Cliff Tucker Will Play Football At UTEP This Fall

By , on June 23rd, 2011

Earlier today, Dino Gregory, who is well-known to be a great friend of Cliff Tucker’s, tweeted that Tucker was “officially a UTEP Miner.” About a half hour later, Tucker, the former Terps basketball player, confirmed it on his personal Facebook account

Here is what Tucker wrote in his post [everything sic]-

Thank GOD and Coach Price for another opportunity.Its official ima be a UTEP MINER!!!!!!TIME TO WORK!!!

If you’ve been following Tucker since his final season in a Maryland basketball uniform ended, the former forward for Gary Williams was trying to land a spot on the Terps’ football squad this fall. After a scholarship was not available, Tucker went looking for another opportunity and it looks like he found one with the Miners.

Tucker averaged 6.0 points per game in his 131-game basketball career at College Park, averaging 9.6 PPG his senior season. His career highlight in the red and gold was this shot, which defeated Georgia Tech in February 2010:

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Terps Get Crucial ACC Win

By , on February 24th, 2011

Last night at the Comcast Center, the Terps picked up a huge home victory over the Florida State Seminoles 78-62. The win puts Maryland (18-10, 7-6) back in the bubble discussion as they picked up their first win over a top 50 RPI school. So if you had February 23 as the day the Terps got their first top 50 RPI victory, you win the prize. The Terps were led by Terrell Stoglin who put in 17 points and came up huge but they had a balanced scoring attack across the board. Jordan Williams had 11 points and 11 boards, Dino Gregory added 14 points and Adrian Bowie had 12. READ MORE >>>

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Terrapins outlast Hokies 104-100

By , on February 28th, 2010

It started later than expected and took longer, but the Maryland Terrapins held on for a 104-100 double overtime victory over the Virginia Tech Hokies. Sean Mosley hit two free throws with one second left in the second overtime to seal Maryland’s fourth league road win. Those two points of his 17 were the biggest points of the game.

Saturday night’s game was played under odd circumstances considering it was supposed to start at 4 p.m., but wound up starting at 7 p.m. because of three water main breaks in Blacksburg. However, Greivis Vasquez and the rest of the Terrapins just didn’t care when the game started.

Vasquez scored 41 points on Saturday to quiet a crowd that taunted him most of the evening until halfway through the second half. Vasquez was slow to start, but caught fire in the second half and overtime. He still had his questionable shots and bad plays, but the 41 points he scored were a career high.

Eric Hayes chipped in with 12 points and 10 assists. Of his 12 points, five were free throws hit in overtime. Hayes also hit a go-ahead shot right towards the end of regulation. Malcolm Delaney went on to tie the score and send the game in to overtime, but the Baltimore native also missed two critical foul shots for the Hokies at the end of the second overtime.

Jordan Williams was also solid with 15 rebounds and nine points. The only flaw in his game so far is his foul shooting. He missed foour of his five shots from the charity stripe, however, his impact was on defense. Williams’ rebounds were critical because Maryland was outrebounded by seven again.

Dino Gregory picked up the slack for Landon Milbourne who struggled most of the night. Gregory played 32 minutes and collected five rebounds while contributing six points on offense. Gregory has really been contributing since he came back from his suspension earlier this season.

The win for Maryland Saturday night moved them closer to their goal of an NCAA Tournament berth and a bye in the ACC Tournament. With this win, Maryland moves to 21-7 overall and 11-3 in the ACC. Their conference record is good enough for second place, by a long shot, and a chance for at least a tie of a regular season ACC title. The expectation for Wednesday’s game includes an assumption that Duke will defeat Virginia Sunday night. There’s a lot on the line Wednesday night and it doesn’t get much bigger than a chance at an ACC title.

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Terps blow out Tar Heels 92-71

By , on February 7th, 2010

The hot Maryland Terrapins hosted the scuffling North Carolina Tar Heels in a game completing each team’s first half of conference games. For the Terps, it was successful, the Tar Heels, however, have ended up on the wrong end of the scoreboard six times.

Maryland took a 7-6 lead and never looked back against North Carolina on Sunday afternoon. Greivis Vasquez had his moments of bad plays, but he played very well, scoring 23 and assisted on 11 other made baskets. Vasquez outplayed Tar Heels’ Larry Drew II, schooling the sophomore on numerous occasions. READ MORE >>>

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Maryland Starts ACC Play with Upset over #18 FSU 77-68

By , on January 11th, 2010

Maryland has started conference play with a huge win, defeating #18 Florida State 77-68 at the Comcast Center.  The Terps finally have a solid win on their belt and improve to 10-4, 1-0 in the ACC, while FSU falls to 13-3, 1-1 in the conference.

Maryland got tonight’s victory because they were effective from the perimeter and forced Florida State to adjust to their style.  When Solomon Alabi got into early foul trouble, Maryland took their shots to the perimeter and disrupted the Seminole defense.  READ MORE >>>

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