On the same day that Terrell Stoglin earned his second-consecutive ACC Rookie of the Week award for the Terrapin men’s basketball team, forward Alyssa Thomas also earned her second-straight honor.

Only for Thomas, the likely ACC Rookie of the Year, it was her seventh time earning the award on the year. Prior to this season, the program record was five.

Thomas averaged 16 points and eight rebounds in the No. 13 Terps’ wins over Virginia Tech and Boston College last week. She leads all conference freshmen in points, rebounds and steals.

The Terps will be back in action on Friday morning in Greensboro, N.C., where they’ll face the winner of Georgia Tech/Virginia Tech.

Terrapin men’s basketball guard Terrell Stoglin garnered the conference’s Rookie of the Week honor for the second straight week after averaging 22.5 points per game in two contests last week.

He drained a career high 28 points against North Carolina Sunday night. Against Florida State on Wednesday, Stoglin finished with a team-high 17 points and added four assists. In the two games combined he shot 55.2 percent from the field.

Forward Jordan Williams received the honor twice last season (Feb. 1 and March 1). Along with Williams, Stoglin is the only Terp to garner the honor more than once since Joe Smith received it six different times in 1994.

Stoglin’s 28 points also sets a mark for the current Terp squad. No other player on the roster has ever reached that mark, even Williams.

CAREER HIGH POINTS:

Terrell Stoglin – 28 at North Carolina (2/27/11)
Jordan Williams – 27 (2x) last vs. Wake Forest (2/5/11)
Sean Mosley – 26 vs. Villanova (12/6/09)
Adrian Bowie – 23 at Miami (1/14/09)
Cliff Tucker – 22 vs. North Carolina (2/21/09)

Dino Gregory – 18 vs. N.C. State (2/20/11)
Pe’Shon Howard – 14 (2x) last vs. Boston College (2/12/11)
Haukur Palsson – 13 vs. Longwood (2/9/11)
James Padgett – 10 (3x) last vs. NJIT (12/22/10)

Berend Weijs – 7 vs. UNC Greensboro (12/8/10)
Mychal Parker – 4 vs. UNC Greensboro (12/8/10)
Ersin Levent – 3 vs. Wake Forest (2/5/11)

Chris Eckard is the Diamondback’s Terrapin men’s basketball beat reporter. Reach him at ceckard@umdbk.com and follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/ceckard.

After going against one of the biggest teams in the conference, the Terrapin men’s basketball team faces the just as big, if not bigger, North Carolina Tar Heels tonight in Chapel Hill, N.C.

The Tar Heels’ starting lineup features Harrison Barnes (6-foot-8), John Henson (6-foot-10) and Tyler Zeller (7-foot-0). The Terps counter with (potentially) Sean Mosley (6-foot-4), Dino Gregory (6-foot-8) and Jordan Williams (6-foot-10). The biggest mismatch falls with Mosley (or Cliff Tucker) guarding one of the nation’s best freshman in Barnes.

North Carolina is averaging a conference-best 42.6 rebounds per game, led by Zeller’s 7.4 per game and Henson’s 9.3 per game. Barnes also grabs 5.3 per game. The Terps have averaged 39.2 rebounds per game this season.

Williams’ ability to box out and grab double digit rebounds will be key tonight, along with Gregory’s ability to stretch the defense with his midrange jumpers and blocking ability.

Columnist Jakob Engelke and I will be checking in throughout the game with updates.

Chris Eckard is the Diamondback’s Terrapin men’s basketball beat reporter. Reach him at ceckard@umdbk.com and follow him on Twitter.com/ceckard.

The Terrapin baseball team’s run of dominant starting pitching continued Sunday as Eric Potter went 7.1 strong innings, leading the Terps to a 3-1 victory  over Army. The win completed the Terps’ three-game sweep of the Black Knights and pushed their record to 5-3.

After running into some early trouble, Potter rounded into shape in the later innings and at one point retired 12 straight Black Knights. He tallied six strikeouts on the day while allowing only one run on four hits.

The Terps hadn’t scored runs in consecutive innings all year before pushing across runs in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings to come back from an early 1-0 deficit and make it a 3-1 game. A Tomo Delp sacrifice fly, Curtis Lazar RBI single and Jake Stinnett RBI groundout accounted for the Terp scoring.

Reliever Chuck Ghysels, who projected to be the team’s closer before the season started, had struggled in recent outings. But he came in and worked out of a bases loaded jam in the eighth inning, and closed the door in the ninth to earn the save.

Check in tomorrow’s Diamondback for a full recap of the weekend.

Jeremy Schneider is The Diamondback’s baseball beat writer. He can be reached at schneider@umdbk.com Follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/jschneider_.

Chestnut Hill, Mass. – The No. 15 Terps went into the locker room on a high-note after guard Kim Rodgers knocked down a 3-pointer at the buzzer to put the Terps up, 38-28, over Boston College at the end of the first half.

It was perhaps the best defensive half for the Terps since ACC play began. The team was in a man-to-man set for much of the first half, and didn’t give BC any room with the ball. The Eagles turned the ball over 11 times (including three from talented point guard Jaclyn Thoman) and the Terps’ held all-ACC center Carolyn Swords scoreless.

While center Lynetta Kizer (11 points) and Rodgers (nine points, four assists) have led on the scoresheet, reserve point guard Dara Taylor’s play was perhaps the most impressive. She was able to frustrate Thoman throughout the first half, forcing turnovers, poor decision and shots late in the shot clock.

Kizer and center Alicia DeVaughn have combined to shut down Swords. BC has found some success from beyond the arc (3-for-8) when they’ve been able to shake the Terps’ defense.

The Terps have once again shown an increased interest in shooting from the perimeter. The Terps were 3-for-10 from deep, with guard Anjale Barrett drilling both of her attempts.

Be sure to check out tomorrow’s Diamondback for a full recap of the Terps’ regular-season finale.

Chestnut Hill, Mass. — We’re about 30 minutes away from tip-off here at Conte Forum, where the No. 15 Terps will look to finish their regular season on a high-note against Boston College.

The Terps are playing with the possibility of earning a first-round bye in next week’s ACC Tournament. If the Terps beat the Eagles (18-10, 5-8 ACC) and Georgia Tech drops their season finale this afternoon to No. 12 Miami, the Terps will get the fourth spot and a break until next Friday.

But BC presents an interesting matchup for the Terps. The Terps lost to the Eagles at Comcast Center in January, and BC’s inside-out attack — with all-ACC center Carolyn Swords in the paint and sharpshooters Jaclyn Thoman and Kerri Shields on the perimeter — could present problems for the Terps, whose well-established post-dominance is rarely supplemented with a perimeter attack.

It’ll be interesting to see if freshman guard Laurin Mincy can build off her huge game against Virginia Tech. She knocked down four 3-pointers against the Hokies on Thursday in a game where the paint was clogged and the Terps were forced to attack from the perimeter. Mincy’s efforts opened up the paint in what otherwise may have ended up being a crippling upset for the Terps.

I’ll check back in here with a halftime update. In the meantime, follow me at http://twitter.com/Conor__Walsh for live updates throughout the first half.

North Carolina Tar Heels (21-6, 11-2 ACC)
Points – 77.0 per game
Points allowed – 66.7 per game
Rebounds – 42.6 per game
Assists – 410 this season

Last five games:
Feb. 23 at N.C. State, W 75-63
Feb. 19 vs. Boston College, W 48-46
Feb. 15 vs. Wake Forest, W 78-64
Feb. 12 at Clemson, W 64-62
Feb. 9 at No. 5 Duke L 73-79

Probable starters:
G Kendall Marshall (Fr, 6-foot-3) – 5.6 ppg, 139 assists
G Dexter Strickland (So, 6-foot-4) – 7.9 ppg, 53 assists
F Harrison Barnes (Fr, 6-foot-8) – 13.5 ppg, 5.7 rpg
F John Henson (So, 6-foot-10) – 11.1 ppg, 9.3 rpg
F Tyler Zeller (Jr, 7-foot-0) – 14.4 ppg, 7.4 rpg

Recent history:
Feb. 7, 2010 – Terps 92-71 (College Park)
Feb. 21, 2009 – Terps 88-85 OT (College Park)
Feb. 3, 2009 – UNC 108-91 (Chapel Hill)
Jan. 19, 2008 – Terps 82-80 (Chapel Hill)

North Carolina leads the series 114-57

Chris Eckard is the Diamondback’s Terrapin men’s basketball beat reporter. Reach him at ceckard@umdbk.com and follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/ceckard.