National Basketball Association
Maryland 64, Penn St. 58
When: 8:30 PM ET, Wednesday, February 4, 2015
Where: Xfinity Center, College Park, Maryland
Officials:
# Brian Dorsey, # Kelly Pfeifer, # Larry Scirotto
Attendance:
14195
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No. 16 Maryland 64, Penn State 58: Dez Wells scored 23 points and Jon Graham added a career-high 16 points as the host Terrapins won for the fifth time in seven games.
Wells finished 8-of-10 from the field, helping Maryland (19-4, 7-3 Big Ten) offset a four-point performance from leading scorer Melo Trimble, who did contribute a career-high eight assists. Jake Layman added 10 points as the Terrapins prevailed despite shooting 3-of-15 from 3-point range and 15-of-24 from the free-throw line.
D.J. Newbill scored 12 of his 18 points in the second half on 6-of-19 shooting and added seven rebounds for Penn State (14-9, 2-8), which was outscored 12-6 in the final five minutes. Geno Thorpe added 10 points and Brandon Taylor scored nine.
Neither team led by more than four points in a tightly contested first half with Maryland using baskets by Layman and Wells in the final minute to take a 29-28 lead into intermission. Wells’ 3-pointer capped a 7-0 spurt early in the second half to put Maryland ahead 39-31, but Shep Garner scored six straight points for Penn State and Devin Foster’s basket with 9:48 to go put the Nittany Lions ahead 47-46.
Foster’s layup with five minutes left evened the score at 52, but Trimble found Layman and Dodd on back-to-back possessions to push Maryland ahead 57-52 with 2:15 to play. Taylor answered for Penn State with two 3-pointers, the last with 1:02 left to cut the Terrapins’ lead to 59-58 before Wells hit 3-of-4 free throws and Trimble added two from the line in the final 40 seconds.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Wells had hit just 19-of-56 shots from the field in his previous five games. … Trimble finished 0-of-5 from the field and is 0-of-13 in his past two games after scoring 61 points in his previous three contests. … Newbill made his first three shots in the game’s opening six minutes, then missed his next six attempts before hitting a 3-pointer with 15:26 to play.
Top Game Performances
Penn St. |
|
Maryland |
D.J. Newbill 18 |
Scoring |
Dezmine Wells 23 |
D.J. Newbill 5 |
Assists |
Melo Trimble 8 |
D.J. Newbill 7 |
Rebounds |
Jake Layman 9 |
D.J. Newbill 4 |
Free Throws Made |
Dezmine Wells 5 |
Payton Banks 1 |
Steals |
Melo Trimble 2 |
Jordan Dickerson 2 |
Blocks |
Damonte Dodd 1 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Penn St.
|
58 |
38.6 |
6-22 |
8-13 |
8 |
27 |
3 |
3 |
11 |
Maryland
|
64 |
44.2 |
3-15 |
15-24 |
9 |
37 |
4 |
5 |
15 |