Today in Women's Basketball History: March 23
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(NCAA Second Round, College Park)
- Laurin Mincy scored 27 points, and top-seeded Maryland used a second-half blitz to knock off previously unbeaten Princeton 85-70 and advance to the Sweet 16 of the women's NCAA tournament.
- Maryland advanced to its 12th Sweet Sixteen, seventh under Brenda Frese and fourth straight with the win.
- After leading by only 42-38 at the break, the Terrapins used a 17-2 run immediately after halftime to turn a surprisingly tight game into a rout.
- Lexie Brown scored 23 for the Terrapins. Tierney Pfirman added 11 off the bench and Brionna Jones had 10 and 10 rebounds.
- Maryland won its 26th-straight game with the win.
- Quotable: "Yeah, it's tournament time," Toliver said. "Time to play your best. I was definitely feeling it. Obviously we were at home so we're used to the rims. My teammates were getting me open. I was able to attack the basket a little bit more than I usually have."
(NCAA First Round, College Park)
- Crystal Langhorne had 25 points and 12 rebounds, Marissa Coleman scored 17 and Laura Harper had 14 as Maryland pulled away to an 80-66 victory over Coppin State in the first round.
- Maryland won its fifth straight NCAA First Round game with the win.
- Maryland went 28-for-35 from the foul line, which is still a team record in the Tournament.
- Quotable: "It was nice to be able to get the first game out of the way" head coach Brenda Frese said.,"It's been about two weeks since we've played. We were very impressed with Coppin State. They did a tremendous job in their scouting. They were very physical and very aggressive and they did a tremendous job for 40 minutes. They made us work. I am proud of the fact that we were able to battle through, especially in the second half, and we were able to establish a better defensive intensity in terms of what we wanted to do. We started clicking on all cylinders on the offensive end."
(NCAA Regional Semifinal, Austin, Texas)
- Deanna Tate and Vicky Bullett led the way to the Elite Eight for Maryland.
- Tate went 14-for-21 for 30 points with seven assists. Bullett poured in 28 points, went 8-for-8 at the foul line, and grabbed eight rebounds. Carla Holmes added 16 points and Christy Winters scored 11.
- Maryland advanced to its second NCAA Elite Eight with the win.
Maryland women bust President Obama's bracket and celebrate with a POTUS cutout
Published: March 24, 2015
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- The Princeton women's basketball team can blame President Obama for Maryland's especially inspired performance in a round of 32 NCAA tournament showdown Monday in College Park.
"Playing an undefeated team, a team Obama had picked over us, gave us a little added motivation to come in and make a statement," said Maryland senior guard Laurin Mincy, who scored a game-high 27 points in No. 1 seed Maryland's 85-70 win over the eighth-seeded Tigers.
Obama's niece, Leslie Robinson, is a reserve forward for Princeton. The president picked the Tigers to advance to the Final Four and attended their first-round win over Green Bay on Saturday.
Amid increased security at Xfinity Center after a threat was made against Robinson, the Tigers, who had a more legitimate gripe about their tournament seeding than the Maryland men's team, gave the Terps all they could handle. Princeton trailed 42-38 at halftime before Maryland pulled away with a 17-2 run.
After advancing to the Sweet 16 in front of a crowd that included U.S. Supreme Court Justices and Princeton alums Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor, Maryland celebrated with a cutout of Obama sporting a Terps jersey.
