna Hawkins had her third career double-double with 20 points on 8-of-10 shooting. She was also 4-for-8 from the foul line. She grabbed 12 rebounds in the win.
• In just her fourth career start, and first since the Howard game on Nov. 27, freshman guard Dara Taylor dished a career-high 11 assists. She added six rebounds, four points and one steal in her 38 minutes on the floor.
• Freshman forward Diandra Tchatchouang has scored in double-digits in nine of the Terps' 11 games this season. She scored 12 in today's win on 6-for-13 shooting from the field. She added five rebounds, had four assists, a block and a steal.
• Sophomore guard Kim Rodgers notched 10 points in the win, going 3-for-8 from the field and 2-for-6 from outside the arc. She hit both of her free throws, which extends her streak of 23-of-24 made free throws since the Mississippi State game.
