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Maryland women hand Princeton first loss, advance to Sweet 16

By Noah Frank

WASHINGTON — The top-seeded Maryland women’s basketball team defeated the previously unbeaten Princeton Tigers, 85-70, Monday night to advance to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship.

Playing in front of their home crowd in College Park, the Terrapins stretched a four-point halftime lead into double digits and never let Princeton back in the game down the stretch. They were led by their excellent three-point shooting, going 12-for-20 from behind the arc as a team.

Maryland is now 32-2 on the season, with a 26-game winning streak. They’ll face 4-seed Duke on Saturday.

Basketball around the Beltway: Tall task ahead for a Hoyas giant

By Dave Preston
WASHINGTON -- Past met present for Georgetown University when the school introduced Hoyas great Patrick Ewing as its head men's basketball coach, with an eye toward the future.  It happened on Wednesday in front of a room packed with media, boosters, fans, students, alumni and a pep band that did not know "Vehicle" by the Ides of March. But Ewing's name alone was music enough to everyone's ears at the John Thompson Jr. Athletic Center in D.C. Ewing even replicated his famous scene from when he committed to play at the Big East school in 1981, holding a Georgetown pennant above his head.
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