Dec. 3, 2009
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RV/No. 22 Maryland vs. Minnesota
Thursday, December 3, 2009
College Park, Md. (Comcast Center)
FINAL SCORE: RV/No. 22 Maryland 66, Minnesota 45
Team Records and Series Notes
• Maryland improves their record to 7-1 while Samford falls to 5-3.
• The Terps go 7-0 at home this season and has won 43 consecutive home games, extending the school record.
• The Terps are on a four-game win streak - their longest of the season.
• Maryland owns the all-time series over the Golden Gophers 2-0.
• The Terrapins are 3-0 in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge.
Team Game Notes
• Line-up: Tonight's starting lineup was made up of Anjale Barrett, Lori Bjork, Lynetta Kizer, Kim Rodgers and Diandra Tchatchoung. This new starting lineup is now 1-0 this season.
• Key run: After falling behind 0-7 just under four minutes into the game, the Terrapins went on a key 11-0 run with nine minutes remaining in the half. The streak was jumpstarted by Tchatchouang's made free throw, which was followed by a trey by Jackie Nared. Maryland led at the break 31-22.
• Led by Kim Rodgers (14), Diandra Tchatchouang (13) and Lynetta Kizer (10), The Terps are 7-0 when at least three players score 10 or more points.
• The Terrapins and the Golden Gophers battled on the boards throughout the game. Maryland won the battle, 40-36, and has out-rebounded their opponent in all games except one (at Mississippi State, 42-41).
• The Terps held the Gophers to just 27.1 percent shooting from the floor (16-of-59). The second-lowest shooting percentage for an opponent this year (New Hampshire shot 25.8 percent, which was 16-of-62). In both the New Hampshire game and tonight's game, the opponent went 7-for-30 in the first half. Minnesota was the fourth opponent this year the Terps held under 50 points.
• Maryland had a team season-high seven blocks in the contest. Diandra Tchatchouang, Lynetta Kizer, Essence Townsend each stopped two and Jackie Nared blocked one.
Individual Game Notes
• Sophomore guard Kim Rodgers tied her career-high in points with 14. She also pulled down eight boards, dished two assists and had one strip. Rodgers went 4-for-10 from the field and made one three-pointer. She was a perfect 5-5 from the foul line. She has made 12 of her last 13 free throws dating back to the Drexel game.
• Freshman forward Diandra Tchatchouang scored 13 points in Thursday's win, extending her streak of double-digit points to three games. The ACC Freshman of the Week filled the scoresheet with six rebounds, two blocks, two steals and one assist. She shot 4-for-9 from the field and was 4-6 from the charity stripe.
• Sophomore center Lynetta Kizer scored ten points in the victory. She shot 80 percent from the field (4-of-5) and was perfect from the foul line (2-for2). In the rebounding battle, she pulled down five boards. Kizer also blocked two shots and had one steal.
• Senior guard Lori Bjork notched nine points in the win, as did freshman guard Dara Taylor. Bjork went 3-for-9 from the field and was 3-for-3 from the foul line. Taylor made 4-of-8 field goals and made a free throw. Bjork also dished four assists.
• In just nine minutes on the floor, sophomore center Yemi Oyefuwa was 2-for-2 from the foul line and pulled down four rebounds, three of which were on the defensive end.
