Maryland Athletics - University of Maryland Official Athletic Site - Events
Jan. 26, 1997
Maryland Slips Past Duke, 74-70
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Sarunas Jasikevicius and Laron Profit hooked up for two key alley-oops and Obinna Ekezie took a game-saving charge as seventh-ranked Maryland held off number 10 Duke, 74-70, in an Atlantic Coast Conference battle.
Keith Booth scored 17 points for the Terrapins (17-2, 6-1 ACC), who moved a half-game behind Wake Forest for first place in the conference. Maryland, which is off to the best start in school history, improved to 4-1 against ranked opponents.
Roshown McLeod scored 22 points and Jeff Capel added 11 for Duke (15-5, 4-3), which lost for just the second time in its last 12 games at Maryland, but holds a commanding 85-51 lead in the all-time series.
Trailing 72-70, the Blue Devils had a chance to tie the game, but point guard Steve Wojciechowski drove the left baseline and charged into Ekezie with 2.2 seconds to play. Profit made two foul shots with less than a second to play to complete the scoring.
DUKE (70)
fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
Wallace 15 3-4 0-0 0-0 0 4 8
Mcleod 30 9-16 2-2 4-11 0 3 22
Newton 20 2-10 1-3 3-8 0 1 5
Wojciechowski 29 1-5 2-2 0-0 5 5 5
Langdon 35 2-6 2-2 0-2 3 2 7
Carrawell 13 2-7 0-0 1-4 0 0 4
Chappell 6 0-2 2-2 2-2 1 0 2
James 14 2-3 0-0 0-2 1 3 4
Capel 25 4-6 1-3 0-0 5 3 11
Price 13 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 2
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TOTALS 200 26-61 10-14 10-29 16 22 70
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Percentages: FG-.426, FT-.714. 3-Point Goals:
8-20, .400 (Wallace 2-2, Mcleod 2-3,
Wojciechowski 1-4, Langdon 1-4, Carrawell 0-1,
Chappell 0-1, James 0-1, Capel 2-3, Price 0-1).
Team rebounds: 4. Blocked shots: 4 (Mcleod 2,
Wallace, Carrawell). Turnovers: 13 (Mcleod 4,
Wojciechowski 3, Langdon 2, Newton 2, Capel,
James). Steals: 4 (Wojciechowski 2, Capel, Price).
MARYLAND (74)
fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
Booth 33 6-12 3-6 4-9 6 4 15
Profit 37 5-13 5-6 2-7 3 0 16
Ekezie 34 4-9 1-2 1-6 2 3 9
Stokes 34 2-2 2-2 0-4 4 3 8
Jasikevicius 31 5-12 2-2 0-1 3 0 15
Elliott 20 4-6 3-4 2-5 0 3 11
Kovarik 10 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 0
Watkins 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
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TOTALS 200 26-54 16-22 9-32 19 14 74
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Percentages: FG-.481, FT-.727. 3-Point Goals:
6-12, .500 (Booth 0-1, Profit 1-4, Stokes 2-2,
Jasikevicius 3-4, Elliott 0-1). Team rebounds: 4.
Blocked shots: 5 (Ekezie 3, Profit, Elliott).
Turnovers: 18 (Stokes 4, Booth 3, Ekezie 3,
Jasikevicius 3, Profit 3, Elliott, Kovarik).
Steals: 6 (Jasikevicius 2, Profit 2, Booth,
Ekezie).
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Duke 29 41 - 70
Maryland 33 41 - 74
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Technical fouls: None. A: 14,500. Officials:
Rick Hartzell, Felton Steed, Bob Donato.
