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Maryland just beat the nation’s No. 3 team, a North Carolina bunch anointed as a sure-fire national champion before the season, and the Terrapins did it even though they were outscored when four of their five starters were on the floor.
Think about that for a moment. How does that happen?
Cliff Tucker, that’s how.
The sophomore uncorked a +21 day, which in an overtime game against such a superb opponent is ridiculous.
It’s a one-game sample size. But Tucker was on the floor for a good stretch in the first half, for the erasure of a 14-point deficit (he came in just after Maryland cut it from 16) and the entire overtime.
So Cliff Tucker? A pretty amazing force yesterday.
Here’s the full rundown of yesterday’s game:
Player
|
UNC
|
ACC
|
Per Min.
|
Season
|
Per Min.
|
1-Milbourne
|
-9
|
-66
|
-0.18
|
+46
|
0.06
|
4-Dupree
|
DNP
|
-23
|
-0.48
|
-33
|
-0.14
|
5-Hayes
|
+12
|
-16
|
-0.05
|
+130
|
0.17
|
11-Kim
|
DNP
|
+11
|
0.22
|
+23
|
0.17
|
14-Mosley
|
-6
|
-49
|
-0.10
|
-22
|
-0.04
|
21-Vasquez
|
+3
|
-60
|
-0.14
|
+89
|
0.10
|
22-Bowie
|
-9
|
-45
|
-0.15
|
+113
|
0.17
|
23-Pearman
|
DNP
|
+2
|
0.50
|
+6
|
0.50
|
24-Tucker
|
+21
|
-29
|
-0.21
|
-20
|
-0.07
|
25-Goins
|
DNP
|
-2
|
-0.67
|
+5
|
0.42
|
32-Burney
|
+7
|
-1
|
-0.05 |
+18
|
0.26
|
33-Gregory
|
-2
|
-46
|
-0.24
|
+34
|
0.09
|
35-Neal
|
-2
|
-15
|
-0.05
|
+92
|
0.16
|
—- Patrick Stevens