Terps Blank Lancers in First Meeting Ever at Willett Hall
Billups continues hot streak with second straight game in double figures
Nathan Epstein
Issue date: 2/3/10 Section: Sports
"We definitely didn't come out with the same intensity as we came out with in the first half, and it showed a lot, and we couldn't get anything going." Against Maryland, Billups continued her strong play from the team's victory over Winthrop almost a week ago.
Billups, a sophomore forward, finished the game with 17 points on seven of 16 shooting, while also snatching five rebounds in 33 minutes of action. This performance comes after her career double-double of 24 points and 13 rebounds the previous game.
"She's been playing awesome," said Fernandes, "We knew she always had it in her. She's just finishing and playing very confident." At this point in the season, Billups and freshman Chelsea Coward are leading the team in scoring, both averaging 10.4 points per game.
"I know that my team needs me to play hard," said Billups, "We're a very young team, and I'm one of the very few people that came back from last year, so I knew that I definitely had to step it up as a sophomore, play with some intensity, and play hard. "I've only got two more years, so I want to make every game count from now on."
However, neither Coward nor the rest of her teammates could get much of anything going against the Terps' ACC defense.
The Lancers shot 26 percent from the floor for the game and only connected on one of 13 attempts from three-point land. Coward and Fernandes finished with four combined points.
Meanwhile, if Maryland put up a shot, it usually found the bottom of the net. The Terps finished the game shooting 54 percent from the floor and 55 percent from three. Maryland was also able to use its superior size, out-rebounding the Lancers 51-30.
Despite the final tally, Caruso and her Lancer squad appreciate the opportunity to compete against an ACC opponent in the friendly confines of Willett Hall, as well as seeing the impact it had on Longwood University.
"I think it was good for our kids to be able to play a home game like that," commented Caruso.
"It was a great opportunity, and we all enjoyed it," said Fernandes "Of course, we wish the outcome was different, but we had a lot of fun, and you just have to look at those kind of games as a learning experience."
Billups, a sophomore forward, finished the game with 17 points on seven of 16 shooting, while also snatching five rebounds in 33 minutes of action. This performance comes after her career double-double of 24 points and 13 rebounds the previous game.
"She's been playing awesome," said Fernandes, "We knew she always had it in her. She's just finishing and playing very confident." At this point in the season, Billups and freshman Chelsea Coward are leading the team in scoring, both averaging 10.4 points per game.
"I know that my team needs me to play hard," said Billups, "We're a very young team, and I'm one of the very few people that came back from last year, so I knew that I definitely had to step it up as a sophomore, play with some intensity, and play hard. "I've only got two more years, so I want to make every game count from now on."
However, neither Coward nor the rest of her teammates could get much of anything going against the Terps' ACC defense.
The Lancers shot 26 percent from the floor for the game and only connected on one of 13 attempts from three-point land. Coward and Fernandes finished with four combined points.
Meanwhile, if Maryland put up a shot, it usually found the bottom of the net. The Terps finished the game shooting 54 percent from the floor and 55 percent from three. Maryland was also able to use its superior size, out-rebounding the Lancers 51-30.
Despite the final tally, Caruso and her Lancer squad appreciate the opportunity to compete against an ACC opponent in the friendly confines of Willett Hall, as well as seeing the impact it had on Longwood University.
"I think it was good for our kids to be able to play a home game like that," commented Caruso.
"It was a great opportunity, and we all enjoyed it," said Fernandes "Of course, we wish the outcome was different, but we had a lot of fun, and you just have to look at those kind of games as a learning experience."
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