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College-Basketball Roundup: Maryland downs Boston College
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Published: February 28, 2009
Updated: 02/28/2009 12:50 am
Top 25 women
No. 5 Maryland 86, Boston College 74: Marissa Coleman and Kristi Toliver are determined to end their collegiate careers the same way they started.
Coleman scored a career-high 32 points, Toliver added 27 and Maryland beat Boston College in the Terrapins' final regular-season home game last night in College Park, Md.
"They continue to put this team on their back," Maryland coach Brenda Frese said. "We needed to get a quick start and needed to be ready from the tip. We've been able to ride the hot hand of these two."
The Terps won the national title when the guards were freshmen in 2006, and the two are hoping to cap their stellar careers with another championship.
"I just think there's a sense of urgency in both of us," Coleman said. "When you're seniors, you don't want your senior year to end."
Maryland (24-4, 11-2) moved into a first-place tie with Florida State in the Atlantic Coast Conference, and can clinch its first regular-season title in 20 years with a win in Sunday's regular-season finale at Miami.
Coleman and Toliver scored Maryland's first 30 points after combining for 58 points in last Sunday's win over then-No. 7 Duke. Coleman went 12 for 19 from the field and 6 for 6 from the line against BC, and Toliver made eight of 16 shots and eight of nine free throws.
"They're incredible players," Boston College coach Sylvia Crawley said. "They came out hot in the first five minutes."
Mickel Picco led Boston College (18-10, 6-7) with 18 points. Lauren Whitehurst added 16 and Stefanie Murphy finished with 15.
State/area men
CIAA Tournament: Jerry Hollis and Ryan Scott scored 16 points each to lead Johnson C. Smith past Virginia State 63-56 in the first semifinal last night at Time Warner Arena in Charlotte.
Virginia Union defeated St. Augustine's 57-54 in the second semifinal game.
Brandon Byerson was the leading scorer for Virginia Union with 21 points and Will Gill led St. Aug's with 14.
The Golden Bulls trailed 32-30 but outscored Virginia State 33-24 in the second half.
Tray Mines led Virginia State with 14 points.
Washington & Lee 82, Guilford 76 (2 OT): Eighth-seeded Washington & Lee University upended top-seeded Guilford in double-overtime yesterday in an Old Dominion Athletic Conference Tournament opener that featured 11 ties and 17 lead changes.
The Generals held the Quakers to 26.3 percent field-goal shooting in overtime and to 1-for-8 shooting in the decisive second overtime. Guilford's Rhett Bonner scored the opening points for a short-lived 72-70 lead, but Chris McHugh answered with a 3-pointer with 3:57 left to give the Generals the lead for good.
Bonner led all scorers with a career-high 28 points, including 21 after halftime. Isaiah Goodman led Washington & Lee with 24 points.
Campbell 73, Stetson 56: Lorne Merthie scored 19 points to help Campbell beat Stetson last night in Buies Creek.
The Camels (14-15, 11-9 Atlantic Sun Conference) ended the regular season with a winning conference record for the first time since the team went 10-8 in 2000. Campbell also secured its first four-game winning streak since 2000.
Chris Reynolds and Kyle Vejraska each scored 13 points for the Camels. Vejraska also grabbed eight rebounds and blocked four shots.
Campbell jumped out to a 24-4 lead with 8:10 left in the first half, capped by Jonathan Rodriguez's free throw. Merthie scored eight points and Vejraska had six during the spurt.
Stetson (13-16, 9-11), which lost its third straight contest, cut the lead to 45-39 with 11:35 left in the second half on Brandon Williams' tip-in, but would not pull closer.
Garfield Blair led Stetson with 17 points.
State/area women
CIAA Tournament: Bowie State advance to the CIAA title game for the first time yesterday with a 59-37 win against Virginia State at Time Warner Arena in Charlotte.
Johnson C. Smith defeated St. Augustine's 59-53 in the other semifinal.
Wendy Stywalt led Johnson C. Smith with 24 points and Demetria Bell had 13.
Bowie State scored the first 12 points of the game, held Virginia State to 14-percent shooting from the field in the first half and led 20-11 at the break.
Denisha Kenion scored 18 points for Bowie State (19-10), and Teaunsha Robinson added 16. Angela Brown led Virginia State (21-8) with 10 points and 14 rebounds..
Elon 54, UNC Greensboro 47: Julie Taylor had a game-high 17 points and Tiffany Davis was 6 of 6 from the foul line in the final 19 seconds as visiting Elon topped UNC Greensboro last night.
Taylor scored 12 straight points for Elon midway through the second half to help the Phoenix snap a three-game losing streak.
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