It’s a great day to be a Terp. To me the odds against advancing tonight were huge. Playing at Louisville before 14,000 home fans, and the great Shoni Schimmel did not present a grand likelihood for victory. But as Brenda said post game, this Terrapin team played with tremendous heart, confidence and poise for 40 minutes and thus Maryland advances to Nashville to take on Notre Dame.
The Terps trailed at halftime by 36-32 and were really kept in the game by Katie Rutan’s 4 treys. The 2nd half was all Alyssa and Lexie Brown who certainly had her career game playing before her father, Sacramento assistant coach Dee Brown. Lexie scored 20 tonight. Once again the stalwart performance belonged to Alyssa Thomas who finished with 22 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists, and 3 steals.
Only a furious last minute rally by the Cardinals kept this game close but what a rally it was. Schimmel hit 3 moon rocket treys and actually had a chance to tie the game at the buzzer but her trey attempt clanked off the rim and it’s on to Nashville for Maryland.
It was great to see Brenda best her former assistant Jeff Walz who had little praise for her former boss in pre game interviews. Brenda had the Terps ready to play and really believing in themselves. Hats off to our head coach for a tremendous year so far. I am anxious to see this Notre Dame rematch. I was present for the Notre Dame game earlier in the year and it was a magnificent one though the Terps lost 87-83 in the final minute.
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