Maryland vs. Ohio State

[Oriole4Life]

#12 Terps take on #11 Buckeyes at XFinity Center.  Jalen Smith vs. Kaleb Wesson will be an interesting matchup to watch.  Kyle Young might be out for Ohio State, their fourth leading scorer.  Maryland is 2.5 point favorites.  Let's go.

[Tony-OH]

Big game here for the Terps. they can't get buried in the 1st half. Ohio state can get off to good starts so they need to keep it close by half.

[Tony-OH]

Four minutes in and the Terps have not scored a point. Unbelievable how bad this team starts off games.

[Tony-OH]

Wonder what the record is for not scoring at the beginning of a Division I basketball game?

[Tony-OH]

At the 14:33 mark, the Terps scored their first point on a free throw. 8-1...

[Tony-OH]

8-3 run by the Terps has it back to 11-9. If history tells us this season, if they can keep it close the Terps can play well in the 2nd half and pull this out. 

[Tony-OH]

3 minutes ago, vatech1994 said:

I just don’t understand how Ayala and Wiggins can both shoot so well as freshmen and struggle to shoot so much as sophomores.  It makes no sense.  They look good doing everything, but they just clank a ton of shots.

I really wonder if moving the 3-point line back really has messed with them. they spent their entire lives shooting at the old line that I have to imagine moving it back can cause some problems with some players.

[Oriole4Life]

Hopefully this is Ayala's coming out game. That 3 was big.

Marial comes off the bench and immediately makes an impact defensively. That size defending the rim is hard to ignore if you are trying to score.

[Tony-OH]

2 minutes ago, vatech1994 said:

That makes sense.  Ayala just really smoothed a three so maybe I should crap on his shooting more.  LOL

Marial looks really good so far in a couple minutes.

This is the first time he's looked like a game changer defensively. I like it!

[Oriole4Life]

Great find by Cowan. This is Morsell's best shooting season.

Without the stupid turnovers we could be leading by way more. Marial will eventually learn hold the ball high. 

[Tony-OH]

6 minutes ago, vatech1994 said:

Turgeon has gotten a lot of rest for Cowen and Stix so far.  That should pay dividends late in the game.

Good point. Ohio state has gone Ice cold now which has helped.

[Oriole4Life]

Stix has improved so much beyond the arc the last 3-4 games. With that stroke it was inevitable he would hit some.

Scott has shown some handles tonight, first I've seen of that. He has a high motor too. I like his skill set.

[ArtVanDelay]

I didn’t realize they could review fouls now.

[Tony-OH]

Wiggens finally with his first real play on that drive. now Ohio State gets "T'd" up.

[Tony-OH]

Sticks and that poor inside contested offensive game. If he could make 50% of them he'd be money!