{"id":52680,"date":"2017-11-16T06:00:01","date_gmt":"2017-11-16T06:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=52680"},"modified":"2017-11-16T06:00:01","modified_gmt":"2017-11-16T06:00:01","slug":"cowan-scores-25-carry-maryland-past-butler-79-65","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/cowan-scores-25-carry-maryland-past-butler-79-65.html","title":{"rendered":"Cowan scores 25 to carry Maryland past Butler 79-65"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cowan scores 25 to carry Maryland past Butler 79-65<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Cowan scores 25 to carry Maryland past Butler 79-65:-Anthony Cowan ran the Maryland offense, made several clutch shots, was a force on the boards and spent plenty of time at the foul line.<\/span><\/p>\n

What more could a coach ask?<\/span><\/p>\n

“Man, was he good,” Mark Turgeon said after Cowan had 25 points and 10 rebounds, both career highs, in a 79-65 victory over Butler on Wednesday night.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cowan has assumed the role held over the past three years by Melo Trimble, who did it all for the Terrapins before leaving after his junior season.<\/span><\/p>\n

Though it would be presumptuous to compare Cowan to Trimble at this stage in the sophomore’s career, the potential is there.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I think he’s really getting a feel for how to run the team,” Turgeon said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Butler coach LaVall Jordan said of Cowan: “He does a really good job of playing with pace. He seeks contact. And he gets to the foul line. Melo Trimble taught him that because he got to the foul line at a high rate. And then he makes the big ones.”<\/span><\/p>\n

The Terrapins (3-0) connected on 17 of 24 shots to take a 42-35 halftime lead, then opened the second half with an 11-5 spurt to increase the margin to 13 points.<\/span><\/p>\n

“We made them take tough shots and they hit them,” Butler forward Sean McDermott said.<\/span><\/p>\n

After Butler (2-1) closed to 61-56, Cowan drilled a long 3-pointer as the shot-clock was about to expire and freshman Darryl Morsell made a dunk off his own steal for a 10-point cushion with 5:30 left.<\/span><\/p>\n

“When I come down and there’s two seconds left, I’ve got to shoot it,” Cowan said. “I’m happy I made it.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Cowan went 5 for 8 from the floor, hit three shots from beyond the arc and had five assists in 37 minutes. It was his first career double-double.<\/span><\/p>\n

Maryland shot 57 percent from the floor, going 9 for 20 from beyond the arc, and finished with a 40-27 rebounding advantage.<\/span><\/p>\n

McDermott scored 17, but Butler lost for the first time since Jordan took over in June. The Bulldogs went 9 for 34 from the floor after halftime.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I didn’t think it was a lack of effort at all,” Jordan said. “We’ve got to execute better, both sides of the ball.”<\/span><\/p>\n

The matchup was part of the Gavitt Games, which matches teams from the Big East against the Big Ten.<\/span><\/p>\n

Maryland prevailed despite committing 20 turnovers, including four by Justin Jackson. The sophomore forward was limited to four points but contributed 11 rebounds.<\/span><\/p>\n

Playing on the road for the first time this season, Butler led 15-10 before Kevin Huerter and freshman Bruno Fernando each scored six points in a 22-5 run that put the Terps up by 12.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fernando pumped his fist and yelled as he ran up the court, raising the enthusiasm of the 16,317 fans that came to see a rare early-season showdown between two perennially strong teams.<\/span><\/p>\n

“That was a high-level game,” Turgeon said.<\/span><\/p>\n

HELLO AGAIN<\/span><\/p>\n

This was only the second meeting between the schools. In the first, Butler eliminated Maryland in the second round of the 2007 NCAA Tournament.<\/span><\/p>\n

BIG PICTURE<\/span><\/p>\n

Butler: This was a tough early test for the young Bulldogs, who have only two seniors on the roster and were playing in a hostile environment for the first time under their first-year coach. To their credit, they kept their poise and finished with only 10 turnovers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Maryland: The Terrapins needed a game like this, one that could challenge them to raise their level of play after breezing past Stony Brook and Maryland-Eastern Shore. Playing before a pumped-up crowd against a big-name opponent, the team gave the fans what they wanted and showed that this squad just might make some noise in the Big Ten.<\/span><\/p>\n

“This team feels right defensively,” Turgeon said.<\/span><\/p>\n

UP NEXT<\/span><\/p>\n

Butler: Faces Furman at home on Saturday, the Bulldogs’ fourth game in nine days.<\/span><\/p>\n

Maryland: Hosts Bucknell on Saturday night, the second of four straight home games.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:-https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/ncaab\/2017\/11\/15\/cowan-scores-25-to-carry-maryland-past-butler-79-65\/107732762\/<\/span><\/p>\n

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