Maybe Jin Soo Kim should have eligibility battles all the time.
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Well, that’s a little cruel, given that the freshman’s season is more than a little topsy-turvy just because of his clearinghouse issues and now his brief academic eligibility problems in the last week.
Of course, he dropped 20 in an exhibition game a few days after being cleared to practice. And he scored five crucial points in eight minutes Saturday against Miami.
Here’s the three stretches Kim played tonight:
* Entered with Maryland down 22-20 with 4:49 left in the first half. Had a dunk about a minute later, and left at the 1:11 mark with the Terps up 27-24. Scoring while he was in: Maryland 7-2.
* Entered with 14:11 left in the second half and Maryland up 36-33. Almost immediately hit a 3-pointer and left at the 10:19 mark with the Terps up 47-36. Scoring while he was in: Maryland 11-3.
* Entered with 9:36 left with Maryland up 49-39. Left with 9:15 left and the score the same
The full roster rundown:
Player
|
MIA
|
ACC
|
Per Min.
|
Season
|
Per Min.
|
1-Milbourne
|
-7
|
-29
|
-0.13
|
+83
|
0.14
|
4-Dupree
|
DNP
|
-24
|
-0.62
|
-34
|
-0.15
|
5-Hayes
|
+8
|
-9
|
-0.05
|
+137
|
0.22
|
11-Kim
|
+12
|
+12
|
0.43
|
+24
|
0.22
|
14-Mosley
|
0
|
-22
|
-0.15
|
+5
|
0.01
|
21-Vasquez
|
+5
|
-38
|
-0.15
|
+111
|
0.16
|
22-Bowie
|
+2
|
-14
|
-0.07
|
+144
|
0.26
|
23-Pearman
|
DNP
|
-2
|
-0.67
|
+2
|
0.18
|
24-Tucker
|
DNP
|
-28
|
-0.68
|
-19
|
-0.09
|
25-Goins
|
DNP
|
-2
|
-0.67
|
+5
|
0.42
|
32-Burney
|
INJ
|
INJ
|
INJ
|
+19
|
0.40
|
33-Gregory
|
-7
|
-28
|
-0.25
|
+52
|
0.17
|
35-Neal
|
+12
|
+4
|
0.02
|
+112
|
0.25
|
—- Patrick Stevens