A Look at Maryland
The Maryland Terrapins are 24-9. Almost all of their losses are good ones: against TCU, at Clemson, to Wake twice, twice against Duke, at Virginia...all of those teams are ranked. Losses to 15-15 Georgia, and 13-17 Maryland-Eastern Shore, a satellite campus for Maryland, are inexplicable. But here they are, hot after falling to Wake in the ACC Tournament.
So, what do the Terrapins do well? They score. Eleventh in the nation, third in field goal percentage, 11th in free throw percentage, and 12th in three-point percentage. They are fourht in points per shot. That is incredibly impressive, especially in the ACC. They are eleventh in defensive rebounding, third in assists, and sixteenth in blocks. On defense, they are 36th in the nation, 27th in offensive rebounds against, seventh in defensive rebounds against, fourth in overall rebounds against...and thirteen in PPS.
This will be a tall order.
But, of course, GW just went through the #2 and #1-ranked teams all season long.
The Terrains go through their forwards. Power forward Grant Crites averages 18.6 points and 8.6 rebounds a game. The senior is a likely All-American, and ranked sixth among all draftable prospects this year. Small forward Josh Berry averages 17.7 points, 6.5 rebounds, 3.8 assists, and 1.4 steals per game. This presents an interesting problem, especially if both attack Armbruster first. Both he and Woods are prone to fouling early, and if they do, things fall on Grayson and Jack. Whereas most teams attack from the backcourt, Maryland presents a far different issue.
This could be decided advantage, Maryland.
Of course, Maryland has very little depth, as starter center, and schoolboy rival for Jack, Tommy Resnick, is out with an injury. And the bench offerings are slim for Maryland.
Starting off-guard Eddie Rakes (a marvelous fifties name; just a great eighties name) is out with an injury, which also puts some pressure on Maryland. They do have three players who average ten minutes a game off the bench. But this poses a lot of issue for Maryland, especially if GW gets them fouling, like they can do.
Here are their stats:
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#17 MARYLAND TERRAPINS TEAM INFO
Current Performance
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Team Prestige: 100 Record Vs 1-50: 16-7 Poll Rank: #17
Season Record: 25-9 Record Vs 51-100: 3-1 RPI Rank: #8
Conference Record: 7-5 Record Vs 101-200: 5-1
Home Record: 14-3 Record Vs 200+: 1-0
Team Stats CR NR Opp. Stats CR NR Margin CR NR
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Points 78.9 3 11 Points 63.9 1 36 Points 15.0 2 7
O.Reb 11.6 5 68 O.Reb 9.2 1 27 O.Reb 2.4 3 26
D.Reb 28.1 2 11 D.Reb 21.5 1 7 D.Reb 6.6 1 2
Rebounds 39.7 2 19 Rebounds 30.7 1 4 Rebounds 9.0 1 1
Assists 19.7 2 3 Assists 14.6 2 206 Assists 5.1 2 8
Steals 5.0 7 170 Steals 5.8 6 110 Steals -0.8 7 156
Blocks 6.2 3 16 Blocks 5.0 7 230 Blocks 1.2 3 56
Turnovers 14.4 6 138 Turnovers 14.9 5 64 Turnovers -0.5 7 89
Fouls 17.1 2 10 Fouls 18.8 5 153 Fouls -1.6 2 42
FG% .489 2 3 FG% .405 2 28 FG% .084 2 5
FT% .736 2 11 FT% .684 3 152 FT% .053 1 25
3P% .388 1 12 3P% .339 3 105 3P% .049 3 34
PPS 1.36 2 4 PPS 1.11 2 13 PPS .242 2 6
Adj. FG% .541 2 7 Adj. FG% .453 2 17 Adj. FG% .088 2 7
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#17 MARYLAND TERRAPINS Averages
Player Pos GP GS Min Pts Orb Reb Ast Stl Blk To Fls +/-
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Joshua Berry SF 33 33 32.2 17.7 1.8 6.5 3.8 1.4 0.6 3.7 2.1 13.7
Chris Moore PG 34 34 29.9 10.1 1.2 5.4 4.9 0.8 0.1 2.4 2.5 12.2
Thomas Resnick C 9 9 29.9 8.9 2.8 8.9 1.3 0.2 3.3 0.9 1.8 20.0
Delbert Davis PF 34 25 29.6 6.7 2.3 7.8 2.6 0.7 3.1 1.9 2.1 10.6
Grant Crites PF 34 34 29.3 18.6 3.4 8.6 1.5 0.4 0.3 1.5 3.2 12.2
Eddie Rakes PG 34 34 26.4 8.4 0.6 2.3 3.7 0.8 0.3 1.1 2.6 10.2
Daniel Hepler PG 33 0 15.5 6.3 0.5 1.8 1.5 0.2 0.1 1.5 1.7 4.4
Johnie Cassidy SF 34 0 11.9 5.1 0.4 1.9 0.7 0.4 0.1 1.1 1.0 3.2
Dennis Burkhart PF 34 1 10.2 1.8 0.6 2.1 0.3 0.1 0.7 0.5 0.9 1.9
Jonathan Fleming SF 7 0 6.0 0.6 0.6 1.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.1 1.0
Blaine Wallace PG 34 0 5.7 2.0 0.1 0.8 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.6 2.1
Robert Davis SG 13 0 2.7 1.2 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.5 2.5
Harvey Pitzer SG 1 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Jarred McAlpin SG 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Christian McClung C 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
And away we go.