Feb. 27, 1997
No. 7 Duke Outlasts No. 16 Maryland
DURHAM, N.C. - Jeff Capel scored 18 points and Trajan Langdon
added 12 as seventh-ranked Duke clinched a tie for the Atlantic Coast
Conference regular-season title with an 81-69 victory over No. 16
Maryland.
Duke (23-6, 12-3 ACC) has won eight straight conference games since a
74-70 loss at Maryland on Jan. 26 and clinched at least a share
of its 12th ACC regular-season championship. The Blue Devils can
secure the title outright with a win at North Carolina on Sunday or if
Wake Forest is beaten by Florida State on Saturday.
Keith Booth scored 22 points and Rodney Elliott added 14 for Maryland
(20-8, 9-6), which has lost three of its last four games. The
Terrapins have dropped 11 of their last 13 games at Cameron Indoor
Stadium.
The second half featured 12 lead changes until Steve Wojciechowski's
three-pointer put the Blue Devils ahead for good, 55-52, with 10:20 to
go. Mike Chappell, who had 10 points off the bench, made a
three-pointer to cap an 11-2 run that gave Duke a 63-54 advantage with
8:39 left.
Capel, who was 7-for-12 from the field, made a driving layup to give
Duke a 27-22 advantage with 4:20 left in the first half. Wojciechowski
hit a pair of free throws to extend the Blue Devils' lead to 32-24
with 3:22 remaining.
Elliott scored four points as the Terps ended the first half with a
7-0 spurt to climb within 34-33 at the intermission.
MARYLAND (69)
fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
Profit 34 3-10 4-4 3-9 1 3 12
Booth 30 8-17 6-8 1-5 0 5 22
Ekezie 25 1-5 2-4 3-7 0 4 4
Stokes 36 2-4 1-2 0-2 5 1 6
Jasikevicius 31 2-4 2-4 1-2 1 1 7
Kovarik 15 1-2 0-0 0-1 0 4 2
Elliott 27 4-9 6-8 4-9 3 2 14
Watkins 2 0-0 2-2 0-0 0 0 2
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TOTALS 200 21-51 23-32 12-35 10 20 69
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Percentages: FG-.412, FT-.719. 3-Point Goals:
4-8, .500 (Profit 2-4, Booth 0-1, Stokes 1-2,
Jasikevicius 1-1). Team rebounds: 3. Blocked
shots: 2 (Stokes, Jasikevicius). Turnovers: 26
(Jasikevicius 6, Stokes 6, Ekezie 5, Profit 3,
Booth 2, Elliott 2, Kovarik, Watkins). Steals: 2
(Profit, Stokes).
DUKE (81)
fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
Langdon 29 3-11 5-6 0-1 1 1 12
Wallace 8 1-1 0-0 0-3 0 3 2
Newton 19 3-5 0-0 2-6 0 4 6
Capel 32 7-12 2-2 0-3 3 1 18
Wojciechowski 33 3-9 4-6 2-3 6 1 11
Mcleod 26 4-9 2-4 3-5 1 4 10
Price 20 2-6 1-2 3-3 0 3 6
Carrawell 18 2-3 0-0 2-2 1 4 4
Chappell 11 3-6 2-2 0-2 0 0 10
James 4 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 2
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TOTALS 200 29-63 16-22 12-28 12 21 81
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Percentages: FG-.460, FT-.727. 3-Point Goals:
7-22, .318 (Langdon 1-5, Capel 2-4, Wojciechowski
1-6, Mcleod 0-1, Price 1-3, Chappell 2-3). Team
rebounds: 3. Blocked shots: 5 (Mcleod 3, Langdon,
Carrawell). Turnovers: 14 (Langdon 3, Capel 2,
Mcleod 2, Newton 2, Price 2, Wojciechowski 2,
Wallace). Steals: 13 (Mcleod 4, Wojciechowski 3,
James 2, Newton 2, Capel, Price).
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Maryland 33 36 - 69
Duke 34 47 - 81
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Technical fouls: None. A: 9,314. Officials: Rick
Hartzell, Larry Rose, Felton Steed.
