STANFORD NOTES
This is Stanford's tenth NCAA Tournament appearance. The Cardinal is 16-9in the tourney.
Stanford is 19-1 away from Maples Pavilion this season. This is theCardinal's first loss of the season away from Maples Pavilion.
This was the second time Stanford reached the NCAA Tournament regionalfinal under coach Mike Montgomery. The Cardinal advanced to the Final Fourin 1998 by winning the NCAA Tournament Midwest Regional.
Sophomore Casey Jacobsen set the Stanford single-season record forthree-pointers with his first trey of the afternoon. He now has 84 on theseason. The old record was held by Dion Cross, who knocked down 82 treysduring the 1994-95 campaign.
Only seven times have the Cardinal trailed at halftime. They now have a5-2 mark in those contests, after trailing 42-32 at halftime of today'scontest. Their two losses this season when trailing at halftime wereagainst UCLA and Maryland. The largest halftime deficit that Stanfordovercame this season was 13 points to Duke. Stanford defeated Duke in thePete Newell Classic, 84-83.
After shooting 62.8% (27-for-43) from the floor in the win againstCincinnati, Stanford shot a season-low 41.1% (23-for-56) against Maryland intoday's game.
Jacobsen is the sixth Cardinal to post over 600 points in a single-season.He currently stands at 616 points.
Ryan Mendez, who leads the nation in free-throw percentage at 93.1%(94-for-101), had made 15 consecutive free throws before missing at the 6:51mark of the first half of today's game.
The Cardinal went without a field goal for six minutes and 41 seconds(8:44 to 2:03) of the first half, before Teyo Johnson ended the spell with ashort turnaround in the key.
The Cardinal broke their single season record for free throws made,increasing their total to 671. The old mark of 663 was set during the1983-84 season.
Stanford began the second half with a 7-0 run to cut Maryland's lead to42-39.
Stanford established a single-season record for field goals made afterconnecting on 23-of-56 attempts
in today's game. The Cardinal finished theseason with 953, breaking the old mark of 930 set by the 1997-98 team. The Cardinal set a school record for most points scored in single-season.Stanford has 2,829 points, breaking the old record of 2,807 points duringthe 1997-98 campaign.
The 87 points scored by Maryland is the most points given up by Stanfordthis season. The previous high was 83 by Duke on Dec. 21, 2000.
MARYLAND NOTES
This season, the Terrapins are 23-7 in games when they lead at the half. Maryland is 1-2 in NCAA Regional Championship Finals. This is Maryland'sfirst-ever trip to a Final Four under head coach Gary Williams and the firstin school history.
Lonny Baxter recorded his second-highest point total in an NCAA Tournamentgame with 24 points against Stanford. He set his personal-best with 26points in the win over Georgetown in the regional semifinal game.
The Terrapins are now 18-4 in games when outrebounding their opponent. Maryland has now won 10 of its last 11 games.
The Terrapins have posted a record of 8-7 against nationally-rankedopponents, the most nationally-ranked opponents they have faced in oneseason.
The Terrapins have beaten seven of their last eight ranked opponents thisseason. They have beaten eight ranked opponents total this season, which isa school record.
Maryland has posted four wins over top 10 programs this season. TheTerrapins have posted wins over Duke, Wake Forest, Virginia and Stanford. Maryland shot only one free throw in the first half, but made five oftheir seven three-point attempts.
The Terrapins responded with a 9-0 run to increase their lead to 51-39,immediately after Stanford opened the second half with a 7-0 run to cut itsdeficit to 42-39.
Maryland's nine three-pointers today were the most since connecting on 10treys against Maryland-Eastern Shore on Dec. 30, 2000.
The Terrapins were 6-for-29 from three-point range in their first threeNCAA Tournament games. Today, they connected on 9-of-13 from three-pointterritory. The Terrapins tied a season-high for single-game three-pointpercentage, hitting 69.2% (9-of-13). They also shot 69.2% (9-of-13) againstPennsylvania on Dec. 9, 2000.
Maryland's Tahj Holden equalled a career-high with three three-pointers intoday's game.
Center Lonny Baxter set a new Maryland record for most points in a singleNCAA Tournament with 71 points. The old record was held by John Lucas, whenhe scored 70 points in three games during the 1975 NCAA Tournament. Baxter established a new Maryland record for most rebounds in career NCAATournament games with 76 rebounds. The old record was held by Joe Smith,when he grabbed 73 boards over six games.
Maryland shot above 50 percent for the third time in four games in the2001 NCAA Tournament.
The Terrapins have reached 25 victories for the third straight season.