Terps Overcome Halftime Deficit to Beat Seminoles, 74-60

For the first time all year the Terps won a game that they trailed at the half. That game was sloppy early on as Maryland was frustrated with FSU's zone. Then they picked up the pace and forgot about the three-point shot. As a result, Maryland has a 1.5 game lead over FSU and essentially clinches a first-round bye. If they go 0-2, then they would probably not have a shot. A win on Sunday, would clinch it for good.

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Positives

Harper. She struggled with her shot early on, but continued to play hard on the defensive end. Today was the Harper that won Final Four MOP. She rebounded, blocked shots and stayed out of foul trouble.

Langhorne. It looks like she has a fire inside her recently. She's going after rebounds and really attacking the paint. she was shooting 3-of-6 in the first half and I think only 4 rebounds. in the second half she was 4-of-4 with 8 rebounds. Now she just needs to work on that FT shooting.

Shay. She seemed to let the game come to her instead of forcing shots that weren't there. She also brought back her patented pump fake (I wish more of the girls would do that) to initiate contact.

Kristi. More and more she is developing her game and not solely relying on taking the quick jumper like last year. Her defense looked better tonight and she seemed relaxed.

Coleman. Another player who didn't let her lack of scoring early on affect her game. when she was needed to score big buckets she did it.

Rebounding. Florida State is used to outrebounding opponents by 9 and we grabbed 11 more than them.

Defense. I liked how we played on D tonight. We cut off as much penetration as we could and tried to limit second chances. FSU isn't the greatest 3-point shooting team, but we still did a decent job of not giving their shooters open looks.

Negatives

Turnovers. The travels seemed a bit much and then we just weren't communicating on offense. Things have to be tightened up.

Free Throw shooting. Maybe we can work on that in the gym tomorrow.

Up Next
Duke on Sunday at home. Time to make sure no one goes undefeated this year.