Feb. 19, 2005

Recap |  Final Stats

• The Maryland basketball team captured a key ACC road victory, gutting out an exhilarating 92-89 double-overtime slugfest over border rival Virginia Saturday afternoon at University Hall. It was Maryland's first multiple overtime game since Feb. 18, 1984 (a 66-65 win over Clemson) and marks the second time in three games that the Terrapins have defeated a conference foe in overtime. The win gives Maryland its third season sweep over the Cavaliers in four years and marks the fourth consecutive triumph over the Cavs. Maryland has also topped the Wahoos in 12 of the last 16 meetings and five of seven in Charlottesville. Maryland's victory boosts their overall record to 16-8 and lifts them to 7-6 in the ACC. They are 3-1 in overtime games this season, including a perfect 3-0 in the ACC. Maryland leads the all-time series 99-63.

• Travis Garrison scored 11 of his 20 points in overtime - nine in the first session -- willing the Terps to victory. After shooting 1-of-6 in regulation, Garrison hit all five of his field goals in the extra sessions, including a three-pointer as the shot-clock expired early in the first overtime. The junior forward added eight rebounds. Garrison has averaged 16 points-per-game and eight rebounds-per-game in the last three contests and the 20-point output was his most productive performance since the season opener (21 pts vs. Jackson State).

• John Gilchrist led the Terps in scoring for the 10th time this season, collecting 22 points and nine rebounds, to go along with six assists. His three-pointer from the right wing with 1:14 remaining in the second overtime proved to be the game-winning points as Virginia was unable to get a good look at the basket on their final possession after Ekene Ibekwe hit one-of-two free throws at the other end. Gilchrist is only 18 points shy of becoming the 40th Terrapin to amass 1,000 points in his collegiate career.

• Nik Caner-Medley compiled his second double-double of the season with 19 points and a team-high 11 rebounds. He tied a career-high by dishing out five assists, part of an unselfish effort that saw Maryland rack up 22 assists on 30 baskets. Caner-Medley has averaged 22.5 points and nine rebounds in the two meetings against UVA this season. Caner-Medley is just 27 points shy of 1,000 for his UMD career.

• Chris McCray also reached double figures with 13 points, including several key buckets that brought Maryland back from a six-point second-half deficit. His fast-break dunk early in the second overtime gave Maryland an 86-82 lead. It was the 19th game that he reached the double-digit plateau this season.

• In his second career start, Mike Jones played a career-high 31 minutes, contributing seven points and three rebounds. He played all but one minute in the first half. Freshman Sterling Ledbetter also registered a career-high 29 minutes - including nine of ten minutes in the the extra periods. The 6-4 guard made a noticeable impact on the glass, grabbing a personal-best seven rebounds.

• Freshman guard Sean Singletary led the Cavaliers with 23 points - 12 in overtime, before fouling out - and nine assists, while Devin Smith added 22 points and eight rebounds. Virginia was done in by their inability to convert from the charity stripe, finishing only 12-of-27 from the line. Elton Brown connected on only 3-of 13 free throws. Conversely, Maryland shot 73.5 percent from the line (25-of-34), led by Garrison's 7-of-8 effort.

• Maryland scored the first seven points of the first overtime, en route to an 8-of-13 performance from the field in the final 10 minutes. But the Cavs hung tough, connecting on three treys in the final 1:43 of the first overtime to tie the game at 82 and force a fourth period.

• Maryland would again strike first in the second OT, taking an 86-82 lead before Virginia went on a 7-1 surge, capped by a Brown turnaround with 2:38 remaining that gave them an 89-87 lead, their only overtime advantage. Caner-Medley hit one at the free-throw line before Gilchrist's game-winning triple.

• After a 1-of-10 performance from long distance in the first half, Maryland sunk 6-of-8 behind the arc the rest of the way.

• The lead changed hands an amazing 14 times in the back-and-forth affair and was tied on 10 occasions.

• Smith canned a pair of three-pointers on Virginia's first two possessions, pushing the Cavs to a 6-2 lead, before Maryland responded with nine of the next 11 points to take an 11-8 lead. Caner-Medley scored six early points on the inside to propel the Terps. Virginia's ball-control offense slowed the pace of the contest and ran off six straight points, while holding the Terps scoreless for nearly four minutes, to recapture a narrow 14-11 lead. Jones' 12-footer snapped the Terps' drought, and he followed with a pair at the free-throw line to swing the lead to Maryland. Ibekwe drained a 10-foot jumper to put Maryland up 17-14, but a pair of dunks by Elton Brown and Gary Forbes, followed by a T.J. Bannister jumper enabled UVA to jump ahead, 20-19. Gilchrist drew contact and scored on a jumper from the elbow to give Maryland a 22-20 lead. More than four minutes elapsed before either team scored from the field, but the Terrapins clung to their lead on free throws, until Brown's lay-in gave the Cavs a 26-25 advantage. Caner-Medley responded with a three-point play on a tough fallaway in the lane. Gilchrist upped the lead to three points, before Forbes drained a three pointer with seven seconds left in the half to knot the contest at 30 at the break.

• The first half featured eight lead changes. Gilchrist led all scorers with 10 first-half points, and added five rebounds - three on the offensive end. Caner-Medley also had a strong half with nine points and seven boards. Maryland, the top rebounding team in the ACC, enjoyed a 25-17 advantage on the glass, which translated to a 10-2 edge on second-chance points. Neither team could find a rhythm from behind the arc, shooting a combined 4-of-21 from three-point territory. Bannister had six assists in the half for the Cavs, who were led by Smith's eight early points.

• Both teams found their shooting touch to open the second half, combining for 25 points in just over four minutes. Gilchrist stroked a three-pointer from the right wing to give the Terps a 37-34 lead, before Singleterry led a 9-2 Cavalier spurt to put the home team back on top at 43-39. Jones answered with a triple to pull Maryland within a single point. However, Virginia scored five consecutive points out of the media timeout to open up their largest lead of the game at 48-42 with 14:46 remaining.

• Maryland took control of the game with a 20-6 blitz over a five-minute stretch in the second half that put the Terps on top 62-54 with 6:26 remaining. McCray dug the Terps out of a five-point hole by draining a three-pointer and a 15-foot jumper on back-to-back possessions with 10 minutes left. Gilchrist knocked down a baseline jumper to put the Terps in front and Ledbetter followed with a trey to increase the Maryland lead to five. Will Bowers came off the bench to spark Maryland on the defensive end, as Virginia didn't score for a three-and-a-half minute stretch during the Terrapin spurt. Ibekwe's three-point play gave Maryland the eight-point cushion, but Virginia reeled off seven in a row to cut the gap to 62-61 with four minutes left. Caner-Medley converted a three-point play and Garrison made a pair of free throws to pad the Maryland lead, but Devin Smith hit a three-ball from the corner to cut the Terrapin lead in half. Gilchrist converted a pair of free throws with 18.7 seconds left, but Forbes drained a three-pointer with four seconds left on the clock to send the contest into OT.