University of Maryland Athletics

March 28, 2012

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Postgame Notes

No. 1 Notre Dame, 80, No. 2 Maryland 49,
March 27 (Raleigh Regional Final)

Team Records and Series Notes 
• Tonight's meeting was the first between Maryland and Notre Dame in the postseason. Maryland leads the all-time series 4-2.
• Maryland is now 31-19 all-time in the NCAA Tournament and 3-5 in Elite 8 games.

Maryland Team Game Notes 
• Starting Lineup: Anjale Barrett, Alicia DeVaughn, Tianna Hawkins, Laurin Mincy, Alyssa Thomas.
• The Terps turned Notre Dame over 17 times and scored 13 points of those turnovers.
• Eight different Maryland players recorded a rebound led by Alyssa Thomas with six.
• Three Terps scored in double figures. Alyssa Thomas finished with 17. Tianna Hawkins and Alicia DeVaughn tallied 10 points each.

Maryland Individual Game Notes 
• With 17 points, Alyssa Thomas passed Marissa Coleman (594) for eighth most in a season. Thomas totaled 601 points in the 2011-12 season.
• Thomas' 17 points is her 31st double-figure scoring effort this season and her eighth in the past nine games.
• Tianna Hawkins totaled 10 points for her 22nd double-figure scoring game of the year.
• With five rebounds, Tianna Hawkins moved into third all-time for the most rebounds in a single season with 527. Hawkins passed Demauria Liles (325) and Crystal Langhorne (325).
• Alicia DeVaughn scored 10 points and grabbed four rebounds. It is DeVaughn's most points in eight games when she scored 14 against North Carolina and her seventh double-figure scoring game of the season.

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