SEATTLE – No. 4-seed Maryland men’s basketball’s first-round matchup with No. 13-seed Grand Canyon was 13 of the 15 Terps first NCAA Tournament game of their career. And through the first six minutes, it showed.
Maryland trailed, 7-2, at the 14:50 mark in the first half, failing to score on its first seven possessions, which included three turnovers. But a 9-0 run helped the Terps capture their first lead of the game, which they never relinquished en route to an 81-49 steamrolling of the Antelopes Friday at Climate Pledge Arena.
“I think everybody was just nervous a little bit,” guard Ja’Kobi Gillespie said.