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FOR OLD TIME’S SAKE

n Red Berenson coached against Ferris 
State’s Bob Daniels for the 63rd time 
on Friday, 23 seasons after their first 
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DREAM COMPLETE

The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | February 22, 2016

n Michigan culminated a four-year 
journey to the top of the Big Ten on 
Saturday at Canham Natatorium.
SportsMonday Column, Page 2B

Wolverines fall to 
No. 6 Maryland in 
wild shootout in 

College Park

By JACOB GASE

Daily Sports Editor

COLLEGE PARK — Much 

like in their first showdown 
on Jan. 12, the Michigan men’s 
basketball team’s rematch with 
No. 6 Maryland was nothing 
short of a heavyweight fight.

Each 
team 
rode 
multiple 

momentum shifts, with most 
of 
the 
Wolverines’ 
punches 

coming from junior forward 
Mark Donnal and sophomore 
guard Muhammad-Ali Abdur-
Rahkman, who combined for 41 
points. And after limiting guard 
Melo Trimble to two points in 
the last meeting, Michigan’s 
defense held him to 3-for-10 
shooting this time around.

But 
Maryland 
countered 

with its own one-two punch, 
composed of big men Diamond 
Stone and Robert Carter Jr. — 
who together scored 30 points 
and grabbed 11 boards — and 
also rode a strong effort from 
versatile wing Jake Layman, 
who made his first five shots of 
the game.

And this time around, the 

Terrapins 
punched 
harder, 

dashing the Wolverines’ chances 
of upsetting them for a second 
time this season. 

Trailing 82-79 with under 30 

seconds left, Michigan (9-6 Big 
Ten, 19-9 overall) had a chance 
to tie the game, but junior guard 
Derrick Walton Jr. was called 
for an offensive foul when he 
pushed off a Maryland defender 
under the basket. Despite a 
late 3-pointer from redshirt 
sophomore 
guard 
Duncan 

Robinson, the Terrapins hung 
on, and Trimble — who scored 
seven of his 
14 points from 
the 
charity 

stripe — sealed 
an 
86-82 

victory 
from 

the free-throw 
line.

“Maryland 

was just better 
than us on too 
many 
plays 

to 
get 
the 

victory,” said Michigan coach 
John Beilein. “We just didn’t have 
enough to get it done. Tough race 
down the stretch — ball didn’t 
bounce our way a couple times, 
other things didn’t go our way a 
couple times, and it just wasn’t 
enough to get the victory.”

Maryland (11-4, 23-5) had 

plenty of chances to pull away 
throughout, but the Wolverines 
wouldn’t 
let 
them. 
Donnal 

made all three of his attempts 
from beyond the arc in the 
game, at times singlehandedly 
carrying 
the 
offense 
and 

scoring six straight points in 
one memorable stretch.

“There’s another gear for 

Mark that you saw today,” 
Beilein said. “He’s got a fifth gear 
that can make him a really good 
college basketball player. ... I was 
dialing him up today — usually 
that hasn’t been as successful 
when I did that, but he’s ready 

to do that now. 
It changes our 
whole team.”

Abdur-

Rahkman 
also provided 
his 
share 

of 
heroics, 

stealing 
an 

inbounds 
pass 
midway 

through 
the 

second 
half 

and hitting a layup to give 
the Wolverines four points in 
seconds. He later was fouled on 
a made layup and knocked down 
the ensuing free throw to give 
Michigan a 73-72 lead — its last 
lead of the game before Carter 
won a tip drill at the rim to put 

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AMANDA ALLEN / Daily

Maryland 86 
Michigan 82

See MARYLAND, Page 4B

“Maryland 

was just better 
than us on too 
many plays.”

