Feb. 19, 1997
Booth Leads Maryland Past Georgia Tech
ATLANTA, Ga. -- Keith Booth scored 15 of his 26 points in the second half
as 14th-ranked Maryland pulled away for a 76-68 Atlantic Coast Conference
victory over Georgia Tech.
Laron Profit added 12 points for the Terrapins (20-6, 9-4 ACC),
who moved into a tie with second-place Wake Forest in the
conference after the Demon Deacons were beaten at North
Carolina.
Matt Harpring scored 19 points and Michael Maddox added 18 for
Georgia Tech (9-14, 3-10), which has lost three straight games
and five of its last six. The Yellow Jackets fell to 3-4 at home
in ACC play and are five games below .500 for the first time
since February 20th, 1982, when an 87-78 loss to Duke also
dropped them to 9-14. That Georgia Tech team finished 10-16 in
coach Bobby Cremins' first season.
Maryland swept the season series, but still trails in the
all-time series, 28-18. The Terps reached the 20-win mark for
the second time in three seasons as coach Gary Williams improved
to 6-11 versus the Yellow Jackets.
Maryland erased a 39-38 halftime deficit with a 9-0 burst in the
first 3:11 of the second half. Profit capped the run with a
dunk, giving the Terrapins a 47-41 lead.
But Georgia Tech answered with an 11-4 tear and took its final
lead when Kevin Morris hit a three-pointer to make it 52-51 at
the 11:19 mark.
Maryland countered as Rodney Elliott and Booth each made two
free throws and Booth followed with a layup to make it 57-52.
Harpring hit two foul shots for the Yellow Jackets, but Profit
made two free throws and Booth converted a three-point play to
give the Terps a 62-54 bulge with 8:02 remaining.
The Yellow Jackets closed within 62-58 less than 40 seconds
later, but Booth and Terrell Stokes had layups before Matt
Kovarik added one of his own to extend Maryland's advantage to
68-58 with 4:34 left. Georgia Tech got no closer than seven the
rest of the way.
The Terps shot 57 percent (12-of-21) from the field in the
second half and 49 percent (27-of-55) overall. Sarunas
Jasokevicius also had 12 points and Obinna Ekezie added 10 for
Maryland.
Georgia Tech, which failed to score 70 points for the ninth
straight game, shot 11-of-37 (30 percent) from the field in the
second half and 36 percent (24-of-67) overall. Gary Saunders
scored 15 points and Morris added 14 for the Yellow Jackets, who
were 9-of-33 from three-point range.
MARYLAND (76)
fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
Profit 36 5-12 2-2 1-6 4 2 12
Booth 37 8-13 10-13 1-6 3 4 26
Ekezie 21 4-9 2-2 2-5 0 4 10
Stokes 39 2-5 2-2 0-4 5 1 6
Jasikevicius 31 5-9 0-2 0-3 4 2 12
Elliott 15 1-4 2-2 1-9 2 5 4
Kovarik 17 2-3 1-2 3-5 2 1 5
Watkins 4 0-0 1-2 0-2 0 0 1
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TOTALS 200 27-55 20-27 8-40 20 19 76
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Percentages: FG-.491, FT-.741. 3-Point Goals:
2-6, .333 (Profit 0-1, Stokes 0-1, Jasikevicius
2-4). Team rebounds: 4. Blocked shots: 3 (Booth
2, Profit). Turnovers: 18 (Jasikevicius 4, Stokes
4, Profit 3, Watkins 3, Booth 2, Ekezie,
Elliott). Steals: 9 (Booth 5, Profit 2, Kovarik,
Stokes).
GEORGIA TECH (68)
fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
Harpring 37 5-16 8-9 4-9 2 4 19
Maddox 33 8-14 1-2 2-6 3 3 18
Elisma 17 0-4 2-2 1-3 1 5 2
Saunders 37 6-12 0-2 0-5 2 4 15
Morris 35 5-13 0-0 2-4 2 1 14
Machado 4 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Babul 18 0-2 0-0 2-4 0 1 0
Floyd 19 0-5 0-0 0-0 2 1 0
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TOTALS 200 24-67 11-15 11-31 12 19 68
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Percentages: FG-.358, FT-.733. 3-Point Goals:
9-33, .273 (Harpring 1-9, Maddox 1-3, Saunders
3-6, Morris 4-10, Babul 0-1, Floyd 0-4). Team
rebounds: 3. Blocked shots: 5 (Harpring, Maddox,
Elisma, Saunders, Morris). Turnovers: 14
(Saunders 4, Babul 3, Harpring 3, Morris 3,
Maddox). Steals: 9 (Morris 5, Elisma, Harpring,
Maddox, Saunders).
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Maryland 38 38 - 76
Georgia Tech 39 29 - 68
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Technical fouls: None. A: 7,530.
