Duke Maryland

Duke Maryland
Duke Maryland : College Park, Maryland – Greivis Vasquez saved his best for last.

Vasquez scored 20 points, including a clutch basket with 37 seconds left and No. 22 Maryland beat fourth-seeded Duke 79-72 on Wednesday night to move into a tie with Manchester blue on top of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The game was the final home of Vasquez, who was honored with the elderly, Landon Milbourne and Eric Hayes before the game.

After that, all three were gathered with their colleagues as fans rushed the court to celebrate Maryland’s first victory over Duke in seven attempts.

Jordan Williams had 15 points and 11 rebounds for the Turtle (22-7, 12-3), who won six times in a row since losing by 21 at Duke University on Feb. 13.

Nolan Smith scored 20 for Duke (25-5, 12-3) and Jon Scheyer was 19. A defeat the Blue Devils’ eight-game winning streak.

Both teams with one game remaining in the regular season. Maryland travels to Virginia on Saturday, and hosts the Duke of North Carolina.

Duke center Brian Zoubek, who had 16 points and 17 rebounds at Duke University earlier in the win, Maryland, finishing with four points and 13 boards.

Late appeared several outstanding shots, each one more important than the past.

Scheyer hit a 3 – pointer to put Duke up 63-60 with 5:25 to go, and Vasquez connected in transit from beyond the arc. Scheyer and then scored on the engine, but Maryland answered with a hook shot in the lane of Adrian Bowie and transit fadeaway Vasquez.

Was 69 before each record and Williams follow-up. Then, after Duke missed twice, Vasquez tucked the ball on his chest made his way to the basket before firing a shot that dropped through the network, making it 73-69.

Shane Mosley added two free throws with 26.2 seconds left in the game.

Has the state of Maryland has not lost at home in the ACC, 15-1 overall.

After an emotional celebration of the elderly, and turtles thrilled the crowd by getting betrayed the beginning of the sizzling.

Maryland led 7-0, 19-7 and 33-19 before settling Duke. Blue Devils visions Scheyer first when he opened the second half with a 3 to make it 41-40.

Duke led 47-44 before Williams made a three-point play and record on your Bowie Milbourne added a dunk. After the end of the game by Scheyer, Bowie connected from long-range shot to put [TRIPs] until 54-49.

But Smith hit a tough baseline crossing and then converted a three-point play to tie it with 9:11 left, after a series of mistakes by the two teams, Smith throws the ball driving position Duke back in front.

The lead went back and forth until the closure of the Maryland 10-3 burst.

Blue Devils ended the first half of the race to get within 40-38 at 19-7.

Duke missed the first six shots and failed to 7-0 before receiving a tip from Zoubek ended the drought. Milbourne followed with 3 rebounds, but he picked up his second foul and Maryland next possession and had to take a seat on the bench.

Blue Devils 1 of 8 and late 10-2 when officials noticed there was a malfunction in the network and replaced it. Kyle Singler 3 drilling immediately before the end of the game by reversing the Hayes and three-point play by Williams – off any look pass from Vasquez – A 11-3 run that made it 21-8.

At this point, the Scheyer, Singler and Smith (a) 1 for mass 9.

Duke trio accounted for the next four baskets, and before the end of the game Zoubek got the Blue Devils 25-19. Mosley then landed on a bird of Maryland, and 3 consecutive throws by Hayes and Mosley boosted the margin to 14.

Duke was 40-29 before the end of the half with three points and Singler play 3 rebounds from Smith and Scheyer.