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COLLEGE PARK -- Antawn Jamison's desperation shot at the buzzer lifted No. 16 North Carolina past Maryland, 88-86, in overtime last night at Cole Field House.Jamison, a freshman forward, scored 31 points -- 25 in the second half and overtime -- for the Tar Heels (11-2, 2-0 Atlantic Coast Conference).Mario Lucas led Maryland (6-5, 0-2) with 21 points and Duane Simpkins added 19 as the Terps' 21-game home winning streak came to an end.The teams traded baskets at the outset of overtime before Lucas scored off the glass and Simpkins hit a three-pointer to put Maryland up 84-79 with 2:46 to go.Jamison then scored in the lane and Dante Calabria made a three-pointer to tie it.It was 86-86 when Keith Booth missed a jump shot and Carolina's Calabria rebounded.

ATLANTA -- Maryland shot 30.8 percent and was held to eight points in the second half yesterday, helping Georgia Tech to a 59-30 victory in an Atlantic Coast Conference women's game.The Yellow Jackets (12-7, 3-7) were led by a game-high 24 points from Carla Munnion and Kathy Dortch (10 points, 14 rebounds) )) and Bryn Mawr graduate Kisha Ford (13 points, 10 rebounds).Kelley Gibson led Maryland (8-11, 2-7) with 14 points.Georgia Tech held the Terps without a basket in the opening 10:08 of the second half, when the Yellow Jackets built a 35-22 lead.

COLLEGE PARK - The Maryland women's lacrosse team makes winning seem so effortless.The Terps laugh on the sidelines, smack sticks after scoring goals and basically shrug off blown defensive assignments or overthrown passes.Maryland's carefree attitude is the result of winning a school-record 22 straight games, including a 16-5 rout of No. 6 Virginia yesterday at AstroTurf Field.The Terps (5-0), who are ranked No. 1 by Lacrosse magazine and have outscored opponents by a combined score of 76-15, haven't dropped a regular-season game since a two-goal loss to the Cavaliers on March 23, 1993 a 42-game span.

COLLEGE PARK -- They were well aware of the early returns from the state of North Carolina last night, from the amazing pair of upsets down on Tobacco Road. The Maryland Terrapins also were cognizant of another fact.They didn't want to be the third highly ranked Atlantic Coast Conference team to lose their league opener. With that in mind, seventh-ranked Maryland took care of business as well as No. 24 Georgia Tech at sold-out Cole Field House.With all five starters scoring in double figures, and with their defense turning up a notch or two in the second half, the Terps beat the Yellow Jackets, 80-67.

Gary Williams was standing in the visiting dressing room at the Lawrence Joel Coliseum in Winston-Salem, N.C., late Wednesday night discussing his team's disastrous performance against Wake Forest and the 63-54 defeat that resulted from it.Williams, who has worried this season how the seventh-ranked Terrapins handle their new status as one of college basketball's top teams, was asked about the latest sign of trouble: a big spread in this week's issue of...

ATLANTA -- Kisha Ford (Bryn Mawr) scored 23 points in 37 minutes as Georgia Tech defeated Maryland, 82-59, in an Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball game last night.Ford, a Baltimore Sun girls Player of the Year in 1992-93, went 9-for-21 from the field, including two three-pointers, for the Yellow Jackets (8-4, 1-0).Freshman Stephanie Cross led Maryland (7-5, 0-2) with 19 points. Nina Ohman added 12.Maryland, which shot 33 percent in the first half, trailed 39-25 at halftime.

COLLEGE PARK -- They were well aware of the early returns from the state of North Carolina last night, from the pair of upsets down on Tobacco Road. The Maryland Terrapins also were cognizant of another fact.They didn't want to be the third highly ranked Atlantic Coast Conference team to lose their league opener. With that in mind, seventh-ranked Maryland took care of business as well as No. 24 Georgia Tech at sold-out Cole Field House.With all five starters in double figures, and by turning up the level of their defense in the second half, the Terps beat the Yellow Jackets, 80-67.

ATLANTA -- The Maryland Terrapins had been living on the edge for a couple of weeks, blowing leads but not games. It happened again yesterday, here against Georgia Tech, and this time they fell off. When they landed, it wasn't on their feet.Leading the No. 21 Yellow Jackets by 11 points late in the first half and by five midway through the second half, fifth-ranked Maryland saw their lead disappear, their All-American foul out and their six-game winning streak end with a 100-91 defeat at Alexander Memorial Coliseum.

RALEIGH, N.C. -- North Carolina State held off a late surge and a last-second shot to beat Maryland, 57-56, in an Atlantic Coast Conference game at Reynolds Coliseum yesterday.Quicha Floyd scored the Wolfpack's final basket with 3:11 remaining, giving N.C. State a 57-50 lead. The Terps went on a 6-0 run to pull with one, but Bonnie Rimkus' final shot was deflected.Maryland (8-7, 3-3) never trailed in the first half, but allowed a nine-point lead to shrink to one (26-25) by the intermission.

COLLEGE PARK -- The University of Maryland basketball team went from the sublime to the ridiculous last night at Cole Field House. And we're talking ridiculous, folks.One day after they shocked 15th-ranked Georgetown at USAir Arena to open the 1993-94 season, the Terrapins toyed with Cornell before a mildly entertained crowd of 12,055.Maryland scored the game's first 17 points and 22 of the first 23, built its lead to 35 late in the first half and went on to a 92-41 romp over the inappropriately nicknamed Big Red.Sophomore forward Exree Hipp, who fouled out late in regulation of Friday's game, led Maryland (2-0)

COLLEGE PARK - Coming off its biggest defeat in four years and one of the worst in the two decades since coach Gary Williams returned to his alma mater, Maryland needed something to evaporate the memory of the 27-point evisceration the Terps took at the hands of Georgetown on Sunday in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Would Michigan comply? Would Maryland compete? The Wolverines didn't roll over last night at Comcast Center, but the Terps recovered - Greivis Vasquez in particular. The mercurial junior guard, who had only two points against the Hoyas, led Maryland (5-2)

Maryland junior Ekene Ibekwe has declared for the NBA draft, according to a list of players released by the league, but he is expected to withdraw before the June 18 deadline and return for his senior year with the Terps. Maryland guard D.J. Strawberry is not on the list for the June 28 draft. Ibekwe, a 6-foot-9 power forward from Carson, Calif., led Maryland with 6.6 rebounds a game and averaged 11.1 points last season. Also, Maryland officially announced yesterday that former assistant coach Rob Moxley had accepted a position as associate head coach at the University of Charlotte.

LAHAINA, Hawaii -- It wasn't difficult to spot 7-foot-1 center Will Bowers plodding around one of the four pools here at the Westin Maui Resort and Spa, wearing a red Maryland visor and with a towel draped around his neck. As it turned out, a 2-1 finish in the Maui Invitational gave the men's basketball team a little time to relax. In between, there was some time to think. Bowers and a few of his teammates sat in lounge chairs around the pool Monday night after the Terps' 88-76 loss to No. 9-ranked Gonzaga, the eventual tournament runner-up.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- When they boarded a plane in North Carolina three days earlier, just hours removed from a disastrous 34-point loss to the No. 3 Tar Heels, the Maryland Terrapins were humbled, embarrassed, and even a little shell-shocked. It's pretty safe to say similar feelings accompanied the Terps on their trip back from Winston-Salem early this morning. Again falling flat against one of the nation's elite teams and an Atlantic Coast Conference foe, the Terps were handled last night by fourth-ranked Wake Forest, 81-66, at the Lawrence Joel Coliseum.

COLLEGE PARK - More than two months ago, Maryland football coach Ralph Friedgen stood before a throng of media and gave a speech that seemed to be full of coaching cliches. We're a young team, he said. There are going to be growing pains. We're faced with a tremendous challenge, he added, and it's impossible to predict how we'll react to adversity. This season could be the biggest challenge I've faced in my thirty-plus years as a coach. For the most part, Friedgen's words were met with a collective yawn.

RALEIGH, N.C. - The NCAA tournament committee will need to add another ACC team back on its list of potential invitees - the Maryland Terrapins. With their hopes of gaining an 11th straight bid fading badly and a 17-point first-half lead on 16th-ranked N.C. State vanished, the Terrapins somehow found their resolve at the raucous RBC Center last night, pulling out a stunning 70-69 victory and putting themselves in great position to extend their season in...

RALEIGH, N.C. - The NCAA tournament committee will need to add another ACC team back on its list of potential invitees - the Maryland Terrapins. With their hopes of gaining an 11th straight bid fading badly and a 17-point first-half lead on 16th-ranked North Carolina State vanished, the Terrapins somehow found their resolve at the raucous RBC Center last night, pulling out a stunning 70-69 upset and putting themselves in great position to extend their...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Bragging rights? League championship? National championship? None of the above would have been connected with University of Maryland football before this surprising season in College Park, where mediocrity had become identified with the fall sport. Now, however, the possibilities seem open-ended, weeks before action starts for the men's basketball team that made the Final Four last year. A veteran coaching staff led by Ralph Friedgen has pointed an experienced but beleaguered group of players in the right direction, leading to a No. 10 national ranking from the Associated Press and today's big game.

FAIRFAX, Va. - Derek Wake of DeMatha earned Most Valuable Player honors with three sacks and a fumble recovery, and reserve quarterback DuJuan Crockett of Potomac led Maryland offensively in a 31-10 rout of Northern Virginia in last night's Super 44 All-Star Football Game before 6,832 at W.T. Woodson's stadium. Crockett replaced University of Maryland-bound Chris Kelley, who left the game with a possible torn anterior cruciate ligament to his left knee in the first quarter. Crockett completed 10 of 17 passes for 122 yards and one touchdown to Potomac's Glen Thomas.

Svetlana Volnaya scored 17 of her 28 points in the second half to lift Virginia over Maryland, 76-68, yesterday in an Atlantic Coast Conference game in Charlottesville, Va. Tiffany Brown led Maryland (10-6, 2-4) with 25 points, including six three-pointers. Maryland led by four at halftime, but the Cavaliers (12-4, 4-1) started the second half with a 7-2 run to take a 39-34 lead. The lead changed hands several times over the next 10: 18 before Volnaya's running jumper put the Cavaliers ahead to stay, 64-61, with 7: 03 left.