Feb. 17, 2005
Box Score
Coral Gables, Fla. -
Freshman center Crystal Langhorne scored 29 points and grabbed 22 rebounds for her league-leading 11th double-double of the season, as #20/21 Maryland defeated Miami, 70-65, in an Atlantic Coast Conference contest at The Convocation Center on Thursday evening. Langhorne is the first Terrapin to score 20+ points and grab 20+ rebounds since Myra Waters had 25 points and 20 rebounds against Georgetown on Dec. 6, 1980.
Maryland (18-6, 7-5 ACC), which picked up the program's 200th ACC victory, saw its eight-point lead dwindle to two at 67-65 when Tamara James made a jumper with 46 seconds left to play. Sophomore Kalika France, who had nine points, five rebounds and five assists, knocked down three free throws in the final 10 seconds to give Maryland its first winning record away from home since the 2000-01 season.
Miami (12-13, 4-8 ACC), which trailed by 10 in the second half, used a 20-6 run to take a 48-44 lead with 9:41 remaining. James scored 10 of her team-high 27 points during that spurt, while Yolanda McCormick, who had 13 points and 6 assists, chipped in with seven.
The Terrapins, who will now finish with at least a .500 record in league play in back-to-back seasons for the first time 1993-94, tied the game at 48-48 on a layup by junior forward Charmaine Carr. Sophomore guard Shay Doron, who scored 13 of her 20 points in the second half on 6-of-7 shooting, hit back-to-back jumpers to give UM a 52-48 advantage with 7:43 remaining.
The Hurricanes, which lost to Maryland in the first round of last season's NCAA Tournament, led the Terrapins 23-16 with 5:16 to go in the first half, but the visitors tallied eight straight points and 14 of the half's final 17 markers to take a 30-26 lead into intermission. Langhorne posted 17 points and 10 rebounds in the first half to lead all scorers.
Maryland will close out the road portion of its season on Sunday with a 4 p.m. game against Virginia.
