Jan. 14, 2008
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• Maryland's victory was its first against Duke since the 2005-2006 national championship game victory and the first regular-season win since Feb. 3, 2000. It was the first home win against Duke since Jan. 30, 1998.
• Junior Marissa Coleman tied a career high with 30 points. It is the 41st 30-point game in program history.
• Junior Kristi Toliver scored 21 points, her sixth 20-point game of the season. It is the second time this season Maryland has had two players score 20 points or more. Crystal Langhorne and Laura Harper did it Jan. 6 against Clemson.
• The victory was Maryland's fourth against a ranked team this season. It was the ninth time the Terps have beaten a ranked Duke team. The 15-point win was the largest against Duke since March 5, 1994.
• The Terps' win gave them a 34-31 edge in the all-time series.
• Maryland won its 20th game of the season, the fourth 20-win season in a row, becoming the first team this season to win 20 games. It is the first time the Terps have won 20 or more games four consecutive years.
• Toliver attempted a career-high 13 free throws and made a career high 10. Toliver is now Maryland's all-time leader in free-throw percentage at 86.8.
• With nine rebounds, Harper moved into fifth place all-time at Maryland with 724, passing Christy Winters.
• Maryland's 43 first-half points are the most allowed by Duke in the first half all season. Penn State scored 45 in the second half Dec. 2. Five of Duke's season opponents failed to score 43 in the entire game.
• Maryland never trailed in the game, jumping out to a 17-4 lead early and never looking back. Duke tied the game at 68 apiece with 5:59 remaining in the second half.
• It is Maryland's first 4-0 start in ACC play since the 1991-1992 season, when the Terps began 10-0 in the conference.
• Harper tied a career high with five steals.
• Senior Ashleigh Newman played in the 125th straight game of her career, extending her school record, which she set last Thursday at Boston College.
• The game drew a crowd of 15,531. It is the highest-attended game of the season for Maryland and the third-highest in a women's college game this season. It is the fifth-best attendance in ACC women's basketball history. Maryland owns the top-seven ACC attendance marks.
