Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-11
Terps' Second-HaIf Sprint
Drubs Wake Forest, 61-51
OBrien PAGES
Maryland Reilly,
Gets 20 Points
BY MERRELL WHITTLESEY

After suffering around for
two and a half games, Maryland
finally started to play the kind
Of basketball it is capable Of last
night and with a splendid team
effort in the second half beat
Wake Forest. 61-51.
The Terps, who managed to
get past Virginia and William q
Mary with ragged performances,
were unimpressive in the first
half against the Deacons and
trailed, 1913. But after Wake
Forest widened the margin to
six points with the first basket Of
the second half, Maryland
seemed transformed into a diff
ferent ball club.
The Terps came back to rid.
die the Wake Forest zone de.
Tense, break up the fast break
and throw UP tenacious man.
to-man defense that left the
Deacons helpless. At one stretch
in the second half Maryland
outscored the visitors, 10 to 4.
Yield Only 10 Field Goals
Wake Forest lost to George
Washington and North Caro-
lima State but outscored both
from the floor and averaged 83.5
points a game in defeat. But the
Deacons were held to 10 field
goals by the Terps. who never
let them alone.
The predominantly student
crowd of 1900 included Coach
Forddy Anderson of Michigan
State, whose Spartans meet
Maryland here in the first round
of the Mid-Winter Invitation
tournament December 20. An
derson said he saw just what he
expected, a good defensive team
coached by a former Oklahoma
A&M player, Bud Millikan.
Bob O'Brien held the hot hand
when Maryland opened up fair
~ comfortable margin in the
second half and he was the top
scorer with 20 points.
O'Brien Takes Over
Drew Schaufler, who gave Bob
Kessler and O'Brien some scor-
ing help. dropped two free
throws and clicked twice on
swishing shots from side court to
give the Terps a 1888 lead. Then
IO'Brien took over.
He made it 1873 with a hook
shot and was fouled on a layup.
adding the free throw. He made
another foul shot, then dribbled
through the Deacons' zone for
two more points. A few moments
later he went all the way again,
and then added two more fouls.
However, Maryland's comeback
chiefly was a team performance,
particularly on defense and in
rebounding. The combination of
kessler = Schaufler-John
Sandbower and John Nacincik
played without substitution dur.
ing the streak when they over.
came the Deacons.
The Deacons were the first
team to throw a zone defense
and fast-breaking offense at the
Terps this year. and they built
lup an 1911 lead late in the first
half. At that they were way OF
on their shooting.
Deac0ns Lose Bounce
Wake Forest led by four points
at halftime and Lefty Davis, who
specializes in caroming shots OF
the blackboard, made it 1898 at
the outset of the second half.
At this point the Deacons
seemed to lose the bounce in
their fast break. and their zone
defense developed holes.
Maryland took full command
of the game and raced to q 52-41
lead. The Deacons made six foul
shots to two for Maryland to
close the margin, but they were
Idisorganized and the Terps
scored seven of the last nine
points to take an unbeaten rec
ord into Thursdays attraction
against Kentucky.
Kessler was held to a low to-
tai for him-12 points-but he
again was the big man off the
backboards and had more assists
than usual.
Wake Forests smaller men,
Ernie Virgins and Jack Muir
dock, did more damage than the
See MARYLAND. Pare c.