Hart, Ayala Help Maryland Rally, Beat Richmond 86-80

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November 25, 2021 astatine 10:10 pm

NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Hakim Hart scored 19 of his season-high 24 points successful the 2nd half, Eric Ayala added 20 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists, and Maryland rallied to bushed Richmond 86-80 connected Thursday nighttime astatine the Baha Mar Hoops Bahamas Championship.

Fatts Russell had 15 points — 11 successful the 2nd fractional — and six assists and Qudus Wahab scored 13 points for Maryland (5-1).

Hart deed a 3-pointer, made a layup and added 2 escaped throws successful an 11-1 tally that trimmed Maryland’s shortage to 46-45 aboriginal successful the 2nd fractional and his 3-pointer with 4 minutes to play capped a 10-1 spurt that gave the Terrapins their archetypal pb since midway done the archetypal fractional astatine 73-72. Matt Grace answered with a handbasket to enactment the Spiders backmost successful beforehand but they missed their adjacent 5 shots arsenic Maryland scored 7 consecutive points to marque it 80-74 when, precocious successful the changeable clock, Russell deed a step-back 3-pointer with 1:12 left.

Grant Golden led Richmond (3-3) with 18 points, six rebounds and 5 assists. Nick Sherod and Jacob Gilyard scored 14 points apiece and Tyler Burton, who went into the contention averaging 19.8 points per game, added 11.

Sherod deed 3 3-pointers during a 20-7 tally that gave Richmond a 12-point pb earlier Ayala made a 3 to marque it 41-32 astatine halftime. The Spiders, who went into the crippled ranked 28th nationally successful 3-point tract extremity percent astatine 40.6%, made 8 of 22 from down the arc — including 3 of 11 aft halftime.

The Terrapins made 20 of 25 from the free-throw line. Richmond deed 12 of 20.

Maryland is 27-15 all-time against the Spiders and has won 10 consecutive successful the series.

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