Dixon Third On FOXSports.com Rankings For Wooden Award
2/6/2002 7:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Feb. 6, 2002
BY FRANK BURLISON, FOXSports.com
Juan Dixon and his Maryland teammates appear bent on taking a whole lot of momentum with them into their Feb. 17 rematch with Duke.
The Terps have won five games in a row since their 99-78 loss to the Blue Devils in Cameron Indoor Stadium on Jan. 17.
And the 6-foot-3 Dixon - elevated to the No. 3 spot in this week's FOXSports.com John R. Wooden Award candidates' rankings - seems to be revving up his game to an even higher level than he's played at before during his remarkable three-plus seasons under coach Gary Williams.
Dixon was held to 10 points, missing seven of nine field-goal attempts, in the loss at Duke last month.
But he has averaged 22 points per game since that defeat, hitting 15 of 34 3-point attempts in that stretch, while also averaging four steals per game.
Maryland is next in action Sunday in Chapel Hill for a game with the Tar Heels that will be nationally televised by Fox Sports Net (6:30 p.m.). The Terps will host Georgia Tech on Wednesday, Feb. 13 in College Park.
