April 2, 2006
North Carolina
UNC's 16 steals is tied for fourth most in the semifinals and in all Final Four games.
UNC's 23 three-point field goals attempted ties for fourth most in a semifinal and ties for seventh most in a Final Four game.
UNC's Erlana Larkins' five steals ties eight others for fourth in a semifinal game and ties 11 others for eighth in a Final Four game.
UNC's Erlana Larkins' 15 free throw attempts ties the record for most attempts in a semifinal game and all Final Four games (ties Chastity Melvin, NC State, 3/27/90). Her 10 free throws made ties for fifth most in a semifinal game and ties her for ninth most in a Final Four game.
UNC's three players disqualified ties for second most in both a semifinal and Final Four game.
UNC's Ivory Latta's 10 three-point field goals attempted ties for second most in a semifinal game and ties her for seventh most in a Final Four game.
GENERAL NOTES
The No. 2 seed has won each of the last two national championships (Baylor 2005, Connecticut 2004). Prior to that a No. 1 seed had won the tournament the past six straight years.
In November of 1995, the first women's basketball game - the Reebok Women's Basketball Classic - was played in the Fleet Center. Ohio State defeated Boston College, 62-40; Vanderbilt defeated UCLA 70-64. The crowd of 8,307 was the largest to ever watch a women's basketball game in Massachusetts.
In 1996, 10 years ago, in the Reebok Women's Basketball Classic, Connecticut defeated Boston College 76-38 and Vanderbilt defeated Louisville 73-60. The crowd of 9,337 set the record for attendance of a women's game in Massachusetts.
Tonight's crowd of 18,642 sets the record for a women's basketball game in Massachusetts.
2006 was the first time the ACC has had multiple teams in a Final Four and with North Carolina and Duke being No. 1 seeds, it marked the sixth straight year the ACC had a No.1 seed.
This marks the 12th time a conference has multiple teams in the Final Four. A conference with multiple teams in the Final Four has had the champion six of 11 times. (SEC seven years and three champions: Big East two years and two championships; Big Ten one year no champions; Sunbelt one year and one champion
This is the third time in tournament history two teams from the same conference have met in the championships game. Texas and Arkansas met in 1989 and Tennessee and Georgia met in 1996.
Kodak/WBCA All-Americans in tonight's game: Seimone Augustus (LSU), Monique Currie (Duke), Ivory Latta (North Carolina). Honorable Mention All-Americans include Lindsey Harding (Duke), Crystal Langhorne (Maryland), Erlana Larkins (North Carolina), Sylvia Fowles (LSU) .
RECORDS
Maryland's first missed shot was at 8:33 left in the first half and the score Maryland 22, UNC 20.
