Terps Destroy Mountaineers 118-59

Wasn't really a game after the ball was tipped. Terps scored the first 6 let Appy State score then Maryland answered and so it went until UM finally blew it open midway through the first half. By the time the second half rolled around, Angel, Charmaine and Auriele were looking to increase their scoring averages. 6 players in double figures (all scoring 16 or more), 3 players with double-doubles (Jade, Kristi and Marissa) and three points away from breaking the school record for points in a game. Jade took over as Crystal rested and Harper sat out (for precautionary reasons nothing more) and had a career-high 16 points and 16 rebounds. Just one note on how bad the game was: Maryland didn't have to score in the second half and they still would have won by 7.

Some Notes

Angel saw her first action of the season

Kalika was in street clothes again. I wonder if she is just being rested for ACC games.

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Positives

Balanced Scoring Attack.

Jade picking up the slack.

Outrebounding another team by 30.

Winning by 59 (last year we beat them by 20)

Toliver and Coleman's double-doubles

Negatives

Turnovers. We had 17 of them that's fine against a bad team, not good against a good team. The only good sign is that 12 of them were by the frosh so I chalk that up to still getting adjusted to the college game.

Defense. Yep we only gave up 59, but they had open looks some of the time. We should have held them to under 45. Also the zone defense looked bad (at the same time, the regulars weren't in the game)

The Marketing Department. The Box score says there were 2200 people there. It was more like 1000. That's a pathetic effort for a team ranked in the Top 10. Someone over there better get their act together. They are bringing our attendance numbers down.

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