March 20, 2005
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• Opening round host and seventh-seeded Maryland notched their second NCAA Tournament win in as many years before 4,483 at Comcast Center Sunday afternoon, puling away late in the second half to secure a 65-55 win over No. 10 Wisconsin-Green Bay. Maryland (22-9) will play No. 2 Ohio State in second round action Tuesday evening in College Park. The Terps climb to 14-13 all-time in the NCAA tournament with the win, while the Phoenix drop to 1-8 in NCAA postseason play and conclude the season with a 27-4 record. It was the first meeting between the clubs.
• Shay Doron scored a game-high 26 points - 18 in the second half - to will the Terps to a come-from-behind victory. The sophomore guard made 6-of-9 second half field goals and 4-of-5 free throws down the stretch. She eclipsed her previous postseason high point total of 23, set last year against Louisiana State. Doron played all but one minute of the game.
• ACC Freshman of the Year Crystal Langhorne registered her 17th double-double of the season, scoring 16 points and grabbing 10 rebounds, despite being hampered in the first half by early foul trouble and being double-teamed nearly every time she touched the ball.
• Jade Perry was an intimidating presence in the paint, scoring eight points and securing nine boards. Point guard Anesia Smith, who directed an efficient Maryland offense in the second half, finished with seven points and a game-high six assists. She also played all but one minute in the game.
• After shooting just 28.6 percent in the first half, Maryland made nearly half of their second-half field goals (13-of-27).
• Abby Scharlow bounced back from a difficult first half, in which she shot just 1-of-6, to finish with a team-high 21 points on 9-of-19 shooting. Scharlow converted 8-of-13 field goals in the second half, while her teammates shot just 5-of-18. UWGB had only six field goals in the final 11:56 of the game - three by Scharlow. The 21 points ties her second best scoring output of the season.
• Horizon League Player of the Year Tiffany Mor recorded her fifth double-double of the season with 15 points and 12 rebounds.
• Langhorne sparked the Terrapins early, converting a pair of entry passes in the low post from Doron and Smith. Her second hoop gave Maryland an early 7-2 lead with 15:50 left in the half. The Phoenix made just 1-of-9 field goals to open the game, as Aurelie Noirez and Doron scored to extend the Terps' lead to 11-2. UWGB responded with seven straight points to cut the gap to two, before Doron broke the mini-drought for Maryland with a leaner in the lane and Langhorne corralled a loose ball and converted a lay-in to push Maryland's lead up to 15-9 with under 12 minutes remaining. The teams would trade baskets throughout most of the half, as both teams struggled to find their rhythm. Maryland shot just 9-of-24 and UWGB made just 7-of-21 in the opening 13:39 of the game.
• Mor's fast-break lay-in knotted the contest at 24 with 1:58 remaining in the first half, which is how the score stood at the break. Maryland was held without a field goal for the final 5:48 of the half, scoring only one point in that span. Mor led all scorers with 11 first-half points, while the Terps were paced by Doron's 8 points. Mor fell one rebound shy of tallying a double-double by halftime. Langhorne got into early foul trouble and was limited to just six points in nine minutes of action. Perry had six points and six rebounds, while Charmaine Carr also pulled down a half-dozen boards for the Terps. Smith had four of Maryland's six assists. The teams combined for just 19 field goals the entire half, as UWGB shot 29 percent and Maryland connected on only 28.6 percent from the field.
• Wisconsin-Green Bay took their first lead of the game on their opening possession of the second half on a driving lay-in by Scharlow. Doron hit back-to-back jumpers -- one while falling away on the baseline and being fouled - to swing the lead back to Maryland, before UWGB reclaimed the lead with four straight points. Both teams found the shooting touch out of the locker rooms, as the Phoenix hit 7-of-8 field goals to open the half and Maryland was successful on 4-of-6 field goals.
• Scharlow hit 5-of-7 field goals in the first nine minutes of the second half. Doron also displayed team leadership, knocking down four of her first five field-goal attempts of the half, including a trey with 8:37 left and a transition basket about two minutes later that gave Maryland its largest lead of the half to that point at 51-45.
• The Terps reeled off 10 straight points - seven by Doron - to build their largest lead at 56-45 with 5:17 to go. UWGB would climb to within six late in the game, but the Terps hit their free throws down the stretch to hang on for the victory. Before Maryland pulled away late, the game was tied eight times in the half and the lead changed hands on 10 occasions.
