National Basketball Association
Maryland 91, LIU Brooklyn 74
When: 7:00 PM ET, Friday, November 16, 2012
Where: Comcast Center, College Park, Maryland
Officials:
# Jeff Clark, # Tim Ebersole, # Bob Testa
Attendance:
12785
By SportsDirect Inc.
Maryland 91, LIU Brooklyn 74: Reserve Seth Allen scored 16 of his 19 points in the second half and was 5-of-6 from 3-point range as the Terrapins pulled away from the visiting Blackbirds in the Barclays Center Classic.
Dezmine Wells had 15 points, eight rebounds and five assists for the Terrapins (2-1) while Alex Len scored 18 points and had four of Maryland's 10 blocks. The Terrapins' reserves outscored the LIU Brooklyn bench 36-0.
Julian Boyd, the reigning Northeast Conference Player of the Year, had 22 points and eight rebounds for the two-time defending champion Blackbirds (0-3). Brandon Thompson scored 16 points and was 3-for-8 from 3-point range, but his teammates were 4-for-17.
Len, a 7-1 sophomore center from Ukraine, scored Maryland's first eight points and his layup 3:30 into the game put the Terrapins on top for good at 8-7. Maryland survived 12 first-half turnovers and led by as many as 11 before Allen's 3-pointer with 8 seconds left gave the Terrapins a 39-30 lead at intermission.
Len's dunk with 14:38 left stretched Maryland's lead to 50-35, but the Blackbirds chipped away and got to within 66-59 on Jason Brickman's 3-pointer with 7:43 remaining. The Terrapins steadily pulled away with Allen's dunk with 1:47 to go making it 91-71.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Maryland is 8-0 against LIU Brooklyn. ... The Terrapins outrebounded the Blackbirds 40-29 and have a plus-32 rebounding differential this season. ... Maryland's loss was a 72-69 decision to Kentucky on opening night Nov. 9.
Top Game Performances
| LIU Brooklyn |
|
Maryland |
|
Julian Boyd 22 |
Scoring |
Seth Allen 19 |
|
Jason Brickman 10 |
Assists |
Pe'Shon Howard 13 |
|
Julian Boyd 8 |
Rebounds |
Dezmine Wells 8 |
|
Jamal Olasewere 4 |
Free Throws Made |
Pe'Shon Howard 4 |
|
C.J. Garner 3 |
Steals |
Pe'Shon Howard 2 |
|
Julian Boyd 2 |
Blocks |
Alex Len 4 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| LIU Brooklyn
|
74 |
42.3 |
7-25 |
7-13 |
18 |
29 |
5 |
7 |
8 |
| Maryland
|
91 |
56.5 |
8-12 |
13-20 |
28 |
40 |
10 |
5 |
15 |