Tonight is the best I have felt about this year’s Maryland basketball team. Turgeon cut his rotation down to 8 men and there was certainly more cohesiveness evident.
Faust certainly had his best game of the early season.17 pts on 6-11 shooting with some aggressive attacks to the hoop
Smotrycz is an extreme streak shooter. He is rarely lukewarm. Early in the game he could not hit the side of a barn. In the 2nd half –he was on fire.
From the AP
Evan Smotrycz led all scorers and tied a career-high 20 points to help lift Maryland 80-66 over UNI Sunday night to earn a berth in the finals of the Paradise Jam basketball tournament. Smotrycz grabbed 9 rebounds and scored three 3-pointers in leading Maryland (3-2) in a second-half surge over UNI (2-3). Maryland will face either Providence or LaSalle in Monday’s final.
Dez Wells scored 10 points in the first period, including a layup that gave Maryland a 33-30 halftime lead, and Smotrycz scored 17 points in the second period. Jake Layman scored 19 points, including a dunk to cap the game as time ran out.
“It’s very physical,” Turgeon said at halftime. “It’s a great college basketball game.”
The lead changed hands eight times in the first period and neither team led by more than four points. UNI shot 36.7 percent from the field on 11-of-30 shooting in the period while Maryland shot 46.7 percent on 14-of-30 shooting.
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