The No. 3 men's basketball got a serious scare from Rider on Friday night, but the Terps recovered just in time to hold off the Broncs, 65-58, before an announced sellout crowd of 17,950 at Xfinity Center.
The Terps never led until the second half, and they trailed by 14 points with just more than 16 minutes to play. Then they got to work, with freshman center Diamond Stone leading an interior assault on Rider's undersized defense. Stone scored 10 of his 12 points in the second half to drag Maryland back from the abyss. Maryland had 8 offensive rebounds and 16 second-chance points in the second half, taking advantage of its length against the smallish Broncs.