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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Featured photo courtesy of UMTerps.com. The game clock read 0.08 seconds as center Tahj Holden stood on the baseline, prepared to execute the final inbound pass in the 2002 NCAA basketball national championship game. Steps ahead of him was senior guard Juan Dixon. “Give it to Dixon, he deserves it,” CBS announcer Jim Nantz said as Holden lobbed the ball to Dixon. Dixon launched the ball up into the air…