Maryland Terps Plays Virginia Tech Hokies in Sunday Night ACC Action
The No. 23 ranked Virginia Tech Hokies, already winners over North Carolina and Duke this season are -4 ½ home favorites over the Maryland Terrapins when…
The No. 23 ranked Virginia Tech Hokies, already winners over North Carolina and Duke this season are -4 ½ home favorites over the Maryland Terrapins when they visit Cassell Coliseum in Blacksburg, Va., tonight in a FSN televised basketball game with tip-off at 7:30 p.m., EST.
Nine.com is offering Virginia Tech -4 ½ vs. Maryland with a total of 143.
The Hokies, (13-5, 3-1 ACC) suffered a letdown after knocking off top-ranked North Carolina 94-88 in Blacksburg last Saturday (Nov. 13) by losing at Florida State 82-73 on Wednesday.The Terps (15-4, 1-3 ACC) are also on the rebound after losing their last two road games, at Virginia last Tuesday 103-91 and at ACC weakling Miami 63-58 on Jan. 10.
Maryland has displayed a balanced offensive attack this season and boasts the highest scoring average in the league with 81.6 points per game, and has four players averaging in double figures. D.J. Strawberry leads the team with 15.3 points per game. Mike Jones is averaging 13.8 points per game, while James Gist has tallied 11.6 points per game. Ekene Ibekwe is averaging 11.7 points.
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Senior guard Zabian Dowdell leads the Hokies with an average of 17.3 points, and his offense is complemented by Gordon's gritty defense and average of 4.4 assists.
Maryland has outscored its opponents by an average of 15.6 points per game this season. That is the third best scoring margin in the ACC behind North Carolina (22.1) and Georgia Tech (16.6).
The Hokies are 5-25 all-time against the Terrapins and 1-2 in ACC action. Maryland won the last game in the series, 81-72, last season in College Park and the Hokies won the last meeting in Cassell Coliseum, 86-76, in 2005. Virginia Tech is 3-10 all-time against Maryland in Blacksburg and 1-1 in Cassell Coliseum.
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Senior guard Zabian Dowdell leads the Hokies with an average of 17.3 points, and his offense is complemented by Gordon's gritty defense and average of 4.4 assists.
Virginia Tech has played 15 games listed on the offshore betting board this 2006-07 hoops season and has covered eight of them against the spread including three of the last four. The OVER has cashed in the last two games Tech has played but the UNDER has been the better play in Hokies games with eight games going under the total this season.
Maryland has played in 13 games listed on the offshore board and has covered ATS eight of them. The UNDER has cashed on totals bets in 7-of-13 games that the Terps have played.