DECEMBER
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2010 acc big ten challenge
TEAM NOTES
Head coach Brenda Frese is quickly approaching her 200th win as a Maryland Terrapin, with just three wins separating her from the milestone (197-73). She will have reached the milestone faster than any other women’s basketball coach in the school’s history.
MARYLAND TERRAPINS
TEAM NOTES
The Boilermakers rank sixth nationally in total wins in the last 15 seasons behind Connecticut, Tennessee, Duke, Louisiana Tech and Old Dominion.
PURDUE BOILERMAKERS
Coach Sharon Versyp has led Purdue to two NCAA Elite Eight appearances (2007, 2009) and two Big Ten Tournament championships (2007, 2008) in her four years at her alma mater.
Maryland earned its sixth straight 20-plus win season, helping to continue the longest streak in program history. The run also includes two 30-plus win seasons. Maryland extended the school’s home court winning streak to 48, a record that spans the books of both men’s and women’s basketball. The Terrapins boast the No. 2 recruiting class in the nation, bringing in top talent in Whitney Bays, Natasha Cloud, Alicia DeVaughn, Laurin Mincy and Alyssa Thomas. Junior Lynetta Kizer is on pace to hit 1,000 points after averaging 419 points the last two years. She currently has 838. Maryland continues to hold all top nine of the top 10 ACC game attendance records. In 2009-10 they led in home attendance numbers for the fourth straight year with another 100,000-plus number.
LYNETTA KIZER
BRITTANY RAYBURN
head coach Brenda Frese
head coach Sharon Versyp
ROSTER No. Name 01 Laurin Mincy 02 Dara Taylor 05 Essence Townsend 10 Anjalé Barrett 11 Natasha Cloud 12 Lynetta Kizer 13 Alicia DeVaughn 14 Yemi Oyefuwa 21 Tianna Hawkins 22 Kim Rodgers 24 Diandra Tchatchouang 25 Alyssa Thomas 32 Whitney Bays
The Boilermakers have four players who were named Miss Basketball as seniors in high school: Brittany Rayburn (Indiana), KK Houser (Nebraska), Sam Ostarello (South Dakota) and Courtney Moses (Indiana). Additionally, coach Versyp was Indiana Miss Basketball in 1984 and assistant coach Ukari Figgs was Kentucky Miss Basketball in 1995.
ROSTER Pos. G G C G G C C C F G F F F
No. Name 2 Antionette Howard 5 Brittany Rayburn 15 Courtney Moses 20 Dee Dee Williams 22 KK Houser 24 Drey Mingo 32 Sam Ostarello 40 Chelsea Jones 41 Alex Guyton 43 Chantel Poston 52 Ashley Wilson 54 Samantha Woods
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Pos. G/F G G G G F F C F G F F
Purdue does not have a senior on this year’s roster, but the junior class boasts six members: Alex Guyton, Antionette Howard, Chelsea Jones, Drey Mingo, Brittany Rayburn and Samantha Woods. Two players on Purdue’s roster used to play in the ACC. Redshirt juniors Antionette Howard transferred to Purdue from Florida State and Drey Mingo played two seasons at Maryland.