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Jan. 21, 1997
Booth, Elliot Lead Terps Past Pennsylvania
BALTIMORE, Md. - Keith Booth scored 16 of his 26 points in the first half and Rodney Elliott added 22 as seventh-ranked Maryland pulled away for a 103-73 victory over Pennsylvania at Baltimore Arena.
Maryland (16-2), off to its best start in school history, won for the fifth time in six games.
The Terrapins led 31-25 with 7:31 left before closing the first half on a 16-9 run for a 47-34 halftime advantage. Maryland opened the second half with a 16-7 burst to grab a 63-41 lead with just over 13 minutes remaining.
Jed Ryan had 17 points for Pennsylvania (5-7), which suffered its third straight loss. The Quakers lead the series, 12-2, but this was the first meeting between the schools since the 1952-53 season.
PENNSYLVANIA (73)
fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
Jordan 28 4-8 2-2 0-2 1 2 11
Romanczuk 20 4-5 1-2 2-5 2 4 9
Owens 16 4-5 0-0 0-2 0 4 8
Lyren 32 3-5 0-0 0-1 4 3 7
Kreitz 31 2-8 0-0 0-1 2 4 6
Ryan 24 6-13 4-4 2-3 2 2 17
Langel 23 3-5 2-2 1-4 1 1 11
Mboya 18 1-2 0-0 0-3 1 0 2
Melcher 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0
Dzik 2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Kieffer 1 0-1 0-0 0-2 0 0 0
Allison 1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 2
Goldstein 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
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TOTALS 200 28-54 9-10 5-23 13 22 73
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Percentages: FG-.519, FT-.900. 3-Point Goals:
8-21, .381 (Jordan 1-1, Lyren 1-1, Kreitz 2-8,
Ryan 1-6, Langel 3-4, Dzik 0-1). Team rebounds:
2. Blocked shots: 2 (Kreitz, Allison). Turnovers:
31 (Jordan 6, Langel 5, Lyren 5, Owens 5, Ryan 4,
Kreitz 3, Mboya 2, Romanczuk). Steals: 5 (Kreitz
2, Jordan, Lyren, Ryan).
MARYLAND (103)
fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
Profit 30 1-4 1-2 0-1 4 0 4
Booth 33 11-17 4-5 2-12 1 3 26
Ekezie 27 5-7 5-6 5-8 2 1 15
Stokes 28 2-6 0-0 0-3 6 0 5
Jasikevicius 27 4-9 4-4 1-1 3 2 12
Elliott 20 10-11 2-3 3-4 3 4 22
Kovarik 16 1-3 6-6 0-2 4 2 8
Watkins 6 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 2
Hite 3 0-0 1-2 0-0 0 0 1
Fields 3 1-2 2-2 1-2 0 0 5
Raydo 3 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 3
Hahn 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Smith 2 0-3 0-0 0-0 0 1 0
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TOTALS 200 37-65 25-30 12-33 24 14 103
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Percentages: FG-.569, FT-.833. 3-Point Goals:
4-13, .308 (Profit 1-3, Stokes 1-2, Jasikevicius
0-3, Kovarik 0-1, Fields 1-1, Raydo 1-1, Smith
0-2). Team rebounds: None. Blocked shots: 2
(Booth, Ekezie). Turnovers: 15 (Ekezie 4,
Jasikevicius 4, Profit 3, Booth 2, Elliott,
Raydo). Steals: 12 (Booth 4, Jasikevicius 2,
Stokes 2, Ekezie, Hahn, Hite, Profit).
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Pennsylvania 34 39 - 73
Maryland 47 56 - 103
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Technical fouls: None. A: 13,368. Officials:
Larry Rose, Stanley Rote, Stephen Gordon.
