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SPOKANE, Wash. -
Maryland, the co-champion of the Atlantic Coast Conference regular season, advanced to a second round matchup Sunday with 12th-ranked Michigan State with an 89-77 victory over Houston on Friday. It was Maryland's 10th straight victory in a first-round game in the NCAA Tournament.
Sunday's game between the Terrapins (24-8), the No. 4 seed, and fifth-seeded Michigan State (25-8) will tip-off at 2:30 p.m. ET from Veterans Memorial Arena (Note: Tip time was originally set for 2:40 p.m. but adjusted Saturday afternoon).
The game will be shown live on CBS and heard over the Terrapin Sports Radio Network.
Locally the game can be seen WUSA-TV Channel 9 in Washington, D.C., and WJZ-TV Channel 13 in Baltimore. Local radio affiliates for the contest include WJZ-FM (105.7), WJZ-AM (1300) and WJFK-FM (106.7). Pregame begins at 2 p.m. ET. Note: Due to NCAA contractual arrangements, audio of tournament games will not be streamed live on umterps.com.
The winner of Sunday's game advances to the NCAA Midwest Regionals where it will face ninth-seeded Northern Iowa on Friday.
Maryland's 89 points against Houston was tied for 7th on the highest-scoring outputs the Terrapins had in an NCAA Tournament game. The Terps scored 50 points in the second half with a strong performance at the free-throw line. Maryland hit 21 of 25 foul shots (.840) in the game, including 18 of 21 (.857) in the second half.
Freshman Jordan Williams had his best effort of the season against the Cougars on Friday. He posted career highs in points (21) and rebounds (17). His 17 boards were the third-most ever by a Maryland player in an NCAA Tournament game and the most by any player in the opening round this season. Williams' double-double was his 7th of the season. It was his 6th game with double figures on the boards in last nine.
Senior guard Greivis Vasquez, the 2010 ACC Player of the Year, had 16 points, seven rebounds and six assists Friday against the Cougars. Vasquez, with 2,145 career points, is now four points from tying Len Bias (2,149, 1983-86) for second place on the Terps' all-time scoring list. Juan Dixon has the school record (2,269, 1999-02).
Maryland, ranked 20th last week, will be attempting to advance to the Sweet Sixteen for the 14th time in history. The Terps have been to the regional semifinals seven times in the last 16 years, including three times since 2001 (2001, 2002, 2003). The Terrapins won the NCAA National Championship in 2002.
The Terps and Spartans have faced each other four times, including once in the NCAA Tournament.
Maryland has won the last two meetings, downing the fifth-ranked Spartans, 80-62, in last season's Old Spice Classic in Orlando (11-27-08). The Terps also defeated Michigan State, 62-60, on Nov. 17, 2006 in the CBE Classic in Kansas City, Mo.
The Spartans did, however, win the only meeting in the NCAA Tournament.
No. 7 seed Michigan State upended sixth-seeded Maryland, 60-58, in a 2003 South Regional semifinal game (March 28).