No. 9 Maryland 102, Mount St. Mary's 53

12/4/2005 5:54 PM

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) - Maryland's Crystal Langhorne showed the form that helped make her the 2005 Atlantic Coast Conference Rookie of the Year.

For the first time this season, Langhorne overwhelmed an opponent, hitting her first 10 shots. The 6-foot-2 sophomore scored a season-high 30 points on 14-of-15 shooting, Jade Perry had her second consecutive double-double and No. 9 Maryland coasted to a 102-53 win over Mount St. Mary's.

For a while, it looked like Langhorne couldn't miss.

``It was funny because at halftime, everyone was joking with me,'' Langhorne said. ``I was like, 'I bet you I miss my first shot of the half.' And I did. I knew it was going to happen sooner or later. You can't be 100 percent forever.''

Perry added a career-high 23 points and 13 rebounds, Shay Doron scored 18 and Ashleigh Newman scored 10 to help the Terrapins (6-1) reach 100 points for the second straight game and third time this season. Maryland has had at least four players score in double figures in every game this year.

When Langhorne is on her game, the rest of the Terps have an easy job.

``Just throw it up. She goes to get it,'' Doron said. ``That's basically what we do.''

Brianna Gauthier paced the Mountaineers (2-3) with 14 points in the most lopsided defeat in school history.

Langhorne averaged 14.2 points over the Terrapins' first six games, and her previous season high was 17. But she surpassed that total in the first half alone, scoring 21 of her 30 points.

``She's one of the most dominant post players out there in the country,'' Maryland coach Brenda Frese said. ``I love the fact that she's playing with a lot of confidence right now, but doing it so unselfishly - not forcing shots. ... She's a catalyst for us defensively.''

Maryland jumped out to an 11-0 lead 2:57 into the game on its way to building a 56-22 halftime advantage. The Terps converted 63.2 percent of their shots in the half and 56.2 percent overall.

Maryland's defense had another good showing, limiting Mount St. Mary's to 25.3 percent shooting while outrebounding the Mountaineers 58-39.

``I'm obviously just extremely excited in the direction of where this team is headed. Again I thought this team came out and they came ready to play,'' Frese said. ``It's fun to watch when we're so unselfish and we're playing together as a team.''