Nov. 11, 2011

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Post-Game Notes
#10 Maryland vs. Loyola
Friday, Nov. 11, 2011
College Park, Md. (Comcast Center)

FINAL SCORE: No. 10 Maryland 84, Loyola 46

Team Records and Series Notes
• Maryland improves to 34-7 all-time in season openers and have won its last three.
• Maryland improves to 1-0 while Loyola falls to 0-1. The Terps lead the all-time series over the Greyhounds 18-3, and have won 12 straight in the series.
• Up Next: Sunday, Nov. 13 at 2 p.m. vs. Georgetown at Comcast Center

Team Game Notes

• Starting line-up: Anjale Barrett, Alicia DeVaughn, Tianna Hawkins, Laurin Mincy and Alyssa Thomas. This line-up accounted for 29 of Maryland’s 40 first-half points, and 61 percent of its total points.

• Maryland scored half of its first-half points off of 15 Loyola turnovers.
• Maryland’s 50 percent field goal percentage is the highest since Feb. 10, 2011 against Miami (50.9%) a span of nine games.

• Three Terps scored in double-digits (Mincy, Moseley and Thomas) and nine different players registered a point.

Individual Game Notes
• Alyssa Thomas finished with 20 points to lead all scorers.  Dating back to last season, it is Thomas’ 10^th straight game with double-digit points and 29^th of her career.

• In her first collegiate game, Brene Moseley finished with 17 points on 5-of-6 shooting and converted both of her 3-point field goal attempts.

• Whitney Bays led all players with eight rebounds in her first game for the Terrapins.