Feb. 13, 1997
Terps Now Alone in Third in ACC
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Keith Booth (file photo) |
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Keith Booth scored 17 points and number 10 Maryland earned a
split of the season-series with Florida State with a 73-57
victory in an Atlantic Coast Conference game.
Obinna Ekezie added 15 points for the Terrapins (19-5, 8-4 ACC)
who moved into sole possession of third place in the conference,
one-half game ahead of Clemson and one-half game behind second-place Duke.
James Collins scored 24 points to lead Florida State (13-8,
4-8), which lost at Maryland for the fourth straight time.
The Seminoles played without starting forward Randell Jackson,
who was suffering from a hip flexor and groin injury. He
averages 10.7 points per game.
Florida State started quickly, taking its largest lead of the
game at 16-6 on a three-pointer from the corner by Collins with
13:15 left in the first half. But the Seminoles would score only
two points over the next 8:56 as the Terrapins took control of
the game.
Sarunas Jasikevicius hit a three-pointer and Rodney Elliott made
a pair of free throws to cut the deficit to 16-11 with 11:38 to
play. Ron Hale's basket increased the Florida State lead to
18-11 with 10:57 remaining, but Laron Profit scored six points
and Booth had four in a 16-0 run as Maryland took a 27-18 lead
with 5:04 to play in the first half.
"We found out right before the game started that Randell Jackson
wasn't going to play for Florida State," Maryland coach Gary
Williams said. "We didn't know that earlier. We decided that we
were going to go inside on them. We were able to get a good
lead on them and maintain it."
Florida State would finally score again on Collins' layup with
4:19 to play in the first half. Maryland led, 38-27 at the
half.
Maryland opened the second half with a 7-2 run to take a 44-29
lead with 18:19 left, but Florida State was able to close to
within eight points on Hale's three-pointer with 12:21
remaining. But the Terps responded with a 16-3 run, with Ekezie
accounting for five points, to take their largest lead at 71-50
with 2:47 to play.
"Without Randell Jackson we just could not afford to get in foul
trouble-- and we did," Florida State coach Pat Kennedy said. "It
really hurt us. We lost our aggressiveness and Maryland just
kept coming after us. They moved us around and basically just
manhandled us. Not to mention the revenge factor coming in."
Profit finished with 14 points and eight rebounds and Elliott
had 12 and eight rebounds for Maryland, which shot 44 percent
(24-for-55) from the field. Booth and Ekezie each grabbed 11
boards for the Terps, helping them to a commanding 47-31
rebounding margin.
Corey Louis had 10 points for Florida State, which shot 36
percent (21-for-59).
FLORIDA ST (57)
fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
Hale 27 3-10 0-0 1-3 2 4 7
Louis 36 4-8 2-2 1-7 1 3 10
Luchman 15 2-2 3-5 1-3 0 5 7
K Thompson 32 1-9 0-1 1-4 7 1 2
Collins 33 9-16 2-3 2-4 1 3 24
Greer 33 1-7 0-0 0-3 0 0 3
Deas 11 0-2 2-2 1-2 3 5 2
Brower 13 1-5 0-0 1-1 1 2 2
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TOTALS 200 21-59 9-13 8-27 15 23 57
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Percentages: FG-.356, FT-.692. 3-Point Goals:
6-25, .240 (Hale 1-5, K Thompson 0-3, Collins
4-7, Greer 1-5, Deas 0-2, Brower 0-3). Team
rebounds: 4. Blocked shots: 3 (Louis 2, Collins).
Turnovers: 19 (Deas 4, K Thompson 3, Brower 2,
Collins 2, Greer 2, Hale 2, Louis 2). Steals: 6
(Greer 4, Collins, K Thompson).
MARYLAND (73)
fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
Profit 36 6-13 2-4 4-8 4 3 14
Booth 37 6-17 5-7 6-11 3 1 17
Ekezie 30 5-11 5-8 3-11 1 2 15
Stokes 36 1-3 2-2 0-2 3 3 4
Jasikevicius 18 3-4 0-0 0-1 2 4 7
Kovarik 23 1-2 2-4 2-4 2 2 4
Elliott 19 2-5 8-8 0-8 0 1 12
Watkins 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0
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TOTALS 200 24-55 24-33 15-45 15 17 73
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Percentages: FG-.436, FT-.727. 3-Point Goals:
1-4, .250 (Profit 0-2, Jasikevicius 1-1, Kovarik
0-1). Team rebounds: 2. Blocked shots: 5 (Profit
4, Elliott). Turnovers: 14 (Elliott 3, Stokes 3,
Ekezie 2, Jasikevicius 2, Profit 2, Booth,
Watkins). Steals: 8 (Booth 4, Jasikevicius 2,
Ekezie, Profit).
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Florida St 27 30 - 57
Maryland 38 35 - 73
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Technical fouls: None. A: 14,500. Officials:
Samuel Croft, Mike Wood, Duke Edsall.
