Prior to that stretch, Maryland was held to a season-low point total in a 70-57 home defeat to Wisconsin on February 13 that preceded an upset loss at Minnesota in which it shot 37.5 percent. Not to take anything away from Max Bielfeldt, Nick Zeisloft, Ryan Burton, and Jackson Tharp, but Yogi has meant so much to IN basketball and is actually the only senior who has played for IN for four years.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Kevin “Yogi” Ferrell had 17 points and four assists in his final home game while Troy Williams matched his career high with 23 points to lead No. 12 in past No. 14 Maryland 80-62 on Sunday.
Even after securing an outright Big Ten title, IN still feels like it has something to prove. The junior scored 10 of his team’s first 12 points in the second half, helping to keep Maryland from cutting into the lead despite the fact the Terrapins hit their first four shots from the field.
This Hoosiers squad goes with the play of senior guard Yogi Ferrell. His shooting has improved every season, and is has been one of the things that has helped propel this IN team into the top 10 this time around. “They just make dynamic plays”. The last layup we gave him on the baseline, they had nothing going and we just let them drive around and shoot a layup. He savored the reverberating chants of his name during the game’s final minutes.
“These guys know they have a lot more left in them”, Crean said.
The Terrapins will certainly hope to win a conference tournament title next week and they’re capable of it. But they might settle for getting back to playing a more consistent brand of basketball in advance of the tournament that could net them a national championship. The 6-1 point guard is the Hoosiers’ all-time leader in starts (132) and assists (603) and has a chance to catch A.J. Guyton for the school’s career 3-point mark if in can make a deep run in the Big Ten and/or NCAA Tournaments. IN ended the first half on a 9-0 run and took a 13-point lead at 41-28 into the locker room after Williams made a 3-pointer at the buzzer from the top of the key.
“We started out well and then we couldn’t score the last 10 minutes of the first half”, Turgeon said.
Which was worse transition defense or half-court offense? Simply access the College Basketball Live portion of the CBS Sports site and you’ll be good to go.
Maryland grabbed an 10-2 and 12-4 leads behind some hot shooting from the perimeter.
Maryland managed to close the lead to nine points again, after the penultimate media timeout of the second half.
ABOUT MARYLAND (24-6, 12-5 Big Ten): The Terrapins closed out their home slate Thursday with a 26-point rout of IL behind 18 points apiece from Jake Layman and Melo Trimble.
Maryland will wait and see how the Big Ten Tournament plays out to determine who they will face next.
Indiana University is ranked #11 in the USA Today Coaches Poll and #12 by the Associated Press heading into Senior Day. Six Indiana players made 3-pointers Sunday, but none sank more than two from long range….
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Maryland has the talent to win it, but the Hoosiers and Michigan State Spartans are the clear favorites.
