Freshman sparks Terrapins in his second game In a video-board marriage proposal Saturday at Comcast Center, Rachel Meyerowitz accepted a ring from Will Brody-DeClerk in an engagement of 2006 Maryland graduates.
Meanwhile on the court, the union between 7-foot-1 freshman Alex Len and the Terrapins took another positive step in a 75-63 victory over Samford before 11,429.
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With Len scoring 13 points, pulling down seven rebounds and blocking a shot, Maryland (9-3) dominated the boards 40-22 and allowed its fewest points in a game this season on its way to its most decisive margin.
“We played about as well as we have this year,” Maryland coach Mark Turgeon said. “You add Pe’Shon [Howard] and Alex to the group, and we’re really starting to play better as a group.”
Len’s presence inside sparked the Terps’ running game and opened up the outside for sophomore guard Terrell Stoglin (24 points, five rebounds, three assists), who hit six of eight 3-point shots, and freshman guard Nick Faust (13 points), who hit three of four from beyond the arc.
Howard (nine rebounds, five assists, two points) led Maryland to its rebounding edge, notching his career high three days after collecting his previous best of six boards.
Against overmatched Samford (3-9) of the Southern Conference, Len dominated both ends in a brief first-half sequence. First he scored with a low-post fake and a one-hander off the glass. Then he bolted from underneath and changed a jump shot at the key by Jeffrey Merritt. Howard got the rebound and raced the ball upcourt, feeding Len for a dunk and a 23-16 lead. At the other end, Len again intimidated Merritt on a layup try and reeled in the rebound.
Stoglin had his moments as well in the first half. On three consecutive possessions, the left-hander hit 3-pointers sandwiched around a fast-break feed to Sean Mosley (seven points, five rebounds). The flurry transformed a 5-4 deficit into a 12-5 lead. After that, Stamford never challenged despite 16 points from freshman forward Tyler Hood.
