National Basketball Association
Boston U 83, Maryland 77
When: 1:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 21, 2013
Where: Comcast Center, College Park, Maryland
Officials:
# Sean Hull, # Andrew Marotta, # Ray Natili
Attendance:
10882
By SportsDirect Inc.
Boston University 83, Maryland 77: D.J. Irving scored a season-high 25 points
despite sitting out much of the second half with four fouls as the visiting
Terriers knocked off the Terrapins.
Irving was
7-of-11 from the floor in 22 minutes, including 4-of-5 from 3-point territory, while Dom
Morris added 16 points and five rebounds for Boston University (7-5), which
snapped a three-game losing skid. Cedric Hankerson came off the bench for a career-high
14 points and seven rebounds and Maurice Watson added 13 points - all in the
second half.
Dez Wells led Maryland
(7-5) with 18 points, nine rebounds and a career-high five blocked shots and Evan
Smotrycz tallied 15 points and a game-high 13 rebounds. Jake Layman added 14
points for the Terrapins, who committed 17 turnovers and had their two-game winning streak end.
Maryland trailed
by as many as 12 early in the second half before battling back to take the lead at 58-57 on a layup by Smotrycz, but the Terriers
answered with seven unanswered points as part of a 13-3 run to go ahead 70-61 with 3:16 remaining. Boston University went 11-of-16
from the foul line over the final three minutes to notch its first non-home win over an Atlantic Coast
Conference school since 2002.
Playing for the
first time at Maryland since 1991, the Terriers turned in a strong first half
behind 15 points from Irving and 10 points from Morris, with the two combining
to shoot 9-of-13 from the floor, including 4-of-4 from beyond the arc. Boston
University's press forced Maryland into 11 turnovers in the half and the Terriers
used a late 7-3 spurt to take a 42-32 lead at the
intermission.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Maryland fell to 1-3 against teams with
winning records. ... The Terriers outrebounded the Terrapins 42-34 to beat
Maryland for the first time since 1990. ... The last time Boston University beat
an ACC team away from home was a neutral-site matchup against Florida State at the Fiesta Bowl Classic in Arizona
in 2002.
Top Game Performances
Boston U |
|
Maryland |
D.J. Irving 25 |
Scoring |
Dezmine Wells 18 |
Maurice Watson Jr. 7 |
Assists |
Roddy Peters 7 |
Nathan Dieudonne 9 |
Rebounds |
Evan Smotrycz 13 |
D.J. Irving 7 |
Free Throws Made |
Dezmine Wells 7 |
Cedric Hankerson 3 |
Steals |
Nick Faust 2 |
Nathan Dieudonne 1 |
Blocks |
Dezmine Wells 5 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Boston U
|
83 |
42.4 |
10-26 |
23-36 |
10 |
30 |
2 |
10 |
12 |
Maryland
|
77 |
48.3 |
6-15 |
15-26 |
15 |
41 |
7 |
5 |
17 |