National Basketball Association
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
By SportsDirect Inc.
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 |
For more information, contact us