March 1, 2010
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -
Maryland freshman forward Diandra Tchatchouang earned the final 2009-10 Atlantic Coast Conference Women's Basketball Rookie of the Week honor for the period ending Feb. 28. Florida State junior guard Courtney Ward was named Player of the Week. The honor is the first for Ward this season, while it marks the third for Tchatchouang.
Maryland has had four ACC Rookie of the Week nods, three to Tchatchouang and one to Tianna Hawkins. That is the most of any other team in the conference. Tchatchouang is also one of only two freshmen in the league to garner the honor three times this year.
Tchatchouang hit over 50 percent of her shots over two games this week on 16-of-30 shooting (.533). The rookie continues to lead all ACC freshmen in scoring and recorded her third 20-point performance with a game-high 23 against Florida State, just two shy from her career-best.
The La Courneuve, France, native made a career-high 10 field goals against the Seminoles, three of which came from beyond the arc - the most she's had since early December. In addition, Tchatchouang tied her career-high in attempted field goals with 17 against Florida State, while her two blocks against FSU gave her 41 in her career, solidifying her spot in the Maryland freshmen record books in blocks.
In the game against Boston College Tchatchouang added 14 points, five rebounds and a career high-tying two steals.
Next up for Maryland is the 2010 ACC Women's Basketball Tournament. The defending ACC Champions will face North Carolina in the first round of the 2010 ACC Tournament which starts Thursday, March 4. The two long-time foes are set to tip-off at 3 p.m. ET. The game will be televised on RSN (RSN - Fox Sports Net South (FSNS), Comcast Sports Net (CSN), Fox Sports Net Florida (FSNFL), New England Sports Network (NESN)) and Fox HD.
UNC leads in the all-time series, 36-31. However, Maryland leads in neutral site games, 7-4. The Terps defeated North Carolina in the 2009 ACC tournament on their way to becoming the tournament champions. The Terrapins won, 95-84 in the third round.
The winner of the game between Maryland and North Carolina plays No. 1 seed Duke on Friday, March 5 at 3 p.m. ET.
Tickets are available and may be obtained by calling tickets.com at (336) 852-1100, by visiting tickets.com on the web at www.tickets.com, or by calling the Maryland ticket office for tickets at 1-800-IM-A-TERP.
For more information on ACC women's basketball, log onto theACC.com.
