Mason Plumlee looked like he was in the wrong league last night as thoroughly dominated the Terrapin bigs finishing with 23 points and 12 rebounds as The Terps hung around until the final 3 minute mark but lost to #3 Duke by 13. Some comments on the night:
The ceremony to name the court after Gary was brief but filled with wild enthusiasm from the crowd. Gary was sincerely touched holding back his emotion in the post press conference.It was a special night.
Duke was exremely physical with Terrell. I thought Tyler Thornton got away with a lot of pushing and holding on. Terrell still finished with 7-14 shooting but had an off day from the charity stripe going 2-7.
In the first half PeShon really exerted himself playing his most ferocious ball the entire year. He finished with 10 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.Pankey and Padsgett were little match for the Duke bigs though the effort delivered was excellent.
It was an off day for Sean finishing with only 6 points and 5 rebounds. We just needed for someone to drain a few buckets.
I asked Coach Turgeon whether or not the real problem of the team was the offense. “I think it is more of who we are. We are a young team, we are inexperienced, we make mental errors, and we don’t make free throws. You may ask if it is an offensive problem or defensive problem, I think it is an everything problem. I think we are getting closer in everything we do. But, I do think offensively we are still trying to figure it out.”
It seems to me the Terrapins need to get these games in the 50s –How is this accomplished? Give up the fast breaks unless there is a snowbird bucket involved. Try to shorten the game by using as much of the 35 seconds of the shot clock. Keep the defense fresh by spreading the timeouts rather then storing them. In this 3 game losing streak the Terps have scored 60, 61, and 62.
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