Bobcats roll Terps

Not the Charlotte NBA team. The college team from Ohio.

What a sad night for the Maryland Terrapins. For the first time since 1989 - Gary Williams' first at the helm as Maryland Head Coach - Maryland paid an opponent to come to their home floor to beat them. Back then it was local MEAC foe Coppin State. This year it was the Ohio Bobcats of the MAC.

There isn't much to say about this beating. Ohio is a solid team, one that can compete in their conference, but before last night they had lost their only two tests to Temple and Holy Cross. Leon Williams, a quality big man out of Cardinal Gibbons in Baltimore, absolutely dominated the Terps to the tune of 17 points and 15 rebounds on the game. The number of boards is particularly indicative of the continued poor rebounding on the part of the Terps.

Greivis Vasquez was the most egregiously bad of the regulars as he missed 11 shots from the field while taking wild shots during the Terps' furious comeback intent. On several trips down the floor on offense it seemed that Vasquez had no intention of passing the ball. Although he had perhaps the worst game, it would be unfair to single out Vasquez. The entire team played poorly, trailing by as many as 16 and never leading in the game.

The next game will be against American after the break for finals. Hopefully the team can begin to put the season back together. It will not be easy. Nothing has been this season.