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Women's Basketball 1/26/2011 7:00:00 AM Maryland Athletics

#14 Maryland Plays Host to Wake Forest

Jan. 26, 2011

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The No. 14 Maryland women's basketball team will host a Team Tyler Leukemia Awareness night Friday, Jan. 28 at the Wake Forest game at 8:30 p.m. in Comcast Center. The game will be shown on Comcast SportsNet + locally. The Terrapins (16-3, 3-2 ACC) would like to invite all leukemia survivors to come enjoy the game free of charge in honor of their fight.

In order to receive free admission, survivors can register prior to game time by emailing umterps.com/awareness and enter the promotion code "awareness."

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society National Capital Area Chapter will be on hand to promote awareness and share information on the disease and how to help. The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society ® (LLS) is the world's largest voluntary health agency dedicated to blood cancer. The LLS mission: Cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families. The National Capital Area Chapter serves Washington DC; the Maryland counties of Prince George and Montgomery; and the Virginia Counties of Loudoun, Fairfax, Arlington, Alexandria and Prince William. More than 2,500 patients and families are served by the chapter each year.

Team Tyler wristbands and T-shirts will be available for sale. Proceeds will benefit the Team Tyler Foundation, which was started by a group of former Maryland players from the 2006 NCAA Championship team including Marissa Coleman, Shay Doron, Laura Harper and Kristi Toliver, to bring awareness to leukemia and to help children fighting it.

Team Tyler was started in honor of head coach Brenda Frese's two-year old son, Tyler Thomas, who was diagnosed with leukemia in September 2010.

The Terrapins own the all-time series over the Demon Deacons (10-11, 1-4 ACC) 50-12 and have won the last nine straight meetings.

For tickets to the Maryland-Wake Forest game, please visit the Terrapin Ticket Office online at umterps.com or call 1-800-IM-A-TERP. Parking is free in all of the lots surrounding Comcast Center.

Friday's game will be shown on the regional sports network, which includes Comcast SportsNet, Fox Sports Net South, Fox Sports Net Florida, and New England Sports Network. Please check your local listings for more information.

The Maryland-Wake Forest game will also be broadcast on the Terrapin Sports Radio Network. It can be heard on ESPN 1300 (Baltimore) and ESPN 980 (DC).

The Terrapins are coming off of an 88-65 win over No. 10 North Carolina Sunday evening in College Park. Alyssa Thomas notched her fourth double-double in five straight ACC games for her second straight ACC Rookie of the Week honor and fourth on the year. Four other Terrapins scored in double-figures in Maryland's biggest win over UNC since 1990.

Maryland moved to No. 14 in the latest edition of the Associated Press poll and No. 14 in the ESPN USA Today Top 25 Coaches poll this week.

After Friday's game, the Terrapins will play host to Longwood at 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets to Sunday's game are still available.

QUICK HITS

Maryland will play host to Wake Forest Friday night. The Terps and the Deacons will tip off at 8:37 p.m. ET. The game will be shown on RSN and broadcast on the Terrapin Sports Radio Network. It can be heard on ESPN 1300 (Baltimore) and ESPN 980 (DC)

The Terrapins will host the Team Tyler Leukemia Awareness night Friday. Maryland will partner with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society to help spread information on the disease and how to help. All leukemia survivors can enjoy the game free of charge by registering at isurvived@umd.edu with name and contact information.

The Terps are coming off of an 88-65 win over No. 10 UNC Sunday. Five Terrapins scored in double figures.

Freshman Alyssa Thomas notched her fourth double-double in five games with 16 points and 13 rebounds. She was honored as ACC Rookie of the Week for the second straight week and fourth time overall.

The Terps have outrebounded their opponents in 17 of 19 games this year. They average 47.4 boards to their opponents' 33.0 Maryland leads the ACC in rebounding margin (+14.4).

LAST TIME OUT...

On Sunday, Maryland beat No. 10 UNC 88-65 in College Park. It was the Terrapins largest win over the Tar Heels since an 88-64 win on Feb. 6, 1990.

Freshman Alyssa Thomas had her fourth double-double in five ACC games with 16 points and 13 rebounds. She was 6-for-6 at the free throw line.

Four other Terrapins scored in double figures, including Diandra Tchatchouang, Lynetta Kizer, Alicia DeVaughn and Laurin Mincy.

The Terrapins held the advantage inside, outrebounding the Tar Heels 55-32 and winning the battle in the paint, 40-34. Maryland had 29 turnovers in the game, one short of a season-high.

The Terps shot a season-high 92.0 percent from the foul line, as they went 23-for-25. Six players were perfect at the stripe.

SCOUTING THE TAR HEELS

Wake Forest is 10-11 overall, 1-4 in the ACC and 0-6 on the road.

Brittany Waters leads the Deacons in scoring with 11.5 points per game.

Sandra Garcia leads with 5.6 boards per game. As a team, Wake Forest averages 42.7 rebounds per game.

On Sunday, the Demon Deacons fell at home to Clemson, 77-73 in overtime.

Maryland owns the all-time series over Wake Forest, 50-12, including the last nine straight.

ABOUT THE TERPS

Maryland fields one of the youngest rosters in the nation. The Terps are one of seven teams in the country to not have any seniors.

All five members of Maryland's No. 2 recruiting class played in their state's high school championship game and three, Alicia DeVaughn, Laurin Mincy and Alyssa Thomas won their respective titles.

Sophomore Diandra Tchatchouang played in the European championships over the summer. She led France to a fourth-place finish in the tournament. She was on her way to being tournament MVP, before suffering an ankle injury.

10 of the 14 Terrapins are over 6'0 tall and eight are over 6'2, making the Terps one of the tallest teams in the country. None of the Terps' 2010-11 opponents have as many players over 6'1.

GLASS CRASHERS

The Terps lead the ACC in rebounding margin (+14.4). They are third in the country only to Syracuse (+17.3) and Connecticut (+14.7).

Four Terps are in the top 20 in the ACC. Freshman Alyssa Thomas is No. 8 (7.7) and Lynetta Kizer is No. 12 (7.4). Alicia DeVaughn is No. 16 (6.2 rpg) and Diandra Tchatchouang is tied for No. 18 (6.0 rpg).

Thomas leads the ACC in rebounding in conference games (11.8). Thomas and Kizer lead the ACC in offensive rebounds in league games with 5.2 and 4.0, respectively.

The Terrapins have won the battle on the boards in 17 of 19 games. They have grabbed 900 rebounds to their opponent's 627.

ALL HANDS ON DECK

Nine Terrapins are averaging over 14.0 minutes per game.

All eligible Terps have seen action in 10 of the 19 games this year.

Eight players for Maryland have played in every game.

The Terrapins have had six different starting lineups through the 19 games of the season.

Maryland's bench averages 24.9 points per game to their opponents' 18.5. The Terrapins' bench has outscored its opponents' bench in 12 of the 19 games this season.

TERPS IN THE POLLS

Maryland moved to No. 14 in the latest Associated Press poll and to No. 13 in the ESPN/USA Today Top 25 Coaches poll this week.

The Terps began the season ranked 21st in the Associated Press poll. They have started the season ranked in each of the last seven seasons.

The week of Dec. 13 marked the 100th week head coach Brenda Frese had a team ranked in her career at Maryland. She now has had a team ranked 105 weeks while in College Park.

TEAM TYLER

In September, Coach Frese's two-year old son, Tyler Thomas, was diagnosed leukemia.

To help with leukemia awareness, a group of former Maryland players from the 2006 national championship team, including Marissa Coleman, Shay Doron, Laura Harper and Kristi Toliver, are starting a foundation called Team Tyler.

Some of the Terps' opponents this year, including coaches Sharon Versyp and Martin Clapp from Purdue, the SAC from Loyola, the coaches at UMBC and Duke, have

The Terrapins will be wearing green ribbons on their warmup shirts this season in honor of leukemia awareness. Maryland will be teaming with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society during the Wake Forest game for an awareness event. All leumekia survivors can enter for free by emailing isurvived@umd.edu with name and contact information.

TOUGH PLACE TO PLAY

Comcast Center was recently named one of the country's top ten toughest places to play. No other ACC school made the top ten.

The Terps have won 83.20 percent of their games in Comcast Center (119-24) since it opened in 2002.

Maryland has led the ACC in attendance since 2007.

-Terps-

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Players Mentioned

#25 Marissa Coleman: G/F; 6' 1"; Sophomore

#22 Shay Doron: G; 5' 9"; Senior

#15 Laura Harper: F/C; 6' 4"; Junior

#20 Kristi Toliver: G; 5' 7"; Sophomore

#12 Lynetta Kizer: C; 6' 4"; Freshman

#13 Alicia DeVaughn: C; 6' 4"; Freshman

#1 Laurin Mincy: G; 6' 0"; Freshman

#24 Diandra Tchatchouang: F; 6' 3"; Sophomore

#25 Alyssa Thomas: F; 6' 2"; Freshman

Players Mentioned

#25 Marissa Coleman
: 6' 1"; Sophomore
: G/F

#22 Shay Doron
: 5' 9"; Senior
: G

#15 Laura Harper
: 6' 4"; Junior
: F/C

#20 Kristi Toliver
: 5' 7"; Sophomore
: G

#12 Lynetta Kizer
: 6' 4"; Freshman
: C

#13 Alicia DeVaughn
: 6' 4"; Freshman
: C

#1 Laurin Mincy
: 6' 0"; Freshman
: G

#24 Diandra Tchatchouang
: 6' 3"; Sophomore
: F

#25 Alyssa Thomas
: 6' 2"; Freshman
: F