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Friday, March 5
Greensboro, N.C.
3:00 p.m.
Duke University
66
vs
64
Maryland
No. 9 Duke Edges Maryland, 66-64, in ACC Quarterfinals
3/5/2010 5:00:00 PM | Women's Basketball
GREENSBORO, N.C. - Jasmine Thomas scored 21 points and hit five 3-pointers to help ninth-ranked Duke beat Maryland 66-64 Friday in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament quarterfinals.
Joy Cheek added 14 points for the top-seeded Blue Devils (25-5), including a leaning bank shot for a 66-63 lead with 1:36 left. Bridgette Mitchell added a pair of go-ahead free throws on the previous possession for Duke, which narrowly avenged an overtime loss to the Terrapins in last year's final.
Duke advanced to a semifinal Saturday against fourth-seeded Georgia Tech, which beat Wake Forest in Friday's first game at the Greensboro Coliseum.
Lynetta Kizer scored 16 points for ninth-seeded Maryland (19-12), which had a chance for the win on the final possession. Jackie Nared's running desperation heave from well beyond the arc hit all backboard and the Terrapins couldn't corral the rebound as the horn sounded.
It was a tense finish in a game that saw both teams rally from significant deficits; Duke by 11 in the first half and Maryland by nine early in the second. The Terrapins fought back to tie the game with about 5 minutes left, then took a 63-62 lead on two free throws from Lori Bjork (14 points, four 3s) with 2:29 left.
But Mitchell was fouled on a rebound attempt on the next possession and hit both free throws to put Duke back in front. Then, after Diandra Tchatchouang threw the ball away looking for Kizer in the lane, Cheek drove past Kizer and banked in a tough leaner to put Duke ahead by three.
But Duke blew its chances to put the game away. Maryland coach Brenda Frese was called for a technical foul while arguing for a foul after Kizer missed three shots in traffic with about a minute left, but Thomas missed both free throws. Then, after Maryland's Dara Taylor hit a free throw to pull the Terrapins within two, Cheek missed a clinching jumper, and Nared grabbed the rebound and sprinted upcourt for the final shot.
The Blue Devils have won 16 straight tournament openers and reached at least the semifinals every year since 1995.
Maryland had reached the quarterfinals by beating North Carolina 83-77 in Thursday's first round despite letting a 16-point lead slip all the way to two in the final seconds. The Terrapins had lost eight of 12 to close the regular season and put their NCAA tournament hopes in jeopardy, and now they'll have to wait to find out if they've done enough to get an invitation.
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