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Jan. 8, 1997
Terps Rally To Stun Tar Heels
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Obinna Ekezie scored a season-high 21 points as 19th-ranked Maryland rallied from a 22-point second-half deficit to stun No. 13 North Carolina, 85-75, in an Atlantic Coast Conference game.
Keith Booth added 20 points and 12 rebounds for the Terrapins (13-1, 3-0 ACC), who are off to their best start in conference play since going 4-0 to begin the 1958-59 season. Maryland also tied its best start in school history, equalling its 1975-76 start.
Antawn Jamison scored 24 points and Serge Zwikker added 18 for North Carolina (9-3), which is off to its first 0-2 start in conference play since the 1979-80 season. All three of the Tar Heels' losses have come to ranked opponents, with the previous two coming to Arizona and Wake Forest.
North Carolina swingman Vince Carter did not dress due to a hip pointer suffered in Saturday's loss to Wake Forest.
The Tar Heels lead the all-time series, 100-44, but Maryland has won its last two games at North Carolina.
MARYLAND (85)
fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
Booth 37 7-15 6-8 6-12 3 0 20
Profit 24 3-10 6-8 0-4 1 2 13
Ekezie 36 6-8 9-16 5-8 0 4 21
Stokes 28 2-4 3-4 0-1 4 2 7
Jasikevicius 36 5-11 0-2 0-3 0 2 14
Elliott 20 4-6 0-1 2-5 2 5 8
Kovarik 15 1-3 0-0 1-2 4 1 2
Watkins 4 0-1 0-0 0-2 0 1 0
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TOTALS 200 28-58 24-39 14-37 14 17 85
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Percentages: FG-.483, FT-.615. 3-Point Goals:
5-17, .294 (Booth 0-1, Profit 1-5, Stokes 0-1,
Jasikevicius 4-9, Elliott 0-1). Team rebounds: 4.
Blocked shots: 1 (Profit). Turnovers: 16 (Ekezie
4, Stokes 4, Booth 2, Profit 2, Jasikevicius,
Kovarik). Steals: 9 (Booth 3, Elliott 2, Profit
2, Kovarik, Stokes).
NORTH CAROLINA (75)
fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
Okulaja 38 4-9 1-4 1-3 4 5 10
Jamison 38 9-16 6-7 4-11 2 3 24
Zwikker 30 9-12 0-2 4-9 0 3 18
Williams 36 5-15 0-0 1-4 6 3 15
Cota 38 2-7 4-4 0-2 11 3 8
Ndiaye 9 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 3 0
Mcnairy 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Frederick 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Evtimov 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0
Tyndall 1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0
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TOTALS 200 29-62 11-17 10-29 23 23 75
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Percentages: FG-.468, FT-.647. 3-Point Goals:
6-22, .273 (Okulaja 1-5, Williams 5-14, Cota 0-2,
Tyndall 0-1). Team rebounds: 4. Blocked shots: 3
(Zwikker 2, Okulaja). Turnovers: 18 (Cota 6,
Okulaja 4, Jamison 2, Ndiaye 2, Williams 2,
Evtimov, Frederick). Steals: 7 (Cota 2, Jamison
2, Mcnairy, Okulaja, Williams).
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Maryland 38 47 - 85
North Carolina 50 25 - 75
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Technical fouls: None. A: 21,572. Officials:
Frank Scagliotta, Stephen Gordon, Tom Lopes.
