December 2, 1996
Terps Shell Chicago St.
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Junior guard Sarunas Jasikevicius scored a career-high 20 points to lead Maryland to a 94-44 victory over Chicago State in a men's basketball game Monday night at Cole Field House. The victory marked the 49th-consecutive, non-conference home victory for the Terrapins - a streak dating back to December 30, 1989.
Maryland improves to 3-0 with the victory while Chicago State falls to 0-3.
Maryland scored 18 of the games first 20 points as it jumped out to a 50-19 halftime lead. Jasikevicius led the Terps with 15 first-half points on 6-of-9 shooting from the field (including 3-of-5 from 3-point range). Sophomore Laron Profit added 10 points and eight rebounds in the first half to help pace the Terps. Profit finished with a career-high 12 rebounds to go along with 13 points.
The Terps continued to push their lead in the second half as five players finished in double figures for the third-consecutive game. In addition to Jasikevicius and Profit, senior Keith Booth added 15 points and 11 rebounds, sophomore Terrell Stokes added 10 and junior Rodney Elliott also scored 10.
Maryland held an incredible 67-28 rebounding edge and limited the Cougars to 24.2 percent shooting from the field. The Cougars connected on only 16-of-67 shots and were 1-of-14 from 3-point range.
Chicago State was led by Rahsaan Mitchell's 16 points and Anthony Figueroa's seven rebounds.
Maryland continues its season opening four-game homestand as it plays host to UMBC Wednesday night in Cole Field House.
Coaches Quotes
Maryland Coach Gary Williams:
(On the early schedule): "We did a great job in our approach to these first three games. It is very positive that we have gotten off to good starts, a lot of good teams haven't."
(On Sarunas Jasikevicius): "Sarunas has earned the starting spot, from the first day of practice on. He knows how to compete. I'm really proud of him."
(On things to work on): "Some of the things we need to work on are free throw shooting and stopping dribble penetration without fouling."
Chicago State Coach Phil Gary:
(On Maryland): "Maryland is a very good team. We really didn't care who we started. We just tried to come out and compete.
"This was a big learning experience. Some of our guys had never been on a plane before. We were overwhelmed."
CHICAGO ST (44)
fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
Parker 28 4-12 0-0 0-6 0 1 8
Walker 18 2-5 2-4 1-2 2 5 6
Shannon 23 0-6 0-0 1-4 3 5 0
Figueroa 30 0-2 2-5 0-7 3 2 2
Smith-harris 24 0-7 0-0 0-0 0 3 0
Billups 24 3-12 0-6 0-7 0 5 6
R Mitchell 20 6-11 4-6 2-4 0 5 16
O Mitchell 20 0-5 3-5 2-6 3 1 3
Johnson 13 1-7 0-0 1-2 0 1 3
TOTALS 200 16-67 11-26 7-38 11 28 44
Percentages: FG-.239, FT-.423. 3-Point Goals:
1-14, .071 (Parker 0-2, Walker 0-1, Shannon 0-1,
Figueroa 0-1, Smith-harris 0-3, Billups 0-1, R
Mitchell 0-2, Johnson 1-3). Team rebounds: None.
Blocked shots: 4 (Billups 2, Parker, Johnson).
Turnovers: 21 (Smith-harris 4, Johnson 3, O
Mitchell 3, Parker 3, Shannon 3, Walker 3,
Billups, R Mitchell). Steals: 8 (Johnson 2,
Billups, Figueroa, Parker, R Mitchell, Shannon,
Smith-harris).
MARYLAND (94)
fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
Profit 28 5-12 3-6 1-12 3 2 13
Booth 26 4-12 7-11 2-11 4 3 15
Ekezie 24 2-6 2-2 3-10 0 2 6
Stokes 25 4-6 0-0 0-5 6 2 10
Jasikevicius 25 8-13 0-0 2-3 2 1 20
Elliott 25 2-8 6-6 4-8 3 1 10
Kovarik 14 0-3 3-4 1-3 3 4 3
Watkins 16 1-4 5-6 1-9 0 2 7
Hite 7 1-2 0-0 1-2 0 2 2
Raydo 4 0-1 1-2 0-1 1 1 1
Fields 2 1-1 3-4 2-2 0 0 5
Smith 2 1-2 0-4 0-0 0 0 2
Hahn 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0
TOTALS 200 29-70 30-45 17-66 23 20 94
Percentages: FG-.414, FT-.667. 3-Point Goals:
6-19, .316 (Profit 0-4, Stokes 2-3, Jasikevicius
4-7, Elliott 0-3, Hite 0-1, Raydo 0-1). Team
rebounds: 1. Blocked shots: 3 (Ekezie 2, Booth).
Turnovers: 19 (Stokes 4, Watkins 4, Booth 2, Hite
2, Profit 2, Ekezie, Elliott, Jasikevicius,
Kovarik, Raydo). Steals: 14 (Stokes 4, Booth 2,
Jasikevicius 2, Profit 2, Smith 2, Ekezie, Raydo).
Technical fouls: None.
Officials: Frank Scagliotta, Stephen Gordon, Manny Upton.
Attendance: 10,602
