National Basketball Association
Maryland 68, Indiana 66
When: 9:00 PM ET, Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Where: Xfinity Center, College Park, Maryland
Officials:
# Terry Oglesby, # Paul Szelc, # Ted Valentine
Attendance:
15304
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No. 19 Maryland 68, Indiana 66: Freshman Melo Trimble and Dez Wells scored 18 points apiece as the host Terrapins gained a season split with the Hoosiers in a Big Ten thriller.
Jake Layman recorded 14 points and seven rebounds, including the go-ahead bucket with 1:01 remaining, as Maryland (20-5, 8-4 Big Ten) improved to 15-1 at home after making 5-of-6 from the free-throw line in the final 30 seconds. Jared Nickens scored six points on a pair of 3-pointers down the stretch and Evan Smotrycz contributed seven points for the Terrapins, who moved into a second-place tie in the conference with Ohio State - 2 1/2 games behind Wisconsin.
Yogi Ferrell recorded 23 points (6-for-9 from 3-point range), six assists and five rebounds for Indiana (17-8, 7-5), which fell to 4-1 in conference games decided by five or fewer points. Troy Williams recorded 17 points and 10 rebounds for the Hoosiers in a contest featuring 18 lead changes.
Layman's leaner put Maryland on top 63-61 and after Trimble made two free throws with 29.6 seconds left to extend the lead to four, Williams tipped in a putback with 22.8 seconds to play. Layman converted a pair from the line with 19.2 seconds remaining and after Ferrell buried a 3 with 14.3 seconds to play, Wells split a pair of free throws with 12.5 seconds left before Ferrell missed a 3-pointer and a circus two-point try to tie it at the buzzer.
The first half featured 12 lead changes with Ferrell recording 13 points and making all four of his 3-point attempts and Trimble scoring 11 as the Terrapins led 35-34 at the break after converting 50 percent of their two-point shots compared to 27.2 percent for Indiana. Maryland scored six straight - highlighted by Nickens' 3-pointer - to take a 57-51 lead with 5:21 left and the Hoosiers recorded the next six after Farrell banked in a 3-pointer with 3:37 left.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Ferrell didn't take long to extend his school-record streak of games with a 3-pointer to 56 when he drilled a contested one in the first minute. ... The Terrapins, who lost to Indiana 79-60 on Jan. 22, wore throwback uniforms from 2002, when they defeated the Hoosiers 64-52 in the NCAA Tournament national championship game. ... Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh, who is Indiana coach Tom Crean's brother-in-law, attended the game.
Top Game Performances
Indiana |
|
Maryland |
Yogi Ferrell 23 |
Scoring |
Melo Trimble 18 |
Yogi Ferrell 6 |
Assists |
Melo Trimble 2 |
Troy Williams 10 |
Rebounds |
Jake Layman 7 |
Troy Williams 3 |
Free Throws Made |
Melo Trimble 4 |
Collin Hartman 2 |
Steals |
N/A |
James Blackmon Jr 1 |
Blocks |
Damonte Dodd 4 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Indiana
|
66 |
37.3 |
10-25 |
6-10 |
12 |
28 |
2 |
3 |
6 |
Maryland
|
68 |
49.0 |
10-21 |
10-14 |
9 |
33 |
8 |
0 |
13 |