Dec. 27, 1996
Terrapins Remain Perfect With Win Over Pittsburgh in Rainbow Classic
HONOLULU, Hawaii - Keith Booth scored 16 of his 25 points in the second half as
number 21 Maryland rallied to remain unbeaten, posting a 66-63
victory over Pittsburgh in the first round of the Rainbow
Classic at Honolulu, Hawaii.
Obinna Ekezie added nine points for
the Terrapins (10-0), who are off to their best start since
going 11-0 in the 1975-76 season en route to a 22-6 finish.
Maryland will play the winner of the game between host Hawaii
and Northwestern in the semifinals on Sunday.
Jason Maile scored
29 points and Kellii Taylor added nine for Pittsburgh (5-6),
which had a four-game winning streak snapped. The Panthers held
a six-point halftime lead and were tied with less than 10
minutes to play. Maryland leads the all-time series, 4-1, and
has won the last three meetings. The Panthers jumped out to a
12-6 lead in the first 5:19 of the contest, but Maryland
responded with a 10-2 run to take a 16-14 lead at the 11-minute
mark.
The Terrapins held a 27-25 lead, but Pittsburgh closed the
half with a 13-5 burst to open up a 38-32 lead at intermission
on the strength of 21 points from Jason Maile.
PITTSBURGH (63)
fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
Cummings 27 3-9 0-1 1-3 5 4 6
Willard 24 1-6 0-0 0-1 4 4 3
Jordan 5 0-1 1-3 1-1 1 0 1
Maile 34 10-19 2-2 2-3 0 0 29
Taylor 35 4-11 0-0 1-4 2 3 9
Blount 32 3-6 0-2 3-11 2 4 6
Howard 13 1-2 0-0 1-3 0 0 2
Varga 30 2-8 3-3 2-6 0 3 7
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TOTALS 200 24-62 6-11 11-32 14 18 63
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Percentages: FG-.387, FT-.545. 3-Point Goals:
9-19, .474 (Cummings 0-2, Willard 1-4, Maile 7-9,
Taylor 1-4). Team rebounds: 4. Blocked shots: 4
(Blount 4). Turnovers: 22 (Blount 5, Maile 5,
Cummings 4, Taylor 3, Varga 3, Howard, Willard).
Steals: 15 (Taylor 4, Cummings 3, Howard 2,
Willard 2, Blount, Jordan, Maile, Varga).
MARYLAND (66)
fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
Profit 35 4-8 3-4 0-5 4 1 13
Kovarik 14 0-0 0-1 0-1 1 0 0
Stokes 28 1-4 0-0 1-4 2 3 2
Jasikevicius 35 3-10 0-0 0-1 2 4 9
Booth 28 9-15 7-10 2-7 2 2 25
Elliott 29 2-3 2-4 5-12 2 3 6
Watkins 7 1-3 0-0 1-2 0 0 2
Ekezie 24 4-9 1-4 1-3 0 3 9
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TOTALS 200 24-52 13-23 10-35 13 16 66
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Percentages: FG-.462, FT-.565. 3-Point Goals:
5-11, .455 (Profit 2-3, Stokes 0-1, Jasikevicius
3-6, Booth 0-1). Team rebounds: 3. Blocked shots:
2 (Profit 2). Turnovers: 23 (Stokes 8, Booth 3,
Elliott 3, Jasikevicius 3, Profit 3, Ekezie,
Kovarik, Watkins). Steals: 10 (Profit 4, Elliott
3, Ekezie, Jasikevicius, Kovarik).
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Pittsburgh 38 25 - 63
Maryland 32 34 - 66
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Technical fouls: None. Officials: Jerry Loeber,
Joe Poliak, Alan Libardoni.
