Miami rallies beat Maryland, 62-60
CORAL GABLES, Fla. — The Miami Hurricanes rallied from a 17-point deficit in the second half, and Jack McClinton sank a 3-pointer with 24 seconds left to beat Maryland 62-60 on Wednesday night.
Greivis Vasquez sank a pair of 3-pointers early in the second half to help the Terrapins take their largest lead at 52-35 with 12:30 to go. Miami came back thanks to seven 3-pointers, the last three by McClinton, who scored 18 points.
The Hurricanes (13-3, 2-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) won their sixth game in a row. The Terrapins (12-4, 1-1) lost in their first road game since Dec. 7.
Lance Hurdle stole the ball from Eric Hayes and drove for a layup to give the Hurricanes their first lead, 59-58, with 1:17 left. Vasquez missed a pair of 3-pointers in the final 5 seconds.
Adrian Bowie scored a career-high 23 points for the Terps.
Duquesne beats George Washington, 88-83
PITTSBURGH — Freshman Melquan Bolding scored a career-high 26 points, Bill Clark and Aaron Jackson had 14 points, and Duquesne rallied to beat George Washington 88-83 on Wednesday night for its seventh straight victory.
Eric Evans scored 13 points and Damian Saunders added 11 for Duquesne (12-4), which is 3-0 in the Atlantic 10 Conference for the first time in the school’s history.
The Dukes are off to their best start since the 1979-80 season and their winning streak is their longest in 28 years.
“We’re not that bad of a team,” Saunders said. “We’re putting up wins. We’re making a name for Duquesne.”
Duquesne, which trailed by 13 points late in the first half, went ahead for good 80-77 on a 3-pointer by Saunders with 2:49 remaining.
Bolding had four of Duquesne’s 13 3-pointers. The 6-foot-4 guard had twice scored 16 points this season before Wednesday night’s game.
“At first, they didn’t think I could shoot, so they left me open,” Bolding said. “My teammates got me the ball, and I hit the open shots.”
Rob Diggs had 25 points and reserve Noel Wilmore added 14 points for George Washington (6-8, 0-2), which lost its sixth straight.
The Colonials were 30-for-47 from the field (63.8 percent) and made 8-of-10 3-pointers.
“When the other team has those kind of numbers and you still win, you’ve obviously overcome a huge obstacle,” Duquesne coach Ron Everhart said. “I don’t know how we did it.”
A big factor was rebounding. Duquesne outrebounded George Washington 19-5 on the offensive end and took 14 more shots from the field.
“That was the difference in the game,” George Washington coach Karl Hobbs said. “If we could have taken care of the offensive rebounds, we might have had a different ending.”
George Mason beats William & Mary, 61-57
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — Dre Smith scored 14 points to lead George Mason in a 61-57 win over William & Mary on Wednesday night.
John Vaughan added 13 points and Darryl Monroe had 12 for the Patriots (13-3, 6-0 Colonial Athletic Association), who are off to their best ever start in the CAA. Smith also went 4-for-7 from beyond the arc and Monroe grabbed nine rebounds.
Danny Sumner led the Tribe (6-10, 1-5) with 17 points and David Schneider chipped in with 15.
The Patriots shot 46.9 percent from the field (23 of 49) for the game compared to just a 36.7 percent mark (22 of 60) for the Tribe.
After trailing by three points at the break, Schneider’s layup with 2:14 left pulled the Tribe even at 55-all. But Vaughan hit four free throws in George Mason’s 6-2 run the rest of the way to seal the win.
Allen and Virginia Tech down Richmond, 62-48
BLACKSBURG, Va. — Jeff Allen had a double-double with 11 points and 12 rebounds and Virginia Tech’s defense held the Richmond Spiders to their lowest scoring output of the season en route to a 62-48 non-conference win Wednesday night at Cassell Coliseum.
Tech also got a game-high 12 points from Malcolm Delaney. With the victory, the Hokies moved to 11-5 overall on the season, winning for the sixth time in their past seven games.
Richmond fell to 9-7 on the season, losing for just the second time in six games. Kevin Anderson led the Spiders with 11 points.
The Hokies used a 15-0 run midway through the first half to take a 24-6 lead with just under seven minutes remaining and never looked back. Richmond missed its first seven shots from the floor and 19 of their first 21. The Spiders trailed by as many as 22 in the first half and by 20 at halftime.
American cruises past Bucknell, 69-55
Derrick Mercer notched a career-high 12 assists and Garrison Carr scored 25 points to lead American to its fifth straight win, 69-55 over Bucknell on Wednesday night.
The Eagles (10-6, 2-0 Patriot League) held Bucknell (3-13, 0-2) to 28.8 percent shooting (19 of 66) and ran up a 40-24 halftime lead that proved a sufficient cushion.
Mercer registered 10 of his assists in the opening half as he dished inside to Brian Gilmore and Jordan Nichols, and the Eagles entered intermission by hitting five of their last six baskets from 3-point range. The Bison trailed by as many as 25 in the second half.
Justin Castleberry scored 10 points to lead Bucknell, which lost its seventh straight and matched its worst start since 1954-55.
Navy outlasts Lehigh, 63-58
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Adam Teague broke a tie with a 3-pointer and Chris Harris converted two free throws, all in the final seconds, to lead Navy to a 63-58 victory over Lehigh on Wednesday night.
Teague’s 3-point with four seconds left snapped a 58-all tie, and after Lehigh received a technical foul for having six players on the court, Harris sealed the victory by making both free throws with three seconds remaining.
Kaleo Kina scored 18 points, Harris had 13, Teague added 12 and Mark Veazey finished with 10 for Navy (13-4, 2-0 Patriot League).
Zahir Carrington had 21 points and 11 rebounds and Rob Keefer scored 12 points for Lehigh (10-6, 0-2), which shot 19-for-60 from the field, including 6-for-23 from 3-point range.
