Feb. 11, 2007

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Maryland's win tonight gives the Terrapins
...A record of 18-7 this season, 4-6 in the ACC
...An all-time series record of 59-101 over the Blue Devils
...A victory in 4 of the last 6 games against Duke
...A 14-2 record at Comcast Center this season
...A record of 25-12 in ACC games all-time at Comcast Center
...A scoring offense of 79.6 points per game and a scoring defense of 67.3 points per game

Head Coach Gary Williams
...Won his 151st game in ACC play; Only he, Mike Krzyzewski, and Dean Smith have recorded 150 or more wins in ACC play all time

Game Trends
...Greg Paulus opened the game with five-straight points in 1:07, Ekene Ibekwe responded with five-straight in 1:01 to tie the game
...The Terrapins strung together a 14-0 run, their biggest run against an ACC opponent this season, over 4:03 to take a 19-7 lead
...After a jumper by Paulus at the 12:11 mark, Maryland scored another 10 straight points to go ahead 29-9 with 8:54 to play in the half
...Duke responded with a 15-4 run to bring their deficit back under double digits at 33-24 with 3:23 remaining before the half
...The Maryland lead fluctuated between 6 (58-52 Maryland) and 14 (70-56 Maryland last time) points throughout the second half

Miscellaneous
...The Terps handed Duke its 4th straight loss, the first time the Blue Devils have lost 4 straight since January 3 - 13, 1996
...After holding the Blue Devils to 28 first half points, the Terps now average only 31.2 points allowed in the first half this season
...Maryland held Duke leading scorer DeMarcus Nelson scoreless in the 1st half, he finished with 8 points
...The Terps earned an 18 point advantage (48-30) over the Blue Devils in the paint
...Maryland forced the Blue Devils into 17 turnovers, against only 9 Duke assists
...The Terps were perfect on their 8 attempts from the free throw line
...Maryland is holding opponents to 38.5% shooting (1st in the ACC and 9th nationally) and 28.7% on three point attempts (1st in the ACC)
...The Terrapins recorded 14 assists and are 2nd in the ACC this season with an average of 16.8 assists per game (24th nationally)
...Maryland converted 2-7 3-pointers today and leads the ACC in 3-point shooting with a 38.4% success rate
...Maryland has hit at least one three-pointer in 277 consecutive games

Junior Forward James Gist
...Scored 16 points tonight and over his last 4 games has averaged 18.4 points on 63.8% shooting from the floor
...Recorded his 6th double-double of the season and the 8th of his career by adding 10 rebounds

Freshman Guard Greivis Vasquez
...Scored a season-high 18 points tonight and has averaged 12.3 per game over his last 4 games
...Has scored in double figures in 8 of his last 11 games

Senior Forward Ekene Ibekwe
...Scored 13 points to pass Len Elmore and Gilchrist, and to tie Davis and Jones, for 39th in all time scoring at Maryland with 1026 points

Senior Guard Mike Jones
...Scored 6 points to pass John Gilchrist and to tie Brad Davis for 39th place on the all time Maryland scoring list with 1026 career points