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National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Maryland 75, Miami - Florida 70
When: 8:00 PM ET, Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Where: Comcast Center, College Park, Maryland
Officials: # Les Jones, # Tim Nestor, # Doug Sirmons
Attendance: 12871

MARYLAND 75, MIAMI 70: James Padgett scored 16 points, including the go-ahead three-point play with 44 seconds left, and freshman Nick Faust came up with a key steal late as host Maryland dealt Miami’s NCAA Tournament hopes a blow.

Terrell Stoglin, the ACC’s leading scorer, had a game-high 20 points for Maryland (16-11, 6-7 ACC).

The Terrapins held Miami (16-10, 7-6) to two field goals in the final 9:07 and closed the game on a 16-4 run. The Terrapins avenged a 90-86 double-overtime loss to the Hurricanes earlier this month.

Kenny Kadji recorded 16 points and eight rebounds for Miami. It was a crushing loss for the Hurricanes, who haven’t reached the NCAA Tournament since 2007-08 and entered as one of many teams on the "bubble."

Miami maintained a slim lead down the stretch by scoring 10 straight points at the free-throw line, but Sean Mosley’s 3-pointer cut the Hurricanes’ lead to 66-64 with 1:37 left. On the next possession, Padgett was fouled on an offensive put-back and completed the three-point play.

Faust stripped Durand Scott at the other end and Maryland iced the game with eight straight free throws.

GAME NOTEBOOK:
The Terrapins scored 12 of the game’s first 15 points. Miami responded with an 11-3 run. … Maryland had more assists in the first 13-plus minutes (six) than it had in Saturday’s 71-44 loss to Virginia (three).
Top Game Performances
 
Miami - Florida   Maryland
Kenny Kadji 16 Scoring Terrell Stoglin 20
Shane Larkin 3 Assists Sean Mosley 6
Kenny Kadji 8 Rebounds Nick Faust 8
DeQuan Jones 5 Free Throws Made Sean Mosley 6
DeQuan Jones 2 Steals Nick Faust 1
Raphael Akpejiori 1 Blocks Alex Len 2
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Miami - Florida 70 40.7 6-15 20-26 5 29 2 4 9
Maryland 75 45.6 4-15 19-22 15 35 4 4 9