Sunday, March 05, 2006

Terps Send Blue Devils Back to Durham Early, 78-70

It's the morning after and I think we are all still high from yesterday's win. The only problem is we have another task at hand today at 1: Winning the ACC Championship. I think we showed a ton of toughness yesterday. We kept the lead the whole first half and then when Duke went up 1 we answered and put the game away for good. Nothing was sweeter than the look of shock on the face of Coach G as the game's final minutes counted down.

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Postives

  • Team toughness. We came off tough to start the game and after halftime and then withstood the Duke run. I have waited all year for us to do this and todaay it paid off.
  • Coleman. She took over when Lang and Harper couldn't get anything going down low. Her defense was better than it has been and she did a great job on Currie. And she grabbed 13 boards.
  • Harper. She proved me wrong after Friday's bad game. She even responded after missing her first few shots and went at the bigger players.
  • Langhorne. With the game on the line, she demanded the ball and took it at Williams, Bales and Black. She also ended her rebounding drought against them with 10.
  • Toliver. Controlled the offense great and only rushed one shot.
  • Newman. Early foul trouble, but she kept her head in the game and played lock down defense.
  • Doron. Didn't play much due to injury, but made the key free throws at the end of the game.
  • Jade. With Harper struggling she went in and knocked down two shots over the taller players.
  • Rebounding. We were down at half and then responded in the second half to outrebound Duke.
  • Defense. We played great for all but that 4 minute stretch by Duke.

    Negatives
  • Free Throw Shooting. Another not so good effort especially down the stretch. We will get better though.
  • Turnovers. We had some dumb ones at certain times, but overall I am ok with it.

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