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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.