Cliff Tucker Saves the Day for Maryland Over Georgia Tech
I wanted to write about this sooner, but I was so pumped up, it would have been a bunch of nonsense. Now that I have had some time watch some replays, and let my mind stop racing around, I can write something that will make sense.
First of all, the way the Terps rebounded today, they had no business winning this game. They can thank the foul shooting woes of Gani Lawal and the rest of his Yellow Jacket teammates for that one.
Yet another offensive rebound for GT gave them the lead with 3 seconds left as Derrick Favors scored on a put back. Maryland inbounded to Greivis Vasquez and he took off up court and launched a three just over midcourt, and banked it in. The problem is Gary Williams called timeout, and the basket did not count. So with 1.5 seconds left and inbounding at midcourt, Eric Hayes found Cliff Tucker, who hesitated and launched a three, and it was good. Bedlam ensues, and Maryland wins.
Tucker only played 9 minutes, but had 8 points, none bigger than the three at the buzzer. It was another game, where Maryland didn’t play their best, but they figured out a way to pull out the miraculous win.
I think Eric Hayes deserves a ton of credit in this game. He made a couple of amazing driving baskets, one of which he somehow got high of the glass over both Favors and Lawal. Hayes also hit a clutch three late in the game. He finished the day with 15 points.
Greivis Vasquez didn’t have his best shooting day, but he still finished with 8 assist to go along with his 18 points. Early in the game he did get over 2000 career points, and likely will pass John Lucas and Adrian Branch on Wednesday night.
One of these days the rebounding is going to get them, but when things are going your way, roll with it. That is two games in a row they escaped and won games, they didn’t necessarily deserve to win, but I am not going to let that interfere with the joy of a buzzer beater win! I will follow this up with some more on Tucker’s huge shot later.
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February 20th, 2010 at 6:12 pm
fourth best 3 point shooter for the Terps knocks down a turn around three to win the game…i would say things are going Maryland’s way.
February 20th, 2010 at 7:48 pm
What an incredible win. MD never wins these kinds of games( except for the tournament game against UNCW). The rebounded terribly and really should have lost. Hayes is just a little bit dead to me. Moseley didn’t do much to impress me today either. Moseley is the one who is really a mystery. He has gone stone cold. He can’t even seem to get the garbage baskets anymore. I’m not sure what his deal is but I hope he gets his game fixed ASAP. Great win for the Terps. Clemson comes to town on Wednesday and I’m hoping for revenge.
February 20th, 2010 at 8:12 pm
Did anyone else see Gary curse booth and punch him in the chest for calling that timeout? Calm down Gary. We won!
February 21st, 2010 at 8:27 am
How can Hayes be dead to you? He had one bad play where he got the ball taken from him, but other than that he played really well. Two big drives in traffic, and the big three in the corner. Not to mention he found Tucker. Though Mosley hasn’t been hitting his shots, it hasn’t brought the rest of his game down.
February 21st, 2010 at 7:15 pm
Wow, just wow! It seems we never win games like that. To pull that one out of the fire like that was unbelievable. Sorry Duke, but we aren’t done competing for the Conference Title just yet!!
February 21st, 2010 at 7:40 pm
Yeah, Gary was angry. But that was the right call and he wouldn’t have been screaming at Booth for calling the TO had Greivis not hit that shot; well, he probably would have yelled at Booth for something else).
February 21st, 2010 at 9:55 pm
I have no idea how Hayes got those two layups to fall. He has really frustrated me with his ball handling. It pains me every time someone takes the ball from him and makes a layup. This seems to happen at least one if not twice per game. His confidence doesn’t seem very high. I wish he shot and drove to the hoop more often.
February 22nd, 2010 at 8:56 am
As far as the timeout, I don’t understand why Booth would be the one calling it. I have no problem with it being called, but the fact that it was Booth and not Gary has me stunned. I agree about Hayes getting the ball taken, and if you playtight man on him, he struggles (see Duke and Clemson). Wednesday is going to be a huge game, and should be interesting to see if they have a better plan of attack against the pressure defense.