Feature photo courtesy of Maryland Athletics. On Tuesday night, Melo Trimble and No. 2 Maryland dueled with Marcus Paige and No. 9 North Carolina in Chapel Hill, but came up short 89-81 in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge matchup. In his season debut, Paige led his team in scoring with 20 points. Trimble shined statistically, scoring 23 points, converting four of five threes and dishing out a career-high 12 assists. But…
Terps to gauge where they are in Chapel Hill Tuesday Night
Feature photo by Greg Fiume and courtesy of Maryland Athletics When Larry Brown left Kansas for the San Antonio Spurs in 1989, current Maryland Terrapins head coach Mark Turgeon remained on the staff as Roy Williams took the helm. On Tuesday night, Turgeon will seek his first win in eight tries against his former boss. But this time, Turgeon’s Terps are ranked second in the AP poll, seven spots higher…
Jared Nickens provides spark from three as Terps down Cleveland State
Maryland Terrapins forward Robert Carter Jr. posted up on a defender in the paint before dishing the ball out to guard Jared Nickens on the right corner. Swish. With 1:55 left in the first half, Nickens hit his third three-pointer of the evening. Nickens finished the game with 16 points on six of eight shooting from the field and four of six from behind the three-point line. He tied his…
Stone ignites comeback as Terps survive Rider
Feature photo courtesy of Maryland Athletics. It took them 34 minutes and 32 seconds, but the No. 3 Maryland Terrapins eventually took the lead over Rider Friday night. After trailing by as much as 14, once they took the lead, the Terps didn’t find themselves down again. Freshman center Diamond Stone appeared to come out of his shell, helping the Terps close out the game on a 36-15 run over…
Robert Carter Jr. leads Terps into matchup with Rider
Featured image courtesy of Maryland Athletics. On the heels of a 75-71 victory over Georgetown, guards Melo Trimble and Rasheed Sulaimon and forward Robert Carter Jr. perched up behind a table and in front of a University of Maryland backdrop. The trio fielded questions from an audience of reporters. Carter Jr. explained how he took over the huddle during a timeout late in the game with the team trailing. “I repeat…
Sulaimon, Carter Jr., Trimble lead Terps to victory over Hoyas in front of sellout crowd
Feature photo courtesy of Maryland Athletics. Maryland Terrapins point guard Melo Trimble stood at the free throw line, his team trailed 61-56 with four minutes and 11 seconds remaining in the game. While Trimble sank both free throws, former Terps point guard Grevis Vasquez entered the building. Maryland alum Scott Van Pelt and mascot Testudo embraced Vasquez before a sellout crowd gave him a roaring standing ovation. Trimble then hit…
Terps look to expand on success against Georgetown
Feature photo courtesy of Maryland Athletics. Head coach Mark Turgeon has noted several times early in the season that the Maryland Terrapins were not together during the summer. Point guard Melo Trimble was travelling with the U.S. Pan American Team, while center Diamond Stone and guard Rasheed Sulaimon had not yet arrived. But since preseason workouts, the team has been together. That has Turgeon and his team feeling good before…
Layman scores 16 as Terps tip off season with win
Feature photo courtesy of Maryland Athletics. Guard Jaylen Brantley coasted down the court with under six minutes to go in regulation. Once he crossed the timeline, he launched the ball toward the basket. Forward Jake Layman was there to complete the alley-oop dunk and extend the Maryland Terrapins’ lead to 20. On a night where the Terps debuted their long awaited basketball team stocked with new faces, Layman, their longest tenured…
Brantley, others to take on larger role in opener after injury to Wiley
Feature photo courtesy of Maryland Athletics. Members of the Maryland Terrapins men’s basketball team were spread out at different tables on team’s media day in October. It was the first chance for reporters to catch a glimpse of the highly anticipated Terps. Donning a white Terps uniform, sophomore point guard Jaylen Brantley, a transfer from Odessa Community College in Texas, didn’t take long to explain which game he was most…
Terps commit five turnovers, fall to Penn State 31-30 in Locksley’s debut
Feature photo courtesy of umterps.com. BALTIMORE, MD – Under the lights of M&T Bank Stadium in front of nearly 70,000 fans, the scoreboard showed one minute and 21 seconds remaining in the game. The Maryland Terrapins had one final chance. Quarterback Perry Hills and the offense trotted out onto the field, but Hills’ mistake was a dagger in the Terps’ hope of a win. On the next play, he threw…