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2003-04 Maryland Men’s Basketball

A DECADE OF DOMINANCE2002 National ChampionsFinal Four • 2001, 2002

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2002-03 SEASON RESULTSOverall: 21-10 • ACC: 11-5 • Home: 14-2 • Away: 4-4 • Neu.: 3-4Date Opponent Result Att. Overall ACC Points Leader Rebounds Leader Assists LeaderN24 [12/15] Miami (Ohio) W 64-49 17,950 1-0 — Nicholas 16 Garrison 6 Blake 8N27 [11/11] The Citadel W 97-49 17,503 2-0 — Nicholas 28 Smith 9 Blake 5N30 [11/11] Duquesne W 89-39 17,629 3-0 — Nicholas 19 Caner-Medley 8 Blake 13D3 1 [9/8] [10/11] vs. Indiana L 74-80ot 15,715 3-1 — Blake 22 Randle 16 Nicholas 4D7 2 [9/8] vs. Notre Dame L 67-79 15,778 3-2 — Blake 15 Randle 10 Blake 4D8 2 [9/8] vs. George Washington W 93-82 13,209 4-2 — Blake, Nicholas 27 Garrison 6 Blake 7D14 [18/16] [14/17] Florida L 64-69 17,950 4-3 — Randle 18 Randle 10 Blake 6D23 [23/22] UMBC W 101-60 17,602 5-3 — Randle 21 Randle 9 Blake 9D29 [23/22] • Georgia Tech W 84-77 17,950 6-3 1-0 Nicholas 29 Smith 8 Blake 8J4 [22/20] Wagner W 79-57 17,505 7-3 — Randle 21 Garrison, Smith 9 Blake 12J8 [21/17] Hampton W 108-58 17,468 8-3 — Nicholas, Smith 17 Randle 12 Blake 8J11 [21/17] • Florida State W 89-62 17,950 9-3 2-0 Nicholas 23 Nicholas 9 Blake, McCall, Nicholas 4J15 [17/15] • [19/20] at Wake Forest L 72-81 11,623 9-4 2-1 Blake 15 McCray 6 Blake 7J18 [17/15] • [1/1] Duke W 87-72 17,950 10-4 3-1 Nicholas 24 Randle 17 Blake 6J22 [12/11] • at North Carolina W 81-66 21,750 11-4 4-1 Nicholas 20 Randle 10 Blake 5J25 [12/11] • at Clemson W 52-47 10,500 12-4 5-1 Nicholas 14 Holden 11 Blake, Nicholas 3J30 [10/9] • NC State W 75-60 17,950 13-4 6-1 Blake 20 Smith 10 Blake 7F2 [10/9] Loyola W 85-58 17,578 14-4 — Randle 17 Blake, Smith 5 Blake 10F6 [8/8] • Virginia L 78-86 17,950 14-5 6-2 Nicholas 20 Caner-Medley 7 Nicholas 6F9 [8/8] • at Georgia Tech L 84-90 9,191 14-6 6-3 Nicholas 18 Randle, Caner-Medley 6 Blake 8F12 [16/15] • at Florida State W 74-72 7,436 15-6 7-3 Nicholas 20 Holden 9 Blake 4F17 [13/13] • [10/11] Wake Forest W 90-67 14,222 16-6 8-3 Blake 21 Randle 13 Blake 9F19 [13/13] • [8/8] at Duke L 70-75 9,314 16-7 8-4 Holden 18 Randle, Blake 7 Blake 9F22 [13/13] • North Carolina W 96-56 17,950 17-7 9-4 Blake 18 Gilchrist 9 Blake 8F25 [14/14] • Clemson W 91-52 17,950 18-7 10-4 Randle 18 McCall, Randle 6 Blake 7M2 [14/14] • at NC State W 68-65 19,722 19-7 11-4 Holden 20 Holden 9 Blake 7M9 [13/12] • at Virginia L 78-80ot 7,301 19-8 11-5 Nicholas 27 Randle 6 Blake 10M14 3 [14/15] vs. North Carolina L 72-84 23,745 19-9 — Nicholas 18 Nicholas 6 Blake 10M21 4 [17/17] vs. UNC Wilmington W 75-73 17,484 20-9 — Nicholas 22 Randle 16 Blake 7M23 4 [17/17] [12/14] vs. Xavier W 77-64 17,484 21-9 — Nicholas, Randle 17 Nicholas 8 Blake 9M28 5 [17/17] vs. Michigan State L 58-60 33,009 21-10 — Nicholas 18 Holden 9 Blake 3

• - denotes Atlantic Coast Conference games1 - ACC/Big Ten Challenge at Indianapolis, Ind. (Conseco Fieldhouse)2 - BB&T Classic at Washington, D.C. (MCI Center)3 - ACC Tournament at Greensboro, N.C. (Greensboro Coliseum)4 - NCAA First/Second Rounds at Nashville, Tenn. (Gaylord Entertainment Center)5 - NCAA South Regional at San Antonio, Texas (Alamodome)

Numbers in brackets denote rankings by AP/USA Today-ESPN

Records with Starting LineupsF McCall F Holden C Randle G Nicholas G Blake 9-4

Miami (Ohio) (11-24), The Citadel (11-27), Duquesne (11-30), vs. Indiana (12-3), Duke (1-18), atNorth Carolina (1-22), at Clemson (1-25), NC State (1-30), Loyola (2-2), Virginia (2-6), at Georgia Tech(2-9), Clemson (2-25), vs. Michigan State (3-28)

F Caner-Medley F Holden C Randle G Nicholas G Blake 7-5vs. Notre Dame (12-7), vs. Geo. Washington (12-8), Florida (12-14), at Florida State (2-12), Wake

Forest (2-17), at Duke (2-19), North Carolina (2-22), at NC State (3-2), at Virginia (3-9), vs. NorthCarolina (3-14), vs. UNC Wilmington (3-21), vs. Xavier (3-23)

F Caner-Medley F Garrison C Randle G Nicholas G Blake 5-1UMBC (12-23), Georgia Tech (12-29), Wagner (1-4), Hampton (1-8), Florida State (1-11), at Wake

Forest (1-15)

Steve Blake and Drew Nicholas were each honored for reachingtheir 1,000 career points last season.

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2002-03 Season Review

OVERALL SEASON STATS/---TOTAL---/ /---3-PTS---/ /----REBOUNDS---/

## Player GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg12 Nicholas, Drew 31 31 984 31.7 182 414 .440 73 178 .410 115 135 .852 27 92 119 3.8 53 0 83 66 12 37 552 17.833 Randle, Ryan 31 31 792 25.5 168 339 .496 1 4 .250 58 95 .611 79 145 224 7.2 82 1 26 50 36 44 395 12.725 Blake, Steve 31 31 1009 32.5 114 275 .415 64 154 .416 68 83 .819 22 92 114 3.7 54 0 221 99 5 50 360 11.645 Holden, Tahj 30 25 838 27.9 81 199 .407 17 54 .315 81 114 .711 34 98 132 4.4 87 2 53 45 59 37 260 8.722 Caner-Medley, Nik 31 18 519 16.7 74 138 .536 10 27 .370 25 43 .581 50 60 110 3.5 65 1 30 29 20 37 183 5.9 1 Smith, Jamar 30 0 421 14.0 76 158 .481 0 1 .000 24 44 .545 36 82 118 3.9 48 0 9 30 17 13 176 5.9 5 McCall, Calvin 29 13 511 17.6 53 114 .465 12 39 .308 22 30 .733 33 65 98 3.4 48 0 44 28 9 33 140 4.811 Gilchrist, John 31 0 419 13.5 57 97 .588 6 11 .545 22 32 .688 21 44 65 2.1 38 0 52 33 3 25 142 4.6 4 Garrison, Travis 30 6 362 12.1 45 96 .469 3 9 .333 26 38 .684 32 61 93 3.1 71 2 15 18 25 12 119 4.013 McCray, Chris 24 0 223 9.3 25 58 .431 10 26 .385 15 23 .652 17 21 38 1.6 28 0 18 18 10 20 75 3.1 2 Collins, Andre 19 0 108 5.7 16 31 .516 6 15 .400 3 6 .500 1 6 7 0.4 7 0 17 6 0 11 41 2.221 Grinnon, Mike 11 0 41 3.7 5 11 .455 2 5 .400 6 9 .667 3 7 10 0.9 2 0 3 4 1 1 18 1.620 Henry, Darien 9 0 23 2.6 5 10 .500 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 3 5 8 0.9 5 0 2 1 1 2 11 1.2

TEAM 51 54 105 3.4 0 4Total 31 901 1940 .464 204 523 .390 466 654 .713 409 832 1241 40.0 588 6 573 431 198 322 2472 79.7Opponents 31 704 1864 .378 208 646 .322 453 647 .700 430 726 1156 37.3 591 - 399 546 135 217 2069 66.7

ACC SEASON STATS/---TOTAL---/ /---3-PTS---/ /----REBOUNDS---/

## Player GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg12 Nicholas, Drew 16 16 519 32.4 95 224 .424 43 99 .434 58 70 .829 15 49 64 4.0 27 0 43 35 6 18 291 18.225 Blake, Steve 16 16 544 34.0 55 141 .390 35 78 .449 50 60 .833 14 48 62 3.9 35 0 107 51 3 22 195 12.233 Randle, Ryan 16 16 416 26.0 79 169 .467 0 1 .000 35 54 .648 46 68 114 7.1 41 0 18 27 14 25 193 12.145 Holden, Tahj 16 13 469 29.3 47 109 .431 12 33 .364 59 79 .747 19 54 73 4.6 51 0 23 23 37 16 165 10.3 5 McCall, Calvin 15 7 292 19.5 35 73 .479 9 27 .333 10 14 .714 19 40 59 3.9 30 0 26 16 2 18 89 5.9 1 Smith, Jamar 15 0 222 14.8 34 81 .420 0 0 .000 14 26 .538 20 39 59 3.9 27 0 7 16 10 8 82 5.522 Caner-Medley, Nik 16 9 256 16.0 36 67 .537 6 14 .429 8 15 .533 25 27 52 3.3 41 1 19 16 8 23 86 5.411 Gilchrist, John 16 0 208 13.0 30 49 .612 3 5 .600 7 12 .583 14 26 40 2.5 18 0 23 22 2 11 70 4.4 4 Garrison, Travis 15 3 128 8.5 16 25 .640 1 3 .333 8 11 .727 8 18 26 1.7 30 1 7 10 9 4 41 2.7 2 Collins, Andre 6 0 31 5.2 7 13 .538 1 5 .200 0 2 .000 1 1 2 0.3 0 0 6 2 0 4 15 2.513 McCray, Chris 14 0 119 8.5 9 24 .375 4 10 .400 10 12 .833 8 14 22 1.6 19 0 5 8 5 4 32 2.321 Grinnon, Mike 4 0 11 2.8 3 6 .500 1 2 .500 1 2 .500 1 2 3 0.8 2 0 1 1 0 1 8 2.020 Henry, Darien 3 0 10 3.3 1 4 .250 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 5 6 2.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.7


NCAA TOURNAMENT STATS/---TOTAL---/ /---3-PTS---/ /----REBOUNDS---/

## Player GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg12 Nicholas, Drew 3 3 108 36.0 19 45 .422 8 20 .400 11 12 .917 1 13 14 4.7 6 0 8 4 1 2 57 19.033 Randle, Ryan 3 3 70 23.3 15 31 .484 0 0 .000 8 9 .889 8 17 25 8.3 10 0 0 7 0 0 38 12.725 Blake, Steve 3 3 95 31.7 9 21 .429 4 12 .333 6 6 1.000 3 10 13 4.3 6 0 19 8 0 9 28 9.301 Smith, Jamar 3 0 43 14.3 10 14 .714 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 2 9 11 3.7 7 0 0 1 1 0 21 7.045 Holden, Tahj 3 3 105 35.0 6 23 .261 1 9 .111 7 10 .700 1 17 18 6.0 9 0 7 9 6 2 20 6.722 Caner-Medley, Nik 3 2 59 19.7 8 12 .667 1 2 .500 1 2 .500 3 3 6 2.0 4 0 2 2 3 0 18 6.011 Gilchrist, John 3 0 44 14.7 5 6 .833 0 0 .000 6 7 .857 1 2 3 1.0 4 0 5 5 0 3 16 5.304 Garrison, Travis 3 0 22 7.3 2 6 .333 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 2 5 7 2.3 6 0 0 0 2 0 5 1.705 McCall, Calvin 3 1 38 12.7 2 5 .400 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 3 2 5 1.7 3 0 1 0 0 1 4 1.302 Collins, Andre 3 0 16 5.3 1 3 .333 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0.3 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 1.0






TEAM GAME-BY-GAME STATSTEAMS FGM-FGA PCT. 3PM-3PA PCT. FTM-FTA PCT. OR-DR REB PF-D AST TO BLK STL 1ST H 2ND H OT FINALMiami (Ohio) 16-55 .291 6-25 .240 11-14 .786 14-24 38 25-1 8 22 1 8 21 28 49at Maryland [12/15] 20-51 .392 2-10 .200 22-31 .710 13-26 39 15-0 15 16 6 12 32 32 64

The Citadel 17-52 .327 6-22 .273 9-12 .750 11-23 34 21-0 11 30 5 2 17 32 49at Maryland [11/11] 33-64 .516 12-19 .632 19-30 .633 12-26 38 12-0 25 10 11 16 43 54 97

Duquesne 15-51 .294 4-18 .222 5-13 .385 13-28 41 14-0 8 35 6 5 19 20 39at Maryland [11/11] 34-75 .453 7-18 .389 14-20 .700 17-28 45 15-0 21 13 7 24 50 39 89

Indiana [10/11] 23-77 .299 7-29 .241 27-39 .692 20-29 49 13-0 19 4 10 11 27 41 12 80vs. Maryland [9/8] 30-71 .423 4-17 .235 10-14 .714 14-42 56 26-2 15 16 12 2 31 37 6 74

Notre Dame 28-63 .444 7-23 .304 16-21 .762 7-30 37 19-0 20 10 4 8 35 44 79vs. Maryland [9/8] 26-70 .371 4-17 .235 11-15 .733 16-31 47 18-0 10 14 6 8 25 42 67

Geo. Washington 26-63 .413 7-17 .412 23-29 .793 21-21 42 21-1 12 19 3 8 43 39 82vs. Maryland [9/8] 33-60 .550 12-17 .706 15-20 .750 11-20 31 24-1 24 14 6 10 48 45 93

Florida [14/17] 26-65 .400 6-22 .273 11-15 .733 16-25 41 15-0 14 11 5 10 33 36 69at Maryland [18/16] 28-61 .459 4-14 .286 4-11 .364 12-26 38 16-0 16 13 6 4 34 30 64

UMBC 21-57 .368 8-15 .533 10-14 .714 11-17 28 22-0 16 23 2 6 28 32 60at Maryland [23/22] 35-64 .547 8-15 .533 23-35 .657 18-27 45 14-0 22 12 8 15 45 56 101

Georgia Tech 31-73 .425 4-18 .222 11-17 .647 20-28 48 25-2 11 20 6 5 30 47 77at Maryland [23/22] 27-65 .415 6-13 .462 24-35 .686 16-26 42 19-0 16 14 10 14 36 48 84

Wagner 23-71 .324 4-22 .182 7-13 .538 20-20 40 13-0 15 19 3 9 21 36 57at Maryland [22/20] 32-68 .471 4-13 .308 11-15 .733 17-33 50 13-0 21 17 7 16 40 39 79

Hampton 20-67 .299 3-19 .158 15-27 .556 23-20 43 25-0 11 25 2 9 31 27 58at Maryland [21/17] 42-71 .592 5-18 .278 19-28 .679 13-33 46 20-0 29 13 9 15 54 54 108

Florida State 22-65 .338 6-18 .333 12-23 .522 11-22 33 23-0 12 12 3 8 26 36 62at Maryland [21/17] 31-58 .534 7-17 .412 20-24 .833 9-36 45 23-1 22 16 7 4 46 43 89

at Wake Forest [19/20] 22-58 .379 3-19 .158 34-42 .810 19-30 49 20-1 10 21 6 7 32 49 81Maryland [17/15] 26-68 .382 8-21 .381 12-18 .667 15-21 36 26-0 15 17 6 9 27 45 72

Duke [1/1] 28-66 .424 7-22 .318 9-20 .450 13-19 32 25-1 9 15 3 7 43 29 72at Maryland [17/15] 26-56 .464 6-15 .400 29-31 .935 12-31 43 18-0 17 16 6 9 37 50 87

at North Carolina 23-66 .348 11-29 .379 9-12 .750 12-23 35 20-1 13 14 5 6 31 35 66Maryland [12/11] 30-59 .508 7-18 .389 14-25 .560 13-32 45 13-0 15 15 9 8 39 42 81

at Clemson 14-44 .318 3-11 .273 16-22 .727 11-18 29 15-0 4 19 4 12 23 24 47Maryland [12/11] 19-56 .339 5-20 .250 9-13 .692 19-20 39 22-0 12 20 3 16 24 28 52

NC State 20-44 .455 9-24 .375 11-15 .733 4-19 23 22-1 15 21 1 10 28 32 60at Maryland [10/9] 25-50 .500 8-11 .727 17-25 .680 12-21 33 17-1 16 17 4 12 27 48 75

Loyola (Md.) 22-63 .349 6-13 .462 8-10 .800 21-22 43 14-0 10 27 3 2 26 32 58at Maryland [10/9] 36-68 .529 6-21 .286 7-13 .538 14-20 34 11-0 26 10 8 13 50 35 85

at Virginia 28-57 .491 12-22 .545 18-25 .720 13-27 40 20-1 19 20 3 8 47 39 86Maryland [8/8] 28-67 .418 7-17 .412 15-22 .682 16-20 36 24-0 19 14 5 10 45 33 78

at Georgia Tech 30-54 .556 5-10 .500 25-31 .806 9-28 37 18-0 16 19 7 8 42 48 90Maryland [8/8] 35-83 .422 6-21 .286 8-11 .727 21-17 38 24-0 16 15 3 9 34 50 84

at Florida State 24-62 .387 8-21 .381 16-21 .762 12-25 37 16-1 13 13 8 7 33 39 72Maryland [16/15] 23-60 .383 8-19 .421 20-23 .870 11-29 40 20-0 17 11 4 8 38 36 74

Wake Forest [10/11] 20-57 .351 7-23 .304 20-26 .769 10-14 24 26-1 14 11 5 7 31 36 67at Maryland [13/13] 28-56 .500 7-18 .389 27-30 .900 15-29 44 22-0 17 13 7 6 41 49 90

at Duke [8/8] 28-68 .412 7-22 .318 12-19 .632 18-25 43 21-0 12 11 13 4 37 38 75Maryland [13/13] 23-58 .397 6-15 .400 18-22 .818 12-25 37 20-0 17 12 5 8 33 37 70

North Carolina 21-64 .328 7-31 .226 7-11 .636 14-18 32 14-0 14 20 6 9 32 24 56at Maryland [13/13] 40-69 .580 10-17 .588 6-12 .500 16-32 48 19-0 28 15 7 14 45 51 96

Clemson 20-63 .317 2-14 .143 10-15 .667 14-20 34 18-0 10 16 4 8 31 21 52at Maryland [14/14] 34-54 .630 12-20 .600 11-19 .579 5-31 36 19-0 29 14 9 9 36 55 91

at NC State 21-53 .396 9-27 .333 14-18 .778 10-21 31 15-0 12 12 1 4 39 26 65Maryland [14/14] 25-56 .446 5-13 .520 13-21 .619 13-24 37 19-0 13 10 3 8 34 34 68

at Virginia 28-71 .394 7-23 .304 17-25 .680 23-36 59 19-0 12 21 6 5 38 35 7 80Maryland [13/12] 27-70 .386 7-22 .318 17-26 .654 11-25 36 19-0 16 11 8 10 33 40 5 78

North Carolina 25-47 .532 11-23 .478 23-36 .639 11-29 40 17-0 21 23 6 7 36 48 84vs. Maryland [14/15] 28-66 .424 6-19 .316 10-15 .667 12-18 30 24-1 20 17 3 16 40 32 72

UNC Wilmington 20-55 .364 13-29 .448 20-26 .769 10-19 29 19-0 16 8 1 7 41 32 73vs. Maryland [17/17] 27-54 .500 10-19 .526 11-15 .733 8-27 35 20-0 17 13 3 3 46 29 75

Xavier [12/14] 20-57 .351 7-18 .389 17-24 .708 8-20 28 16-0 12 7 0 2 28 36 64vs. Maryland [17/17] 30-58 .517 3-13 .231 14-17 .824 7-32 39 21-0 19 8 6 2 45 32 77

Michigan State 22-56 .393 6-17 .353 10-12 .833 11-26 37 20-1 10 18 3 8 29 31 60vs. Maryland [17/17] 20-54 .370 2-16 .125 16-18 .889 9-24 33 15-0 8 15 4 12 24 34 58

[AP / USA Today-ESPN]

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2002-03 SUPERLATIVESMaryland Game HighsPOINTS 108 vs Hampton (01/08/03)FIELD GOALS MADE 42 vs Hampton (01/08/03)FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 83 at Georgia Tech (02/09/03)FIELD GOAL PCT. .630 (34-54) vs Clemson (02/25/03)3 PT FIELD GOALS MADE 12 vs Clemson (02/25/03)

12 vs G. Washington (12/08/02)12 vs The Citadel (11/27/02)

3 PT FG ATTEMPTS 22 at Virginia (3/9/03)3 PT FG PCT. .727 (8-11) vs NC State (01/30/03)FREE THROWS MADE 29 vs Duke (01/18/03)FREE THROW ATTEMPTS 35 vs Georgia Tech (12/29/02)

35 vs UMBC (12/23/02)FREE THROW PCT. .935 (29-31) vs Duke (01/18/03)REBOUNDS 56 vs Indiana (12/03/02)ASSISTS 29 vs Clemson (02/25/03)

29 vs Hampton (01/08/03)STEALS 24 vs Duquesne (11/30/02)BLOCKED SHOTS 12 vs Indiana (12/03/02)TURNOVERS 20 at Clemson (1/25/03)FOULS 26 at Wake Forest (01/15/03)

26 vs Indiana (12/03/02)

Maryland Game LowsPOINTS 52 at Clemson (1/25/03)FIELD GOALS MADE 19 at Clemson (1/25/03)FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 50 vs NC State (01/30/03)FIELD GOAL PCT. .339 (19-56) at Clemson (1/25/03)3 PT FIELD GOALS MADE 2 vs Miami (Ohio) (11/24/02)

2 vs Michigan State (03/28/03)3 PT FG ATTEMPTS 10 vs Miami (Ohio) (11/24/02)3 PT FG PCT. .125 (2-16) vs Michigan State (03/28/03)FREE THROWS MADE 4 vs Florida (12/14/02)FREE THROW ATTEMPTS 11 vs Florida (12/14/02)

11 at Georgia Tech (02/09/03)FREE THROW PCT. .364 (4-11) vs Florida (12/14/02)REBOUNDS 30 vs North Carolina (03/14/03)ASSISTS 8 vs Michigan State (03-28-03)STEALS 2 vs Indiana (12/03/02)

2 vs Xavier (3/23/03)BLOCKED SHOTS 3 on five occasionsTURNOVERS 8 vs Xavier (3/23/03)FOULS 11 vs Loyola (02/02/03)

Opponent Game HighsPOINTS 90 at Georgia Tech (02/09/03)FIELD GOALS MADE 31 vs Georgia Tech (12/29/02)FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 77 vs Indiana (12/03/02)FIELD GOAL PCT. .556 (30-54) at Georgia Tech (02/09/03)3 PT FIELD GOALS MADE 13 vs UNC-Wilmington (3/21/03)3 PT FG ATTEMPTS 31 vs North Carolina (02/22/03)3 PT FG PCT. .545 (12-22) vs Virginia (02/06/03)FREE THROWS MADE 34 at Wake Forest (01/15/03)FREE THROW ATTEMPTS 42 at Wake Forest (01/15/03)FREE THROW PCT. .833 (10-12) vs Michigan State (03/28/03)

.810 (34-42) at Wake Forest (01/15/03)REBOUNDS 59 at Virginia (3/9/03)ASSISTS 21 vs North Carolina (03/14/03)STEALS 12 at Clemson (1/25/03)BLOCKED SHOTS 13 at Duke (2/19/03)TURNOVERS 35 vs Duquesne (11/30/02)FOULS 26 vs Wake Forest (02/17/03)

Opponent Game LowsPOINTS 39 vs Duquesne (11/30/02)FIELD GOALS MADE 14 at Clemson (1/25/03)FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 44 at Clemson (1/25/03)

44 vs NC State (01/30/03)FIELD GOAL PCT. .291 (16-55) vs Miami (Ohio) (11/24/02)3 PT FIELD GOALS MADE 2 vs Clemson (02/25/03)3 PT FG ATTEMPTS 10 at Georgia Tech (02/09/03)3 PT FG PCT. .143 (2-14) vs Clemson (02/25/03)FREE THROWS MADE 5 vs Duquesne (11/30/02)FREE THROW ATTEMPTS 10 vs Loyola (02/02/03)FREE THROW PCT. .385 (5-13) vs Duquesne (11/30/02)REBOUNDS 23 vs NC State (01/30/03)ASSISTS 4 at Clemson (1/25/03)STEALS 2 vs The Citadel (11/27/02)BLOCKED SHOTS 0 vs Xavier (3/23/03)TURNOVERS 4 vs Indiana (12/03/02)FOULS 13 vs Indiana (12/03/02)

13 vs Wagner (01/04/03)

Individual HighsPOINTS 29 Drew Nicholas vs. Georgia Tech (12/29/02)FIELD GOALS MADE 10 Drew Nicholas at Virginia (3/9/03)

10 Ryan Randle vs. Wagner (01/04/03)10 Ryan Randle vs. UMBC (12/23/02)10 Steve Blake vs. G.Washington (12/08/02)

FIELD GOAL ATT 20 Drew Nicholas at Virginia (3/9/03)20 Ryan Randle vs. Indiana (12/03/02)

FG PCT. 1.000 (10-10) Ryan Randle vs. Wagner (01/04/03)1.000 (6-6) Jamar Smith vs. Xavier (3/23/03)

3 PT FG MADE 5 Drew Nicholas vs. UNC-Wilmington (3/21/03)5 Drew Nicholas vs. G.Washington (12/08/02)5 Steve Blake vs. G.Washington (12/08/02)5 Drew Nicholas vs. The Citadel (11/27/02)

3 PT FG ATT. 10 Steve Blake vs. Indiana (12/03/02)3-PT FG PCT. .714 (5-7) Drew Nicholas vs. G.Washington (12/08/02)

.714 (5-7) Steve Blake vs. G.Washington (12/08/02)

.714 (5-7) Drew Nicholas vs. The Citadel (11/27/02)FREE THROWS MADE 12 Steve Blake vs. Wake Forest (02/17/03)FREE THROW ATT 13 Steve Blake vs. Wake Forest (02/17/03)

13 Drew Nicholas vs. Georgia Tech (12/29/02)FT PCT. 1.000 (8-8) Ryan Randle vs. Clemson (02/25/03)

1.000 (8-8) Drew Nicholas vs. Duke (01/18/03)(10 players tied at 1.000 with 7-7 or less)

REBOUNDS 17 Ryan Randle vs. Duke (01/18/03)ASSISTS 13 Steve Blake vs. Duquesne (11/30/02)STEALS 7 Chris McCray vs. Wagner (01/04/03)BLOCKED SHOTS 5 Tahj Holden vs. North Carolina (02/22/03)

5 Ryan Randle vs. Indiana (12/03/02)TURNOVERS 7 Steve Blake vs. North Carolina (03/14/03)FOULS 5 Tahj Holden vs. North Carolina (03/14/03)

5 Nik Caner-Medley vs. NC State (01/30/03)5 Travis Garrison vs. Florida State (01/11/03)5 Ryan Randle vs. G.Washington (12/08/02)5 Travis Garrison vs. Indiana (12/03/02)5 Tahj Holden vs. Indiana (12/03/02)

(Minimum on all percentages is 5 in a game)

Points-Rebounds-AssistsDate Opponent 1 Smith* 2 Collins 4 Garrison* 5 McCall 11 Gilchrist 12 Nicholas 13 McCray 20 Henry 21 Grinnon 22 Caner-Medley 25 Blake 33 Randle* 45Holden*N12 Miami (Ohio) 3-2-0 1-2-1 8-6-1 2-5-1 2-1-0 16-3-1 1-4-0 DNP 0-1-0 1-2-1 9-2-8 15-5-1 6-2-2N27 The Citadel 4-9-1 9-0-3 2-3-1 5-3-1 10-1-3 28-1-4 5-0-1 0-0-0 2-2-1 12-4-1 13-3-5 7-6-2 0-2-2N30 Duquesne 7-2-0 0-0-0 11-7-0 4-4-0 9-3-0 19-4-2 9-2-2 0-0-1 2-2-0 8-8-1 0-2-13 16-3-2 4-2-3D3 vs. Indiana 0-0-0 0-0-0 8-4-2 2-7-3 0-1-3 12-4-4 DNP DNP DNP 4-2-0 22-7-3 20-16-5 6-7-0D7 vs. Notre Dame 4-3-1 0-0-0 4-3-0 2-3-1 4-0-0 11-5-1 0-0-0 DNP DNP 8-7-1 15-2-4 6-10-1 13-8-2D8 vs. George Washington 0-2-0 DNP 10-6-1 4-5-2 2-0-4 27-2-3 0-0-0 DNP DNP 5-2-1 27-3-7 6-3-2 12-5-1D14 Florida 2-1-0 DNP 1-2-0 5-1-2 10-4-4 13-4-2 DNP DNP DNP 3-5-0 5-4-6 18-10-3 7-3-1D23 UMBC 12-6-2 3-0-1 8-8-2 11-2-0 2-3-3 15-0-7 4-1-0 3-1-0 0-1-0 11-8-1 11-3-9 21-9-1 DNPD29 Georgia Tech 6-8-0 DNP 2-2-1 INJ 2-3-2 29-7-3 0-3-1 DNP DNP 7-4-1 7-4-8 20-6-0 11-4-3J4 Wagner 6-9-0 0-0-0 7-9-4 INJ 0-1-1 13-4-4 8-2-2 2-0-0 0-0-1 9-6-0 2-4-12 21-7-1 11-5-0J8 Hampton 17-6-0 4-1-3 4-7-1 6-1-1 6-5-1 17-5-2 9-3-4 2-1-1 6-1-0 4-1-1 13-1-8 16-12-2 4-0-2J11 Florida State DNP 0-1-0 7-0-1 10-6-4 4-2-3 23-9-4 6-2-0 0-3-0 5-1-0 6-5-3 10-3-4 6-7-0 12-4-3J15 at Wake Forest 6-3-0 DNP 0-1-2 10-4-1 8-1-0 9-4-2 8-6-1 DNP DNP 4-1-0 15-3-7 8-5-1 4-3-3J18 Duke 8-6-0 DNP DNP 2-0-0 6-1-3 24-5-1 6-0-0 DNP DNP 8-1-1 8-7-6 15-17-1 10-3-3J22 at North Carolina 2-4-1 DNP 2-3-0 7-6-0 6-3-2 20-4-2 0-3-2 DNP DNP 0-0-0 17-4-5 16-10-3 11-5-4J25 at Clemson 4-2-0 DNP 7-2-0 8-1-2 2-1-0 14-5-3 0-1-0 DNP DNP 2-6-0 8-2-3 3-5-0 4-11-2J30 NC State 6-10-1 DNP 0-0-0 6-3-1 2-3-0 13-2-2 0-0-0 DNP DNP 9-3-3 20-2-7 6-4-0 13-4-1F2 Loyola 10-5-2 6-1-0 8-3-2 0-1-2 1-2-3 15-3-2 7-4-4 2-0-0 0-0-0 5-2-1 8-5-10 17-2-1 6-4-1F6 Virginia 0-0-2 DNP 4-3-0 0-3-4 5-3-1 20-4-6 2-2-0 DNP DNP 7-7-1 12-2-5 17-6-1 11-2-2F9 at Georgia Tech 5-2-0 DNP 2-3-0 4-2-1 4-2-1 18-4-1 3-2-0 DNP DNP 14-6-3 10-3-8 14-6-1 10-4-1F12 at Florida State 5-2-2 DNP 2-1-1 6-7-3 2-0-3 20-2-3 3-0-1 DNP DNP 0-4-0 15-5-4 10-8-1 11-9-0F17 Wake Forest 2-2-0 0-0-0 2-1-2 9-7-2 2-0-0 19-4-2 2-2-0 DNP 0-0-0 5-4-1 21-4-9 13-13-4 15-3-1F19 at Duke 4-4-0 DNP 0-1-1 8-2-1 0-2-1 8-2-0 2-1-0 DNP DNP 6-2-3 12-7-9 12-7-0 18-5-3F22 North Carolina 8-4-1 8-1-3 2-4-0 6-6-2 11-9-1 17-1-7 0-0-0 2-3-0 3-1-0 5-5-2 18-3-8 16-7-0 0-1-5F25 Clemson 13-4-2 5-0-3 4-2-1 9-6-4 8-2-4 13-3-5 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 2-2-1 14-4-7 18-6-0 5-4-4M2 at NC State 7-4-1 2-0-0 2-0-0 4-5-0 4-3-2 17-4-1 DNP DNP DNP 4-1-0 2-4-7 6-1-0 20-9-1M9 at Virginia 6-4-1 0-0-0 5-3-0 0-1-1 4-5-0 27-4-1 DNP DNP DNP 7-1-0 6-5-10 13-6-2 10-2-1M14 vs. North Carolina 8-3-0 0-0-1 2-2-0 6-2-4 10-1-2 18-6-0 0-0-0 DNP DNP 9-5-1 12-3-10 1-2-1 6-3-2M21 vs. UNC Wilmington 2-4-0 3-0-0 0-2-0 0-1-0 6-0-3 22-4-3 DNP DNP DNP 12-2-0 8-0-7 15-16-0 7-3-2M23 vs. Xavier 12-2-0 0-0-2 5-5-2 0-3-0 6-1-0 17-8-5 DNP DNP DNP 6-2-1 9-7-9 17-5-0 5-6-1M28 vs. Michigan State 7-5-1 0-1-0 0-0-0 4-1-1 4-2-2 18-2-0 DNP DNP DNP 0-2-1 11-6-3 6-4-0 8-9-3Bold indicates game started; DNP = did not play-coach’s decision; INJ = injured; * = blocks indicated in place of assists





2002-03 MISC. STATISTICSIndividual PerformancesPOINTSPlayer Points OpponentDrew Nicholas 29 Georgia Tech (12-29-02)Drew Nicholas 28 The Citadel (11-27-02)Steve Blake 27 Geo. Washington (12-8-02)Drew Nicholas 27 at Virginia (3-9-03)Drew Nicholas 27 Geo. Washington (12-8-02)Drew Nicholas 24 Duke (1-18-03)Drew Nicholas 23 Florida State (1-11-03)Drew Nicholas 22 vs. UNC Wilmington (3-21-03)Steve Blake 22 vs. Indiana (12-3-02)Steve Blake 21 Wake Forest (2-17-03)Ryan Randle 21 Wagner (1-4-03)Ryan Randle 21 UMBC (12-23-02)Tahj Holden 20 at NC State (3-2-03)Drew Nicholas 20 at Florida State (2-12-03)Drew Nicholas 20 Virginia (2-6-03)Steve Blake 20 NC State (1-30-03)Drew Nicholas 20 at North Carolina (1-22-03)Ryan Randle 20 Georgia Tech (12-29-02)Ryan Randle 20 vs. Indiana (12-3-02)

REBOUNDSPlayer Rebounds OpponentRyan Randle 17 Duke (1-18-03)Ryan Randle 16 vs. Xavier (3-23-03)Ryan Randle 16 vs. Indiana (12-3-02)Ryan Randle 13 Wake Forest (2-17-03)Ryan Randle 12 Hampton (1-8-03)Tahj Holden 11 at Clemson (1-25-03)

ASSISTSPlayer Assists OpponentSteve Blake 13 Duquesne (11-30-02)Steve Blake 12 Wagner (1-4-03)Steve Blake 10 vs. North Carolina (3-14-03)Steve Blake 10 at Virginia (3-9-03)Steve Blake 10 Loyola (2-2-03)

STEALSPlayer Steals OpponentChris McCray 7 Wagner (1-4-03)Ryan Randle 6 Georgia Tech (12-29-02)Tahj Holden 6 Duquesne (11-30-02)

BLOCKED SHOTSPlayer Blocks OpponentTahj Holden 5 North Carolina (2-22-03)Ryan Randle 5 Indiana (12-3-02)Tahj Holden 4 Clemson (2-25-03)Ryan Randle 4 Wake Forest (2-17-03)Tahj Holden 4 at North Carolina (1-22-03)Travis Garrison 4 Wagner (1-4-03)

DOUBLE-DOUBLESPlayer Breakdown OpponentRyan Randle 20 pts/16 rebs Indiana (12-3-02)Ryan Randle 18 pts/10 rebs Florida (12-14-02)Ryan Randle 16 pts/12 rebs Hampton (1-8-03)Ryan Randle 15 pts/17 rebs Duke (1-18-03)Ryan Randle 16 pts/10 rebs at North Carolina (1-22-03)Ryan Randle 13 pts/13 rebs Wake Forest (2-17-03)Steve Blake 12 pts/10 asts vs. North Carolina (3-14-03)Ryan Randle 15 pts/16 rebs vs. Xavier (3-23-03)

Maryland’s Record Overall ACCOverall Record 21-10 11-5Home 14-2 7-1Road 4-4 4-4Neutral 3-4

Leading at the half 18-3 8-0Trailing at the half 3-7 3-5Tied at the half 0-0 0-0Leading with 5:00 to play 18-1 9-0Trailing with 5:00 to play 1-9 1-5Tied with 5:00 to play 2-0 1-0

In single overtime 0-2 0-0In double overtime 0-0 0-0

Shooting 50% or better 13-0 6-0Shooting below 50% 8-10 5-5Shooting 40% or better 18-6 9-2Shooting below 40% 3-5 2-3

Opponent shooting 50% or better 0-2 0-1Opponent shooting below 50% 21-8 11-4Opponent shooting 40% or better 4-6 3-3Opponent shooting below 40% 17-4 8-2

Shoot higher FG% than opponent 19-3 9-1Shoot lower FG% than opponent 2-7 2-4FG% is even 0-0 0-0

Shooting more field goal attempts 11-5 4-3Shooting fewer field goal attempts 10-5 7-2Field goal attempts are even 0-0 0-0

Shooting more free throws 17-2 10-1Shooting fewer free throws 4-8 1-4Free throws are even 0-0 0-0

Outrebounding opponent 19-3 11-0Outrebounded by opponent 2-7 1-4Rebounding is even 0-0 0-0

More turnovers than opponent 8-5 5-2Fewer turnovers than opponent 13-5 6-3Turnovers are even 0-0 0-0

More fouls than opponent 9-6 6-3Fewer fouls than opponent 10-3 5-1Fouls are even 2-1 0-1

Zero Maryland players foul out 18-8 9-51+ Maryland players foul out 3-2 2-0

Scoring more bench points 18-5 10-3Scoring fewer bench points 3-4 1-2Bench scoring is even 0-0 0-0

Games decided by three or less 3-2 2-1Games decided by four to eight 2-5 2-3Games decided by nine to 11 1-1 0-1Games decided by 12-19 5-2 3-0Games decided by 20 or more 10-0 4-0

vs. Top 10 ranked opponent 2-2 2-1vs. Top 25 ranked opponent 3-4 2-2vs. Unranked opponent 18-6 9-3vs. Team with winning record 15-9 10-5vs. Team with .500 record 2-1 0-1vs. Team with losing record 4-0 0-0

Player scores 30+ points 0-0 0-0Player scores 20+ points 13-3 8-2Terps score 60+ points 20-9 10-5Terps score 70+ points 18-7 9-5Terps score 80+ points 13-1 7-1Terps score 90+ points 7-0 3-0

Opp. player scores 30+ points 0-1 0-0Opp. player scores 20+ points 6-8 3-4Opponents score 60+ points 12-10 8-5Opponents score 70+ points 5-8 3-5Opponents score 80+ points 1-6 0-4Opponents score 90+ points 0-1 0-1

Maryland’s Record Overall ACCIn November 3-0 0-0In December 3-3 1-0In January 7-1 5-1In February 5-3 4-3In March 3-3 1-1

Maryland Top Scorer (includes ties)Drew Nicholas 18 9Steve Blake 7 4Ryan Randle 6 1Tahj Holden 2 2Jamar Smith 1 0

Maryland Top Rebounder (includes ties)Ryan Randle 13 7Jamar Smith 5 2Travis Garrison 4 0Tahj Holden 4 3Drew Nicholas 3 1Nik Caner-Medley 2 2Steve Blake 2 1Calvin McCall 1 1Chris McCray 1 1John Gilchrist 1 1

Maryland Top Assist Player (includes ties)Steve Blake 29 15Drew Nicholas 4 3Calvin McCall 1 1

Field Goal Pct. .464 .454Home (16/8) .501 (499-997) .503 (239-475)Road (8/8) .408 (208-510) .408 (208-510)Neutral (7/0) .448 (194-433)3-Pt. Field Goal Pct. .390 .415Home (16/8) .434 (111-256) .492 (63-128)Road (8/8) .349 (52-149) .349 (52-149)Neutral (7/0) .347 (41-118)Free Throw Pct. .713 .728Home (16/8) .703 (268-381) .753 (149-198)Road (8/8) ..698 (111-159) .698 (111-159)Neutral (7/0) .763 (87-114)Points Per Game 79.7 79.3Home (16/8) 86.1 (1377) 86.2 (690)Road (8/8) 72.4 (579) 72.4 (579)Neutral (7/0) 73.7 (516)

Maryland’s Largest ...LeadOverall: 52 (106-54 at 2:20 in 2nd half vs. Hampton, 1-8-03)ACC: 43 (96-53 at 0:31 in 2nd half vs. North Carolina, 2-22-03)DeficitOverall: 18 (50-34 at 5:34 in 2nd half vs. Notre Dame, 12-7-02)ACC: 17 (59-42 at 10:34 in 2nd half at Wake Forest, 1-15-03)Margin of VictoryOverall: 50 (108-58 vs. Hampton, 1-8-03; 89-39 vs. Duquesne,

11-30-02)ACC: 40 (96-56 vs. North Carolina, 2-22-03)Margin of DefeatOverall: 12 (79-67 vs. Notre Dame, 12-7-02; 84-72 vs. North

Carolina, 3-14-03)ACC: 9 (81-72 at Wake Forest, 1-15-03)Halftime LeadOverall: 31 (50-19 vs. Duquesne, 11-30-02)ACC: 20 (46-26 vs. Florida State, 1-11-03)Halftime DeficitOverall: 10 (35-25 vs. Notre Dame, 12-7-02)ACC: 8 (42-34 at Georgia Tech, 2-9-03)Home CrowdOverall: 17,950 (sellout; nine times)ACC: 17,950 (sellout, seven times)Road CrowdOverall: 21,750 (at North Carolina, 1-22-03)ACC: 21,750 (at North Carolina, 1-22-03)Neutral CrowdOverall: 33,009 (vs. Michigan State, Alamodome, 3-28-03)

Terrapin Tendencies

Maryland and Opponent Scoring Margins1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 37 39 40 41 50

Maryland 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2Opponent 2 2 2 1 1 2

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2002-03 GAME RECAPSComcast Center’sInaugural Game

Game 1[12/15] Maryland 64, Miami (O.) 49

COLLEGE PARK — Playing the role of defending NCAA champi-ons for the first time, Maryland delighted the largest home crowd inschool history with a performance reminiscent of its banner seasonof a year ago.

Drew Nicholas scored 16 points as 12th-ranked Maryland cruisedto its 85th consecutive non-conference home victory, 64-49 overMiami of Ohio.

The night began with the unfurling of the championship bannerfrom the rafters of the new $125 Comcast Center. The scene obvi-ously had an impact on Maryland coach Gary Williams, who was sweptaway by the moment.

“You never know if you’re going to see that during your coachingcareer,” he said. “I was kind of caught up in it.”

So much that he followed the ceremony with his customary pre-game speech to his team.

“Then I remembered they hadn’t introduced the players yet. Soafter they introduced the players, I had to give the same speechagain - and they still didn’t hear me,” Williams said.

Playing in front of an emotionally charged sellout crowd of 17,950,the Terrapins (1-0) turned in a performance befitting their statureas defending national champions.

Maryland limited the RedHawks (0-2) to 27-percent shooting intaking an 11-point halftime lead, then used a 9-0 run early in thesecond half to pull away.

The Terrapins’ 85-game non-conference run, which started in1989 at Cole Field House, is the longest in the nation. Maryland alsohas won 19 straight overall at home since Feb. 14, 2001.

It wasn’t a brilliant performance, but it was plenty good enough.Danny Horace had 17 points and 12 rebounds for Miami, which

had the misfortune of drawing the defending champions in the open-ing of their new arena.

Ryan Randle scored a career-high 15 points for the Terrapins,who lost four starters from the team that beat Indiana in 2002 toclaim the school’s first NCAA title. But Maryland, which started fiveseniors against Miami, seems to have enough talent and depth tomake a serious run at a third straight Final Four appearance.

It was 23-19 before Terrapins freshman Nik Caner-Medley madea free throw and Blake followed with six straight points, including a3-pointer, to put Maryland up 32-21 at the half.

Blake, the lone returning starter from last season’s team, fin-ished with nine points and eight assists.

Horace opened the second half with a layup, but Maryland’s CalvinMcCall responded with a jumper, freshman Travis Garrison made athree-point play and Randle made successive baskets in the lane fora 41-23 lead.

Game 2[11/11] Maryland 97, The Citadel 49

COLLEGE PARK — A quick start by Maryland put a rapid end toany hopes The Citadel had of hanging with the defending NCAA cham-pions.

Drew Nicholas scored 17 of his career-high 28 points in the firsthalf as No. 11 Maryland built a 26-point lead and cruised to a 97-49victory.

Nicholas had 10 points in the opening nine minutes to help theTerrapins go up 24-5. That convinced the Bulldogs that this wasn’tgoing to be their night.

After missing nine of their first 11 shots, the Bulldogs (1-2)never recovered.

Nicholas’ 17 points and six baskets at halftime matched the Bull-dogs’ totals. The senior guard finished with a career-best five 3-pointers in eclipsing his previous career high of 27 points.

Steve Blake had 13 points, five assists and five steals for theTerrapins, who forced 30 turnovers.

It was the 86th consecutive non-conference home victory forthe Terrapins (2-0), who never trailed in extending their overall homewinning streak to 20 - four short of the school record.

Maryland has allowed only 98 points in its first two games, itsbest start defensively since yielding a combined 91 to Penn Stateand North Carolina State in 1966.

The Bulldogs have lost 32 straight to ACC opponents since beatingClemson in 1979.

Williams used 11 players in the first half, and virtually every com-bination worked. The Terps got points from seven different playersand limited the Bulldogs to 6-for-24 shooting in building a 43-17 lead.

After Blake opened the scoring with a 3-pointer to put Marylandin front to stay, the Bulldogs committed seven turnovers and fellbehind by 19 points with nine minutes elapsed.

Williams then went with four freshmen and junior college transferJamar Smith. The Terrapins made only one basket in two minuteswith that lineup but managed to keep the margin at 19 points.

Hammack, meanwhile, accounted for nine of the Bulldogs’ first11 points - on three 3-pointers.

It was 34-15 before Nicholas hit a 3-pointer, Calvin McCall madea layup and a Nicholas scored inside off a pass from Ryan Randle toput Maryland up by 26.

The 26-point halftime lead was the Terrapins’ largest since theyled Pittsburgh 46-17 in the championship of the 1998 Puerto RicoShootout.

MARYLAND 97, THE CITADEL 49Comcast Center — Nov. 27, 2002The Citadel Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S PtsKrywonis f 23 1-2 0-0 5-6 3-5 8 3 0 6 0 0 7Joseph f 25 2-5 0-1 0-0 2-5 7 4 1 1 0 0 4Mombollet c 26 2-9 0-1 0-0 0-4 4 3 0 3 2 1 4Milford g 26 3-10 0-4 0-0 0-0 0 2 5 4 0 1 6Hammack g 31 6-12 5-8 2-4 1-2 3 1 1 5 0 0 19Terry 5 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0Wilson 14 0-4 0-3 0-0 1-1 2 2 3 2 0 0 0Davis 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0Wormley 17 1-5 1-4 0-0 0-2 2 3 0 4 0 0 3Tobias 3 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Jones 28 2-2 0-0 2-2 1-2 3 1 0 2 3 0 6Team 3-1 4Totals 200 17-52 6-22 9-12 11-23 34 21 11 30 5 2 49

Maryland Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S PtsMcCall f 16 2-4 1-2 0-0 2-1 3 0 1 1 0 0 5Randle f 22 3-8 0-0 1-2 3-3 6 3 1 0 2 1 7Holden c 22 0-4 0-2 0-2 1-1 2 2 4 0 2 1 0Nicholas g 26 9-14 5-7 5-5 0-1 1 0 4 1 1 1 28Blake g 25 5-8 3-5 0-0 0-3 3 1 5 5 0 5 13Smith 18 2-8 0-0 0-0 2-7 9 1 0 2 1 1 4Collins 8 3-3 1-1 2-2 0-0 0 1 3 1 0 3 9Garrison 16 1-3 0-0 0-0 0-3 3 3 1 0 1 1 2Gilchrist 13 2-2 1-1 5-8 0-1 1 0 3 0 0 1 10McCray 12 2-3 1-1 0-2 0-0 0 0 1 0 1 2 5Henry 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0Grinnon 4 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-2 2 0 1 0 0 0 2Caner-Medley 17 4-7 0-0 4-7 1-3 4 1 1 0 2 0 12Team 3-1 4Totals 200 33-64 12-1919-30 12-26 38 12 25 10 11 16 97

The Citadel (1-2) 17 32 - 49Maryland (2-0) 43 54 - 97FG% - The Citadel .327, Maryland .516. 3FG% - The Citadel .273, Maryland .632.FT% - The Citadel .750, Maryland .633. Technical Fouls - none. Officials - Brian Kersey,Olandis Poole, Sean Hull. A - 17,503.

MARYLAND 64, MIAMI (O.) 49Comcast Center — Nov. 24, 2002Miami (O.) Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S PtsReed f 13 1-3 1-2 2-2 1-0 1 3 3 2 0 0 5Horace f 32 6-16 1-6 4-6 3-9 12 2 1 1 0 3 17Jameson g 22 0-2 0-0 0-0 1-1 2 4 1 3 0 1 0Mason g 25 2-7 1-2 0-0 2-3 5 3 0 5 0 0 5Johnson g 28 1-7 0-4 2-3 0-4 4 3 2 4 0 0 4Drake 4 0-3 0-2 0-0 1-1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0Hausfeld 22 4-8 3-4 0-0 1-1 2 3 0 2 0 1 11Williams 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0Baumgartner 8 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0Morningstar 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Seals 14 1-4 0-2 3-3 1-3 4 1 0 3 1 1 5Schenke 25 1-4 0-2 0-0 1-2 3 5 1 0 0 1 2Team 3-0 3 1Totals 200 16-55 6-25 11-14 14-24 38 25 8 22 1 8 49

Maryland Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S PtsMcCall f 17 1-4 0-0 0-0 3-2 5 1 1 0 0 2 2Randle f 22 6-9 0-0 3-4 2-3 5 4 0 1 1 1 15Holden c 21 1-5 0-0 4-6 2-0 2 2 2 2 2 0 6Nicholas g 27 5-10 0-2 6-7 0-3 3 0 1 3 0 4 16Blake g 33 2-8 2-7 3-4 0-2 2 2 8 4 0 1 9Smith 13 1-2 0-0 1-1 0-2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3Collins 8 0-1 0-0 1-2 0-2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1Garrison 22 3-5 0-0 2-3 2-4 6 2 1 1 1 0 8Gilchrist 11 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2McCray 7 0-2 0-1 1-2 1-3 4 1 0 2 0 0 1Grinnon 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0Caner-Medley 15 0-4 0-0 1-2 0-2 2 2 1 1 2 3 1Team 2-2 4Totals 200 20-51 2-10 22-31 13-26 39 15 15 16 6 12 64

Miami (O. (0-2) 21 28 - 49Maryland (1-0) 32 32 - 64FG% - Miami .267, Maryland .392. 3FG% - Miami .240, Maryland .200. FT% - Miami.320, Maryland .710. Technical Fouls - Miami (Mason, Horace). Officials - ReginaldCofer, Raymond Natili, Douglas Sirmon. A - 17,950.

The opening tip from the first game at Comcast Center.

Governor Parris Glendening awards coach Gary Williams the game ball to open the inaugural game at Comcast.





Game 3[11/11] Maryland 89, Duquesne 39

COLLEGE PARK — Playing with four new starters and a benchfilled with freshmen, Maryland opened the season striving to im-prove with every game.

After beating Miami of Ohio by 15 points and The Citadel by 48,the defending national champions improved to 3-0 by cruising to an89-39 rout of Duquesne.

Drew Nicholas scored 19 points and Ryan Randle added a ca-reer-high 16 as Maryland extended its non-conference home winningstreak to 87 games by blowing out Duquesne.

No Duquesne player scored more than seven points. The Dukes(1-3) finished with 35 turnovers, including nine by reserve guardBryant McAllister.

The Terrapins, who allowed 49 points in each of their first twogames, last held three straight opponents under 50 points in Febru-ary 1954.

Nicholas scored all his points before halftime, helping Marylandbuild a 50-19 lead. Several of his baskets came off passes fromSteve Blake, who had 10 of his 13 assists in the first half.

The Terrapins’ non-conference winning streak at home, whichbegan in 1989 and includes two victories over Duquesne, is thelongest such run in the nation.

Maryland made seven of its first nine shots, getting seven pointsfrom Nicholas and six from Randle in racing to a 19-3 lead. TheDukes went 1-for-4 from the field, missed two of three free throwsand committed six turnovers during that span.

By the midpoint of the first half, seven players had scored forthe Terrapins, who got six points from freshman Chris McCray in a10-0 run that made it 30-9.

A dunk by Randle sparked a spurt of eight straight points thatput Maryland up 40-14.

MARYLAND 89, DUQUESNE 39Comcast Center — Nov. 30, 2002Duquesne Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S PtsPalmer f 25 1-7 0-1 0-0 1-2 3 2 1 2 4 2 2Njoya f 22 3-7 1-2 0-2 1-3 4 4 0 5 0 0 7Dokes c 18 2-5 0-0 0-0 1-5 6 4 1 2 1 0 4Forney g 22 2-6 2-3 1-2 0-0 0 0 1 3 0 0 7Tricco g 20 1-5 0-3 1-2 0-3 3 0 2 5 0 0 3Ahern 4 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2Samabaly 7 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0Midgley 20 0-4 0-1 1-2 2-4 6 0 1 4 0 2 1McAllister 27 2-5 0-2 0-2 1-1 2 2 1 9 1 0 4Bluemling 16 2-6 1-5 2-3 0-3 3 0 0 1 0 1 7Clark 19 1-3 0-0 0-0 2-1 3 2 0 3 0 0 2Team 4-5 9 1Totals 200 15-51 4-18 5-13 13-2841 14 8 35 6 5 39

Maryland Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S PtsMcCall f 14 2-3 0-1 0-0 2-2 4 2 0 1 0 1 4Randle f 21 8-18 0-0 0-2 1-2 3 3 0 2 2 1 16Holden c 24 2-5 0-1 0-0 1-1 2 3 2 1 3 6 4Nicholas g 23 7-10 3-6 2-2 1-3 4 0 2 1 1 2 19Blake g 25 0-4 0-3 0-0 0-2 2 0 13 4 0 2 0Smith 18 2-8 0-0 3-4 0-2 2 1 0 1 0 1 7Collins 8 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0Garrison 16 4-11 1-2 2-2 3-4 7 3 0 0 0 3 11Gilchrist 15 4-6 1-1 0-0 1-2 3 0 0 0 0 4 9McCray 11 3-5 2-3 1-1 2-0 2 2 2 1 1 1 9Henry 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0Grinnon 6 0-1 0-0 2-2 0-2 2 0 0 1 0 0 2Caner-Medley 17 2-3 0-1 4-7 2-6 8 0 1 1 0 0 8Team 4-2 6Totals 200 34-75 7-1814-20 17-2845 15 21 13 7 24 89

Duquesne (1-3) 19 20 - 39Maryland (3-0) 50 39 - 89FG% - Duquesne .294, Maryland .453. 3FG% - Duquesne .222, Maryland.389. FT% - Duquesne .385, Maryland .700. Technical Fouls - none. Officials- Duke Edsall, Larry Rose, Alan Spainhour. A - 17,629.

Game 4 • ACC/Big Ten Challenge[10/11] Indiana 80, [9/8] Maryland 74 (OT)

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana needed a third chance to finally beatMaryland.

Eight months after losing to the Terrapins in the national champi-onship game and minutes after having a potential game-winningmidcourt heave by Steve Blake waved off, the 10th-ranked Hoosiersbeat No. 9 Maryland 80-74 in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge.

For much of the game, it looked like a replay of April’s champion-ship. Indiana relied on its outside shooting and struggled. Maryland(3-1) again went with its inside power.

But this time Hoosiers guard Tom Coverdale was healthy.Coverdale, who scored just eight points after being hobbled by a

badly sprained left ankle in April, matched his career-high with 30points in leading the Hoosiers back from a 14-point first-half deficit.

Blake had 22 points for Maryland and Ryan Randle had 20. Blake’smost important shot, however, didn’t count.

With 7.1 seconds to go, Indiana freshman Sean Kline made oneof two free throws to tie the score at 68. Indiana got the reboundand took two shots, but when Coverdale’s errant 3-pointer bouncedto midcourt, Blake picked it up, heaved it and made the basket asthe buzzer sounded.

The three officials immediately went to the scorer’s table, vieweda replay, huddled near midcourt with both coaches and then wavedthe basket off.

Indiana took advantage of its last chance to avenge April’s loss.After trailing 72-69 with 3:36 to go, Jeff Newton’s putback with

2:31 to go gave Indiana a 73-72 lead. Kline followed with a layup andMarshall Strickland hit a 3-pointer to make it 78-74. Kline hit twofree throws with 7.4 seconds left to seal the win.

INDIANA 80, MARYLAND 74 (OT)Conseco Fieldhouse — Dec. 3, 2002Maryland Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S PtsMcCall f 26 1-4 0-1 0-0 1-6 7 2 3 6 3 1 2Randle f 39 9-20 1-3 1-2 3-13 16 4 1 2 5 1 20Holden c 16 3-6 0-0 0-0 2-5 7 5 0 2 0 0 6Nicholas g 42 3-11 0-3 6-7 1-3 4 4 4 0 0 0 12Blake g 38 8-18 3-10 3-4 0-7 7 2 3 4 0 0 22Smith 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0Collins 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Garrison 26 4-8 0-0 0-0 2-2 4 5 1 0 2 0 8Gilchrist 16 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 1 3 0 0 0 0Caner-Medley 14 2-2 0-0 0-1 0-2 2 1 0 0 2 0 4Team 5-3 8Totals 225 30-71 4-17 10-14 14-42 56 26 15 16 12 2 74

Indiana Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S PtsNewton f 40 4-16 0-2 5-7 4-10 14 3 1 1 1 1 13Leach c 21 1-4 0-0 0-0 1-2 3 1 0 1 6 3 2Coverdale g 43 8-16 5-10 9-10 1-5 6 2 5 1 0 4 30Wright g 44 7-25 2-11 3-3 4-3 7 1 6 0 2 1 19Hornsby g 20 0-6 0-5 2-3 1-1 2 2 1 0 0 1 2Moye 7 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Strickland 29 1-4 0-1 2-2 0-3 3 3 6 1 0 1 4Kline 21 2-5 0-0 6-14 2-3 5 1 0 0 1 0 10Team 6-2 8Totals 225 23-77 7-29 27-39 20-29 49 13 19 4 10 11 80

Maryland (3-1) 31 37 6 - 74Indiana (5-0) 27 41 12 - 80FG% - Maryland .423, Indiana .299. 3FG% - Maryland .235, Indiana .241. FT% -Maryland .714, Indiana .692. Technical Fouls - none. Officials - Ed Hightower, RickHartzell, Ed Corbett. A - 15,715.

Game 5 • BB&T Classic First RoundNotre Dame 79, [9/8] Maryland 67

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Freshman Torin Francis scored 20points on 8-for-8 shooting as Notre Dame recorded its secondstraight upset of a ranked team. The Irish, coming off a 92-71rout of No. 13 Marquette on Monday, never trailed after takingcommand late in the first half and defeating Maryland 79-67 in thefirst round of the BB&T Classic.

Matt Carroll had 19 points and former Terrapin Dan Milleradded 17 for the Irish, who led by as many as 18 against thedefending champs.

Coming off an overtime loss to Indiana, the Terrapins cut a 10-point halftime deficit to 35-30 in the opening minutes of the secondhalf. But the Irish responded with an 11-4 run to make it 46-34.

After Steve Blake hit a 3-pointer — Maryland’s first from beyondthe arc after 11 misses — Thomas scored in the lane and Carrolladded a short jumper and a 3-pointer for a 53-37 cushion with11:50 to go.

The Terrapins never got closer than eight, and ultimately fellbehind 67-49 with 5:34 remaining.

“After losing four seniors last year, we’re still trying to see howwe’re going to play this year,” Williams said. “There is no magic,you have to work hard every year.”

Blake scored 15 points for the Terrapins, who lost successivegames for the first time since falling to Georgia Tech, North Carolinaand Florida State nearly two years ago.

Francis scored 11 of his 14 first-half points in the final sixminutes, leading a 16-5 run that put the Irish up 35-25 at halftime.Maryland missed 27 of 38 field-goal attempts and went 0-for-9from 3-point range. Freshman Nik Caner-Medley, getting his firststart for the Terrapins, was the only Maryland player to shootbetter than 50 percent.

Miller, despite being booed throughout the half by the pro-

Maryland crowd, scored 11 points and was 3-for-5 from beyondthe arc.

NOTRE DAME 79, MARYLAND 67MCI Center — Dec. 7, 2002Notre Dame Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S PtsMiller f 38 5-11 4-7 3-4 0-7 7 2 1 3 0 1 17Francis f 29 8-8 0-0 4-7 3-5 8 3 0 1 3 1 20Timmermans c 23 1-4 0-0 2-2 2-2 4 4 1 0 0 2 4Thomas g 33 3-14 0-4 4-4 0-3 3 3 9 3 0 2 10Carroll g 26 8-15 3-7 0-0 0-2 2 3 2 3 0 0 19Quinn 28 1-6 0-5 3-4 0-4 4 2 4 0 0 1 5Cornette 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0Jones 21 2-5 0-0 0-0 2-4 6 2 3 0 0 1 4Team 0-3 3Totals 200 28-63 7-23 16-21 7-30 37 19 20 10 4 8 79

Maryland Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S PtsCaner-Medley f 22 4-6 0-0 0-0 1-6 7 3 1 0 0 4 8Randle f 30 3-13 0-0 0-0 4-6 10 2 1 2 1 0 6Holden c 26 6-12 0-1 1-3 2-6 8 1 1 0 2 2 13Nicholas g 30 2-8 0-5 7-8 2-3 5 4 1 3 0 0 11Blake g 33 5-17 4-8 1-2 1-1 2 1 4 4 1 2 15Smith 5 2-2 0-0 0-0 2-1 3 0 0 0 1 0 4Collins 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0Garrison 20 1-7 0-1 2-2 1-2 3 2 1 1 0 0 4McCall 12 1-2 0-1 0-0 1-2 3 1 1 2 0 0 2Gilchrist 14 2-3 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 1 1 0 4McCray 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0Team 2-4 6Totals 200 26-70 4-17 11-15 16-31 47 18 10 14 6 8 67

Notre Dame (7-1) 35 44 - 79Maryland (3-2) 25 42 - 67FG% - Notre Dame .444, Maryland .371. 3FG% - Notre Dame .304, Maryland .235.FT% - Notre Dame .762, Maryland .733. Technical Fouls - none. Officials - ScottThornley, Brad Ferrie, Tom O’Neill. A - 15,778.

Game 6 — BB&T Classic Consolation[9/8] Maryland 93,George Washington 82

WASHINGTON, D.C. — When Gary Williams demanded an emo-tional performance to end a rare losing streak, Steve Blake andDrew Nicholas delivered.

Blake had career-highs of 27 points and five 3-pointers, andNicholas added 27 points to lead No. 9 Maryland to a 93-82 victoryover George Washington on Sunday in the third-place game of theBB&T Classic.

Blake didn’t score until he converted his first 3-pointer with9:29 left in the first half and the Colonials ahead 31-24. Thatstarted a streak of 10 straight points by the senior guard.

“We were struggling a little bit and I wanted to get things going,”Blake said. “I told myself there was no way we were going to losethis game. I wanted to make things happen.”

The Terrapins (4-2), who were only 4-for-17 on 3-point attemptsin an upset loss to Notre Dame on Saturday, were 12-of-17 frombeyond the arc against the Colonials (3-3).

Nicholas tied a career-best with five 3s as the defending nationalchampions averted their first three-game losing streak sinceFebruary 2001.

Chris Monroe led George Washington with 19 points.The Colonials used runs of 14-5 and 10-2 to take a 29-17 lead

with 11:12 left in the half. But after Monroe’s two free throwsgave GW a 31-19 lead with 10:23 to go, Blake rallied the Terrapins.

Scoreless until that point, Blake had the final 10 points of a12-0 Maryland run that tied the game at 31. After Thompson’sfour-point play put the Colonials up 35-31, the Terrapins closedthe half by outscoring GW 17-8 as Nicholas, who had 20 first-halfpoints, knocked down three 3-pointers.

Blake’s driving layup with 3:37 left in the half gave Marylandthe lead for good at 38-37.

MARYLAND 93, GEORGE WASHINGTON 82MCI Center — Dec. 8, 2002Maryland Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S PtsCaner-Medley f 18 2-4 1-1 0-0 2-0 2 3 1 2 0 2 5Randle f 20 3-8 0-0 0-1 1-2 3 5 1 1 2 1 6Holden c 31 3-7 1-2 5-7 1-4 5 3 4 1 1 1 12Nicholas g 32 9-18 5-7 4-5 2-0 2 2 3 2 0 2 27Blake g 36 10-12 5-7 2-3 0-3 3 1 7 3 0 2 27Smith 8 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-1 2 1 0 2 0 0 0Garrison 21 4-6 0-0 2-2 1-5 6 2 2 2 1 2 10McCall 19 1-2 0-0 2-2 1-4 5 4 2 0 1 0 4Gilchrist 14 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 4 1 0 0 2McCray 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0Team 2-1 3Totals 200 33-60 12-1715-20 11-20 31 24 24 14 6 10 93

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G. Washington Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S PtsWilliams f 29 6-9 0-0 5-7 3-5 8 4 0 5 0 3 17Hall f 33 3-9 0-1 4-4 6-7 13 4 2 0 0 0 10MensahBonsu c 15 3-6 0-0 2-2 3-2 5 5 0 2 0 0 8Monroe g 32 4-16 3-9 8-10 2-2 4 3 0 4 0 1 19Thompson g 39 4-7 3-4 4-6 1-1 2 4 10 4 0 3 15Kireev 23 5-8 1-1 0-0 2-2 4 1 0 3 1 0 11Cowan 6 1-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2Collucci 12 0-3 0-2 0-0 1-0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0Forchion 11 0-2 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0Team 2-2 4Totals 200 26-63 7-17 23-29 21-21 42 21 12 19 3 8 82

Maryland (4-2) 48 45 - 93Geo. Washington (3-3) 43 39 - 82FG% - Maryland .550, GW .413. 3FG% - Maryland .706, GW .412. FT% - Maryland.750, GW .793. Technical Fouls - none. Officials - Steve Olsen, Tom O’Neill, ScottThornley. A - 13,209.

Game 7[14/17] Florida 69, [18/16] Maryland 64

COLLEGE PARK — It was one of those odd streaks that no onereally noticed until it was about a decade old. Now that’s it over,Maryland doesn’t mind showing some pride over its run of 87 con-secutive home non-conference victories.

Anthony Roberson scored 20 points as No. 14 Florida beat No.18 Maryland 69-64, handing the Terrapins their first home defeatagainst a team from outside the Atlantic Coast Conference in morethan 13 years.

“It was well-earned,” Maryland coach Gary Williams said of thestreak. “I don’t think anybody gave us a game during that time. Webeat some ranked teams. We probably played the same Decemberschedule that everybody else played at this level.

“You don’t talk about those things; they just kind of happen ontheir own, but I’m very proud of that streak. Nobody else in thecountry did it, so to me it wasn’t a quirky little streak.”

Maryland’s last non-conference home defeat was 70-63 to CoppinState on Dec. 12, 1989. The streak, the longest in the nation,began 18 days later with a 110-91 victory over Alcorn State.

The run included 84 straight wins at Cole Field House and threeat the Terrapins’ new Comcast Center. The loss also ended Maryland’s21-game overall home winning streak.

Roberson went 8-of-14 from the field, including 4-of-7 on 3-point attempts. He was not a starter, but he played a team-high 33minutes. Matt Bonner added 16 points for Florida (7-2).

Roberson’s 3-pointer started a 9-0 run that put the Gators ahead48-40 with 13:18 left. They kept the lead the rest of the way, withRoberson hitting another 3-pointer to silence the crowd after atimeout, just as the Terrapins had cut the lead to two with threeminutes left.

Ryan Randle had 18 points and 10 rebounds to lead Maryland (4-3). The defending national champions lost for the third time in fourgames, all against teams that are now ranked in the Top 15.

FLORIDA 69, MARYLAND 64Comcast Center — Dec. 14, 2002Florida Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S PtsBonner f 29 6-13 1-3 3-4 6-6 12 3 0 2 1 2 16Walsh f 29 1-9 1-6 5-8 0-2 2 2 2 1 1 2 8Lee c 31 5-10 0-0 3-3 4-4 8 2 2 2 2 1 13Nelson g 24 2-7 0-4 0-0 0-2 2 2 1 2 0 2 4Hamilton g 30 2-6 0-1 0-0 1-5 6 4 7 2 0 2 4Roberson 33 8-14 4-7 0-0 2-2 4 0 2 1 0 1 20Moss 10 1-4 0-1 0-0 3-2 5 0 0 1 1 0 2Al-Kaleem 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Colas 10 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 2 0 0 0 0 2Team 0-1 1Totals 200 26-65 6-22 11-15 16-25 41 15 14 11 5 10 69

Maryland Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S PtsCaner-Medley f 14 1-2 0-0 1-2 1-4 5 2 0 0 0 0 3Randle f 33 9-17 0-0 0-2 4-6 10 2 1 1 3 3 18Holden c 33 3-4 1-1 0-1 1-2 3 2 1 3 1 0 7Nicholas g 36 5-15 2-8 1-2 1-3 4 1 2 5 1 0 13Blake g 35 2-7 1-4 0-0 1-3 4 3 6 2 0 0 5Smith 4 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2Garrison 11 0-4 0-0 1-2 2-0 2 1 0 2 0 0 1McCall 12 2-3 0-1 1-2 0-1 1 1 2 0 1 0 5Gilchrist 22 5-8 0-0 0-0 1-3 4 4 4 0 0 1 10Team 1-3 4Totals 200 28-61 4-14 4-11 12-26 38 16 16 13 6 4 64

Florida (7-2) 33 36 - 69Maryland (4-3) 34 30 - 64FG% - Florida .400, Maryland .459. 3FG% - Florida .273, Maryland .286. FT% -Florida .733, Maryland .364. Technical Fouls - none. Officials - Mike Wood, Karl Hess,Reggie Cofer. A - 17,950.

Game 8 [23/22] Maryland 101, UMBC 60

COLLEGE PARK — Coming off a disheartening loss to Floridaand having endured the wrath of coach Gary Williams for eight straightdays, Maryland desperately needed a reason to feel good. The Ter-rapins got one, at the expense of Maryland-Baltimore County.

Ryan Randle scored 17 of his career-high 21 points in the secondhalf as No. 23 Maryland returned from a lengthy layoff to defeatUMBC 101-60.

Drew Nicholas had 15 points for Maryland (5-3), playing for thefirst time since having its 87-game home non-conference winningstreak snapped by Florida on Dec. 14. The defending NCAA championsnever trailed in improving to 13-0 against UMBC.

“They had a tough week. They had exams, they had me after aloss,” Williams said. “I wanted them to enjoy it tonight, and I thinkthey feel good about the way they played.”

Maryland led by 17 points at halftime, then pulled away in thesecond half. Six players scored in double figures, and Steve Blakehad nine assists to become only the 23rd player in NCAA history toamass 800 for his career. The senior guard has 806.

After making only two baskets in the first 20 minutes, Randlescored Maryland’s first 11 points after halftime to make it 56-28.The 6-foot-9 senior started the run with a three-point play, thenadded four straight baskets in the lane.

Randle made 10 of 15 shots from the field and had a team-highnine rebounds.

P.J. Hatcher led UMBC (3-4) with 15 points. The Retrievers,who lost their fourth straight, stayed within striking distance for theopening 15 minutes before succumbing to Maryland’s superior speed,size and skill.

The Terrapins played without starting center Tahj Holden, whowas excused from the game because of a death in the family. He wasreplaced by freshman Travis Garrison, who had eight points andeight rebounds in his first college start.

The addition of Garrison to a lineup with Nik Caner-Medley gavethe Terrapins two freshmen starters for the first time since March2000. Caner-Medley finished with 11 points and was instrumental ingetting Maryland off to a solid start.

The 6-8 forward made the game’s first two baskets and scoredon a soaring putback dunk to ignite a 10-1 run that put Maryland up21-11.

MARYLAND 101, UMBC 60Comcast Center — Dec. 23, 2002UMBC Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S PtsWashington f 30 2-12 1-3 0-0 1-0 1 1 3 5 1 0 5Williams f 26 2-7 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 3 1 1 0 0 4Young c 23 1-2 0-0 2-2 1-3 4 4 3 3 1 1 4Gogerty g 25 2-4 2-3 0-0 1-1 2 4 5 2 0 1 6Wilson g 37 5-13 2-4 2-5 2-3 5 3 2 3 0 0 14Dinkins 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0Hatcher 24 5-9 3-5 2-2 1-0 1 2 1 1 0 2 15Feeley 31 4-10 0-0 4-5 4-8 12 4 1 6 0 2 12Team 1-0 1Totals 200 21-57 8-15 10-14 11-17 28 22 16 23 2 6 60

Maryland Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S PtsGarrison f 22 2-3 0-0 4-7 5-3 8 4 1 1 2 2 8Caner-Medley f 19 4-6 1-2 2-2 6-2 8 2 1 1 0 2 11Randle c 32 10-15 0-0 1-4 3-6 9 0 0 1 1 3 21Nicholas g 26 4-11 1-3 6-6 0-0 0 1 7 1 1 2 15Blake g 26 4-10 3-5 0-0 0-3 3 1 9 2 0 0 11Smith 18 5-7 0-1 2-4 0-6 6 3 0 2 2 1 12Collins 5 1-2 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3McCall 18 3-3 2-2 3-4 0-2 2 1 0 1 2 1 11Gilchrist 14 0-4 0-1 2-2 1-2 3 0 3 1 0 2 2McCray 12 1-1 0-0 2-4 1-0 1 1 0 2 0 2 4Henry 3 1-2 0-0 1-2 1-0 1 3 0 0 0 0 3Grinnon 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Team 1-2 3Totals 200 35-64 8-15 23-35 18-27 45 14 22 12 8 15 101

UMBC (3-4) 28 32 - 60Maryland (5-3) 45 56 - 101FG% - UMBC .368, Maryland .547. 3FG% - UMBC .533, Maryland .533. FT% -UMBC .714, Maryland .657. Technical Fouls - Maryland (Williams). Officials - DukeEdsall, Ray Natili, Bernard Clinton. A - 17,602.

Game 9[23/22] Maryland 84, Georgia Tech 77

COLLEGE PARK — Drew Nicholas scored a career-high 29points and Ryan Randle led a second-half charge as No. 23 Mary-land opened defense of its Atlantic Coast Conference title by beat-ing Georgia Tech 84-77.

Randle scored 16 of his 20 points after halftime, helping theTerrapins (6-3, 1-0) to their ninth straight home victory over theYellow Jackets.

Maryland, which captured the ACC regular-season title last yearon the way to its first national championship, has won a school-record 13 straight conference games.

B.J. Elder had 19 points and Chris Bosh added 16 for theYellow Jackets (5-4, 0-1), who have lost 12 of 14 to Marylandsince January 1996.

Maryland was clinging to a 52-51 lead before Randle made afollow shot and a dunk in a 6-0 run. Minutes later, Randle hit a 10-foot jumper and Nicholas scored on a drive to make it 69-64 with5:29 left.

After a Georgia Tech free throw, Nicholas hit a 3-pointer andRandle scored from the baseline to give the Terrapins a nine-pointcushion with three minutes remaining.

Maryland outscored Georgia Tech 12-1 at the line in taking a36-30 halftime lead. The Terrapins trailed 28-25 before Nik Caner-Medley scored five points in a 9-0 run that put Maryland in front.

After the margin reached seven points early in the second half,the Yellow Jackets used a 12-4 run to take a 48-47 lead with14:54 left.

Nicholas then scored from beyond the arc to put Marylandahead for good.

Playing their first game in eight days, the Yellow Jackets lookedmore fresh than rusty in the opening minutes. Bosh scored off theglass and then on a drive to cap a 6-0 run that put Georgia Techup 11-4.

But Nicholas scored seven points and Tahj Holden had five in a16-6 surge that gave Maryland its first lead, 20-17, midway throughthe half.

Holden, who missed the Terrapins’ last game because of a deathin the family, did not start for the first time this season. The seniorforward finished with 11 points. Maryland was without senior guardCalvin McCall, who was in street clothes after spraining his leftankle in practice one day earlier.

MARYLAND 84, GEORGIA TECH 77Comcast Center — Dec. 29, 2002Georgia Tech Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S PtsElder f 24 7-15 1-5 4-4 3-0 3 5 2 1 0 3 19Bosh f 35 7-10 0-1 2-3 3-3 6 4 1 1 3 0 16Schenscher c 24 6-10 0-0 1-2 4-5 9 1 0 2 1 0 13Jack g 38 3-9 0-2 3-6 2-4 6 2 7 7 1 1 9Lewis g 23 5-8 2-4 0-0 0-8 8 5 0 3 0 1 12Muhammad 22 1-10 0-1 1-2 2-4 6 3 0 1 0 0 3Nystrom 9 1-5 1-5 0-0 1-0 1 1 0 2 0 0 3Nelson 20 1-6 0-0 0-0 3-4 7 3 1 3 0 0 2Brooks 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0McHenry 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0Team 2-0 2Totals 200 31-73 4-18 11-17 20-28 48 25 11 20 6 5 77

Maryland Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S PtsGarrison f 8 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-1 2 3 0 1 1 0 2Caner-Medley f 22 3-6 1-1 0-0 2-2 4 1 1 1 2 0 7Randle c 31 8-17 0-0 4-5 3-3 6 2 0 1 0 6 20Nicholas g 34 8-19 3-6 10-13 2-5 7 1 3 1 0 1 29Blake g 36 2-7 0-3 3-6 1-3 4 3 8 3 2 3 7Smith 21 3-6 0-0 0-1 2-6 8 2 1 2 0 1 6Gilchrist 20 0-2 0-0 2-4 1-2 3 1 2 2 0 0 2McCray 7 0-2 0-0 0-0 2-1 3 2 1 1 2 0 0Holden 21 2-4 2-3 5-6 1-3 4 4 0 2 3 3 11Team 1-0 1Totals 200 27-65 6-13 24-35 16-26 42 19 16 14 10 14 84

Georgia Tech (5-4, 0-1) 30 47 - 77Maryland (6-3, 1-0) 36 48 - 84FG% - Georgia Tech .425, Maryland .415. 3FG% - Georgia Tech .222, Maryland.462. FT% - Georgia Tech .647, Maryland .686. Technical Fouls - none. Officials -Karl Hess, Duke Edsall, Leslie Jones. A - 17,950.

Game 10[22/20] Maryland 79, Wagner 57

COLLEGE PARK — Ryan Randle didn’t miss a shot, and SteveBlake was virtually flawless in running Maryland’s offense.

Randle tied a school record by making all 10 of his field goalattempts, and Blake had 12 assists to move into 20th place on theNCAA career list as the No. 22-ranked Terps beat Wagner 79-57.

Maryland (7-3) was never threatened after the Seahawks missed12 of their first 14 shots to fall behind 20-4. But the Terrapinsknow they’ll need to play better when they resume play in the AtlanticCoast Conference.

“We got off great, and it looked like it would be pretty easy,”Maryland coach Gary Williams said. “But we reacted to that thewrong way. We really didn’t execute as well as we could.”

Williams became so irate that at one point in the second half heyanked all five starters.

“(Wagner) scored quite a few points on fastbreak opportunities,”Williams said. “It means the other team is outworking you, and we





don’t get outworked very often.”Randle’s 21 points matched his career high, and his perfect

shooting performance tied the Maryland record set on Dec. 23,1998, by Lonny Baxter against North Texas.

“I just wanted to take the ball up to the rack real hard. I had greatposition,” said Randle, who made both his shots in the first halfbefore scoring 17 points after the break.

Drew Nicholas scored 11 of his 13 points in the first half for thedefending national champions, who won their third straight game.But Nicholas was 5-for-12 from the field and Blake was 1-for-4.

Blake, a senior guard, moved past former Michigan State starMateen Cleaves on the NCAA career list with 826 assists. Blake didnot commit a turnover.

Jermaine Hall scored 26 points for the Seahawks (4-6), whowent 4-for-22 from 3-point range, shot 32 percent overall andcommitted 19 turnovers.

Soon after Williams pulled his starting lineup, freshman ChrisMcCray delighted the crowd by scoring five straight points to putMaryland up 61-38 with 10:32 remaining.

The Terrapins limited Wagner to 24 percent shooting and forced11 turnovers in taking a 40-21 halftime lead.

MARYLAND 79, WAGNER 57Comcast Center — Jan. 4, 2003Wagner Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S PtsHall f 34 12-22 0-1 2-3 5-6 11 2 0 5 0 0 26Wyatte c 19 1-6 0-0 1-2 2-2 4 2 0 1 1 2 3Dye g 29 3-10 3-8 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 1 9Pritchard g 33 3-12 1-4 0-0 2-2 4 2 2 2 0 3 7Carroll g 23 2-9 0-3 1-2 0-0 0 0 2 1 0 0 5McLemore 19 0-3 0-2 1-2 1-0 1 1 6 3 0 1 1Vitale 2 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0McCrae 16 1-5 0-3 0-0 1-2 3 2 3 2 0 0 2Martin 4 0-0 0-0 2-4 1-1 2 1 0 1 1 0 2Munson 21 1-3 0-0 0-0 5-6 11 1 0 4 1 1 2Team 3-1 4Totals 200 23-71 4-22 7-13 20-20 40 13 15 19 3 9 57

Maryland Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S PtsGarrison f 14 2-4 1-1 2-2 2-7 9 4 0 0 4 0 7Caner-Medley f 18 3-7 1-1 2-2 5-1 6 0 0 1 1 0 9Randle c 29 10-10 0-0 1-4 1-6 7 2 0 2 1 4 21Nicholas g 29 5-12 0-4 3-3 1-3 4 1 4 4 0 1 13Blake g 31 1-4 0-1 0-0 1-3 4 0 12 0 0 1 2Smith 18 3-10 0-0 0-0 4-5 9 2 0 0 0 0 6Collins 9 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0Gilchrist 9 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 1 1 2 0 1 0McCray 21 3-8 1-3 1-2 1-1 2 0 2 4 1 7 8Henry 1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2Grinnon 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0Holden 18 4-10 1-3 2-2 1-4 5 0 1 1 0 1 11Team 1-2 3Totals 200 32-68 4-13 11-15 17-33 50 13 21 17 7 16 79

Wagner (4-6) 21 36 - 57Maryland (7-3) 40 39 - 79FG% - Wagner .324, Maryland .471. 3FG% - Wagner .182, Maryland .308. FT% -Wagner .538, Maryland .733. Technical Fouls - none. Officials - Mike Wood, Ray Natili,Alan Spainhour. A - 17,505.

Game 11[21/17] Maryland 108, Hampton 58

COLLEGE PARK — Ryan Randle had 16 points and 12 rebounds,and Drew Nicholas scored 17 points as No. 21 Maryland breezedpast Hampton 108-58.

Reserve Jamar Smith also scored 17 and Steve Blake had 13points and eight assists for the Terrapins (7-3), who never trailed inextending their winning streak to four games.

Randle made his first three shots, stretching his run without amiss to a school-record 16 straight (including 10-for-10 Saturdayagainst Wagner). Randle broke the previous mark of 15 successivefield goals, set by Greg Manning over two games in 1981.

Barry Hairston scored 18 points for Hampton (6-4).Maryland opened the second half with three straight baskets for

a 60-31 lead. After the Pirates used a 7-0 run to close to 62-40,Randle scored six points in a 20-3 spree that made it 82-43.

The Terrapins reached the 100-point mark for the second timethis season with 3:25 remaining.

Blake and Nicholas both scored 11 points and Randle added 10to stake the Terrapins to a 54-31 halftime lead.

Maryland made its first five shots, including two dunks and softjumper by Randle, in racing to a 12-0 lead. The Pirates were 0-for-5with three turnovers during the span.

Hairston broke the spell with a 14-footer, but the Pirates missedtheir next seven shots to fall behind 24-4. Maryland, meanwhile,went 11-for-14 from the field over the opening nine minutes.

MARYLAND 108, HAMPTON 58Comcast Center — Jan. 8, 2003Hampton Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S PtsGreen f 15 2-9 0-3 2-3 2-0 2 1 0 4 0 0 6Pitts f 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Hughes c 10 0-4 0-0 4-4 3-0 3 3 0 0 0 0 4Jefferson g 30 3-5 1-2 0-3 2-6 8 4 7 5 0 3 7Purvis g 31 2-10 2-8 0-0 0-4 4 1 0 2 0 1 6Granger 23 3-10 0-3 3-7 3-1 4 4 0 1 0 3 9James 11 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0McNeal 13 0-2 0-0 1-2 1-3 4 3 1 1 1 0 1Williams 4 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0Hairston 29 7-16 0-2 4-5 4-4 8 4 1 4 1 2 18Johnson 6 0-2 0-0 1-2 4-0 4 3 0 3 0 0 1Russell 10 1-2 0-0 0-1 0-1 1 1 0 1 0 0 2Morrison 2 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Brown 8 2-2 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4Team 2-0 2Totals 200 20-67 3-19 15-27 23-20 43 25 11 25 2 9 58

Maryland Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S PtsGarrison f 14 1-3 0-1 2-4 2-5 7 4 1 1 1 0 4Caner-Medley f 14 2-3 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 2 1 2 1 0 4Randle c 26 6-10 0-0 4-5 2-10 12 1 3 1 2 1 16Nicholas g 26 6-11 1-3 4-5 1-4 5 1 2 2 1 2 17Blake g 29 6-8 1-3 0-0 0-1 1 1 8 5 0 4 13Smith 18 7-9 0-0 3-5 2-4 6 2 0 0 0 2 17Collins 8 2-4 0-2 0-0 0-1 1 1 3 0 0 0 4McCall 9 1-3 0-1 4-4 0-1 1 2 1 0 0 2 6Gilchrist 13 3-3 0-0 0-0 1-4 5 1 1 1 0 1 6McCray 17 4-9 1-4 0-0 2-1 3 2 4 0 1 2 9Henry 4 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2Grinnon 6 2-3 1-2 1-3 1-0 1 0 0 1 1 0 6Holden 16 1-3 1-1 1-2 0-0 0 3 4 0 2 1 4Team 1-1 2Totals 200 42-71 5-18 19-28 13-33 46 20 29 13 9 15 108

Hampton (6-4) 31 27 - 58Maryland (8-3) 54 54 - 108FG% - Hampton .299, Maryland .592. 3FG% - Hampton .158, Maryland .278. FT%- Hampton .556, Maryland .679. Technical Fouls - Hampton (Granger), Maryland (Blake).Officials - Thomas Lopes, Sean Hull, Bill Humes. A - 17,468.

Game 12[21/17] Maryland 89, Florida State 62

COLLEGE PARK — Drew Nicholas scored 23 points, and No. 21Maryland built an 18-0 lead against Florida State before coasting toits fifth straight victory, 89-62.

Reserve Tahj Holden had 12 points for the Terrapins, whoextended their school-record run of ACC victories to 14.

Maryland is 14-1 against Florida State since January 1997.Tim Pickett scored 15 points and Anthony Richardson had 14

(13 in the second half) for the Seminoles, who offered little resistanceafter falling behind 46-26 at halftime.

Maryland gained control at the outset, making its first six shots.The defending NCAA champions hit four 3-pointers during the openingrun, including two straight by Steve Blake.

Playing against a team that had held foes to 35 percent shooting— best in the ACC — Maryland went 9-for-11 in going up 25-5.

The Terrapins’ defense was just as impressive, forcing turnoverson each of the Seminoles’ first three possessions. Florida State hadfive turnovers and missed eight shots before Michael Joiner endedthe drought with a putback.

But the Seminoles couldn’t build any momentum. An alley-oopdunk by Nik Caner-Medley and two baskets by Holden made it 31-7with 11 minutes elapsed.

Florida State cut the gap to 18 before Nicholas scored five pointsin a 9-0 burst that put Maryland ahead 44-17.

It was 55-36 early in the second half before backup guard CalvinMcCall scored seven points in a 13-0 run by Maryland that made it68-36. McCall’s 10 points made him one of four Terrapins to reachdouble figures.Maryland played without reserve forward Jamar Smith,who was absent because of a death in the family.

MARYLAND 89, FLORIDA STATE 62Comcast Center — Jan. 11, 2003Florida State Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S PtsWaleskowski f 19 1-7 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 3 0 1 1 0 2Richardson f 31 5-12 2-2 2-4 3-1 4 2 3 1 1 1 14Harvey c 17 2-5 0-0 4-7 1-1 2 2 1 3 0 2 8Johnson g 30 0-5 0-3 1-2 1-1 2 1 1 2 0 1 1Pickett g 35 5-13 3-10 2-2 1-5 6 4 2 1 0 2 15Joiner 24 5-13 1-1 2-4 3-6 9 3 1 1 0 1 13Haywood 2 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2Galloway 24 3-6 0-1 1-2 0-1 1 2 3 2 0 0 7Callier 8 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-4 4 2 0 1 0 0 0Wightman 2 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0Moran 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0Fells 3 0-0 0-0 0-2 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Mathews 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0Team 0-2 2Totals 200 22-65 6-18 12-23 11-22 33 23 12 12 3 8 62

Maryland Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S PtsGarrison f 15 2-2 1-1 2-2 0-0 0 5 3 2 1 1 7Caner-Medley f 22 3-6 0-1 0-0 1-4 5 2 3 3 1 1 6Randle c 14 3-9 0-0 0-0 3-4 7 3 0 0 0 0 6Nicholas g 27 7-14 2-4 7-7 2-7 9 0 4 2 0 0 23Blake g 31 3-6 2-4 2-2 0-3 3 2 4 3 0 0 10Collins 4 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0McCall 18 4-7 2-3 0-1 2-4 6 3 4 1 1 1 10Gilchrist 20 2-3 0-1 0-0 0-2 2 1 3 2 0 0 4McCray 17 1-2 0-1 4-4 1-1 2 2 0 1 1 0 6Henry 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0Grinnon 3 2-2 0-0 1-2 0-1 1 0 0 1 0 0 5Holden 26 4-6 0-1 4-6 0-4 4 4 1 1 3 1 12Team 0-2 2Totals 200 31-58 7-17 20-24 9-36 45 23 22 16 7 4 89

Florida State (9-4, 0-2) 26 36 - 62Maryland (9-3, 2-0) 46 43 - 89FG% - Florida State .338, Maryland .534. 3FG% - Florida State .333, Maryland.412. FT% - Florida State .522, Maryland .833. Technical Fouls - None. Officials -Gerald Boudreaux, Michael Stuart, J.B. Caldwell. A - 17,950.

Game 13[19/20] Wake Forest 81,[17/15] Maryland 72

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Maryland’s fastbreak comebackwasn’t quick enough. Wake Forest’s frontcourt dominated on bothends to withstand a furious late charge for an 81-72 victory atLawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

The loss snapped No.17 Maryland’s (9-4) five-game winning streak.The Terps’ team-record 14-game ACC winning steak and sevenstraight victories over the No.19 Demon Deacons (11-1) also ended.

Maryland used its aggressive man defense to offset a poor nightunderneath. Maryland scored nine straight points, largely fueled byits defense, to close within 66-64 with 4:56 remaining. Wake Forestcountered with two baskets underneath before Steve Blake followedwith two free throws with 3:43 remaining to close within 70-66.

Wake Forest then broke Maryland’s press on center Eric Williams’dunk for a six-point lead before Blake again drained two more freethrows. Forward Tahj Holden soon added a 3-pointer to close to 73-71 with 2:43 left. Wake Forest forward Vytas Danelius counteredwith two free throws with 1:40 remaining for a four-point marginand Maryland followed with a turnover.

The Terps were outmuscled underneath regularly as the DemonDeacons prevented Maryland from getting easy points underneathor spark its transition offense. The hosts simply sealed the lanes.

Maryland’s comeback attempts were often fueled by outsideshooting and tenacious man defense. However, the low-percentageshots were offset by Wake Forest dominating inside.

After three straight blowouts the Terps came out unsettled.Maryland was sluggish for the first 10 minutes and trailed 13-6after a 7-0 Wake Forest run. The Terps kept searching for a mismatchat small forward and liberally subsituted before Calvin McCall emergedmidway through the opening half.

McCall scored eight first-half points, including six straight andMaryland twice came within four. McCall had to leave momentarilywith 1:03 left after his left cheek was cut.

WAKE FOREST 81, MARYLAND 72Lawrence Joel Memorial Coliseum — Jan. 15, 2003Maryland Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S PtsGarrison f 8 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0Caner-Medley f 11 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 3 0 1 0 1 4Randle c 23 3-9 0-0 2-3 3-2 5 3 2 1 1 0 8Nicholas g 34 4-14 1-4 0-1 2-2 4 4 2 4 0 1 9Blake g 34 4-11 3-7 4-4 0-3 3 4 7 2 0 3 15Smith 16 2-6 0-0 2-2 2-1 3 2 2 1 0 0 6McCall 17 4-7 0-2 2-3 2-2 4 1 1 1 0 0 10Gilchrist 19 3-5 1-1 1-2 0-1 1 2 0 1 0 1 8McCray 11 3-5 2-2 0-1 2-4 6 2 1 2 0 1 8Holden 27 1-8 1-4 1-2 1-2 3 4 0 3 3 2 4Team 3-2 5Totals 200 26-68 8-21 12-18 15-21 36 26 15 17 6 9 72

Wake Forest Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S PtsHoward f 38 7-16 1-6 8-8 4-4 8 4 3 2 4 3 23Danelius f 25 4-10 2-3 9-13 2-3 5 3 2 2 0 1 19Williams c 28 5-9 0-0 6-6 3-3 6 5 0 3 1 2 16Downey g 37 1-11 0-7 4-4 0-5 5 1 2 6 0 0 6Levy g 37 3-7 0-2 6-9 5-6 11 2 3 3 0 0 12Ellis 16 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2 3 2 0 1 0 0 0Lepore 9 0-1 0-1 1-2 1-2 3 2 0 2 1 1 1Strickland 10 2-4 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 1 0 1 0 0 4Team 3-3 6Totals 200 22-58 3-19 34-42 19-30 49 20 10 21 6 7 81

Maryland (9-4, 2-1) 27 45 - 72Wake Forest (11-1, 1-1) 32 49 - 81FG% - Maryland .382, Wake Forest .379. 3FG% - Maryland .381, Wake Forest .158.FT% - Maryland .667, Wake Forest .810. Technical Fouls - Maryland (Williams, Blake).Officials - Doug Shows, Tony Greene, Bob Donato. A - 11,623.

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Game 14[17/15] Maryland 87, [1/1] Duke 72

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Cole Field House and Comcast Centerare across campus from each other. Maryland found a bridge be-tween its old and new buildings: beating No. 1 Duke.

The 17th-ranked Terrapins beat the last undefeated team in thecountry, downing the top-ranked Blue Devils 87-72.

It was the second straight year Maryland prevailed at home whenDuke was No. 1, and it came in the new arena that sounded a lot likethe old one when the final buzzer sounded and the students rushedthe floor.

“This crowd was as good as any crowd we’ve had since we’vebeen here at Maryland,” said Gary Williams, who has been coachingat his alma mater since 1989.

Cole, which opened in 1955 and had a capacity of 14,500, wasthe place where Maryland beat six No. 1 teams. The 17,950-seatComcast Center, which opened in November, got its first taste ofthe Terrapins beating a top-ranked team.

Drew Nicholas had 24 points for the Terrapins (10-4, 3-1 AtlanticCoast Conference) and Ryan Randle had 15 points and a career-high17 rebounds as Maryland finished with a 43-32 advantage on theboards.

“I took it personally. Today we came out and said don’t worryabout points, just get every rebound,” Randle said. “Beating a Top20 team is what we wanted and needed. Beating Duke is a bigconfidence builder.”

The defending national champions also stood out at the free throwline, finishing 29-for-31. Duke (12-1, 3-1) was 9-for-20, including 5-for-13 in the second half.

“Maryland played like a veteran team and we played like a youngteam,” Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “They just played betterthan we did. They deserved to win. They played harder and better.”

Maryland scored the first six points of the second half to tie thegame at 43 and then turned up the defense.

Dahntay Jones, who had a career-high 26 points for Duke, hit a3-pointer with 14:21 to play that tied it for the last time at 53.

The Terrapins went on a 10-0 run with all the points coming fromnewcomers John Gilchrist and Jamar Smith. The Blue Devils went5:55 without a field goal, missing six shots and committing threeturnovers in that span as Maryland went up 75-60.

Duke, which shot 33 percent (11-for-33) in the second half aftershooting 51 percent in the opening half, never got back in it.

Tahj Holden added 10 points for the Terrapins, who took care ofthe ball in the second half, committing three turnovers for a total of16.

Freshman J.J. Redick, Duke’s leading scorer, had 13 points, twoin the second half. The Blue Devils entered the game shooting 38.1percent from 3-point range but was 7-for-22, 2-for-13 in the secondhalf.

The win was Maryland’s biggest in the series since a 77-60 victoryat home on Feb. 6, 1982.

MARYLAND 87, DUKE 72Comcast Center — Jan. 18, 2003Duke Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S PtsWilliams f 13 1-2 0-0 1-2 1-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3Jones f 31 10-18 2-6 4-7 1-2 3 2 2 3 0 1 26Randolph f 21 2-8 0-1 1-2 2-1 3 1 0 0 1 2 5Redick g 24 5-10 3-7 0-0 0-0 0 5 1 1 0 1 13Duhon g 38 3-10 1-4 0-1 0-1 1 1 3 3 0 0 7Buckner 3 1-2 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2Horvath 15 1-3 0-0 0-0 3-1 4 4 1 1 2 0 2Ewing 21 3-7 1-2 2-4 0-4 4 4 1 4 0 1 9Melchionni 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0Dockery 13 2-4 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 4 1 0 0 2 4Sanders 13 0-0 0-0 1-4 2-4 6 2 0 2 0 0 1Thompson 5 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Team 4-2 6Totals 200 28-66 7-22 9-20 13-19 32 25 9 15 3 7 72

Maryland Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S PtsMcCall f 15 1-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 2 0 1 2Holden f 28 2-8 0-2 6-7 0-3 3 3 2 3 3 0 10Randle c 32 6-10 0-0 3-4 5-12 17 2 4 4 1 1 15Nicholas g 37 7-16 2-5 8-8 1-4 5 2 1 2 1 3 24Blake g 33 2-8 2-5 2-2 1-6 7 3 6 2 0 0 8Smith 16 3-4 0-0 2-2 2-4 6 2 0 2 0 0 8Gilchrist 10 2-2 0-0 2-2 0-1 1 1 3 0 0 1 6McCray 14 1-2 0-0 4-4 0-0 0 2 0 0 1 1 6Caner-Medley 15 2-3 2-3 2-2 1-0 1 1 1 1 0 2 8Team 2-1 3Totals 200 26-56 6-15 29-31 12-31 43 18 17 16 6 9 87

Duke (12-1, 3-1) 43 29 - 72Maryland (10-4, 3-1) 37 50 - 87FG% - Duke .424, Maryland .464. 3FG% - Duke .318, Maryland .400. FT% - Duke.450, Maryland .935. Technical Fouls - none. Officials - Ted Valentine, John Clougherty,Leslie Jones. A - 17,950.

Game 15[12/11] Maryland 81, North Carolina 66

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Maryland’s five senior starters had 456college games and a national championship among them coming intoWednesday night’s game. That experience showed against a youngNorth Carolina team.

Drew Nicholas scored 20 points and Steve Blake added 17 asthe 12th-ranked Terrapins beat the Tar Heels 81-66, their firstconference road win.

Ryan Randle added 16 points and 10 rebounds for the Terrapins(11-4, 4-1 Atlantic Coast Conference), who won for the third straighttime in the series. The defending NCAA champions beat the TarHeels twice last season by an average of 24 points.

The Terrapins handled the Tar Heels (11-6, 2-2) by dominatinginside, controlling the glass and playing aggressive man-to-mandefense. They outscored the Tar Heels 42-20 in the paint and had a45-35 rebound advantage.

They held the Tar Heels to 35 percent shooting and blocked nineshots to avoid any letdown after upsetting then-No. 1 Duke theprevious Saturday.

“We looked at this as our next big test,” Nicholas said. “Obviouslyour test last week was to beat the No. 1 team in the country. Nowwe came in here with the focus of getting a road win. We were ableto do that, and now we just have to keep pushing.”

Both teams came into the game with plenty of momentum, withthe Tar Heels upsetting then-No. 6 Connecticut 68-65 at the SmithCenter five days earlier.

But Maryland used two first-half runs to take a double-digit leadand answered several spurts by the Tar Heels in the second half withmomentum-killing baskets.

Rashad McCants scored 26 points to lead North Carolina, whichstarted three freshmen and two sophomores, while Jawad Williamsadded 18.

Maryland used 16-2 and 11-0 runs in the first half to take a 37-20 lead. The Tar Heels rallied, scoring the last seven points of thehalf to pull to 39-31. Raymond Felton continued the run in the secondhalf, hitting his first four shots after going 1-for-8 in the first half.

His 3-pointer from the right wing pulled North Carolina within41-39 with 17:04 left, ending a 19-4 run spanning halftime.

But the Terrapins took advantage of their size inside, going on a14-2 run. Maryland scored 12 points in the paint, the first fourcoming on drives from reserve John Gilchrist. Randle added a jumperin the lane and a tip-in.

The Terrapins also controlled the glass, taking a 10-2 edge duringthe spurt as the Tar Heels missed eight of nine shots.

Twice the Tar Heels closed within 10 points only to see Marylandanswer with 3s on its next possessions. They pulled to within 61-53on a dunk by Williams, but the Terrapins got an inside basket fromTahj Holden and a layup from Randle to kill the rally.

MARYLAND 81, NORTH CAROLINA 66Smith Center — Jan. 22, 2003Maryland Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S PtsMcCall f 27 3-7 1-4 0-0 2-4 6 1 0 2 0 0 7Holden f 33 4-9 0-2 3-7 2-3 5 2 3 0 4 1 11Randle c 29 8-13 0-0 0-3 3-7 10 0 0 1 3 1 16Nicholas g 36 8-14 4-8 0-2 1-3 4 2 2 3 1 2 20Blake g 27 3-4 2-3 9-10 0-4 4 0 5 5 0 2 17Smith 14 1-6 0-0 0-1 0-4 4 2 1 0 1 0 2Garrison 2 1-2 0-0 0-0 2-1 3 2 0 1 0 0 2Gilchrist 19 2-2 0-0 2-2 2-1 3 1 2 2 0 2 6McCray 11 0-2 0-1 0-0 1-2 3 1 2 1 0 0 0Caner-Medley 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0Team 0-3 3Totals 200 30-59 7-18 14-25 13-32 45 13 15 15 9 8 81

No. Carolina Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S PtsWilliams f 32 6-12 3-5 3-4 3-4 7 0 1 3 2 0 18McCants f 36 10-24 4-11 2-4 3-5 8 3 1 2 1 2 26Sanders c 32 0-2 0-0 2-2 0-0 0 4 2 1 0 0 2Felton g 35 5-13 2-5 2-2 3-4 7 5 6 3 0 3 14Manuel g 22 0-4 0-1 0-0 3-3 6 1 2 3 0 1 0Scott 19 1-6 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 3 1 0 0 0 3Holmes 4 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3Grant 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 2 0 1 1 0 0Noel 9 0-3 0-2 0-0 0-1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0Johnson 4 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Team 0-3 3Totals 200 23-66 11-29 9-12 12-23 35 20 13 14 5 6 66

Maryland (11-4, 4-1) 39 42 - 81North Carolina (11-6, 2-2) 31 35 - 66FG% - Maryland .508, North Carolina .348. 3FG% - Maryland .389, North Carolina.379. FT% - Maryland .560, North Carolina .750. Technical Fouls - none. Officials -Karl Hess, Ray Natili, Joe Lindsay. A - 21,750.

Game 16[12/11] Maryland 52, Clemson 47

CLEMSON, S.C. — Maryland’s Drew Nicholas wasn’t too con-cerned with how bad the 12th-ranked Terps looked, only that theyleft Littlejohn Coliseum with a victory.

“I’m sure it was a tough game to watch. This wasn’t a very prettybasketball game,” said Nicholas, who scored 14 points on 4-of-13shooting in Maryland’s 52-47 victory over Clemson.

“It was good enough to win,” Nicholas said. “At the end of theday, there’s going to be another win in the ACC column for us.”

The Terps (12-4, 5-1) came in leading the Atlantic CoastConference in 3-point shooting and were second overall in field-goalpercentage. However, they struggled throughout in this one and shotjust 19-of-56 (.339) — their worst performance of the season. Still,they won for the sixth time in seven games and held on to first placein the conference.

However, only one of them was the defending national championwho could call on five senior starters to shrug off problems and getthe job done.

It almost took the Terps too long.Their sloppy performance kept Clemson (11-4, 1-4) around until

the final minute. Edward Scott, who led the Tigers with 16 points,made four foul shots to get Clemson within three at 50-47 with1:08 remaining. However, Scott missed a wide-open 3-pointer thatwould have tied it and Steve Blake hit two foul shots to seal the win.

The Terrapins missed their first eight attempts and first six from3-point range. Nicholas was 0-for-4 as Maryland fell behind 21-9with 5:18 left in the first half.

Then the Terps turned up their defense and Nicholas finally foundhis stroke to close the half with a 15-2 run. Nicholas had two 3-pointers and an inside basket — all following Clemson turnovers —during the rally as the Terps went up 24-23.

Calvin McCall and Blake had back-to-back 3s to extend the leadto 33-27. When Nicholas made two foul shots and a short jumper,Maryland led 46-37 with 5:30 remaining.

The Tigers made only four field goals in the second half, goingover eight minutes between field goals during one stretch. Scottwas just 1-of-6 from beyond the arc. Olu Babalola, who was 5-of-8,was Clemson’s only player who shot better than 50 percent. He had12 points and seven rebounds.

MARYLAND 52, CLEMSON 47Littlejohn Coliseum — Jan. 27, 2003Maryland Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S PtsMcCall f 24 3-7 1-3 1-2 1-0 1 4 2 3 0 3 8Holden f 34 2-7 0-2 0-0 6-5 11 3 2 11 2 1 4Randle c 20 1-5 0-0 1-4 2-3 5 4 1 1 0 2 3Nicholas g 33 4-13 2-7 4-4 3-2 5 2 3 1 0 1 14Blake g 35 2-10 2-8 2-2 1-1 2 2 3 6 0 3 8Smith 10 2-3 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 2 0 3 0 2 4Garrison 16 3-5 0-0 1-1 1-1 2 2 1 1 0 1 7Gilchrist 11 1-3 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2McCray 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0Caner-Medley 12 1-3 0-0 0-0 3-3 6 2 0 3 0 1 2Team 1-2 3Totals 200 19-56 5-20 9-13 19-20 39 22 12 20 3 16 52

Clemson Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S PtsFord f 29 1-4 0-0 1-2 2-5 7 1 0 1 0 2 3Babalolo f 34 5-8 0-3 2-3 4-3 7 1 0 2 1 3 12Henderson c 20 0-4 0-0 0-1 1-5 6 2 0 2 2 0 0Scott g 39 5-15 1-6 5-6 0-2 2 3 3 5 0 3 16Christie g 31 2-7 2-2 3-4 1-0 1 2 0 3 0 1 9Betko 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0Nagys 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 3 0 2 1 0 0Robinson 14 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0Hobbs 23 1-5 0-0 5-6 1-1 2 2 1 2 0 1 7Team 2-1 3Totals 200 14-44 3-11 16-22 11-18 29 15 4 19 4 12 47

Maryland (12-4, 5-1) 24 28 - 52Clemson (11-4, 1-4) 23 24 - 47FG% - Maryland .339, Clemson .318. 3FG% - Maryland .250, Clemson .273. FT%- Maryland .692, Clemson .727. Technical Fouls - none. Officials - Reginald Cofer,Jamie Luckie, Tony Greene. A - 10,500.

Game 17[10/9] Maryland 75, NC State 60

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — As he walked into the locker room athalftime, Maryland senior Drew Nicholas had mixed emotions.

The Terrapins’ leading scorer was down on himself for beingblanked, yet he had reason to be optimistic because No. 10 Marylandtrailed North Carolina State by only 28-27.

“Down by a point with the way I’d been playing, I felt pretty good,”he said. “I knew I was going to get myself going.”

Nicholas hit two straight 3-pointers during a 14-0 second-halfrun, and Steve Blake scored 20 points as Maryland pulled away to a





75-60 victory.Nicholas scored all 13 of his points after halftime as the defending

NCAA champions solidified their hold on first place in the AtlanticCoast Conference with their 14th straight home win over theWolfpack.

“We’ve established ourselves as the top team in the ACC,” Blakesaid. “Now we need to work to stay there. We have to keep gettingbetter.”

Maryland (13-4, 6-1) was clinging to 43-41 lead before finallybusting loose. Tahj Holden started the 14-point run with two freethrows, and Nicholas followed with successive shots from long range.

Nik Caner-Medley then made a layup, and four free throws madeit 57-41 with 10 minutes left.

Marcus Melvin had 15 points and Julius Hodge 14 for N.C. State(11-5, 4-2), which missed a chance to extend its winning streak tofour and move into first place in the ACC.

After committing six turnovers during Maryland’s 14-point run,the Wolfpack battled back. A 10-0 run made it 60-54 with 5:20 togo, but two free throws by Blake and a basket by Caner-Medleyquelled the comeback.

Blake went 7-for-10 from the field, made all four of his 3-pointersand had seven assists. Nicholas went 4-for-7 after halftime, including3-for-5 from beyond the arc.

“Drew and Steve were terrific in the second half. They’re a greatbackcourt together,” Maryland coach Gary Williams said.

The Wolfpack scored the game’s first five points and led 15-10before reserve forward Jamar Smith scored in the lane and Blake hita jumper during a 6-0 run that gave Maryland its first lead.

MARYLAND 75, NC STATE 60Comcast Center — Jan. 30, 2003NC State Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S PtsHodge f 34 3-8 0-4 8-9 2-5 7 2 8 2 0 2 14Powell f 26 5-8 0-1 2-2 0-4 4 2 1 4 1 2 12Melvin c 37 5-11 4-7 1-2 0-5 5 2 2 4 0 0 15Sherrill g 32 3-7 2-5 0-2 0-1 1 3 0 2 0 0 8Crawford g 24 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-1 2 5 2 6 0 2 2Mejia 2 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0Bennerman 14 1-1 1-1 0-0 1-0 1 0 0 1 0 2 3Watkins 26 2-6 2-5 0-0 0-1 1 4 2 2 0 2 6Collins 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0Team 0-2 2Totals 200 20-44 9-24 11-15 4-19 23 22 15 21 1 10 60

Maryland Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S PtsMcCall f 19 2-3 0-0 2-2 0-3 3 3 1 1 0 2 6Holden f 30 2-4 1-1 8-11 1-3 4 3 1 1 1 2 13Randle c 23 3-7 0-0 0-1 3-1 4 3 1 4 0 0 6Nicholas g 32 4-11 3-6 2-2 0-2 2 1 2 4 1 0 13Blake g 37 7-10 4-4 2-3 0-2 2 1 7 2 0 2 20Smith 26 2-9 0-0 2-2 4-6 10 1 1 2 1 0 6Garrison 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Gilchrist 7 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-3 3 0 0 2 0 0 2McCray 4 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0Caner-Medley 21 4-5 0-0 1-3 2-1 3 5 3 1 1 5 9Team 2-0 2Totals 200 25-50 8-11 17-25 12-21 33 17 16 17 4 12 75

NC State (11-5, 4-2) 28 32 - 60Maryland (13-4, 6-1) 27 48 - 75FG% - NC State .455, Maryland .500. 3FG% - NC State .375, Maryland .727. FT%- NC State .733, Maryland .680. Technical Fouls - none. Officials - Mike Wood, BryanKersey, Ed Corbett. A - 17,950.

Game 18[10/9] Maryland 85, Loyola 58

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Maryland took a break from the rigorsof Atlantic Coast Conference play with a non-league game against astruggling opponent, and although the 10th-ranked Terrapins werenever tested during an 85-58 rout of Loyola (Md.), the endeavorwas certainly better than the alternative.

“This was a good game for us. Instead of practicing from Thursdayto Thursday, we were able to play this game today. That helps usinstead of going after each other every day,” Maryland coach GaryWilliams said.

Drew Nicholas scored eight of his 15 points during Maryland’sgame-opening 14-0 run, and the Terrapins led by as many as 30points in cruising to their fifth straight victory.

Ryan Randle scored 17 points and Steve Blake had 10 assistsfor the Terrapins (14-4), who stretched their home winning streakto eight with their eighth straight win over Loyola.

It was the final non-conference matchup of the regular seasonfor the defending NCAA champions, who went 8-3 outside the ACC.

Most importantly, the Terrapins got another win before endingthe regular season with a run of nine straight ACC games.

Bernard Allen led Loyola (4-15) with 16 points. The Greyhounds,who committed 27 turnovers, have lost four in a row and eight ofnine.

Coming off an impressive 75-60 win over NC State, Marylanddispelled any possibility of a letdown with a torrid start. Tahj Holdenscored off an offensive rebound and Nicholas followed with eightstraight points, including two 3-pointers to make it 10-0.

Holden then made a layup and Randle followed with a reverselayup before Delonnie Southall scored the Greyhounds’ initial pointson a layup with 15:12 left in the half.

It was 36-21 before a layup by Randle sparked a 12-2 spree thatput Maryland up by 25. Sophomore Andre Collins fueled the run withtwo straight 3-pointers, his only points of the game.

MARYLAND 85, LOYOLA 58Comcast Center — Feb. 2, 2003Loyola Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S PtsThomas f 25 3-12 0-1 3-4 5-6 11 3 1 2 0 0 9Southall c 24 2-5 0-1 0-0 3-1 4 4 1 1 1 0 4Jordan g 35 5-17 1-3 2-2 1-2 3 0 2 4 0 0 13Bell g 20 1-5 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 0 1 8 0 0 2Allen g 35 6-9 4-4 0-0 2-5 7 1 3 2 0 2 16Chapman 2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0Bossman 23 1-4 0-2 0-0 2-1 3 2 1 5 0 0 2Dickey 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0Hinds 15 1-3 0-0 1-2 1-1 2 2 0 4 0 0 3Chivers 16 2-5 0-1 2-2 3-1 4 1 1 0 1 0 6Alujevic 2 1-2 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3Team 4-2 6Totals 200 22-63 6-13 8-10 21-22 43 14 10 27 3 2 58

Maryland Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S PtsMcCall f 17 0-3 0-1 0-0 1-0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0Holden f 21 3-6 0-0 0-0 3-1 4 1 3 2 1 4 6Randle c 19 7-9 0-0 3-4 1-1 2 1 0 1 1 1 17Nicholas g 24 6-11 3-6 0-0 1-2 3 2 2 2 0 2 15Blake g 26 3-6 0-3 2-2 1-4 5 1 10 0 1 0 8Smith 17 5-8 0-0 0-2 1-4 5 1 1 3 2 0 10Collins 6 2-4 2-3 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6Garrison 19 4-7 0-1 0-1 1-2 3 4 0 0 2 0 8Gilchrist 12 0-2 0-1 1-2 1-1 2 1 3 0 0 1 1McCray 16 3-6 1-4 0-0 2-2 4 0 4 1 0 2 7Henry 2 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2Grinnon 2 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Caner-Medley 19 2-4 0-1 1-2 0-2 2 0 1 1 1 2 5Team 2-0 2Totals 200 36-68 6-21 7-13 14-20 34 11 26 10 8 13 85

Loyola (4-15) 26 32 - 58Maryland (14-4) 50 35 - 85FG% - Loyola .349, Maryland .529. 3FG% - Loyola .462, Maryland .286. FT% -Loyola .800, Maryland .538. Technical Fouls - none. Officials - Duke Edsall, LeslieJones, Keith Maxwell. A - 17,578.

Game 19Virginia 86, [8/8] Maryland 78

COLLEGE PARK, Md. —Reserve Devin Smith scored 17 pointsand keyed a 16-0 second-half run as Virginia erased a 12-point defi-cit and stunned No. 8 Maryland, 86-78.

Down 65-53 with 12:50 remaining, the Cavaliers appeared headedto their 10th straight defeat at Maryland. But Smith sparked theimprobable comeback, twice hitting successive 3-pointers to sparkVirginia to its first Atlantic Coast Conference road win of the season.

Travis Watson had 15 points and 10 rebounds for the Cavaliers(13-7, 4-4).

Ryan Randle scored 17 for the Terrapins (14-5, 6-2), whosefive-game winning streak ended in surprise fashion. The defendingNCAA champions had won 14 straight ACC home games and wereunbeaten at home against Virginia since 1993. Drew Nicholas andSteve Blake became the 38th and 39th players in Maryland historyto surpass 1,000 career points. Nicholas scored 20 for a 1,007total and Blake had 12 for 1,001 points.

The Cavaliers trailed by 12 before Smith hit two straight frombeyond the arc. Maryland then went up by 10 before Virginia beganits decisive run.

Watson scored inside and Smith hit two straight 3-pointers beforeJermaine Harper put the Cavaliers up for good with a 3. Elton Brownthen made a layup, and Harper capped the burst with a 3-pointer tomake it 75-69 with 3:56 to go.

Down 49-47 at halftime, the Terrapins used the inside play ofRandle to regain the lead. The senior center scored on a follow, thenmade a layup before Tahj Holden scored on a tip-in. Randle cappedthe 8-0 spurt with a jumper in the lane to put Maryland up by six.

After going 16-for-29 from the field before halftime, Virginiamissed its first five shots of the second half. After Smith ended thedrought, Randle answered with a layup and Nicholas made a three-point play to make it 58-49.

Minutes later, Blake reached the 1,000-point plateau with a 3-pointer and Holden followed with a driving layup for a 65-53 lead.

Virginia played well early, getting four points apiece from Watsonand Jason Clark in a 14-5 run that made it 17-11. Minutes later,

the Cavaliers reeled off 10 straight points to go up 28-16.Maryland coach Gary Williams called a timeout in the midst of the

run, seeking to settle a defense that permitted Virginia to make 10of its first 14 shots.

But the trend continued when Smith hit a 3-pointer to make it33-20. Maryland then went on a 17-2 run to temporarily regain thelead. Nicholas capped the surge with a 3-pointer, giving him exactly1,000 points for his career.

VIRGINIA 86, MARYLAND 78Comcast Center — Feb. 6, 2003Virginia Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S PtsClark f 18 2-2 0-0 0-0 2-2 4 3 0 0 0 1 4Watson f 37 7-14 0-1 1-4 1-9 10 2 3 5 0 4 15Brown c 26 3-8 2-3 2-2 0-5 5 4 3 3 0 2 10Byars g 17 2-3 1-1 0-0 2-0 2 3 2 1 1 0 5Billet g 36 2-7 2-6 3-6 0-2 2 1 8 4 0 0 9Vander Laan 17 3-5 0-0 1-1 5-1 6 5 1 2 1 0 7Mapp 19 1-5 0-2 9-10 1-0 1 0 1 2 1 0 11Harper 12 2-2 2-2 2-2 0-2 2 1 1 1 0 0 8Smith 18 6-11 5-7 0-0 0-4 4 1 0 1 0 1 17Team 2-2 4 1Totals 200 28-57 12-2218-25 13-27 40 20 19 20 3 8 86

Maryland Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S PtsMcCall f 22 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-3 3 1 4 0 0 1 0Holden f 28 4-7 1-3 2-2 1-1 2 4 1 0 2 0 11Randle c 35 7-19 0-0 3-7 4-2 6 2 1 2 1 2 17Nicholas g 29 6-15 3-9 5-5 0-4 4 2 6 2 0 2 20Blake g 37 4-10 2-4 2-4 2-0 2 4 5 6 0 2 12Smith 4 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0Garrison 12 2-4 0-0 0-0 0-3 3 3 0 1 0 0 4Gilchrist 12 2-4 1-1 0-0 2-1 3 2 1 1 0 2 5McCray 3 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-1 2 3 0 0 0 0 2Caner-Medley 18 2-6 0-0 3-4 5-2 7 3 1 1 0 1 7Team 1-3 4Totals 200 28-67 7-17 15-22 16-20 36 24 19 14 5 10 78

Virginia (13-7, 4-4) 47 39 - 86Maryland (14-5, 6-2) 45 33 - 78FG% - Virginia .491, Maryland .418. 3FG% - Virginia .545, Maryland .412. FT% -Virginia .720, Maryland .682. Technical Fouls - Maryland (Holden). Officials - LarryRose, Bryan Kersey, Steve Gordon. A - 17,950.

Game 20Georgia Tech 90, [8/8] Maryland 84

ATLANTA, Ga. —Reserve Devin Smith scored 17 points andJarrett Jack banked in a crucial 3-pointer with 39 seconds remain-ing and Georgia Tech handed No. 8 Maryland its second straightloss, beating the Terrapins 90-84.

Jack, a freshman point guard, scored a career-high 20 pointsand ran an offense that became the first this season to reach 90points against Maryland’s high-intensity defense.

The Terrapins (14-6, 6-3 ACC) lost for the second straight game,coming on the heels of an 86-78 defeat at home to Virginia.

Georgia Tech (12-8, 5-4) continued its Jekyll-and-Hyde season byimproving to 11-0 at Alexander Coliseum. The Yellow Jackets haveyet to win a road game, picking up their other win at a neutral site.

B.J. Elder led Georgia Tech with 23 points, including two keybaskets that stemmed Maryland runs in the second half.

Georgia Tech took command with a 14-0 run in the first half andstretched the margin to as many as 13 points before Marylandbegan chipping away. The Terrapins closed to 82-80 on a 3-pointerby Drew Nicholas with 1:12 remaining. Nicholas finished with a team-high 18 points.

With the shot clock running down, Jack banked in a straightaway3-pointer to give the Yellow Jackets some breathing room. The fresh-man, whose previous high was 16 points, added a free throw with 25seconds left and Anthony McHenry finished off the Terps with a slam.

The latest player in Georgia Tech’s proud point guard traditionsparked the 14-0 run with his best basket of the game. Jack flippedin a shot high off the backboard, despite getting knocked to the floorby Travis Garrison, and made the free throw for a three-point playthat tied the game at 22.

GEORGIA TECH 90, MARYLAND 84Alexander Memorial Coliseum — Feb. 9, 2003Maryland Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S PtsMcCall f 6 2-2 0-0 0-0 1-1 2 3 1 0 0 0 4Randle f 24 6-13 0-0 2-3 2-4 6 2 0 2 1 1 14Holden c 33 5-10 0-1 0-1 2-2 4 3 1 3 1 2 10Nicholas g 32 6-19 3-8 3-3 1-3 4 1 1 2 0 1 18Blake g 36 4-11 2-7 0-0 2-1 3 4 8 2 0 1 10Smith 11 2-7 0-0 1-2 2-0 2 2 0 1 0 0 5Garrison 11 0-2 0-1 2-2 1-2 3 3 1 1 0 0 2Gilchrist 8 2-2 0-0 0-0 1-1 2 1 1 2 0 0 4McCray 13 1-3 1-2 0-0 0-2 2 2 0 1 1 0 3Caner-Medley 26 7-14 0-2 0-0 6-0 6 3 3 1 0 4 14Team 3-1 4Totals 200 35-83 6-21 8-11 21-17 38 24 16 15 3 9 84

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Georgia Tech Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S PtsElder f 33 9-16 0-3 5-6 1-0 1 2 3 2 0 2 23Nelson f 33 2-7 0-0 5-6 2-10 12 2 0 3 1 0 9Bosh c 27 3-8 1-2 3-4 4-7 11 4 0 4 5 0 10Jack g 35 6-9 1-1 7-9 0-3 3 3 8 5 0 3 20Lewis g 31 4-7 3-4 5-5 1-1 2 0 2 1 0 1 16Muhammad 18 4-4 0-0 0-1 0-1 1 2 2 1 1 1 8Schenscher 13 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-3 3 1 0 2 0 0 2Brooks 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0McHenry 6 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 3 1 1 0 1 2Team 1-1 2Totals 200 30-54 5-10 25-31 9-28 37 18 16 19 7 8 90

Maryland (14-6, 6-3) 34 50 - 84Georgia Tech (12-8, 5-4) 42 48 - 90FG% - Maryland .422, Georgia Tech .556. 3FG% - Maryland .286, Georgia Tech.500. FT% - Maryland .727, Georgia Tech .806. Technical Fouls - none. Officials -John Clougherty, Olandis Poole, Roger Ayres. A - 9,191.

Game 21[16/15] Maryland 74, Florida State 72

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Maryland coach Gary Williams loves hav-ing a senior point guard on the court in close road games. SteveBlake, scored Maryland’s final seven points, including four free throwsin the final 17.5 seconds, as the 16th-ranked Terrapins reboundedfrom two straight losses with a 74-72 victory at Florida State.

“There is no one better when the game gets tough,” Williamssaid. “When the game is on the line, he’s there for us.”

Blake, who finished with 15 points, made a 3-pointer from thecorner to break a 67-67 tie with 2:36 left and then clinched the winwith his clutch free throws.

“I wanted to shoot those free throws,” Blake said. “I’d ratherhave the blame on me if we missed.”

Maryland (15-6, 7-3 ACC) was leading the league until successivelosses last week to Virginia and Georgia Tech.

“After the last two games, our confidence was not good,” Williamssaid. “This was a big win for the rest of the season.”

The Terps, who trail ACC leader Wake Forest by a game in theloss column, shot just 38.3 percent from the field, but hit 20 of 23free throws.

Florida State (11-10, 2-8 ACC) got within a point at 70-69 onTodd Galloway’s layup with 17.5 seconds left and Blake was fouledon the inbounds pass before any time could go off the clock.

Blake hit both free throws for a 72-69 lead and was fouled againwith 4.9 seconds remaining after a missed Florida State shot. Heagain hit both tries as Maryland went ahead 74-69.

MARYLAND 74, FLORIDA STATE 72Tallahassee Leon County Civic Center — Feb. 12, 2003Maryland Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S PtsCaner-Medley f 17 0-4 0-2 0-0 2-2 4 3 0 0 0 0 0Randle f 28 3-8 0-1 4-4 2-6 8 3 1 1 1 3 10Holden c 31 2-8 1-3 6-6 2-7 9 4 2 1 0 2 11Nicholas g 34 7-14 3-5 3-5 0-2 2 2 3 2 0 0 20Blake g 35 3-9 3-4 6-6 2-3 5 3 4 3 0 1 15Smith 15 2-4 0-0 1-2 2-0 2 2 0 0 2 0 5Garrison 5 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 1 0 2 1 1 2McCall 21 3-7 0-2 0-0 0-7 7 1 3 2 0 1 6Gilchrist 10 1-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2McCray 4 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3Team 1-1 2Totals 200 23-60 8-19 20-23 11-29 40 20 17 11 4 8 74

Florida State Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S PtsJoiner f 19 1-5 0-2 0-0 1-0 1 2 3 1 0 1 2Richardson f 24 2-7 0-2 5-6 3-2 5 2 1 3 3 1 9Waleskowski c 22 0-5 0-1 2-2 1-2 3 0 3 3 2 1 2Johnson g 32 4-8 4-6 2-3 0-5 5 1 2 0 0 1 14Pickett g 28 3-12 2-7 4-4 1-5 6 5 2 2 1 0 12Galloway 27 3-8 2-2 2-2 0-2 2 2 0 1 0 1 10Harvey 25 9-13 0-0 1-3 3-7 10 3 1 1 0 2 19Callier 11 1-2 0-1 0-0 1-1 2 0 1 1 0 0 2Mathews 12 1-2 0-0 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 1 2 0 2Team 2-1 3Totals 200 24-62 8-21 16-21 12-25 37 16 13 13 8 7 72

Maryland (15-6, 7-3) 38 36 - 74Florida State (11-10, 2-8) 33 39 - 72FG% - Maryland .383, Florida State .387. 3FG% - Maryland .421, Florida State.381. FT% - Maryland .870, Florida State .762. Technical Fouls - Maryland (Holden).Officials - Larry Rose, Reggie Cofer, Jamie Luckie. A - 7,436.

Game 22[13/13] Maryland 90,[10/11] Wake Forest 67

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — A strange afternoon worked out per-fectly for No. 13 Maryland, which stormed past 10th-ranked WakeForest to take over first place in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Steve Blake had 21 points and nine assists, and Drew Nicholasscored 19 as the Terrapins handed the Demon Deacons their most

lopsided loss of the season, 90-67, in a game delayed by a daybecause of a blizzard.

Fearing that most fans would be unable to attend the game be-cause of a storm that dumped more than two feet of snow in thearea, Maryland athletic director Debbie Yow spent much of the morn-ing trying to push the game back to next month.

But the Terrapins were eager to get on the court and avenge an81-72 loss at Wake Forest last month.

Ryan Randle had 13 points and 13 rebounds for Maryland (16-6,8-3), which wrestled away the top spot in the ACC from Wake For-est (17-4, 7-3) in convincing fashion.

Wake Forest, which led the nation in rebounding differential (plus12.5), was outrebounded for the first time this season, 44-24.

The defending NCAA champions have won seven of eight overallagainst the Demon Deacons and five straight at home.

The Demon Deacons were hoping to build on Thursday’s double-overtime victory over Duke. But after cutting a 17-point deficit tosix in the second half, Wake Forest made only one basket in the final10 minutes.

The Comcast Center - which seats 17,950 - was nearly filled,even though the game was hastily rescheduled from Sunday night.The starting time of 5 p.m. was not announced until well after noonon Monday.

It turned out to be a lost three-day weekend for the DemonDeacons, who beat the snow but were stuck in their College Parkhotel waiting to learn if the first-place showdown would take place.

Up by 10 at halftime, Maryland used a 3-pointer by Tahj Holdenand baskets by Randle and McCall at the outset of the second halfto make it 48-31.

MARYLAND 90, WAKE FOREST 67Comcast Center — Feb. 17, 2003Wake Forest Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S PtsHoward f 35 6-16 2-5 6-7 2-2 4 4 1 2 3 1 20Levy f 34 3-8 1-2 3-3 2-4 6 4 6 0 0 1 10Danelius f 27 5-11 1-3 0-0 2-3 5 5 0 3 2 0 11Williams, E. c 15 1-1 0-0 4-6 0-0 0 4 0 1 0 1 6Downey g 35 2-7 1-4 1-2 0-2 2 1 7 1 0 1 6Ellis 14 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-1 1 1 0 2 0 0 1Gray 25 2-9 1-5 1-2 1-1 2 4 0 2 0 2 6Benken 2 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Williams, A. 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Joyce 3 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0Strickland 9 1-2 1-2 4-4 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 1 7Team 3-1 4Totals 200 20-57 7-23 20-26 10-14 24 26 14 11 5 7 67

Maryland Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S PtsCaner-Medley f 13 2-2 1-1 0-0 2-2 4 4 1 1 0 0 5Holden f 28 3-5 1-2 8-9 0-3 3 2 2 2 1 0 15Randle c 29 6-11 0-0 1-2 5-8 13 2 1 1 4 1 13Nicholas g 34 6-14 3-7 4-4 1-3 4 2 2 2 0 1 19Blake g 34 4-10 1-4 12-13 0-4 4 3 9 3 0 1 21Smith 10 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 2 0 2 0 0 2Collins 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Garrison 10 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 4 0 1 2 0 2McCall 28 4-10 1-4 0-0 4-3 7 2 2 1 0 3 9Gilchrist 6 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2McCray 6 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-2 2 1 0 0 0 0 2Grinnon 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Team 3-1 4Totals 200 28-56 7-18 27-30 15-29 44 22 17 13 7 6 90

Wake Forest (17-4, 7-3) 31 36 - 67Maryland (16-6, 8-3) 41 49 - 90FG% - Wake Forest .351, Maryland .500. 3FG% - Wake Forest .304, Maryland .389.FT% - Wake Forest .769, Maryland .900. Technical Fouls - none. Officials - Karl Hess,Steve Gordon, Bernard Clinton. A - 14,222.

Game 23[8/8] Duke 75, [13/13] Maryland 70

DURHAM, N.C. — Dahntay Jones scored 21 points and J.J.Redick added 17 as the eighth-ranked Blue Devils ran their winningstreak in Cameron Indoor Stadium to 26 straight with a 75-70victory over No. 13 Maryland.

After a rough few weeks, Duke (18-4, 8-4) is tied with thedefending national champion Terrapins (16-7, 8-4) for second placein the Atlantic Coast Conference with four league games remaining.

The Terrapins beat Duke 87-72 on Jan. 18 by dominating thesecond half. But this time around it was the Blue Devils who closedthe deal in the final minutes after leading 37-33 at halftime.

Steve Blake missed a contested 3-pointer with 2 seconds leftthat could have tied it for the Terrapins, but he threw up an air balland Redick closed it out with two free throws.

Shelden Williams also came up big for the Blue Devils. Thefreshmen had three points in 13 minutes in the first meeting betweenthe last two national champs, but Williams showed Maryland’sexperienced big men early that he had matured. He finished with 13

points, 11 rebounds and six of Duke’s season-high 13 blocked shots.Tahj Holden led Maryland with a career-high 18 points, but Drew

Nicholas, who scored 24 against Duke a month ago, was held toeight.

Each team started slowly in the second half before Duke went up67-57 with 5:49 left as Redick made two long 3-pointers and Joneshad a three-point play in a span of 1:47.

But the only team with a winning ACC road record coming inwould make one last stand, pulling within two with 3:18 remaining.Jones then made two free throws and Daniel Ewing nailed a 3-pointerwith 2 seconds left on the shot clock to give Duke a 73-66 lead.

Duke was guarding a three-point lead in the final 45 seconds andtried to run the clock down, but Ewing lost it in the lane, setting upBlake’s final shot that came up short.

DUKE 75, MARYLAND 70Cameron Indoor Stadium — Feb. 19, 2003Maryland Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S PtsCaner-Medley f 21 2-6 0-1 2-3 0-2 2 2 3 0 0 3 6Randle f 29 6-10 0-0 0-0 4-3 7 3 2 4 0 2 12Holden c 32 6-10 1-2 5-5 0-5 5 4 0 2 3 0 18Nicholas g 31 3-10 1-3 1-3 1-1 2 1 0 0 0 2 8Blake g 37 2-10 2-5 6-6 2-5 7 0 9 3 1 0 12Smith 11 1-3 0-0 2-3 1-3 4 3 1 0 0 0 4Garrison 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0McCall 19 2-5 2-3 2-2 0-2 2 3 1 0 0 1 8Gilchrist 4 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0McCray 10 1-3 0-1 0-0 1-0 1 2 0 1 0 0 2Team 2-2 4 1Totals 200 23-58 6-15 18-22 12-25 37 20 17 12 5 8 70

Duke Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S PtsWilliams f 35 6-12 0-0 1-4 6-5 11 3 0 2 6 2 13Jones f 35 8-18 0-2 5-7 4-2 6 4 3 2 0 1 21Sanders c 17 2-2 0-0 0-0 2-7 9 4 3 1 3 0 4Redick g 29 5-14 4-9 3-4 0-1 1 2 2 1 1 0 17Duhon g 38 2-7 2-5 0-0 0-4 4 3 3 0 0 1 6Horvath 16 1-5 0-3 0-0 2-2 4 0 1 0 0 0 2Ewing 20 2-8 1-3 1-2 1-1 2 0 0 3 2 0 6Dockery 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0Randolph 8 2-2 0-0 2-2 0-3 3 3 0 0 1 0 6Team 3-0 3Totals 200 28-68 7-22 12-19 18-25 43 21 12 11 13 4 75

Maryland (16-7, 8-4) 33 37 - 70Duke (18-4, 8-4) 37 38 - 75FG% - Maryland .397, Duke .412. 3FG% - Maryland .400, Duke .318. FT% - Mary-land .818, Duke .632. Technical Fouls - none. Officials - Duke Edsall, Tony Greene,John Cahill. A - 9,314.

Game 24[13/13] Maryland 96, North Carolina 56

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Beating North Carolina is no longer abig deal for Maryland.

The defending NCAA champion Terrapins are now among thenation’s elite, while the once-mighty Tar Heels are in the midst of amajor rebuilding effort.

Yet, given the events leading up to this ACC game, it was almostimpossible to envision a blowout of record-breaking proportions.

Steve Blake scored 18 points and Drew Nicholas had 17 as No.13 Maryland concluded a demanding week by crushing North Carolina96-56, the second-most lopsided ACC victory in school history.

Ryan Randle scored 16 points for the Terrapins, who have wonfour straight against North Carolina for the first time since 1930-32. It was Maryland’s largest margin of victory in the 79-year series,eclipsing the 33-point blowout the Terps enjoyed at home last season.

The most surprising aspect of the rout was that it was Maryland’sthird game in six days. The Terrapins (17-7, 9-4) beat No. 10 WakeForest at home Monday in a game delayed by snow, then lost on theroad against No. 8 Duke on Wednesday before rebounding to beatthe Tar Heels (14-12, 4-8) for the fifth time in seven tries.

North Carolina’s arrival at the Comcast Center was delayed bya torrential rain, but coach Matt Doherty said that had nothing todo with the resounding defeat, which matched the third-worst inUNC history.

Maryland had previously recorded two 40-point wins in ACC play,the last one a 99-59 rout of South Carolina in 1958. The victorymoved the Terrapins within percentage points of first-place WakeForest in the ACC.

Maryland let a 13-point halftime lead dwindle to 47-40 beforeBlake scored seven points in a 13-2 run that gave the Terrapinssome breathing room.

After the Tar Heels closed to 62-47, freshman John Gilchrist hita runner in the lane, Jamar Smith slammed home an alley-oop passfrom Calvin McCall, and Andre Collins and Randle made layups tostart a 14-0 spurt that put the Terrapins up by 29.

Melvin Scott scored 12 points and Rashad McCants had 11 forNorth Carolina, 1-6 on the road in the conference this season.





MARYLAND 96, NORTH CAROLINA 56Comcast Center — Feb. 22, 2003North Carolina Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S PtsWilliams f 30 4-11 0-5 0-0 1-5 6 2 6 1 1 0 8McCants f 24 5-11 0-3 1-2 1-1 2 3 0 2 0 2 11Noel f 26 1-3 1-2 0-0 1-2 3 3 4 2 1 2 3Felton g 32 3-10 2-7 0-0 1-1 2 3 2 4 0 1 8Manuel g 23 3-8 0-1 3-4 4-2 6 0 1 2 0 1 9Scott 23 4-10 4-10 0-0 0-2 2 1 0 4 0 0 12Holmes 6 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Grant 12 1-5 0-0 3-5 3-2 5 0 0 2 1 0 5Sanders 14 0-3 0-0 0-0 3-2 5 1 0 2 2 2 0Johnson 10 0-2 0-2 0-0 0-1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0Team 0-0 0Totals 200 21-64 7-31 7-11 14-18 32 14 14 20 6 9 56

Maryland Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S PtsCaner-Medley f 12 2-3 1-2 0-0 0-5 5 2 2 1 0 2 5Holden f 27 0-2 0-0 0-1 0-1 1 2 1 1 5 1 0Randle c 25 7-11 0-0 2-2 4-3 7 3 2 2 0 3 16Nicholas g 29 6-12 3-6 2-2 0-1 1 2 7 1 0 0 17Blake g 29 7-10 4-4 0-2 1-2 3 2 8 5 0 1 18Smith 15 4-4 0-0 0-1 1-3 4 1 1 1 1 2 8Collins 10 4-6 0-1 0-1 1-0 1 0 3 1 0 4 8Garrison 8 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-4 4 1 1 0 0 0 2McCall 17 2-3 0-1 2-2 2-4 6 1 2 0 0 0 6Gilchrist 14 5-9 1-1 0-1 4-5 9 2 1 3 1 1 11McCray 6 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0Henry 4 1-3 0-0 0-0 1-2 3 1 0 0 0 0 2Grinnon 4 1-4 1-2 0-0 1-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3Team 1-2 3Totals 200 40-69 10-17 6-12 16-32 48 19 28 15 7 14 96

North Carolina (14-12, 4-8) 32 24 - 56Maryland (17-7, 9-4) 45 51 - 96FG% - North Carolina .328, Maryland .580. 3FG% - North Carolina .226, Maryland.588. FT% - North Carolina .636, Maryland .500. Technical Fouls - none. Officials -John Clougherty, Tom Lopes, Pat Adams. A - 17,950.

Game 25[14/14] Maryland 91, Clemson 52

COLLEGE PARK, Md. —Maryland capped its first season in theComcast Center with its best shooting performance of the year.

The 14th-ranked Terrapins pulled away from a five-point halftimelead to a 91-52 victory over Clemson in their final home game of theseason.

Ryan Randle scored 18 points, Steve Blake added 14 and DrewNicholas and Jamar Smith each had 13 for the Terrapins (18-7, 10-4 Atlantic Coast Conference), who have won four of five overall andbeaten Clemson 11 straight times.

The defending national champions shot a season-best 63 percentfrom the field and took possession of second place in the ACC,percentage points behind No. 12 Wake Forest and one-half gameahead of No. 6 Duke.

Sharrod Ford had 12 points and 11 rebounds and Edward Scottadded 11 points for the Tigers (15-9, 5-8), who tied a season low byshooting 31 percent and saw a three-game winning streak halted.

Maryland opened the second half with a 27-4 run to pull awayfrom the five-point lead.

The Terrapins were 12-of-20 from 3-point range and movedWilliams within one victory of 500 for his career. The Terrapins finishedtheir inaugural season at Comcast Center with a 14-2 record.

Coming off a 96-56 home rout of North Carolina on Saturday,Maryland recorded its largest margin of victory over Clemson sincea 40-point win on Dec. 4, 1953. The Terrapins also whippedconference-leading Wake Forest at home on Feb. 17 and lost a roadgame to Duke two days later.

Randle had 10 points in the first half and Maryland used a 21-4run in taking a 36-31 halftime lead.

Clemson, leading the ACC in field goal percentage, started 5-for-22 and had only one field goal in a 10:27 span midway through thefirst half.

The Tigers took an 11-9 lead with 15:05 left in the half, butBlake’s long 3-pointer started the Terrapins’ big run. Smith scoredeight points during the burst, including a dunk off a baseline bouncepass from Blake.

But Blake and Randle dominated the opening minutes of the secondhalf, when Maryland quickly opened a 45-39 lead with a 13-2 run.Randle scored on two jams - one off an outlet pass from Nicholas -and Blake made three 3-pointers.

Blake’s 3s started a streak of six consecutive by the Terrapins,who hit eight of their first 10 shots from the field in the second half.

MARYLAND 91, CLEMSON 52Comcast Center -- Feb. 25, 2003Clemson Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S PtsBabalola f 25 1-5 1-3 2-2 0-1 1 3 1 2 0 2 5Hobbs f 20 2-7 0-0 0-0 2-3 5 3 1 1 0 1 4Ford c 25 4-7 0-0 4-6 5-6 11 3 0 1 1 0 12

Scott g 34 5-16 1-5 0-0 2-2 4 1 5 4 0 4 11Christie g 23 3-13 0-4 4-5 2-2 4 1 0 0 1 0 10Betko 13 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Nagys 12 1-2 0-0 0-1 0-2 2 1 0 1 0 0 2Henderson 13 3-4 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 2 0 2 1 0 6Robinson 21 1-6 0-2 0-1 2-1 3 2 3 2 0 1 2Akingbala 9 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0Douglas 5 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0Team 1-0 1Totals 200 20-63 2-14 10-15 14-20 34 18 10 16 4 8 52

Maryland Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S PtsMcCall f 22 3-4 2-3 1-2 3-3 6 1 4 0 0 2 9Holden f 24 2-3 1-1 0-1 1-3 4 2 2 2 4 0 5Randle c 22 5-10 0-0 8-8 1-5 6 3 1 0 0 1 18Nicholas g 21 4-8 4-7 1-2 0-3 3 2 5 3 0 1 13Blake g 29 5-8 4-5 0-0 0-4 4 0 7 4 0 0 14Smith 15 6-7 0-0 1-2 0-4 4 2 0 1 2 2 13Collins 11 2-4 1-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 3 1 0 0 5Garrison 13 2-2 0-0 0-2 0-2 2 2 1 0 1 1 4Gilchrist 16 4-5 0-1 0-1 0-2 2 2 4 2 0 1 8McCray 8 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Henry 3 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0Grinnon 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0Caner-Medley 13 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 3 1 0 2 0 2Team 0-2 2 1Totals 200 34-54 12-2011-19 5-31 36 19 29 14 9 9 91

Clemson (15-9, 5-8) 31 21 - 52Maryland (18-7, 10-4) 36 55 - 91FG% - Clemson .317, Maryland .630. 3FG% - Clemson .143, Maryland .600. FT% -Clemson .667, Maryland .579. Technical Fouls - none. Officials - Larry Rose, TedValentine, Steve Gordon. A - 17,950.

Game 26[14/14] Maryland 68, NC State 65

RALEIGH, N.C. —All the Maryland players could do was laughafter making coach Gary Williams sweat out career victory No. 500.

Drew Nicholas hit a 3-pointer with 1.5 seconds left to give Williamshis milestone win and No. 14 Maryland a 68-65 victory over NorthCarolina State.

“We wanted to make it close and make him sweat a lot more thannormal,” said Tahj Holden, who scored a career-high 20 points.

The Terrapins (19-7, 11-4) trailed by 11 with 8:51 left beforegoing on a 21-7 run to close it out and move a half-game behindACC-leading Wake Forest with a game left.

Nicholas added 17 points as Maryland beat the Wolfpack for theninth time in the last 10 meetings in Raleigh.

Wolfpack coach Herb Sendek said several of his players had beenbattling the flu all week, including leading scorer Julius Hodge, whowas held to 12 points on 2-for-8 shooting.

Nicholas and Steve Blake were quiet most of the night until thefinal stages as Maryland shot 52 percent in the second half.

Blake’s only two points tied the score at 63 with 2:14 left andNicholas was mobbed by his teammates after his winning shot overScooter Sherrill, who led NC State with 14 points.

The Wolfpack (15-10, 8-6) tied it with 15 seconds left on a 12-footer by Marcus Melvin and then called a timeout. That allowedMaryland to set up a final play.

MARYLAND 68, NC STATE 65RBC Center — March 2, 2003Maryland Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S PtsCaner-Medley f 13 2-3 0-0 0-2 1-0 1 3 0 2 1 0 4Holden f 33 6-11 3-3 5-8 2-7 9 3 2 0 1 1 20Randle c 21 2-5 0-0 2-2 0-1 1 2 1 2 0 0 6Nicholas g 34 5-11 2-5 5-5 0-4 4 1 1 1 1 1 17Blake g 33 1-6 0-3 0-0 2-2 4 2 7 1 0 2 2Smith 19 3-9 0-0 1-4 2-2 4 3 0 0 0 0 7Collins 3 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2Garrison 6 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2McCall 25 2-5 0-2 0-0 2-3 5 3 0 3 0 3 4Gilchrist 13 2-4 0-0 0-0 1-2 3 2 2 1 0 1 4Team 3-3 6Totals 200 25-56 5-13 13-21 13-24 37 19 13 10 3 8 68

NC State Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S PtsHodge f 35 2-8 2-5 6-6 0-2 2 2 0 4 0 0 12Powell f 24 3-9 0-0 4-6 2-2 4 4 1 2 0 0 10Melvin c 26 5-12 3-7 0-1 2-3 5 4 1 1 0 0 13Sherrill g 39 4-8 2-6 4-4 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 2 14Crawford g 37 4-7 1-3 0-0 0-6 6 1 5 4 1 2 9Bennerman 7 1-2 0-1 0-0 1-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2Watkins 21 2-5 1-4 0-1 1-3 4 1 4 1 0 0 5Collins 11 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0Team 4-4 8Totals 200 21-53 9-27 14-18 10-21 31 15 12 12 1 4 65

Maryland (19-7, 11-4) 34 34 - 68NC State (15-10, 8-6) 39 26 - 65FG% - Maryland .446, NC State .396. 3FG% - Maryland .385, NC State .333. FT%- Maryland .619, NC State .778. Technical Fouls - Maryland (Caner-Medley, Blake); NCState (Powell). Officials - Karl Hess, Reginald Cofer, Raymond Natili. A - 19,722.

Game 27Virginia 80, [13/12] Maryland 78 (OT)

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. —Travis Watson had 26 points and15 rebounds in what may have been his last home game at Virginiaand the Cavaliers stunned No. 13 Maryland 80-78 in overtime.

Virginia (15-14, 6-10 Atlantic Coast Conference) snapped a seven-game losing streak in dramatic fashion, and swept the Terrapins toavoid playing in the play-in game at the ACC tournament.

Maryland (19-8, 11-5) had a chance to tie with 3.7 seconds left,but Steve Blake’s desperate heave from the corner was off the markand Ryan Randle’s rebound and putback bounced on the rim beforedropping off.

Drew Nicholas had 27 points for Maryland, which clinched thesecond seed in the ACC tournament despite the loss because Dukelost earlier in the day to North Carolina.

Virginia took a five-point lead in overtime before Jamar Smith hita free throw for Maryland and Blake hit a 3-pointer, only his secondfield goal of the game, to pull the Terrapins within 79-78 with 1:16remaining.

After both teams missed, Elton Brown missed two free throwsfor Virginia with 18.9 seconds left, but Drew Nicholas’ 3-pointer rimmedout and Watson’s 15th rebound put him on the line for two shots.

He missed the first, but made the second. The Terps then threwthe ball the length of the court, where Blake gathered it and flung ittoward the hoop. Randle was there, but his putback didn’t fall.

The Terrapins used a 15-8 run to pull even at 66-all with 3:54 toplay. Watson then hit four free throws around two by Tahj Holden forthe Terps, and Blake made his first basket of the game a dramaticone - a 3-pointer that gave the Terrapins a 71-70 with 1:26 remaining.

Todd Billet, who had 18 points, answered with his sixth 3-pointerand fourth of the half to give the Cavaliers a two-point lead, butRandle took a feed from Blake under the basket for a game-tyingdunk with 29.2 seconds left.

VIRGINIA 80, MARYLAND 78 (OT)University Hall — March 9, 2003Maryland Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S PtsCaner-Medley f 18 3-3 1-1 0-1 0-1 1 2 0 0 1 3 7Holden f 34 2-7 0-3 6-7 0-2 2 4 3 1 1 0 10Randle c 31 5-12 0-0 3-6 2-4 6 4 1 1 2 2 13Nicholas g 42 10-20 4-9 3-4 1-3 4 2 1 5 2 2 27Blake g 41 2-11 2-8 0-0 0-5 5 2 10 1 0 1 6Smith 19 2-10 0-0 2-4 2-2 4 1 0 0 1 1 6Collins 2 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Garrison 7 1-1 0-0 3-4 3-0 3 2 0 0 0 0 5McCall 12 0-3 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0Gilchrist 19 2-2 0-0 0-0 1-4 5 1 0 3 0 1 4Team 2-3 5Totals 225 27-70 7-22 17-26 11-25 36 19 16 11 8 10 78

Virginia Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S PtsClark f 18 1-1 0-0 0-0 2-3 5 1 1 0 0 0 2Watson f 42 8-19 0-0 10-12 6-9 15 4 2 4 1 3 26Rogers c 21 5-6 0-0 2-4 3-3 6 3 0 2 3 0 12Billet g 41 6-15 6-10 0-0 2-4 6 1 2 4 0 0 18Smith g 32 3-11 0-7 3-4 1-6 7 2 3 4 0 0 9Vander Laan 8 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0Byars 28 3-7 1-4 0-0 2-3 5 3 1 2 1 0 7Mapp 17 0-3 0-2 0-0 1-0 1 0 2 4 0 0 0Harper 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0Brown 17 2-8 0-0 2-5 2-3 5 3 1 1 1 1 6Team 4-1 5Totals 225 28-71 7-23 17-25 23-36 59 19 12 21 6 5 80

Maryland (19-8, 11-5) 33 40 5 - 78Virginia (15-14, 6-10) 38 35 7 - 80FG% - Maryland .386, Virginia .394. 3FG% - Maryland .318, Virginia .304. FT% -Maryland .654, Virginia .680. Technical Fouls - none. Officials - Karl Hess, ReginaldCofer, Tony Greene. A - 7,301.

Game 28 • ACC Tourn. First RoundNorth Carolina 84, [14/15] Maryland 72

GREENSBORO, N.C. — North Carolina didn’t want to think aboutits last meeting with Maryland, when a 40-point victory by the Terra-pins saddled the Tar Heels with their worst conference loss in history.

In the back of their minds, the sting from that defeat Feb. 22never went away.

But the Tar Heels eased much of the pain by bouncing thedefending national champions out of the Atlantic Coast Conferencetournament with an 84-72 victory in the quarterfinals.

Jawad Williams scored a career-high 25 points, Raymond Feltonhad 20 points and 10 assists and Melvin Scott added a career-high19 points to lead the seventh-seeded Tar Heels (17-14).

North Carolina, which trailed almost the entire first half, cameout swinging in the final 20 minutes.

Playing without Jackie Manuel, their best defender, who went outfour minutes into the game with a strained right arch, the Tar Heelswere able to stifle Nicholas while opening up their offense.

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Nicholas, who had 15 points at halftime on 6-of-10 shooting, couldn’tshake Scott in the second half.

He didn’t score for almost 10 minutes while Maryland sufferedfrom turnovers, sloppy passes and poor shooting.

Nicholas finished with just three points in the second half, andwound up 7-of-14 from the floor.

Carolina jumped all over Maryland’s mistakes, and Scott was solidfrom long range. He made three 3-pointers in a furious 20-7 run.

The Tar Heels trailed 48-43 before the run. But Scott’s fifth 3-pointer put North Carolina up 63-55 with 8:09 to play.

The Terrapins were able to make it close after Tahj Holden’s layupand Steve Blake’s 3-pointer cut it to 68-61, but North Carolinawouldn’t roll over.

NORTH CAROLINA 84, MARYLAND 72Greensboro Coliseum -- March 14, 2003North Carolina Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S PtsWilliams f 35 7-14 2-5 9-13 0-3 3 3 3 5 3 1 25McCants f 30 4-9 1-1 3-5 4-7 11 4 1 4 1 1 12Noel f 37 3-4 0-1 2-3 0-8 8 2 5 4 2 3 8Felton g 38 6-12 3-9 5-7 1-3 4 3 10 8 0 0 20Manuel g 4 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0Scott 35 5-8 5-7 4-6 1-3 4 4 1 0 0 1 19Holmes 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Sanders 16 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-2 4 1 0 2 0 1 0Johnson 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0Team 1-1 2Totals 200 25-47 11-2323-36 11-29 40 17 21 23 6 7 84

Maryland Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S PtsCaner-Medley f 17 4-11 0-4 1-1 4-1 5 4 1 2 0 1 9Holden f 36 2-5 0-1 2-2 0-3 3 5 1 1 2 3 6Randle c 13 0-2 0-0 1-2 0-2 2 4 0 2 1 2 1Nicholas g 36 7-14 2-5 2-3 1-5 6 4 0 3 0 1 18Blake g 33 4-11 3-8 1-2 1-2 3 0 10 7 0 2 12Smith 13 4-7 0-0 0-0 2-1 3 1 1 1 0 0 8Collins 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0Garrison 11 1-4 0-0 0-0 1-1 2 1 0 0 0 0 2McCall 21 2-5 0-0 2-4 0-2 2 1 4 1 0 6 6Gilchrist 14 4-7 1-1 1-1 1-0 1 3 2 0 0 0 10McCray 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Team 2-1 3Totals 200 28-66 6-19 10-15 12-18 30 24 20 17 3 16 72

North Carolina (17-14) 36 48 - 84Maryland (19-9) 40 32 - 72FG% - North Carolina .532, Maryland .424. 3FG% - North Carolina .478, Maryland.316. FT% - North Carolina .639, Maryland .667. Technical Fouls - Maryland (Team).Officials - Mike Wood, Reginald Cofer, Jamie Luckie. A - 23,745.

Game 29 • NCAA First Round[17/17] Maryland 75, UNC Wilmington 73

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Drew Nicholas wasn’t supposed to havethe ball. Good thing the intended play didn’t work out.

Nicholas dribbled nearly the length of the court and swished adesperation 3-pointer as the horn sounded, giving defending nationalchampion Maryland an improbable 75-73 victory over North Carolina-Wilmington at the NCAA South Regional.

The sixth-seeded Terrapins (20-9) wanted Steve Blake to havethe ball on the final play, but UNC-Wilmington’s swarming defensekept him from getting it.

So Nicholas got the inbounds pass and took off up the right side ofthe court. With less than a second remaining, he managed to launch afallaway 3 off his back foot with Anthony Terrell right in his face.

“I took the ball as far as I could and tried to make somethinghappen,” Nicholas said. “I know the shot probably didn’t look theprettiest, but it went in. I really couldn’t believe it when it went through.”

Neither could UNC-Wilmington coach Brad Brownell, who collapsedto the court in disbelief.

“We did everything we could,” he said. “Give credit to DrewNicholas. He made the game-winner.”

Aaron Coombs sank two free throws with 5 seconds left, givingthe 11th-seeded Seahawks a 73-72 lead and putting them in positionto pull off a tourney surprise for the second year in a row.

Instead, Maryland avoided becoming the first defending championsince UCLA in 1996 to get knocked out in the first round.

After Nicholas’ shot, several Maryland players raced off the courtin delirium, while the Seahawks stood around in a daze.

The officials called everyone back to look at the video replay. Itclearly showed that Nicholas got the shot off with a 0.5 seconds tospare, giving Maryland a chance to celebrate again.

UNC-Wilmington freshman John Goldsberry nearly stole the show.He set a tournament record by going 8-of-8 from outside the 3-point arc, finishing with a career-high 26 points. He broke the 7-of-7 mark set by Florida State’s Sam Cassell in 1993.

Goldsberry stepped up when Brett Blizzard, the Seahawks’ leadingscorer, struggled most of the night.

Nicholas scored 22 points, including 5-of-8 from outside the arc.

MARYLAND 75, UNC WILMINGTON 73Gaylord Entertainment Center -- March 21, 2003UNCW Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S PtsJustus f 21 1-7 1-4 2-3 0-3 3 3 4 0 0 0 5Terrell f 20 1-3 0-0 3-4 2-2 4 1 1 1 0 0 5Callahan c 30 2-15 0-4 6-7 1-2 3 4 2 1 0 0 10Goldsberry g 35 8-9 8-8 2-2 1-2 3 2 1 1 0 1 26Blizzard g 36 5-15 4-12 1-2 1-3 4 2 4 2 1 3 15Coombs 22 0-0 0-0 4-6 0-3 3 4 0 0 0 3 4Gunn 9 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Laue 8 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 3 1 1 0 0 2Wyrick 19 2-5 0-1 2-2 1-1 2 0 3 1 0 0 6Team 4-2 6 1Totals 200 20-55 13-2920-26 10-19 29 19 16 8 1 7 73

Maryland Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S PtsCaner-Medley f 29 5-7 1-1 1-2 2-0 2 1 0 1 1 0 12Holden f 37 3-8 1-4 0-0 0-3 3 3 4 5 2 0 7Randle c 29 5-9 0-0 5-6 5-11 16 3 0 2 0 0 15Nicholas g 37 7-15 5-8 3-3 0-4 4 4 3 2 0 0 22Blake g 22 3-5 2-3 0-0 0-0 0 4 7 0 0 2 8Smith 7 1-2 0-0 0-1 1-3 4 2 0 0 0 0 2Collins 11 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3Garrison 8 0-3 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0McCall 5 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Gilchrist 15 2-2 0-0 2-3 0-0 0 3 3 3 0 1 6Team 0-3 3Totals 200 27-54 10-1911-15 8-27 35 20 17 13 3 3 75

UNC Wilmington (24-7) 41 32 - 73Maryland (20-9) 46 29 - 75FG% - UNCW .364, Maryland .500. 3FG% - UNCW .448, Maryland .526. FT% -UNCW .769, Maryland .733. Technical Fouls - none. Officials - David Hall, David Day,Randy McCall. A - 17,484.

Game 30 • NCAA Second Round[17/17] Maryland 77, Xavier 64

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — No need to beat the buzzer this time.Maryland is off on another run in the NCAA tournament.

The defending national champion Terrapins, who got a game-winning 3-pointer from Drew Nicholas in the most exciting finish ofthe first round, shut down David West early and beat Xavier 77-64to reach the round of 16 for the third straight year.

“That shot gave us a lot of confidence coming into this game,”Maryland coach Gary Williams said. “But this was a totally differentgame, and we were playing great defense and turning it into offense.”

Nicholas and Ryan Randle scored 17 points apiece for Maryland.Steve Blake, the most experienced player in the tournament,

had nine points and nine assists as the Terrapins (21-9) shot 51.7percent (30-of-58) from the floor.

West, the three-time Atlantic 10 player of the year, finished with22 points and nine rebounds for No. 3 seed Xavier (26-6), but mostof it came way too late.

Just making the NCAA tournament was the challenge Williamsgave his Terrapins this season after losing four starters - includingLonny Baxter, Juan Dixon and Chris Wilcox - from last year’schampionship squad.

The Terps came in with their lowest seed since a No. 7 in 1996.Now, they’re in the round of 16 for the 13th time.

The Musketeers scored the first five points, but Marylandanswered with a 19-4 run and led by as many as 20 points in thefirst half. Then Xavier almost made it interesting as West, held to 2-of-8 shooting in the first half, got going in the second.

The Musketeers kept whittling away as West either shot or passedoff to teammates. Romain Sato hit the first of two free throws at6:06 to get Xavier to 60-57.That was as close as they got.

MARYLAND 77, XAVIER 64Gaylord Entertainment Center — March 23, 2003Maryland Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S PtsCaner-Medley f 24 3-5 0-1 0-0 0-2 2 2 1 1 2 0 6Holden f 34 1-8 0-3 3-4 0-6 6 3 2 1 1 0 5Randle c 19 8-12 0-0 1-1 1-4 5 4 0 1 0 0 17Nicholas g 36 6-16 2-5 3-4 1-7 8 2 5 1 1 0 17Blake g 37 3-7 1-4 2-2 1-6 7 0 9 3 0 2 9Smith 15 6-6 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 4 0 1 0 0 12Collins 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0Garrison 12 2-3 0-0 1-2 2-3 5 4 0 0 2 0 5McCall 12 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0Gilchrist 8 1-1 0-0 4-4 0-1 1 1 0 0 0 0 6Team 0-0 0Totals 200 30-58 3-13 14-17 7-32 39 21 19 8 6 2 77

Xavier Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S PtsSato f 40 4-14 3-8 6-8 1-2 3 3 3 0 0 1 17West f 39 6-17 0-0 10-14 0-9 9 3 3 3 0 0 22Myles c 32 4-9 0-0 0-0 1-2 3 3 0 1 0 0 8Chalmers g 40 4-9 3-7 1-2 1-3 4 4 1 0 0 1 12Finn g 36 2-4 1-3 0-0 0-2 2 2 5 2 0 0 5Jackson 5 0-2 0-0 0-0 2-0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0Caudle 8 0-2 0-0 0-0 1-2 3 0 0 1 0 0 0Team 2-0 2Totals 200 20-57 7-18 17-24 8-20 28 16 12 7 0 2 64

Maryland (21-9) 45 32 - 77Xavier (26-6) 28 36 - 64FG% - Maryland .517, Xavier .351. 3FG% - Maryland .231, Xavier .389. FT% -Maryland .824, Xavier .708. Technical Fouls - none. Officials - David Hall, Ed Hightower,Kerry Sitton. A - 17,484.

Game 31 • NCAA Sweet SixteenMichigan State 60, [17/17] Maryland 58

SAN ANTONIO - Once again, Maryland got a last-second chanceto hang onto its national title. But when Steve Blake missed at thebuzzer, the Terrapins’ reign was over.

Freshman Paul Davis hit a leaning bank shot with 4.7 secondsleft and Michigan State defeated the defending champions 60-58 toadvance to the South Regional final.

The senior-led Terrapins overcame a 13-point deficit with 8:07left, taking a lead in the final minute.

Davis’ powerful dunk tied it with 50.6 seconds left, and he putthe Spartans ahead when he muscled along the baseline for the go-ahead basket.

Blake then took the inbounds pass and dribbled up the floor tothe top of the key for a 3-point try. He had an open shot, but the ballhit the back iron and bounced away.

Davis had a team-high 13 points to put Michigan State (22-12) awin away from its third Final Four in four years, an incredible feat fora team that was 14-11 on Feb. 23.

The Terps (21-10) were the only team that made the Final Fourthe last two years - and the only one to even make the regional finalsboth times.

Michigan State was in control nearly the entire game, leading by10 in the opening minutes and holding Maryland to 24 points in thefirst half, matching its lowest 20 minutes of the season.

Even when the Terps tied it at 32 early in the second half, theSpartans responded with a 15-2 run. Michigan State’s lead was 52-39 with 8:07 left when the Terps made their move again.

Using a full-court press against a Spartans squad lacking a truepoint guard, Maryland scored 16 of the game’s next 18 points to goahead 55-54 on Blake’s layup.

The lead was 58-56 when Tahj Holden made one of two freethrows with 1:30 left, before Davis went flying at the rim for a two-handed jam that knotted the game at 56.

Maryland’s Jamar Smith missed from inside the lane and MichiganState called a timeout with 16.5 seconds left. The play ended upgoing to Davis on the baseline. He went to his left toward the basket,leaned around his defender and popped his shot off the backboardand into the basket for the lead with 4.7 seconds left.

The Terps called time, then the Spartans called another beforethe game’s final play started.

Blake had 11 points and five steals, but only three assists. Healso had five turnovers. He ends his career with the fifth-most assistsin NCAA history.

Maryland lost freshman starter Nik Caner-Medley to an ankleinjury midway through the first half. After scoring 18 points over thefirst two tournament games, he went out before taking a shot.

MICHIGAN STATE 60, MARYLAND 58Alamodome — March 28, 2003Michigan State Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S PtsAnagonye f 22 2-4 0-0 0-0 3-5 8 2 0 3 0 0 4Anderson f 29 4-8 0-0 2-2 0-5 5 2 2 4 0 1 10Lorbek c 16 1-3 1-2 2-4 0-1 1 5 0 0 0 1 5Torbert g 33 1-6 0-1 0-0 1-1 2 1 0 3 1 2 2Hill g 28 3-14 2-7 0-0 1-2 3 3 5 3 0 1 8Johnson 9 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0Ager 20 4-8 2-4 0-0 1-3 4 3 1 1 0 0 10Bograkos 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0Davis 22 5-7 0-0 3-3 0-5 5 2 0 2 1 0 13Andress 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Ballinger 16 2-5 1-2 3-3 0-1 1 1 1 0 1 2 8Team 4-2 6 1Totals 200 22-56 6-17 10-12 11-26 37 20 10 18 3 8 60

Maryland Min FG 3FG FT O-D Reb F A T B S PtsMcCall f 21 2-4 0-1 0-0 1-0 1 2 1 0 0 1 4Holden f 34 2-7 0-2 4-6 1-8 9 3 1 3 3 2 8Randle c 22 2-10 0-0 2-2 2-2 4 3 0 4 0 0 6Nicholas g 325 6-14 1-7 5-5 0-2 2 0 0 1 0 2 18Blake g 36 3-9 1-5 4-4 2-4 6 2 3 3 0 5 11Smith 21 3-6 0-0 1-1 1-4 5 1 0 0 1 0 7Collins 2 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0Garrison 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0Gilchrist 21 2-3 0-0 0-0 1-1 2 0 2 2 0 2 4Caner-Medley 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0Team 0-0 0Totals 200 20-54 2-16 16-18 9-24 33 15 8 15 4 12 58

Michigan State (22-12) 29 31 - 60Maryland (21-10) 24 34 - 58FG% - Maryland .370, Michigan State .393. 3FG% - Maryland .125, Michigan State.353. FT% - Maryland .889, Michigan State .833. Technical Fouls - none. Officials -Mike Kitts, Edwin Edsall, Edward Corbett. A - 33,009.

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