March 12, 2010

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GREENSBORO, N.C. - No. 19 Maryland rallied from a 19-point deficit, but fell to Georgia Tech, 69-64, in Friday's quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament.

Iman Shumpert scored 14 points and made the key defensive play that lifted Georgia Tech past the second-seeded Terrapins who had their seven-game winning streak snapped.

Maurice Miller added 13 points for the seventh-seeded Yellow Jackets (21-11). They led 38-19 with 2:33 to go in the first half, but Maryland scored 13 of the first 16 points in the second half to cut the margin to 44-38 with 16:22 left in the game.

Greivis Vasquez had 17 points on 6 of 21 shooting for the Terrapins (23-8). They had the ball and were within one possession of the lead six times in the final 4:30, but were unable to get the tying field goal.

The last chance came when Maryland trailed 67-64 and Vasquez pulled up for a long 3-pointer with about 6 seconds left. Shumpert knocked the ball from his hands, took off downcourt and was fouled. He and Derrick Favors hit one free throw apiece in the final 3.7 seconds to seal the Yellow Jackets' first victory in the series since 2004.

Maryland forced Georgia Tech into 25 turnovers and scored 20 points off the miscues.

Landon Milbourne scored 15 points on 7 of 14 field-goal attempts and Eric Hayes added 14 by going 6-for-12 from the floor.

Material from the Associated Press contributed to this story.