COLLEGE PARK — Jahmir Young scored 23 factors and made all 10 of his free throws and Donta Scott scored 15 factors and Maryland rallied after which finally held off Nicholls in a 73-67 win on Tuesday evening.
Julian Reese grabbed 13 rebounds and blocked six pictures for Maryland (7-4).
Reserve Diante Smith scored 18 factors and grabbed 12 rebounds, Jalen White scored 15 and Jamal West Jr. 14 for the Colonels (4-7),
Neither group did itself a favor because the Terrapins went 19 for 29 from the foul line and Nicholls 12 for 22.
Jahari Long made two foul pictures following a 3-pointer and the Terrapins (7-4) had their largest margin of the sport at 67-59 with 47 seconds to go. Nicholls got here again with consecutive 3s from Smith and Michael Gray Jr. to scale back its deficit to 71-67 with 14 seconds to go. Young saved the Terps sinking six foul-shot makes an attempt in a 24-second span.
Maryland led 28-27 at halftime earlier than Nicholls outscored the Terps 16-6 to begin the second half. West’s layup with 14:35 remaining put the Colonels forward 43-34. Maryland then outscored Nicholls 18-7 over greater than the following 9 minutes and by no means trailed once more when Long made a 3 to finish a 49-all tie with 6:52 remaining.
Maryland entered with a 17-game residence successful streak making it the longest within the Atlantic Coast Conference and fifth longest within the nation.
Nicholls faces Towson on the highway Friday.
Maryland travels to UCLA on Friday.
