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Maryland women lose to UConn, 81-58, in national semifinals

By WTOP Staff

WASHINGTON – The University of Maryland women’s basketball team lost to the UConn Huskies, 81-58, in Tampa Sunday night in the NCAA women’s national semifinal.

Maryland finishes the season at 34-3; their 28-game winning streak was snapped in their second straight appearance in the Final Four.

UConn, winners of 36 in a row, will play Notre Dame on Tuesday in Tampa, looking for their third straight title.

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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