Freshman Diamond Stone had 16 points, 10 rebounds and a season-high eight blocks, and No. 4 Maryland held off Nebraska 70-65 on Wednesday night.
Melo
Trimble had 14 of his 20 points in the second half as the Terrapins overcame
a slew of turnovers to remain a half-game behind conference co-leaders Indiana
and Iowa. Trimble now has eight games with 20 or more points this season.
Stone dunked off an assist from Trimble to give the Terps (20-3, 9-2 Big Ten) the lead for good, 60-58, and he dunked again after rebounding Jake Layman's missed free throw to make it 66-61 with 2 minutes to play. The Huskers were within three points when Trimble put the game away with two free throws with 8.2 seconds left. Andrew White III had 19 points and nine rebounds to lead Nebraska (12-11, 4-6). Shavon Shields was just 4 of 17 from the field and finished with 11 points and seven rebounds. Maryland committed 18 turnovers, its most in a conference game this season, but the Huskers converted them into only nine points. Nebraska was unable to overcome its season-worst 31.8-percent shooting. The Terps blocked a season-high 13 shots. Nebraska was within 68-65 with 35 seconds left when Shields fouled Stone, an 81 percent free-throw shooter. Stone missed his third straight free throw of the game, though, but he was able to block Shields' layup try at the other end. After White missed what would have been a tying 3-point attempt, Layman came up with the rebound. Trimble was fouled and shot the clinching free throws. Stone has scored in double figures in 16 of the past 19 games. His eight blocks Wednesday were the most for a Terrapin since Ekene Ibekwe vs. Mount St. Mary's in 2006. The Terps - who lead the nation in wins (19-2) in games decided by six points or less the past two seasons - welcome No. 18 Purdue on Saturday at 4 p.m. at XFINITY Center.  |
