National Basketball Association
Maryland 80, Virginia Tech 60
When: 12:00 PM ET, Saturday, February 1, 2014
Where: Cassell Coliseum, Blacksburg, Virginia
Officials:
# Gary Maxwell, # Dwayne Gladden, # Brian Dorsey
Attendance:
5110
By SportsDirect Inc.
Maryland 80, Virginia Tech 60: Dez Wells scored a team-high 19 points on 6-of-9 shooting as the visiting Terrapins pulled away from the struggling Hokies.
Seth Allen recorded 16 points and seven assists for Maryland (13-9, 5-4 ACC), which won its second straight after losing four of five. Nick Faust and Jake Layman each added 10 points as the Terps shot 51.8 from the field overall and made 8-of-15 from 3-point range.
Freshman Ben Emelogu led the way with 21 points while Joey van Zegeren was next with eight for Virginia Tech (8-13, 1-8), which lost its eighth straight contest. Leading scorer Jarell Eddie was 0-of-9 from the field and scored only two points for the Hokies, who shot 37 percent from the floor.
Allen drained two from behind the 3-point arc during a 12-0 run that gave Maryland a six-point advantage with a little under seven minutes left in the first half. Wells scored 12 points while Allen and Layman capped the opening 20 minutes with consecutive 3-pointers and the Terps led 43-35 at intermission.
Emelogu opened the second half with a 3-pointer before Maryland scored 14 of the next 16, highlighted by a fast-break dunk by Wells. The Terps pushed their lead as high as 25 and the Hokies could get no closer than 14 in the final 15 minutes.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Wells was 7-of-8 at the free-throw line and had made 16 straight before missing his last. … Virginia Tech G Adam Smith, who averages 11 points, missed his fourth consecutive game with a left calf strain and Hokies F C.J. Barksdale was held out for the second straight with a groin injury. … Maryland is 10-1 when leading at halftime and improved to 2-3 on the road in the ACC.
Top Game Performances
| Maryland |
|
Virginia Tech |
|
Dezmine Wells 19 |
Scoring |
Ben Emelogu 21 |
|
Seth Allen 7 |
Assists |
Devin Wilson 4 |
|
Seth Allen 5 |
Rebounds |
Joey van Zegeren 5 |
|
Dezmine Wells 7 |
Free Throws Made |
Ben Emelogu 4 |
|
Charles Mitchell 2 |
Steals |
Christian Beyer 2 |
|
Nick Faust 1 |
Blocks |
Joey van Zegeren 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Maryland
|
80 |
51.8 |
8-15 |
14-24 |
15 |
33 |
3 |
4 |
9 |
| Virginia Tech
|
60 |
37.0 |
4-16 |
16-27 |
7 |
24 |
6 |
5 |
8 |
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