D4 EZ M2 THE WASHINGTON POST.WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19 , 2022
Scott scored 10 of the team’s
19 points in the first half, and Ayala
got going after the break. No other
Maryland players scored in the
first eight minutes of the second
half, when the experienced duo
combined for 22 points.
Freshman forward Julian Reese
broke through and contributed a
three-pointer, but then Fatts Rus-
sell missed a layup that would have
cut Michigan’s lead to 11. That end-
ed a 6-0 burst for the Terps, and
from there, the Wolverines took
control and extinguished any
hopes of a Maryland comeback.
“We had some guys, according to
the stat sheet, score the basketball
and do some things,” Manning
said , “but collectively not enough
from our entire group.”
Here’s what else to know from
Maryland’s loss:
Starter shake-up
Maryland kept the same group
of starters through the first
16 games of the season, then made
a small tweak — replacing sopho-
more center Qudus Wahab with
Reese — in its previous game. For
this trip to Ann Arbor, Manning
opted for a significantly different
look.
Sophomore guard Ian Martinez,
who had made only one basket in
his previous nine appearances, and
graduate guard Xavier Green, who
came in averaging 17.8 minutes,
both made the first start of their
MARYLAND FROM D1
Wolverines,
Dickinson
show Terps
no mercy
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The overtime goal by Tom Wilson, right, capped the Capitals’ rally from 2-0 down, a comeback sparked by a livid captain Alex Ovechkin.Incomplete games
The Terps have struggled to as-
semble a solid 40-minute showing
in conference play. Recently, Mary-
land has experienced dramatic
swings from one half to the next.
Scott said the team needs to do a
better job of communicating dur-
ing stoppages when games start to
slip away and relay the message,
“Oh, if we don’t change what we’re
doing now, then the game could get
lost early on.”
In a J an. 9 game against Wiscon-
sin, the Terps fell into a 21-point
deficit early, only to outscore the
Badgers after the break en route to
a 70 -69 loss. And in Maryland’s
previous game, a home loss against
Rutgers, the Terps had an 11-point
lead at halftime but let that turn
into an 11-point loss.
Against the Wolverines, they
shot 62.1 percent in the second half,
but it wasn’t enough to overcome a
miserable first 20 minutes.
“The deal for us is continue to
fight,” Manning said. “Continue to
fight, continue to grind and a find a
way. That will always be the mind-
set while we’re coaching this ball-
club.”
[email protected]Maryland careers, replacing usual
starters Russell and Hakim Hart.
“We need more from them,”
Manning said of Russell and Hart.
“This is just a way to challenge
them. We’re at a p oint now we’re
where going to push some but-
tons.”
Wahab also started, earning the
nod ahead of Reese, who checked
in at the 16:32 mark. Russell and
Hart entered at the media timeout
soon after. Even though Russell
(four points in 26 minutes) and
Hart (one point in 23 minutes) had
considerable playing time in this
game, Manning still had Martinez
and Green start the second half.Paint presence
Led by Dickinson, the Wolver-
ines outperformed Maryland in
the paint all evening. Michigan
outscored the Terps 44-24 inside
and outrebounded them 32-20.
The Terps tried to double-team
Dickinson early, but he managed to
kick the ball out to teammates on
the perimeter. The sophomore had
an efficient night, shooting 10 for
14 from the field and making one of
his two attempts from three-point
range.PAUL SANCYA/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Michigan guard Eli Brooks k nocks the ball from Maryland guard
Eric Ayala i n the first half T uesday night. Ayala scored 22 points.FROM NEWS SERVICES
AND STAFF REPORTSLJ Cryer scored a career-high
25 points in his second start of the
season, and the fifth-ranked Bay-
lor men snapped a two-game los-
ing streak with a 77-68 victory
over West Virginia on Tuesday
night in Morgantown, W.Va.
Baylor (16-2, 4-2 Big 12)
bounced back after it lost twice at
home and relinquished the No. 1
ranking. The defending national
champion has won 13 straight
away from home, including four
consecutive true road games.
Malik Curry scored 19 points
for West Virginia (13-4, 2-3).
l KANSAS 67, OKLAHOMA
64: Jalen Wilson scored 16 points
and Christian Braun hit a tie-
breaking three-pointer with
10.9 seconds left as the fifth-
ranked Jayhawks upended the
Sooners in Norman, Okla.
Ochai Agbaji, the Big 12 scoring
leader, had all 10 of his points in
the final six minutes. Braun fin-
ished with 15 points for the Jay-
hawks (15-2, 4-1 Big 12), who won
their third straight.
Goldwire scored 15 points for
Oklahoma (12-6, 2-4), which lost
its third in a row.
l HOUSTON 74, SOUTH
FLORIDA 55: Kyler Edwards had
23 points and seven rebounds and
Fabian White Jr added 16 points
to lead the 10th-ranked Cougars
(16-2, 5-0 American Athletic) past
the Bulls (6-11, 1-4) in Houston for
their eighth consecutive win.
Houston, which shot 45 per-cent from the field, won its
35th straight home game — the
third-longest active home-win-
ning streak in the nation behind
Gonzaga and Liberty.
l TEXAS TECH 72, IOWA
STATE 60: Kevin Obanor scored
13 of his 15 points after halftime as
the 18th-ranked Red Raiders
(14-4, 4-2 Big 12) turned a c lose
game into a win over the
1 5th-ranked Cyclones in Lubbock,
Tex., for their third consecutive
victory over a ranked opponent.
Caleb Grill had 17 points with
four three-pointers for Iowa State
(14-4, 2-4).
l OHIO STATE 83, IUPUI 37:
E.J. Liddell had 13 points and
10 rebounds, and the 19th-ranked
Buckeyes never trailed in routing
the Jaguars in Columbus, Ohio.
The Buckeyes (12-4) jumped
ahead 9-0 early, but the Jaguars
(1-15) hung tough the rest of the
first half. Ohio State led 37-24 at
halftime.
l KANSAS STATE 66, TEXAS
65: Mark Smith scored 22 points,
Nijel Pack made a go-ahead layup
with 1:13 left, and the Wildcats
(10-7, 2-4 Big 12) held the
2 3rd-ranked Longhorns scoreless
for the final four minutes to rally
for a victory in Austin.
Marcus Carr scored 19 of his
season-best 25 points in the sec-
ond half for Texas (13-5, 3-3) b ut
missed a jumper with two seconds
left.
l CONNECTICUT 76, BUT-
LER 59: Adama Sanogo scored
13 points and grabbed 15 re-
bounds to propel the 25th-ranked
Huskies (12-4, 3-2 Big East) past
the Bulldogs in Hartford, Conn.,
in the first of two games this week
between the programs.
Jayden Taylor had 14 of his19 points in the second half for
Butler (9-7, 2-3).
l DAVIDSON 63, VCU 61:
Luka Brajkovic had 19 points as
the Wildcats (15-2, 5-0 Atlantic 10)
won their 14th consecutive game,
edging past the Rams in Rich-
mond.
Davidson closed on a 10-2 run,
highlighted by seven points from
Brajkovic, to extend the nation’s
longest winning streak.
Vince Williams Jr. had 16 points
for VCU (10 -6, 3-2).Blue Devils halt Hurricanes
Miela Goodchild scored seven
of her 17 points in the fourth quar-
ter, Shayeann Day-Wilson had
11 points and seven assists, and
the No. 21 Duke women held off
Miami in Coral Gables, Fla.
Elizabeth Balogun added eight
points, reaching 1,000 career
points, for Duke (12-4, 3-3 ACC),
which closed a stretch of three
games in six days.
Maeva Djaldi-Tabdi scored
19 points before fouling out late
and Kelsey Marshall added
15 points for Miami (9-6, 2-3),
which was coming off a victory
over ranked Georgia Tech on Sun-
day.
l VIRGINIA TECH 69, VIR-
GINIA 52: Elizabeth Kitley
scored a game-high 24 points to go
with 10 rebounds and six blocks as
the Hokies handled the Cavaliers
in Blacksburg, Va., to improve to
5-1 in the ACC for the first time.
Kayana Traylor added 17 points
for Virginia Tech (13-4), which
committed just nine turnovers
and hit 16 of 17 from the free throw
line (94.1 percent). Aisha Shep-
pard added 11 points.
Taylor Valladay led Virginia
(3-11, 0-4) with 16 points.COLLEGE BASKETBALL ROUNDUPNo. 5 Bears regain footing, snap skidBAYLOR 77,
WEST VIRGINIA 68since Washington picked him up
on waivers in October.
Laviolette said Tuesday morn-
ing that the team was aiming to
give Cholowski more games af-
ter his play against the Jets.
However, Cholowski ended up
on the covid protocols list, and
Washington never had an ideal
opening for his return to the
lineup.
“I’m staying in shape. That’s
not the issue,” Cholowski said
Tuesday morning. “It is staying
game ready.”
Cholowski and Matt Irwin are
being used in similar roles this
season as Trevor van Riemsdyk
was last season. They are both in
and out of the lineup — mainly
out — as they fill in on the blue
line when the six mainstays have
any ailments.
[email protected]Capitals’ first goal. Before Tues-
day, the last time Laviolette put
Hathaway, Ovechkin and Kuznet-
sov together on a line was Jan. 7
against the St. Louis Blues. The
combination didn’t last long and
was quickly changed. It stuck
Tuesday night.Veterans remain out
T.J. Oshie remains out with an
upper-body injury. He is listed as
day-to-day after he suffered the
injury in Saturday’s game against
the New York Islanders.
John Carlson and Conor
Sheary (coronavirus protocols)
also missed Tuesday’s game. Cap-
itals assistant coach Scott Arniel
is also on the list and was not
behind the bench Tuesday.Cholowski in
Dennis Cholowski was in the
lineup for the first time since Dec.
17 against the Jets. The defense-
man has played in only six gameswent in, we were pretty excited,”
defenseman Justin Schultz said.
“For whatever reason, haven’t
been able to get wins in over-
time. Hopefully this jump starts
our three-on-three because if
you look at our team, we got
the players for it, so I think
that’ll do a lot for our confi-
dence.”
All the late drama followed a
stumbling start from the home
team. The Jets jumped out to a
2-0 lead in the first 2:20 of the
contest, and Capitals goaltender
Vitek Vanecek looked lost. Kyle
Connor scored on the power play
1:02 into the first period after
Orlov was dinged for slashing
22 seconds into the game. Cole
Perfet ti scored his first NHL goal
on an odd-man rush 78 seconds
later.
Vanecek steadied himself and
came up with multiple big saves
later in the contest, robbing the
Jets of several high-danger looks
in front and finishing with 30
saves.
Here is what else to know from
Tuesday’s overtime victory:Top-line Hathaway
Garnet Hathaway skated on
the top line with Ovechkin and
Kuznetsov. Hathaway, who typi-
cally plays on the fourth line as a
defensive-minded winger, has
seen an offensive outburst this
season. He has seven goals and
seven assists.
His latest assist was a pinpoint
cross-ice pass to Ovechkin for theWashington’s bench, yelling ex-
pletives after what he believed
was a missed penalty call on his
breakaway attempt moments
earlier in the first period. The
next, Ovechkin hopped off the
bench and hammered home his
league-leading 27th goal.
The captain’s score gave him
points in five straight games
(three goals, two assists). At 36,
he also leads the league in points
with 55.
Ovechkin’s score with 3:02 left
in the first cut the Jets’ lead to
one. The Capitals (22-9-9) then
drew even at 4:26 of the middle
frame when Dmitry Orlov’s point
shot snaked through traffic be-
fore getting redirected past Hel-
lebuyck to make it 2-2.
Rookie Aliaksei Protas gave
the Capitals a 3 -2 lead 4:15 into
the third period with his wrap-
around goal that first hit off Nate
Schmidt’s skate, then hit Helle-
buyck before trickling over the
goal line.
Winnipeg (17-12-6) kept push-
ing, however. And with Hellebuy-
ck pulled, Pierre-Luc Dubois
scored an equalizer with 1:05 left
in regulation. That set the stage
for overtime, in which Kuznetsov
and Wilson finally pushed the
Capitals to two points in extra
time.
For Wilson, the game-winner
was his third goal in as many
games.
“You could see it after the goalCAPITALS FROM D1Capitals earn first OT win of the season
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WFED (1500 AM)Capitals 4, Jets 3 (OT)
WINNIPEG ......................... 2 010 —3
WASHINGTON ................... 1 111 —4
FIRST PERIOD
Scoring: 1, Winnipeg, Connor 21 (Copp, Scheifele), 1:02
(pp). 2, Winnipeg, Perfetti 1 (Connor, Dubois), 2:20. 3,
Washington, Ovechkin 27 (Hathaway), 16:58.
SECOND PERIOD
Scoring: 4, Washington, Orlov 5 (Eller, McMichael), 4:26.
THIRD PERIOD
Scoring: 5, Washington, Protas 3 (Wilson, Schultz), 4:15.
6, Winnipeg, Dubois 16 (Lowry, Scheifele), 18:55.
OVERTIME
Scoring: 7, Washington, Wilson 12 (Kuznetsov, Orlov),
0:26.
SHOTS ON GOAL
WINNIPEG ....................... 1012120 —34
WASHINGTON ................. 111092 —32
Power-play opportunities: Winnipeg 1 of 4; Washington
0 of 2. Goalies: Winnipeg, Hellebuyck 14-10-5 (31
shots-27 saves). Washington, Vanecek 8-4-5 (33-30). A:
18,573 (18,277). T: 2:30.ASSOCIATED PRESSWillie O’Ree’s No. 22 now has a
permanent home in Boston’s TD
Garden.
The first Black player to appear
in an NHL game, O’Ree became
the 12th player in franchise his-
tory to have his number retired
before the Bruins’ 7-1 loss to t he
Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday
night.
The honor came 64 years to the
day after he became the league’s
first Black player Jan. 18, 1958,
when he suited up against the
Montreal Canadiens. O’Ree was
inducted into the Hockey Hall of
Fame in the builder category in
2018.
“It was a memorable night,”
O’Ree said. “I’m just thrilled and
overwhelmed.”
The pregame ceremony includ-
ed a video montage with high-
lights of O’Ree’s career, as well as
comments from various people
who expressed how O’Ree
touched their lives.
The Canadian-born O’Ree said
during his speech that as a young
boy growing up in Fredericton,
New Brunswick, he grew up root-
ing for Montreal.
“But on Jan. 18, 1958, when the
Bruins called me up to make my
NHL debut in a game against the
Canadiens, I knew my heart would
be with the Bruins forever,” he
said.
The ceremony was originally
scheduled for last season but was
pos tponed in hopes that both
O’Ree and fans would be able to
attend in person. O’Ree planned to
be in attendance for the resched-
uled event Tuesday, but persisting
concerns about the pandemic
changed those plans. He partici-
pated virtually from his home in
San Diego.
Once the game began, the Hur-
ricanes dominated. Jesperi Kot-
kaniemi scored twice during Caro-
lina’s five-goal first period, Jaccob
Slavin added a g oal and two assists
after a t wo-game absence, and
Boston’s five-game winning streak
was snapped.
l ISLANDERS 4, FLYERS 3
(SO): Oliver Wahlstrom scored in
the ninth round of a s hootout to
lift New York and send host Phila-
delphia to its ninth straight loss.
Just like the Flyers’ losing
streak, the shootout went on and
on until Wahlstrom finally got one
past Carter Hart to help the Is-
landers beat the Flyers for the
second straight night. New York
was playing its first road game
since Dec. 14 after topping Phila-
delphia, 4-1, at home Monday.
l SABRES 3, SENATORS 1:
Michael Houser made 43 saves in
his season debut, and B uffalo beat
host Ottawa.
Houser became the sixth goalie
to start a game for Buffalo this
season.
l CANUCKS 3, PREDATORS
1: Thatcher Demko made 31 saves
to lead visiting Vancouver over
skidding Nashville.
T he win ended the Canucks’
stretch of nine straight road
games on a high note. Nashville
has lost four in a row.
l FLAMES 5, PANTHERS 1:
Sean Monahan had two goals and
Matthew Tkachuk had one goal
and two assists as h ost Calgary
routed Florida.
l CANADIENS 5, STARS 3:
Christian Dvorak scored twice,
and visiting Montreal beat Dallas.
Earlier in the day, Montreal
hired player agent Kent Hughes as
its general manager, hoping he
can turn around a team with the
worst record in the NHL.New testing protocols set
The NHL will stop testing as-
ymptomatic players, coaches and
staff who are fully vaccinated fol-
lowing the all-star break in early
February, saying coronavirus cas-
es continue to decline across the
league.
The league and players’ union
announced the protocol changes
Tuesday. The current policy will
remain in place until the all-star
break, which begins Feb. 3.
There will still be testing of
asymptomatic individuals when it
is needed for crossing the
U.S.-Canada border. Testing will
not be required at all-star week-
end, with one negative result
needed to return to team facilities
after the break.
The 90-day testing “holiday”
for players, coaches and staff who
recover from covid-19 will remain
in place.
The NHL and the union also
agreed to keep the five-day isola-
tion period that went into effect
Dec. 29, a reduction from 10 after
the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention updated its virus
guidance. T he league and union
will review the protocols, includ-
ing enhanced rules that are in
place, Jan. 31 as long as cases keep
declining. All players on active
rosters are vaccinated except for
Detroit’s Tyler Bertuzzi.
l ALL-STAR GAME: Centers
Steven Stamkos of the Tampa Bay
Lightning, Nazem Kadri of the
Colorado Avalanche and Mika Zi-
banejad of the New York Rangers,
and Anaheim winger Troy Terry
won the final roster spots for all-
star weekend as a r esult of fan
voting, the NHL announced.
The league said Zibanejad can-
not attend for personal reasons.
He will be replaced by Pittsburgh
Penguins left wing Jake Guentzel,
who finished second in the Metro-
politan Division voting. Stamkos
will join the Atlantic Division
team, Kadri goes to the Central
Division squad and Terry to the
Pacific.NHL ROUNDUP
Boston honors league’s
first black player, O ’Ree
HURRICANES 7,
BRUINS 1