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Dec. 6, 2006

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CEDAR FALLS, Iowa - The University of Northern Iowa women's basketball team shot just 20.6 percent from the floor as No. 1 Maryland cruised to a 77-33 win on Wednesday in the McLeod Center. Tara King led the Panthers with 10 points, and Megan Keefe finished with eight points and 10 rebounds.

            UNI (2-5) was able to keep the defending national champion within arm's length through much of the first half. After trailing 15-4, UNI scored the next four points to claw within seven, 15-8 with 6:17 remaining in the half. The Terrapins (11-0) held the Panthers scoreless through the rest of the period, however, rattling off 20 unanswered points to take a 35-8 lead. The Panthers shot just 4-of-35 (11.4 percent) through the first 20 minutes, setting the school low for field goal percentage in a half.

            The Panthers' shooting improved to 30 percent (10-of-33) in the second half, but Maryland shot 60 percent (18-of-30) from the floor in that period to lead by as many as 45 in the game and take a 77-33 win.

            "I think the tough part about this is that we just did not shoot the ball well," UNI head coach Tony DiCecco said. "We did a lot of the little things that we were working on, but we weren't able to make our shots."

            The Panthers finished shooting 14-of-68 (20.6 percent), setting a school record for lowest field goal percentage in a game.

            "Maryland is as good as people say they are," DiCecco said. "I'm happy with the way we played through the first nine minutes or so. I don't think we were intimidated, and we came out hard and we battled and scrapped to stay with them. But, our shots weren't falling, and it just started to snowball on us."

            The Panthers return to action on Saturday when they play at Detroit-Mercy at 1 p.m.