Maryland vs. Iowa

[MurphDogg]

I am going to the game tonight, hopefully Maryland can avenge their worst loss of the season.

Maryland is 5.5 point favorites which seems a little high to me.

Curious whether we see Marial tonight, he hasn't played the last two games with Tomaic getting the extra big minutes. 

Turgeon has settled into an 8 man rotation over the last four games with Tomaic or Marial as the 9th man.

Obviously the big matchup is Jalen Smith and Luka Garza. Hopefully Jalen can come up bigger than he did in their first meeting. 

[Tony-OH]

This should be a good one.. Let's hope home team Terps show up!

[Tony-OH]

Damn, Wiggens had two wide open, no one around him 3-pointers that he missed! 

[Oriole4Life]

Need to get out on those 3s. Iowa is going to take a lot of them.

Fairly even so far, Wiggins had a bad turnover and wide open missed 3.

[Oriole4Life]

Giving up too many offensive rebounds. 

Struggling to get the ball inside, even with two Iowa bigs on the bench in foul trouble.

Stix sparks a run! I like when we push the ball, getting way better shots.

Edited January 31, 2020 by Oriole4Life

[Tony-OH]

2 minutes ago, Oriole4Life said:

Giving up too many offensive rebounds. 

Struggling to get the ball inside, even with two Iowa bigs on the bench in foul trouble.

Especially with their two big guys in foul trouble. I do like that MD has been willing to go inside to score though.

[Tony-OH]

Wiggens has missed 9 points worth of totally open 3-point shots!

[Oriole4Life]

Cowan hit some big shots, breaking his defender. Defense clamped down those final 5 minutes. 

[MurphDogg]

Hope we can get a third foul on Garza early.

[Oriole4Life]

Morsell is creating!

[Tony-OH]

Man Wiggins has been struggling from 3 tonight..

 

[Oriole4Life]

1 minute ago, Tony-OH said:

Man Wiggins has been struggling from 3 tonight..

 

Seriously. That missed free throw hurt too, Iowa went on a run after that.

Cowan is balling. 

[Tony-OH]

Smith has been huge the last few minutes, and Ayala with the big 3!

[Tony-OH]

1 minute ago, Eric-OH said:

He shows so many elements of an offensive game controller, and high level shooting fundamentals.  When are they going to consistently fall?!

Yeah, he's so athletic, but his outside shot has really fallen off with the line getting pushed back. He should drive more and become more of a DJ Strawberry slasher!

[Oriole4Life]

Cowan directing the offense. Shot clock running down, he calls for a screen from Scott, breaks his defender and draws help, then finds Ayala for an open 3. Buckets.

As bad as Wiggins is playing, he and Stix had a nice pick and roll. Wiggins made the great pass for a dunk.

Look at this team running plays! Scott and Stix playing tough defense all night. Morsell too.

Gotta close it out. No open threes for Iowa please.