DURHAM, N.C. ? Maryland is suddenly looking like a team that nobody wants to play in March.
Mike Jones scored 25 points, and D.J. Strawberry had a pair of baskets during a decisive second-half spurt Wednesday night to lead the 24th-ranked Terrapins past No. 14 Duke 85-77, giving the Terrapins their sixth straight victory.
Strawberry finished with 17 points for the Terps (23-7, 9-6 Atlantic Coast Conference), whose streak has firmed up what looked to be a shaky NCAA resume only a few weeks ago.
No. 19 Vanderbilt 99, South Carolina 90
Columbia, S.C. – Shan Foster scored a career-high 33, Derrick Byars added eight of his 18 points in overtime, and Vanderbilt surrendered a 17-point second-half lead before rallying to beat South Carolina.
Byars, the team’s leading scorer, was held to 10 points – six fewer than his average – during regulation. But he made two consecutive three-pointers to start the extra session.