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National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Boston U 83, Maryland 77
When: 1:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 21, 2013
Where: Comcast Center, College Park, Maryland
Officials: # Sean Hull, # Andrew Marotta, # Ray Natili
Attendance: 10882

Boston University 83, Maryland 77: D.J. Irving scored a season-high 25 points despite sitting out much of the second half with four fouls as the visiting Terriers knocked off the Terrapins.

Irving was 7-of-11 from the floor in 22 minutes, including 4-of-5 from 3-point territory, while Dom Morris added 16 points and five rebounds for Boston University (7-5), which snapped a three-game losing skid. Cedric Hankerson came off the bench for a career-high 14 points and seven rebounds and Maurice Watson added 13 points - all in the second half.

Dez Wells led Maryland (7-5) with 18 points, nine rebounds and a career-high five blocked shots and Evan Smotrycz tallied 15 points and a game-high 13 rebounds. Jake Layman added 14 points for the Terrapins, who committed 17 turnovers and had their two-game winning streak end.

Maryland trailed by as many as 12 early in the second half before battling back to take the lead at 58-57 on a layup by Smotrycz, but the Terriers answered with seven unanswered points as part of a 13-3 run to go ahead 70-61 with 3:16 remaining. Boston University went 11-of-16 from the foul line over the final three minutes to notch its first non-home win over an Atlantic Coast Conference school since 2002.

Playing for the first time at Maryland since 1991, the Terriers turned in a strong first half behind 15 points from Irving and 10 points from Morris, with the two combining to shoot 9-of-13 from the floor, including 4-of-4 from beyond the arc. Boston University's press forced Maryland into 11 turnovers in the half and the Terriers used a late 7-3 spurt to take a 42-32 lead at the intermission.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Maryland fell to 1-3 against teams with winning records. ... The Terriers outrebounded the Terrapins 42-34 to beat Maryland for the first time since 1990. ... The last time Boston University beat an ACC team away from home was a neutral-site matchup against Florida State at the Fiesta Bowl Classic in Arizona in 2002.

Top Game Performances
 
Boston U   Maryland
D.J. Irving 25 Scoring Dezmine Wells 18
Maurice Watson Jr. 7 Assists Roddy Peters 7
Nathan Dieudonne 9 Rebounds Evan Smotrycz 13
D.J. Irving 7 Free Throws Made Dezmine Wells 7
Cedric Hankerson 3 Steals Nick Faust 2
Nathan Dieudonne 1 Blocks Dezmine Wells 5
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Boston U 83 42.4 10-26 23-36 10 30 2 10 12
Maryland 77 48.3 6-15 15-26 15 41 7 5 17