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#24 Maryland 85, #14 Duke 77
February 28, 2007
Cameron Indoor Stadium

Postgame Notes

Maryland's win tonight gives the Terrapins
• An overall record of 23-7, 9-6 in the ACC.
• A record of 6-4 in true road games this season (7-5 in games away from Comcast Center).
• Sole possession of fifth place in the ACC.
• Six consecutive victories in the ACC for the first time since they won their last 13 league games in the national championship season of 2001-2002.
• Five victories in their last seven meetings with Duke.
• Their second season sweep of the Blue Devils in three years, just their second since the 1994-95 season.

Game Trends
• DeMarcus Nelson had 11 of the Blue Devils' first 21 points, including three-for-three from behind the three-point line.
• Mike Jones led the Terrapins in the first half with 13 points.
• Grevis Vasquez had six points at the end of the first half on two three-pointers in the last 1:30 of play. He had eight total points in the half.
• After the Terrapins opened up a 10-point lead with less than 13 minutes remaining in the second half, Duke went on a 16-6 run to tie the game at 64-64 at the 5:28 mark.
• Maryland then went on a 7-0 run, keyed by five points from D.J. Strawberry, to push the lead back out to 71-64.
• The Terps held a 12 point lead with 13:11 to play in the second half, their largest lead of the game. The Blue Devils' largest lead was six, with 15:30 to play in the first half.

Miscellaneous
• Maryland registered regular season sweeps of North Carolina and Duke for the first time since the 1938-39 season, when they went 2-0 against both the Tar Heels and the Blue Devils. They have never swept the two teams since the inception of the Atlantic Coast Conference in 1953.
• The Terrapins are the first team to score 80 or more points since North Carolina scored 83 in the Blue Devils' regular season finale last season. That game was March 4, 2006, also at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
• Maryland scored 44 points in the first half, the most that Duke has given up in the opening frame all season. In their last game, the Blue Devils gave up just 10 points in the first half at St. John's.
• Maryland dished out a season-high 25 assists, including a game-high 12 from Greivis Vasquez, who set a new career high.
• The Terps shot 7-for-13 from behind the arc, a .538 percentage. It was a significant improvement over their 3-for-12 (.250) long-distance shooting against North Carolina on Sunday.
• The Terps outrebounded Duke 39-37.
• The Terrapins had just three steals, tied for the fewest thefts this season.

Senior Guard Mike Jones
• Led all scorers with 25 points. That gives him 1,106 in his career, good for 36th place on Maryland's all-time list. He leapfrogged Keith Gatlin (1,087) and Gary Ward (1,094) during the game.
• Went four-for-five from behind the three-point arc, giving him 191 treys during his career. He remains behind only Juan Dixon (239) on Maryland's all-time list.

Freshman Guard Greivis Vasquez
• Came within a rebound of a triple-double. He finished with 13 points, 12 assists, and nine rebounds. It was his second career double-double.
• The 12 assists marked a career high for Vasquez. His previous best was 11 dishes in the win at Clemson on Feb. 18.
• The nine rebounds tie a career high. He set the mark on Dec. 28 in the win over Mount St. Mary's.

Senior Guard D.J. Strawberry
• Registered 17 points, giving him 1,077 for his career. He passed Kevin McLinton (1,064) to move into 39th place on Maryland's all-time list.

Senior Forward Ekene Ibekwe
• Poured in 17 points, leaving him with 1,066 during his career. He also passed Kevin McLinton and is currently in 40th place on Maryland's all-time list.

Junior Forward Bambale Osby
• Tied a career high with nine rebounds. He last set the mark in the Terps' previous game, a win over North Carolina on Feb. 25.