National Basketball Association
Maryland 58, Alabama 57
When: 7:30 PM ET, Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Where: Coleman Coliseum, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Officials:
# Randy Heimerman, # Keith Kimble, # Tom O'Neill
Attendance:
9479
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Maryland 58, Alabama 57: Alex Len had 15 points, 13 rebounds and five blocked shots to lead the visiting Terrapins past the Crimson Tide to earn a berth in the NIT Final Four.
Len blocked a shot by Rodney Cooper with 3.1 seconds left and Alabama’s Trevor Lacey missed a last-second jumper as second-seeded Maryland (25-12) moves on to face either Virginia or Iowa in the semifinals on April 2 at New York’s Madison Square Garden.
Levi Randolph scored 15 points and Cooper added 13 for top-seeded Alabama (23-13). Jake Layman and Dez Wells added 13 points apiece for the Terrapins.
Maryland led 57-49 with 3:42 to play after back-to-back 3-pointers by Layman before the Crimson Tide battled back. A three-point play by Nick Jacobs got
Alabama within 58-55 with 1:25 left and Trevor Releford’s basket pulled the Crimson Tide within one with 47 seconds remaining.
The Terrapins finished the first half with a 15-7 burst to take a 31-24 halftime lead. Maryland increased the lead to 10 on a dunk by Len with 16:20 to play and never trailed in the second half.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Maryland was without freshman G Seth Allen, who broke his left hand in Sunday’s practice. … Alabama had a 12-game home winning streak snapped. … Terrapins F Chuck Mitchell was called for a flagrant 1 foul in the first half.
Top Game Performances
| Maryland |
|
Alabama |
|
Alex Len 15 |
Scoring |
Levi Randolph 15 |
|
Nick Faust 2 |
Assists |
Trevor Lacey 8 |
|
Alex Len 13 |
Rebounds |
Rodney Cooper 5 |
|
Alex Len 3 |
Free Throws Made |
Levi Randolph 4 |
|
Pe'Shon Howard 3 |
Steals |
Trevor Releford 2 |
|
Alex Len 5 |
Blocks |
Nick Jacobs 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Maryland
|
58 |
50.0 |
7-15 |
5-10 |
11 |
32 |
8 |
8 |
18 |
| Alabama
|
57 |
40.0 |
4-15 |
9-11 |
13 |
23 |
6 |
3 |
14 |
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