Jan. 4, 1997
No. 19 Maryland Snaps Virginia's Winning Streak
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Sarunas Jasikevicius scored 16 of his career-high 24 points in
the first half as number 19 Maryland rolled to a 78-62 Atlantic
Coast Conference victory over Virginia.
Terrell Stokes added 15 points for the Terrapins (12-1, 2-0
ACC), who rebounded from their overtime loss to Georgia on
Monday in the championship game of the Rainbow Classic.
Maryland is off to its best start since going 13-1 to open the
1975-76 season.
Harold Deane scored 20 points and Courtney Alexander added 18
for Virginia (9-4, 0-2), which had a three-game winning streak
snapped.
Maryland has won five of the last seven games between the
schools and leads the all-time series, 87-59.
VIRGINIA (62)
fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
Robinson 21 2-5 0-0 3-6 3 2 4
Marcaccini 4 0-1 0-0 1-1 0 0 0
Ducharme 22 2-4 1-2 5-10 1 4 5
Staples 32 3-10 2-3 0-1 0 1 10
Deane 37 6-18 4-4 4-5 4 4 20
Nolan 32 2-10 0-2 4-11 0 3 4
Alexander 28 7-18 2-2 1-3 1 2 18
Dersch 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0
Mcandrew 16 0-0 1-2 0-1 0 4 1
Metheney 2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Mclaughlin 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
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TOTALS 200 22-67 10-15 18-38 9 21 62
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Percentages: FG-.328, FT-.667. 3-Point Goals:
8-20, .400 (Marcaccini 0-1, Staples 2-5, Deane
4-9, Alexander 2-5). Team rebounds: 3. Blocked
shots: 6 (Ducharme 2, Alexander 2, Deane,
Staples). Turnovers: 15 (Mcandrew 4, Alexander 2,
Nolan 2, Robinson 2, Deane, Ducharme). Steals: 6
(Alexander 2, Ducharme 2, Deane, Staples).
MARYLAND (78)
fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
Stokes 32 6-14 3-6 2-4 5 0 15
Jasikevicius 32 7-11 6-6 1-3 4 2 24
Ekezie 26 3-5 3-4 4-10 0 3 9
Profit 34 4-12 4-4 2-9 0 0 12
Booth 34 3-8 6-8 1-4 0 4 12
Elliott 27 2-8 0-0 3-8 1 4 4
Kovarik 15 1-1 0-0 0-1 3 1 2
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TOTALS 200 26-59 22-28 13-39 13 14 78
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Percentages: FG-.441, FT-.786. 3-Point Goals:
4-13, .308 (Stokes 0-3, Jasikevicius 4-7, Profit
0-2, Elliott 0-1). Team rebounds: 4. Blocked
shots: 6 (Booth 3, Elliott 2, Stokes). Turnovers:
12 (Booth 4, Stokes 3, Profit 2, Ekezie,
Jasikevicius, Kovarik). Steals: 5 (Jasikevicius
2, Stokes 2, Kovarik).
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Virginia 28 34 - 62
Maryland 42 36 - 78
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Technical fouls: None. A: 14,500. Officials:
Dick Paparo, Carl Hess, Brian Kersey.
