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Maryland breaks out from long range, routs Alcorn State
Freshman Jamie Kaiser Jr. scored a season-high 12 points as part of a balanced attack, helping Maryland break out of a shooting slump with a 105-65 victory over Alcorn State on Tuesday in College Park, Md.
Julian Reese contributed 15 points and seven rebounds and Jahmir Young had 13 points and seven assists as Maryland (6-4) won its second straight.
Jordan Geronimo and DeShawn Harris-Smith added 12 points apiece and Jahnathan Lamothe had 10 points for the Terrapins, who improved to 6-0 at home.
Maryland, which entered with the second-worst 3-point marksmanship in Division I at 22.4 percent, made 14 of 30 (46.7 percent) of its shots from deep. It was the most treys for the Terrapins in a game this season, as seven players connected from beyond the arc.
Kaiser and Harris-Smith both made a trio of 3-pointers. Lamothe, Jahari Long and Noah Batchelor each hit two treys. Harris-Smith had made just 2 of 22 attempts from deep this season prior to hitting 3 of 4 on Tuesday.
Maryland also used its depth and aggression, forcing 20 turnovers and outscoring Alcorn in points off the mistakes 33-8. The Terrapins also got 46 bench points compared to 24 for the Braves.
Byron Joshua scored 14 points, Dekedran Thorn added 13 points and Stephen Byard contributed 11 to pace Alcorn State (1-9), which lost its eighth straight, all on the road.
The frustration showed in the closing seconds as Braves coach Landon Bussie was ejected, picking up his second technical foul.
Thorn gave the Braves an early 7-4 lead with a 3-pointer, but the Terrapins responded with a 13-4 run, capped by back-to-back 3-pointers by Kaiser and Batchelor to take a 17-11 lead.
From there, Maryland led the rest of the way, though it took the Terrapins a while to pull away.
When Joshua made a driving three-point play, it sliced the deficit to 36-30 with 3:42 left in the first half.
Maryland answered with a 9-1 run as Donta Scott scored a basket and followed with a 3-pointer as the Terrapins were on their way to a 47-33 lead at the break.
Maryland removed all doubt when it scored 13 straight points early in the second half. Kaiser and Long highlighted the spree with 3-pointers as the Terrapins surged to a 75-46 lead.
—Field Level Media
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Maryland woman pleads guilty to embezzling $1 million, using funds for Taylor Swift tickets, luxury items
BALTIMORE — An Ellicott City woman pleaded guilty Thursday to embezzling more than $1 million from a real estate agency and using the funds to pay for vacations, Taylor Swift tickets and more, according to the Maryland U.S. Attorney’s Office.
According to her guilty plea, between January 2020 and November 2023, Jennifer Tinker, 41, defrauded the real estate agency that she worked for by transferring over $1 million of company funds to her personal bank accounts, officials said.
Tinker embezzled the funds from the agency’s escrow, operating and commission accounts through wire transfers and Zelle payments, according to court officials.
She hid the transfers by listing fake recipients on the wire transfer paperwork in an effort to make it look legitimate. She would then wire the stolen money to her personal account.
Court officials said between February 2021 and November 2023, Tinker wired money to her personal accounts more than 90 times. She also made fraudulent entries in her employer’s internal accounting records to cover her transfers.
According to court officials, Tinker used the stolen funds to pay for luxury items and vacations, along with Taylor Swift tickets and five different vehicles.
In 2023, tickets to see Taylor Swift in concert were notoriously expensive and hard for fans to get their hands on, with some reportedly paying upwards of 70 times face value.
Tinker faces a maximum of 20 years in prison for the federal wire fraud charges. She is scheduled for sentencing on April 10, 2024, court officials said.
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