School Park, MD – Maryland got here into this recreation having received 4 of their final 5 video games. Final week they bought their first convention win in opposition to Penn State. Alcorn State had misplaced seven video games straight, all on the highway. Maryland had the lead early, led by Jahmir Younger, Julian Reese and Jordan Geronimo. The rating on the finish of the half was 47-33. Maryland shot 52% from the ground and 47% from 3. Each groups despatched one another to the road fairly a bit however the Terps transformed 31-of-40 for higher than 77%. Within the second half, Maryland put their foot on the pedal getting a number of scoring from their bench and function gamers as nicely. Reese, who grew to become extra aggressive within the second half, lived on the stripe making 9-of-12, and he completed the day with 15 factors, seven rebounds, two assists, a block and a steal. Younger completed his day with 13 factors and 7 assists. The Terps had 6 gamers in double figures as they stomped Alcorn State, 105-65.
Junior huge man Julian Reese began off this recreation sluggish within the first half. Alcorn State threw a number of our bodies at him early on and made issues tough for him within the paint. He hardly shoots jumpers, however he tried one on this recreation, and it was ill-advised because of how uncomfortable the protection made him, however he elevated his effort as the sport went on. He went 3-of-7 from the sector however that doesn’t actually paint the image of his influence. He’s an area clearer together with his again to the basket, he began to determine his place and bought to the rim. He has a pleasant bag of publish strikes, particularly hooks and step backs. Reese is a giant child who bought stronger since final 12 months. He seems extra centered and has a greater understanding of what participant he’s which is a rebounding, paint dominant participant. He went 9-of-12 from the road and defended the publish nicely stifling the opponent with a terrific block. He has 5 double doubles this 12 months thus far, rating him 9th nationally. As soon as he learns find out how to proceed to be aggressive, he’ll rating extra. Reese averages 15.8 factors and 9.9 rebounds per recreation.
Jahmir Younger can put the ball on the ground and has dribble jumper. He’s extra of a straight-line driver, however he appears affected person in taking his photographs. He excels within the choose and roll recreation and has an EFG of 45%. Younger can shoot 3-pointers however he’s solely capturing them at 30%, he must get higher in that regard. He’s the main scorer on the crew and Maryland doesn’t shoot the ball nicely persistently, so that they want him to step that up. He’s common defensively however has some success in opposition to different guards after they attain the paint. He purchased into the crew defensive idea on this recreation because the crew held Alcorn State to solely 65 factors. Younger is the second main scorer within the NCAA at present and the one energetic participant with 2,000 factors, 600+ rebounds and 400+ assists.
With this win, Maryland is now 6-0 at dwelling and seeking to preserve the streak going in opposition to Nicholls State. Alcorn State has now misplaced 8 straight highway video games on the season.
This text was written by Kenneth Moore, a correspondent and scout for NetScouts Basketball. You may comply with us on Fb, or on twitter.
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