Dec. 30, 1996
No. 19 Maryland Falls In Championship Game of Rainbow Classic
HONOLULU, Hawaii - Derrick Dukes scored five-straight points and G.G.
Smith hit a key 3-pointer in overtime as Georgia handed 19th-ranked
Maryland its first loss of the season, 73-65, in the
championship game of the Rainbow Classic in Honolulu.
With the game tied, 60-60 in overtime, Dukes nailed a 3-pointer with
2:56 left and followed with a pair of free throws to give Georiga a 65-60 lead with 2:42 to play.
After Maryland's Rodney Elliott made one of two foul shots, Smith drilled a
3-pointer from the top of arc to extend Georiga's advantage to 68-61 with 1:56 remaining.
Michael Chadwick scored 21 points and Smith finished with 15 for the
Bulldogs (11-1), who won their eighth-straight game.
Keith Booth had 18 points before fouling out and Terrell Stokes added 16 for
Maryland (11-1), which failed to record the best start in school history. The
Terrapins also began the 1975-76 season with 11-straight wins.
Georgia leads the all-time series, 4-2.
GEORGIA (73)
fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
Nordin 8 0-3 0-0 0-0 0 2 0
Hall 27 0-1 0-0 2-6 1 2 0
Harrison 39 1-7 1-4 0-4 3 1 3
Smith 38 4-9 3-6 2-4 3 2 15
Chadwick 34 6-11 8-8 3-14 1 3 21
Brown 9 2-3 1-2 2-3 1 2 5
Deyoung 17 2-4 0-0 0-2 0 1 4
Jones 13 3-7 2-2 2-2 2 1 10
Oliver 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Baker 17 2-2 0-1 4-4 0 5 4
Dukes 20 3-8 3-8 0-0 1 0 11
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TOTALS 225 23-55 18-31 15-39 12 19 73
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Percentages: FG-.418, FT-.581. 3-Point Goals:
9-27, .333 (Nordin 0-1, Harrison 0-3, Smith 4-7,
Chadwick 1-5, Jones 2-5, Dukes 2-6). Team
rebounds: 4. Blocked shots: 3 (Deyoung 2,
Harrison). Turnovers: 18 (Smith 6, Chadwick 5,
Harrison 2, Brown, Deyoung, Hall, Nordin).
Steals: 3 (Chadwick, Harrison, Jones).
MARYLAND (65)
fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
Booth 31 6-13 6-8 4-4 3 5 18
Profit 38 5-13 1-6 2-8 0 5 11
Stokes 41 6-14 1-2 1-2 4 4 16
Jasikevicius 35 2-8 1-1 0-2 3 4 6
Ekezie 40 4-9 1-2 5-12 0 1 9
Kovarik 13 0-0 0-1 0-3 0 1 0
Elliott 23 1-5 1-2 1-2 1 5 3
Watkins 4 1-2 0-0 2-3 0 1 2
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TOTALS 225 25-64 11-22 15-36 11 26 65
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Percentages: FG-.391, FT-.500. 3-Point Goals:
4-15, .267 (Profit 0-2, Stokes 3-6, Jasikevicius
1-5, Elliott 0-2). Team rebounds: None. Blocked
shots: 3 (Profit, Jasikevicius, Ekezie).
Turnovers: 14 (Ekezie 4, Booth 3, Jasikevicius 2,
Stokes 2, Elliott, Kovarik, Profit). Steals: 8
(Ekezie 2, Booth, Elliott, Jasikevicius, Kovarik,
Stokes, Watkins).
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Georgia 34 23 16 - 73
Maryland 31 26 8 - 65
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Technical fouls: Maryland 1 (). A: 7,795.
Officials: James Burr, Keith Mcclellan, Bill
Gracey.
