Mar. 2, 1997
No. 16 Maryland Loses to Virginia
CHARLOTTESVILLE, N.C. - Harold Deane scored 18 points as Virginia kept its NCAA
Tournament hopes alive with a pivotal 81-74 Atlantic Coast
Conference victory over 16th-ranked Maryland.
Courtney Alexander added 16 points for the Cavaliers (18-11, 7-9
ACC), who will be the sixth seed in the ACC Tournament and will
face either Wake Forest or North Carolina in the first round on
Friday. Virginia posted consecutive victories for the first
time since a four-game winning streak gave the Cavs a 15-6
record on February 1st.
Laron Profit scored 24 points and Keith Booth added 17 for
Maryland (20-9, 9-7), which will be the fifth seed and play
Clemson in the first round. The Terrapins have struggled down
the stretch, losing seven of their last 10.
The schools split the season series.
MARYLAND (74)
fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
Profit 35 9-14 4-5 1-3 2 3 24
Booth 39 5-12 7-9 2-12 5 4 17
Ekezie 19 1-3 3-5 1-4 1 4 5
Stokes 33 1-5 0-0 1-2 4 5 2
Jasikevicius 36 5-14 2-2 1-3 1 3 15
Elliott 26 3-8 2-2 1-4 1 4 9
Kovarik 11 0-1 2-2 1-3 3 3 2
Hite 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
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TOTALS 200 24-57 20-25 8-31 17 26 74
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Percentages: FG-.421, FT-.800. 3-Point Goals:
6-18, .333 (Profit 2-5, Stokes 0-2, Jasikevicius
3-10, Elliott 1-1). Team rebounds: 4. Blocked
shots: 5 (Profit 2, Ekezie, Stokes,
Jasikevicius). Turnovers: 14 (Booth 5, Profit 3,
Elliott 2, Stokes 2, Ekezie, Jasikevicius).
Steals: 5 (Booth 3, Elliott, Profit).
VIRGINIA (81)
fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
Nolan 26 6-10 1-1 2-7 1 5 13
Alexander 36 6-17 2-3 0-4 3 2 16
Walton 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0
Robinson 20 1-4 0-0 1-2 3 0 2
Deane 37 5-10 6-7 0-1 8 4 18
Ducharme 29 4-7 7-10 1-3 1 4 15
Staples 29 4-8 1-3 2-7 0 1 13
Metheney 3 0-0 0-0 1-1 0 2 0
Marcaccini 5 0-0 0-0 1-1 0 0 0
Hunter 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Dersch 13 1-2 2-4 0-4 2 3 4
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TOTALS 200 27-58 19-28 8-30 18 22 81
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Percentages: FG-.466, FT-.679. 3-Point Goals:
8-15, .533 (Alexander 2-4, Deane 2-5, Staples
4-6). Team rebounds: 5. Blocked shots: 7
(Ducharme 5, Alexander, Nolan). Turnovers: 13
(Deane 3, Nolan 2, Staples 2, Alexander, Dersch,
Ducharme, Marcaccini, Metheney, Robinson).
Steals: 5 (Alexander 3, Deane, Ducharme).
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Maryland 39 35 - 74
Virginia 38 43 - 81
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Technical fouls: None. A: 8,182. Officials:
Frank Scagliotta, Stephen Gordon, Curtis Shaw.
