Maryland men’s basketball won a thriller over Richmond Thursday night to advance to the championship game against Louisville in the Baha Mar Hoops event tournament in the Bahamas.
The Terps trailed by nine at halftime but used a 17-3 second-half run to erase the deficit and pull away late, 86-80. Maryland’s identity is becoming a second-half team, but against Richmond, the Terps put together perhaps their best half of the season by locking in defensively, pushing the pace and knocking down shots.
Maryland had been struggling to knock down perimeter shots through its first five games, but shot 43% from three against Richmond, by far its best mark of the season.