Dec. 23, 2011
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Postgame notes following Maryland's 65-60 win over Radford Friday night at Comcast Center.
Tipping Off: Maryland, which has won four straight, improved to 7-3 on the year while Radford dropped to 3-11 ... neither team led by more than seven points in the game ... Maryland is 22-2 in its last 24 non-conference home games.
Howard Returns: Pe'Shon Howard made his first appearance of the season this evening. The sophomore point guard entered the game at the 17:16 mark of the first half and made an immediate impact. He assisted on Sean Mosley's jumper at 16:54 and then added his first bucket 15:20. Howard had seven points, three assists in 32 minutes of action.
Pankey-Padgett Double Up: Ashton Pankey (career-high 17 points) and James Padgett (10 points) reached double figures in scoring in the same game for the third time this season (also UNCW and Mt. Saint Mary's). Pankey also had five rebounds in 24 minutes
Doing the Little Things: Nick Faust struggled shooting the ball (2 of 8 from field for seven points), but contributed in a number of ways. The freshman had a career-best seven rebounds, four assists and no turnovers.
Stoglin's Streak Ends: Terrell Stoglin tallied 15 points, snapping his streak of 20-point games at five. He is one of five Maryland players to post five or more 20-point games in a row since 1992-93. Stoglin has scored in double figures in eight straight and nine of 10 games this season.
Maryland players with five straight 20-point games (since start of 92-93 season)
Greivis Vasquez - seven in a row (2009-10)
John Gilchrist - five in a row (2004-05)
Terrell Stoglin - five in a row (2011-12)
Juan Dixon - five in a row (2001-02)
Joe Smith - five in a row (1994-95)
Joe Smith - five in a row (1993-94)
Strong Effort on the Glass: Maryland, which entered the game averaging 12.9 offensive rebounds per game (fourth in the ACC), had a season-high 19 with James Padgett hauling in five. Padgett entered the game leading the ACC in offensive rebounds per game (4.2). Overall, the Terps posted a season-best 43 rebounds (previous high: 40 vs, Notre Dame).
First-Half Notes: The teams combined for just nine turnovers (5 - Maryland; 4 - Radford) ... Maryland had 20 of its 39 points in the paint ... the Terps outrebounded Radford 19-13, including 10 on the offensive glass ... Radford connected on 6 of 13 3-pointers, including 3 of 5 by R.J. Price. The freshman had 16 points, two off his career best ... Terrell Stoglin was held scoreless for the first 17:51, but had two field goals (five points) in the final 2:09 ... the 39 points by Radford was the most by a Maryland foe this season.
Second-Half Notes: Berend Weijs had all three of his season-high three blocks ... Terrell Stoglin scored 10 of his 15 points ... Radford was just 2 of 14 in 3-pointers ... Maryland had just two turnovers.
Tidbits: Maryland used a starting lineup of Nick Faust, Terrell Stoglin, Sean Mosley, Ashton Pankey and James Padgett. It's the third time that lineup has been used this year (also Alabama and FIU) ... Sean Mosley had three blocks and leads the team with 12 this year ... Maryland had a season-high nine blocks (previous high: six vs. FIU and Mt. Saint Mary's) and season-low seven turnovers (previous low: eight vs. Notre Dame.
