Jan. 10, 2007

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Maryland's loss tonight gives the Terrapins
...A 14-3 record this season
...An all-time record of 5-7 against the Hurricanes
...An 11-1 record at Comcast Center this season
...A record of 22-11 in ACC games all-time at Comcast Center
...A scoring offense of 80.4 points per game and a scoring defense of 62.5 points per game

Game Trends
...The largest Maryland lead in the opening half was five points and the largest Miami lead was six points
...Dwayne Collins scored 8 points in 3:37 to fuel a 9-1 Miami run and help it take a 26-20 lead at the 1:51 mark
...The Terps slowly drew closer and briefly reclaimed the lead at 35-34 with 13:36 remaining in the game
...Miami responded with a 6-0 run in 2:50 and eventually matched its largest lead of six at the 7:17 mark, 43-37
...Maryland then converted six straight free throws (Jones - 2, Ibekwe - 4) to tie the game at 43 with 5:06 to play
...Miami closed the game on a 20-15 run

Miscellaneous
...Maryland held the `Canes to 26 points in the first half, and is now allowing an average of 28.6 points in the first half this season
...The Terps lead the ACC in blocked shots with 8 per game, which is 3rd nationally
...Maryland is holding opponents to 34.8% shooting (1st in the ACC and 4th nationally) and 28.1% on three point attempts (2nd in the ACC)
...Maryland now leads the ACC in 3-point shooting with a 39.3% success rate
...The Terps have held 13 of their 17 opponents this season to under 40% shooting
...The 58 points scored is a Terrapin season low
...Maryland dropped its first ACC home opener since an 80-70 loss to Duke on 1/9/00
...Maryland has hit at least one three-pointer in 269 consecutive games

Senior Guard Mike Jones
...Led the team in scoring for the 7th time this season with 17 points
...Shooting 52.6% from deep in his last 8 games

Senior Forward Ekene Ibekwe
...8 rebounds tonight moves him past Herman Veal into 20th place on the all-time Maryland leader board with 642
...Blocked 3 shots to move past Joe Smith into 5th place on the career blocks list at Maryland with 192
...Shot 8-8 from the free throw line, the 8 free throws made tie his best career total against an ACC team

Junior Forward James Gist
...Averaging 12.7 points and 10.3 rebounds over his last 7 games
...Blocked 16 shots in his last four games
...Blocked 4 shots tonight to move into the top ten in Maryland history with 126 surpassing Obinna Ekezie
...Has hit four 3-pointers in his last five games after registering none in the first 75 games of his career