Exactly a month
ago, Georgia Tech pushed the Terrapins women's basketball team to the brink of
defeat for the first time all season.
The Yellow Jackets built a lead as large as 20 points against the then-undefeated Terps only to squander it as forward Alyssa Thomas capped off an impressive comeback with a game-winning jumper with 17 seconds remaining.
After the game, there was one thing Georgia Tech coach MaChelle Joseph could take solace in.
"Life is tough on the road," she said after her team's Jan. 6 loss to the Terps. "But they still have to come to Atlanta."
Tonight, they will — sort of. The No. 9 Terps will take on the No. 24 Yellow Jackets (17-6, 7-3 ACC) not in Atlanta, but in Gwinnett, Ga., where their hosts enter the conference showdown as one of the hottest teams in the ACC. After losing two of its first three conference games — including its three-point loss to the Terps (19-3, 6-3) — Georgia Tech has won six of its past seven and four straight, the only blemish coming in a 17-point loss to first-place Duke on Jan. 18.
The Terps don't enter tonight's game quite as hot, but an impressive victory over Boston College on Thursday night might be what the team needed to break out of its midseason lull. After their Jan. 6 win over the Yellow Jackets, the Terps dropped three of their next six games before snapping out of their funk in dominating fashion last week.
But even after a 42-point victory over the Eagles, coach Brenda Frese was adamant that the Terps still had many improvements to make before they headed south.
"We've got to get better in terms putting 40 minutes together," Frese said after the game. "I thought we had too many lapses in the second half that we need to improve on. It's something to build on."
Though they're just four days removed from their last game, the Terps will enter tonight's contest rather well rested. The team's second-half lead against the Eagles never got below 25 points, giving Frese ample opportunity to limit her starters' minutes.
Only three starters —guard Laurin Mincy,Buying a canada goose parka from seller in another country. forward Tianna Hawkins and center Alicia DeVaughn — were on the court for 20 minutes or more, while guard Anjale Barrett and forward Alyssa Thomas each played 19 minutes or fewer, allowing the team's reserves to get most of the playing time in the second half.
"The minutes [Mincy and Thomas] are playing for our team, [resting them] is valuable in terms of the stress we have in February," Frese said. "We have to keep building on that depth."
The Yellow Jackets gave the Terps the toughest test they had seen to date when they visited Comcast Center last month, something that will surely be fresh on the minds of both teams when they step onto the floor tonight.
"We've worked extremely hard since the [loss to Virginia Tech]," Frese said. "Understanding the importance of how you start and coming out with great energy and intensity."
The Yellow Jackets built a lead as large as 20 points against the then-undefeated Terps only to squander it as forward Alyssa Thomas capped off an impressive comeback with a game-winning jumper with 17 seconds remaining.
After the game, there was one thing Georgia Tech coach MaChelle Joseph could take solace in.
"Life is tough on the road," she said after her team's Jan. 6 loss to the Terps. "But they still have to come to Atlanta."
Tonight, they will — sort of. The No. 9 Terps will take on the No. 24 Yellow Jackets (17-6, 7-3 ACC) not in Atlanta, but in Gwinnett, Ga., where their hosts enter the conference showdown as one of the hottest teams in the ACC. After losing two of its first three conference games — including its three-point loss to the Terps (19-3, 6-3) — Georgia Tech has won six of its past seven and four straight, the only blemish coming in a 17-point loss to first-place Duke on Jan. 18.
The Terps don't enter tonight's game quite as hot, but an impressive victory over Boston College on Thursday night might be what the team needed to break out of its midseason lull. After their Jan. 6 win over the Yellow Jackets, the Terps dropped three of their next six games before snapping out of their funk in dominating fashion last week.
But even after a 42-point victory over the Eagles, coach Brenda Frese was adamant that the Terps still had many improvements to make before they headed south.
"We've got to get better in terms putting 40 minutes together," Frese said after the game. "I thought we had too many lapses in the second half that we need to improve on. It's something to build on."
Though they're just four days removed from their last game, the Terps will enter tonight's contest rather well rested. The team's second-half lead against the Eagles never got below 25 points, giving Frese ample opportunity to limit her starters' minutes.
Only three starters —guard Laurin Mincy,Buying a canada goose parka from seller in another country. forward Tianna Hawkins and center Alicia DeVaughn — were on the court for 20 minutes or more, while guard Anjale Barrett and forward Alyssa Thomas each played 19 minutes or fewer, allowing the team's reserves to get most of the playing time in the second half.
"The minutes [Mincy and Thomas] are playing for our team, [resting them] is valuable in terms of the stress we have in February," Frese said. "We have to keep building on that depth."
The Yellow Jackets gave the Terps the toughest test they had seen to date when they visited Comcast Center last month, something that will surely be fresh on the minds of both teams when they step onto the floor tonight.
"We've worked extremely hard since the [loss to Virginia Tech]," Frese said. "Understanding the importance of how you start and coming out with great energy and intensity."
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