Bouncing Back

After Monday's tough loss at Rutgers, the Terrapin women's basketball team plays host to the Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders tonight at Comcast Center. If you remember, last year the Terps opened the season with a nail-biting win in Murfeesboro against Middle. This time they hope for no drama.

Monday's first loss of the season may be a bit of a reality check for the team, who had previously reeled off 10-straight victories. The Scarlet Knights proved to the Terps and the country that there are other teams to be reckoned with. There is no reason for Maryland to hang their collective head though because they lost to a very strong team.

Crystal Langhorne became the all-time leading rebounder in Maryland history during the game, passing Vicky Bullett. Langhorne is also on pace to become the all-time leading scorer which is held by Bullett. Kristi Toliver became the third Terrapin this season to score her 1,000th point. There is no question though that these players have only one thing on their mind and that is to come back tonight with a strong victory.

Tonight's game is the second game in a stretch of four games in seven days, so the Terps have to avoid any type of lull. Tipoff is at 7 o'clock on WMUCsports.com, so don't miss it!

Terps ready to go...

The #3 Terrapins will face off with the #5 Scarlet Knights of Rutgers tonight, and they are ready to rock "The RAC". They just completed a spirited shoot-around and now the waiting begins until tipoff. It should be a fantastic atmosphere here in New Jersey as the 8,000 seat Rutgers Athletic Center is expected to be full.

Myself and Hal DeCoursey will be on the call tonight, starting at 6:40 with the pregame. We played an intense game of one-on-one during shoot-around in which I took a nasty fall, but I should be 100% for the broadcast. The coaches are thinking about bringing me aboard as a shooting coach, too...

Turn the volume down on ESPN2 tonight and crank up your computers as it is sure to be an interesting game. Rutgers has three All-American candidates that are looking to stop the freight train known as Maryland.