Feb. 4, 2011
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The No. 10 Maryland women's basketball team will play host to ACC opponent North Carolina State Sunday afternoon. The Terps and the Wolfpack will play at noon in Comcast Center.
For tickets to Sunday's game, please visit the Terrapin Ticket Office online at umterps.com or call 1-800-IM-A-TERP. Parking will be free in all of the lots surrounding Comcast Center.
Sunday'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 click here to find out where to watch. The game will be shown on Comcast SportsNet locally.
The Terps-Wolfpack game will also be broadcast on the Terrapin Sports Radio Network. It can be heard on ESPN 1300 (Baltimore) and ESPN 980 (DC).
Maryland (19-3, 5-2 ACC) is coming off of a 56-53 win at No. 24 Georgia Tech Thursday night. Junior Kim Rodgers hit a three from the corner with 1.2 seconds left for the win. She was 0-for-3 from outside the arc for the game prior to that.
Junior Lynetta Kizer led all scorers with 19 points and freshman Alyssa Thomas followed with 17. Thomas has scored in double-digits in every ACC game.
Thomas was named the ACC's Rookie of the Week on Monday for the third straight week and fifth week overall this year - the most of any other freshman this season. She ties a school record of five Rookie of the Week awards set by Crystal Langhorne in 2004-05 and Marissa Coleman in 2005-06.
The Terrapins moved to No. 10 this week in the ESPN USA Today Top 25 Coaches poll and No. 12 in the Associated Press poll.
Maryland is No. 3 in the NCAA in rebounding margin (+14.5). In ACC games, Thomas leads conference players in rebounding with an average of 10.4 per contest. Her 4.7 offensive boards per ACC game lead the league as well.
Junior Anjale Barrett leads in assists with 6.0 per conference game and sophomore Diandra Tchatchouang leads in blocked shots.
After Sunday's game, the Terrapins will play at No. 18 Miami Thursday at 7 p.m. The Terps-Hurricanes game will be shown online at Canes All Access.
QUICK HITS
Maryland will play host to NC State Sunday at noon in College Park. The game will be shown on RSN and will be aired on Comcast SportsNet locally. It will also be on the Terrapin Sports Radio Network.
Junior Kim Rodgers hit the game-winning three with 1.2 seconds left after going 0-for-3 from outside the arc all game.
Junior Lynetta Kizer led all scorers with 19 points and freshman Alyssa Thomas scored 17. Thomas has scored in the double-digits in every ACC game.
Thomas was named the ACC's Rookie of the Week for the third straight week and fifth time this year - which ties a school record set by Crystal Langhorne in 2004-05 and Marissa Coleman in 2005-06.
Thomas needs one point to break 300 this year. Only 11 freshmen in school history have scored 300 or more points.
The Terps lead the ACC in rebounding margin (+14.5). They are third in the country only to Syracuse (+15.3) and Connecticut (+15.0).
LAST TIME OUT...
On Thursday, the Terps beat No. 24 Georgia Tech 56-53 in Atlanta.
Junior Kim Rodgers hit the game-winning three from the corner with 1.2 seconds left after going 0-for-3 from outside the arc all game.
Junior Lynetta Kizer led all scorers with 19 points, while Alyssa Thomas notched 17. She has scored in double-digits in every ACC game.
Four Terps had three steals, including Anjale Barrett, Alicia DeVaughn, Rodgers and Thomas.
The Terrapins held the advantage inside, outrebounding the Jackets 36-33 and outscoring them in the paint 28-24.
SCOUTING THE WOLFPACK
NC State is 10-12 overall this season, 1-6 in the ACC and 7-4 on the road.
Bonae Holston leads the Wolfpack in scoring with 16.1 points per game. She also leads on the boards with 8.4 rebounds per contest.
Most recently, the NC State beat Fairfield 76-49 in Raleigh. Holston led with 20 points, while Goodwin-Coleman had 17 with three three's.
NC State owns the all-time record over Maryland, 33-41. Most recently, the Wolfpack beat the Terps 73-45 on Jan. 7, 2010 in Raleigh. Marissa Kastanek led with 19 points.
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 (+14.5). They are third in the country only to Syracuse (+15.3) and Connecticut (+15.0).
Three Terps are in the top 20 in the ACC in rebounding. Freshman Alyssa Thomas is No. 9 (7.5) and Lynetta Kizer is No. 13 (7.1). Alicia DeVaughn is No. 17 (6.2 rpg).
Thomas leads the ACC in rebounding in conference games (10.4). Thomas leads the ACC in offensive rebounds in league games with 4.7 per game.
The Terrapins have won the battle on the boards in 20 of 22 games. They have grabbed 1040 rebounds to their opponent's 721.
ALL HANDS ON DECK
10 Terrapins are averaging over 14.0 minutes per game.
The Terrapins have had six different starting lineups through the 22 games of the season.
Maryland's bench averages 25.5 points per game to their opponents' 17.9. The Terrapins' bench has outscored its opponents' bench in 15 of the 22 games this season.
TERPS IN THE POLLS
Maryland moved to No. 10 in the ESPN/USA Today Top 25 Coaches poll this week and No. 12 in the Associated Press poll.
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 106 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 the coaches from Purdue, the SAC from Loyola, the coaches at UMBC and Duke, as well as Georgia Tech, have made contributions to Team Tyler.
The Terrapins will be wearing green ribbons on their warmup shirts this season in honor of leukemia awareness.
For more information on the Team Tyler Foundation, log onto TeamTylerFoundation.com?.
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 83.40 percent of their games in Comcast Center (121-24) since it opened in 2002.
Maryland has led the ACC in attendance since 2007.
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