Finally, women defeat Duke: End to 14-game hex puts Terps in first ACC final since 1993.

From: The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD) | Date: March 5, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Edward Lee

Mar. 5--GREENSBORO, N.C.--In suffering a 14-game losing streak to Duke, the Maryland women's basketball team had lost to the Blue Devils in too many ways to document. The Terps had been blown out, watched a potential game-tying three-point field goal fall short, and sat by helplessly as Duke confidently erased a huge deficit. So when the Blue Devils dug out of a 15-point hole and took their first lead midway through the second half of yesterday's semifinal in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament, Maryland could have folded. Instead, the No. 4 ...

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