Maryland can’t overcome late-game heroics from Seth Lundy as it suffers frustrating loss to Penn State on senior day
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With the shot clock dwindling downward, Penn State (ten-13, seven-12 B1G) forward Seth Lundy caught a pass on the correct wing and quickly gathered. He held his mitt in the air as the ball trickled through the net, lifting the Penn Country bench and fans into euphoria and the Maryland (15-12, 9-11 B1G) bench and faithful into despair.
That basket gave the Nittany Lions the absorber they needed down the stretch extending the atomic number 82 to 61-57 with 32 seconds remaining in Maryland's 66-61 loss. Maryland had no answer for the sophomore forward throughout, as he finished with 31 points.
"You have losses in life that are devastating, this is one of them," head coach Marking Turgeon said. "A lot of tears in the locker room. Nosotros expected to win the game and it but snowballed and we actually couldn't stop it."
Lundy scored 12 of the Nittany Lions' final 18 points, while Myreon Jones also contributed 17 points. Maryland was too outrebounded 39-31 overall, surrendering x offensive rebounds.
The Terps offensive futility, with one made field goal in the final iv:23, compounded by the Nittany Lions' efficient law-breaking down the stretch allowed them to complete the comeback afterwards abaft by xvi in the kickoff half. Aaron Wiggins led the Terps with 15 points and ten rebounds, while Eric Ayala added 14 points and Darryl Morsell chipped in ten.
"I thought we over dribbled and nether passed tonight," Turgeon said. "Really if we merely go on guarding, we win the game. We were up 55-49 at the concluding media timeout and we never really guarded the residual of the fashion."
Like its previous 2 contests Maryland got off to a smoldering start, blitzing the Nittany Lions with 12 sequent points in the opening 4:32. Penn Country apace responded with a 9-2 run, unmarried-handedly orchestrated by Lundy as the Terps struggled to protect the ball, unable to navigate the Nittany Lions' pressure.
As Penn State gained brief momentum, Maryland transitioned its offensive attack to playing through the low mail and Galin Smith. Finding success in the low post, the Terps connected to attack the basket, which led to open perimeter opportunities. That success at the handbasket was highlighted by a ferocious alley-oop jam from Hakim Hart on a feed from Morsell, which extended Maryland'due south pb to xiii.
However, the pesky Nittany Lions answered dorsum with a 7-0 run keyed by triples from Lundy and Jones that galvanized Penn State's law-breaking. That spurt prompted a timeout from Turgeon with less than 2 minutes remaining in the first one-half.
Out of the timeout, the Terps went to Morsell who delivered back-to-back buckets giving them a 10-indicate advantage heading into the break with some newfound momentum.
Unlike the offset half, it was Penn Country who started out hot in the opening couple of minutes energized by its tenacious defense and 3-point shooting. Lundy and Jones spearheaded the Nittany Lions perimeter assault, as the Terps didn't practice a strong enough job closing out on shooters cutting the deficit to 39-36 with 14:10 remaining.
Even so, Maryland mounted a much-needed response, orchestrating an xi-0 run over the next 2:46. Wiggins started the run with a wing three, while Jairus Hamilton provided some dainty low post defense on John Harrar with a strong block.
The Terps fed off the energy of their defense as Donta Scott buried back-to-dorsum triples bringing the bench and the small XFINITY Centre crowd to their feet with rejuvenated momentum. Penn Country missed nine of its ten shots over that catamenia, six of which came from backside the arc settling for contested perimeter opportunities.
Catalyzed past their tenacious defense, the Nittany Lions mounted a response with an eleven-0 spurt of their ain, which trimmed Maryland's lead to three. Harrar fueled the run on the interior battling for post positioning, notching four points during that span. Lundy and Myles Dread too chipped in baskets over that stretch.
Hamilton responded with a iii for Maryland pushing the atomic number 82 to six, but that proved to be Maryland's 2d to concluding made field goal in the final 6:11. Lundy began his late-game groove with a tough lefty stop off the glass and quickly followed that upward with a 3, which trimmed Maryland's lead to 57-54 with 2:40 remaining.
At that bespeak, momentum continued to swing in Penn State'southward favor every bit the missed shots began to pile up for Maryland. With i:23 remaining Lundy meandered his fashion around the Terps defense and lofted a runner in the lane, which gave the Nittany Lions a 58-57 lead, their first of the contest.
"We permit them get in the pigment too often and they got easy layups," Wiggins said. "They got momentum going making tough shots and getting to the basket."
On the ensuing possession, Ayala was unable to convert on the isolation opportunity as his mid-range jumper found the front rim and rattled out. Penn State's next possession they seized complete control on Lundy's aforementioned three, which sent the Nittany Lion bench and faithful into hysteria.
Maryland's 2nd consecutive loss embodied similar themes to when they've struggled this season, stagnation offensively, porous rebounding and lapses defensively.
Now the Terps volition enter the Big 10 Tournament as a No. 8 seed facing off against No. 9 seed Michigan State in the starting time round on Thursday.
"It's senior night yous're supposed to send the seniors out on a good note," Wiggins said. "We wanted to end information technology on a good nighttime and only didn't finish the game. Got to put it by us and exist prepared for the tournament ahead of us."
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