Most of the times when a team shoots 58% from the 3 point line, a victory awaits. Today was no exception. Using their “small” lineup the Hoos jsut got on top and never looked back.
Justin Anderson who decommitted from Maryland when Gary retired, got off to a strong first half start with but then wilted down the stretch finishing with 5-14 and 14 points. The culprit of the day was Joe Harris shooting 7-8 from the field for 22 points. PeShon came off the bench to slow him down but the damage was done.
The Terps were able to tie the score at 28, after Seth Allen provided some needed energy to the offense but Anderson answered with a 3 then a jumper and UVA never looked back.
Post game Turgeon believed Maryland played a step slower then usual and seemed to lose every 50-50 ball. For the first time this year they were outrebounded 34-29. 14 assists and 13 turnopvers is somewhat the norm but UVA won this game with 16 turnovers.
With at least 8 NBA scouts looking on, Alex seemed almost invisible in his 26 minutes. UVA double downed every time the ball went in low and it obviously bothered Alex.
PeShon certainly had his best game of the year, virtually stopping Joe Harris and dishing and scoring at a much better pace.
It seemed to me that the only real success the Terps had on offense was driving to the bucket. Seth Allen scored 11 and dealt 5 assists.
Duke comes into town Saturday night which now becomes a Judgment day game for Maryland. The Terps must find 5 wins in its remaining7 games.
freddy from boca
of course this teams needs someone to play point well. faust played point pretty well when slotted in that position last year but hasn’t done the job real well when asked this year. as a matter of fact i think he has a nice overall game but didn’t make the improvement in his overall game from last year to this year. like i thought he would he is a complimentary player, not a star. pe’shon is probably the best guy to go back to point. let him play see what happens. overall this isn’t a very good team, average at best, but probably a little below average. i don’t think the coaching has been very good. a guy gets hot and the nest thing you know he’s on the bench. turgeon’s substitution pattern sometimes makes it look like he’s never coached before. i think a lot of other coaches would have gotten more out of this team. turgeon has done extremely well every place else and his coaching i thought was much better last year. you have 4 so called highly recruited freshman yet not one has played well on a consistent basis. that’s disturbing. if pe shon can’t regain his form i’m not so sure next year is going to be any better. you can’t assume a freshman point guard is going to step in and get the job done from the get go. not many freshman can step into a situation like steve blake, brad davis and john lucas did and play nso well from the start. len will probably be drafted because of his upside but he won’t be a factor on an nba team next year. if drafted he’s probably better off spending a year in the d league, gaining weight and strength and learning how to play the game better. at his height and athleticism his number of blocks, rebounds and point per game should be much higher than what they are point guard or no point guard. critical year for both edsall and turgeon next year. it’ll be their 3rd each. time for some solid results. if not the pressure really heightens on the 2 coaches and the a.d. who could be looking for work if things don’t get increasingly better.
· 11/12/2019