March 2, 2010
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -
The Atlantic Coast Conference office announced the five-player ACC All-Freshman team selections this afternoon which included Maryland's 6-3 forward Diandra Tchatchouang.
She joins the ranks of former Maryland players Marissa Coleman, Kristi Toliver, Crystal Langhorne and Shay Doron to name a few. Current teammate and 2010 All-ACC Third Team selection Lynetta Kizer was also on the team last year as the ACC Freshman of the Year.
The La Courneuve, France, native is the second leader on the team in scoring, averaging 12.3 points per game. Most recently she was given her third Rookie of the Week nod from the conference office after her 23-point performance against Florida State. It was the third 20-point performance for her this year.
Tchatchouang leads all conference freshmen in scoring and is top-15 amongst all ACC players. She also leads first year players in rebounding in conference games. Tchatchouang leads Maryland in blocks with 41 and is fourth amongst league freshmen. Her 41 blocks make her third on Maryland's all-time freshmen blocking list. She has had 19 double-figure scoring games, the most on the team, and has started in all 28 regular season games, the only player to do so for the Terrapins.
2010 ACC All-Freshman Women's Basketball
Allison Vernerey, C Duke
Chasity Clayton, F Florida State
Diandra Tchatchouang, F Maryland
Marissa Kastanek, G * NC State
Sandra Garcia, F Wake Forest
* denotes 2010 ACC Freshman of the Year
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.
