Dec. 14, 2000
Maryland Coach Gary Williams
(on his teams' rebounding)
"I was very pleased with our rebounding tonight. We had 44 to 29 against a good rebounding team. Size isn't everything in rebounding...you have to get after it, and we got after it tonight. We realized that the margin (opponents) had created in the first six games, so that was one of the things we emphasized tonight."
(on Maryland's second-half play)
"I like the way we moved the ball in the second half. We were really unselfish with the ball and it seemed to get to the right guy."
(on Juan Dixon)
"Juan Dixon was stroking it tonight. You could really tell he was on his game. He was getting some good looks. Juan has a really good inside/outside game...he gets points in the lane no matter who we play against."
(on Danny Miller)
"I thought Danny Miller came in and really played aggressively tonight. There were several loose balls in the first half when we stretched it out."
(on the Terps' overall effort)
"I thought it was a good, solid effort for this time of the year, with exams starting tomorrow. It is sometimes hard to concentrate in these situations -- (after exams) is an important time of year for us and we need to stay focused."
UMBC Coach Tom Sullivan
(on Maryland)
"I think they are a tremendous team. Maryland is a nationally ranked team and obviously I think they deserve to be there. They are so deep and they keep coming at you with more weapons. I think the one thing they are able to do is play ping-pong on the offensive boards. They limited us to one shot on the defensive boards and obviously their press harassed us. I think that is why they have a great shot at having a successful season."
(on the play of Juan Dixon)
"Juan did a great job defensively and that gets his offense going. He managed to get himself open within their system, which I think is a wonderful thing. Once her got himself open, he really banged it home."
(on the performance of Lonny Baxter)
"Baxter is easily one of the strongest players I have seen in a long time and I spent 10 years at Seton Hall when we went to the national championship game. Baxter is just a bull on the blocks and he makes his living down there. I am sure he wants to do that for Gary so it is a wonderful thing. It's nice to see a big kid who wants to make a living on the blocks, except when he is on the other team."
Maryland Notes
* Maryland posted its 73rd consecutive non-conference home victory and moved to 6-3 on the season with its 93-67 win over UMBC. The win extended the longest active non-conference home winning streak in the nation. The Terps last non-conference loss at Cole Field House was to Coppin State on December 12, 1989.
* The Terrapins now lead the all-time series with the Retrievers, 12-0.
* Tonight's win raises Maryland's record at Cole Field House to 42-4 over the last four seasons. Its current home court win streak stands at nine.
* In their six wins this season, the Terps are outscoring their opponents by an average margin of 23.5 points.
* The Terps have now won five games in a row. That is the most this season and ties the longest streak of a year ago.
* Since 1970, Maryland is 62-1 versus school's from within the state. The lone loss came at the hands of Coppin State on Dec. 12, 1989, the last non-conference home loss for the Terps. Tonight's game comes after the completion of the 11th year that the streak has been in effect.
* Maryland has been in double-digits in blocks in three games this season (11 tonight).
* The Terrapins' 27 assists tonight ties a season-high.
* Juan Dixon surpassed the 1,000-point plateau for his career in tonight's game and did so in style. The junior matched his season-high of 23 points (he has had 23 in back-to-back games) en route to becoming Maryland's 36th player to reach the milestone and just the 16th to accomplish it as a junior. Dixon is now 34th (1,020) on the Terps' all-time scoring list.
* With a 2-2 performance from the charity stripe, Dixon also kept his current streak alive as he has hit 16 straight.
* Lonny Baxter finished the game with 17 points and 12 rebounds, marking his first double-double of the season and the 13th of his career (he led the ACC a year ago with 12).
* Baxter's 12 rebounds were a season high and the first time this year that a Terrapin has been in double figures.
* Baxter has scored in double figures in 15 of his last 16 outings.
* Steve Blake had 10 assists, the second time this season and fifth time in his career that he has dished in double figures.
