
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, February 10, 1991                   TAG: 9102100048
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: D5   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: DURHAM, N.C.                                LENGTH: Medium

DUKE FLOODS TERPS IN SECOND HALF

Reserve Thomas Hill keyed a second-half rally as No. 6 Duke downed Maryland 101-81 in an Atlantic Coast Conference basketball game Saturday.

The conference-leading Blue Devils (20-4 overall, 8-2 ACC) reached the 20-victory plateau for the eighth straight season, but it wasn't easy at first. Duke trailed by seven points with seven minutes left in the opening half - a 13-minute span in which it turned the ball over 17 times.

But the Blue Devils, who made seven of nine 3-pointers in the first half, pounded the ball inside early in the second to take advantage of Maryland's foul trouble and shot 62.9 percent.

The Terrapins (12-10, 2-7) cut Duke's 44-39 halftime lead to three points on Matt Roe's basket to open the second half, but the Blue Devils went on a 20-7 run over a 3 1/2-minute span and never trailed again.

Christian Laettner started the surge with two inside baskets and Hill, averaging nearly 15 points off the bench in seven ACC games, added two three-point plays and a 12-footer during the spurt for a 64-48 lead with 16:01 left.

Maryland closed to 65-55 less than three minutes later on a basket by Cedric Lewis, but never got closer.

Lewis, the second-leading shot blocker in the nation at 5.5 per game, picked up his third foul with 6:27 left in the first half and wasn't much of a factor inside.

Laettner led six Duke players in double figures with 16 points. Hill and Billy McCaffrey added 14 each, Greg Koubek 13, Bobby Hurley 12 and Grant Hill 11.

Vince Broadnax led the Terrapins with 18 points. Garfield Smith added 16, Matt Roe 12 and Lewis 11.

Duke, which beat No. 11 Virginia at home on Thursday, is 12-0 at Cameron Indoor Stadium this season and plays host to No. 19 Louisiana State today.

MARYLAND MPFGFTRAFPT Smith 337-122- 461116Broadnax 387-124- 743218Lewis 264- 93- 751411Roe 385-171- 274412McLinton 222- 83- 41457Downing 182- 31- 32315Burns 84- 70- 03058Thibeault 40- 10- 01000Kjome 101- 20- 33002McGlone 31- 10- 01022Totals 20033-7214-3033162481 DUKE MPFGFTRAFPT Koubek 194- 81- 242413G. Hill 175-101- 273411Laettner 235- 86- 8133416McCaffrey 303-106- 754214Hurley 294- 80- 029212T. Hill 235- 84- 822114Palmer 162- 20- 04024Lang 100- 01- 20001Davis 213- 40- 02216Buckley 51- 10- 01022Clark 42- 32- 20008Ast 30- 00- 01010Totals 20034-6221-31412523101 Maryland 39-42-81 Duke 44-57-101

Three-point goals-Maryland 1-7 (Roe 1-6, Downing 0-1) Duke 12-18 (Koubek 4-5, McCaffrey 2-4, Hurley 4-6, Davis 0-1, Clark 2-2. Turnovers-Maryland 24, Duke 33. Technical fouls-Roe, Maryland Bench. Officials-Moreau, Gordon, Corbin. Attendance-9,314.

by CNB