Feb. 6, 2008
Final Stats
BOSTON (AP) - Greivis Vasquez scored eight of his 25 points during a key second-half run to help Maryland beat Boston College 70-65 Wednesday night, giving coach Gary Williams his 600th career victory.
It was the fifth win in six games for the surging Terrapins (15-8 overall, 5-3 Atlantic Coast Conference).
James Gist, the only other Terrapins' player in double figures, had 23 points.
Williams, in his 30th season overall and his 19th at Maryland, improved to 600-336. He is the Terrapins' all-time winningest coach, and eighth among active coaches.
John Oates went 5-for-5 from behind the 3-point line and scored a career-high 21 points for the Eagles (12-9, 3-5). BC has lost five straight.
The Eagles moved ahead for the first time since the game's opening minute, 39-36, on Tyrelle Blair's 3-point play 1:11 into the second half. The teams then traded leads seven times over the ensuing six minutes before Bambale Osby's put-back triggered Maryland's 10-0 run.
BC made a late charge, closing it to 66-65 on Tyrese Rice's 3-pointer with 1:38 to play, but Eric Hayes answered with his own 3-pointer just 29 seconds later. Gist hit one free throw in the closing seconds.
The Terrapins led 36-34 at halftime. BC relied on some effective long-range shooting to stay close in the first half. The Eagles hit 8 of their first 12 from 3-point range, with Oates going 5-for-5.
