Nov. 28, 2003
Box Score
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -
Freshman Shay Doron led four double-figure scorers with 22 points and the Maryland women's basketball team limited Sacred Heart to just 14-percent shooting in the second half, as the Terps cruised to a 90-49 victory in the first round of the Terrapin Classic on Friday afternoon at Comcast Center. Maryland has advanced to the championship game in all five years of the tournament's existence.
The game was a close affair for the first eight minutes, with neither team gaining more than a three-point advantage. The lead changed hands three times during those opening minutes before a Doron (Great Neck, N.Y./Christ the King) completed a three-point play, to put the Terps (3-0) ahead by one, 16-15, and never trailed for the rest of the game. Keyed by five points from sophomore Chrissy Fisher (Rumson, N.J./Rumson-Fair Haven), Maryland went ahead, 26-17. The Pioneers (2-1) got within five points, 34-29, with a three pointer from Shannon Quinlivan, but the Terps gradually pushed the lead back up to nine points at 38-29. With the clock winding down and the score at 42-33, senior Crystal Washington (Clinton, Md./Bishop McNamara) put an exclamation point on the half, converting the putback off a missed three-pointer at the buzzer, giving Maryland its largest lead of the half, 44-33.
Maryland took control of the second half from the start, going on a 23-3 run to extend its lead, 67-38, at 12:17. A freshman Kalika France (Forestville, Md./Bishop McNamara) trey at 10:20 put the Terps up by 31 points. The Pioneers scored their last field goal of the game with 6:27 remaining in the game on a Colleen Duggan jumper. Maryland went on a 14-1 tear, for a final margin of 90-49, its largest since an 89-44 win over another Northeast Conference opponent, Wagner, on Nov. 25, 2000, in the first round of the Terrapin Classic.
Four Terps posted double-digit scoring. Doron notched her second 20-point game of the season, while senior Delvona Oliver (Euclid, Ohio/Euclid) netted 18 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for the first double-double of her career as a Terp. Fisher and Washington each added 13 and 15 points, respectively.
SHU's Nicolle Rubino recorded team highs of 11 points and six rebounds.
Maryland plays intrastate foe Maryland-Eastern Shore for the tournament crown on Saturday, Nov. 29 at 3 p.m. UMES defeated Louisiana Lafayette, 60-57, earlier in the day. The Ragin' Cajuns face the Pioneers in the consolation game at 12:20 p.m.
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