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Maryland dominates the paint, upset No. 10 Illinois on the road – WMUC Sports

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January 15, 2024

Maryland dominates the paint, upset No. 10 Illinois on the road – WMUC Sports

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Jordan Geronimo stood at the top of the key defending against Marcus Domask who was two for three from behind the line. Geronimo rose up and rejected the shot, leaking out into transition. Young found Geronimo sitting in the dunker’s spot and fed him the ball. Geronimo threw down an aggressive dunk sending the Maryland bench into a frenzy.

Geronimo’s dunk provided the punctuation on Maryland’s, 76-67, upset victory over No. 10 Illinois, Sunday afternoon in Illinois. The win was Maryland’s first Big Ten road victory of the season and made them the first team in the Big Ten to beat a top-seven conference opponent on the road. It was also the team’s first Top 10 road win under head coach Kevin Willard.

Maryland has struggled away from Xfinity Center all year compiling a record of 1-5 away from College Park. The Terps only win away from home came in California when Jahmir Young’s career high 37 points powered the Terps to victory over UCLA.

Young led the way again scoring a team-high 28 points to go along with eight assists and one block. Julian Reese provided 20 points and 11 rebounds to help back up his point guard’s tremendous effort.

“I definitely felt a little bit disrespectful that you know, especially Hawkins being this kind of small defender more perimeter defender, I felt like a little disrespected,” said Reese. “So, we tried to go at him. I told the coach give me the ball and you see what happens.”

The Terps did most of their damage from the paint outscoring the Illini, 52-26 from inside. The Terps exploited a mismatch they found on film matching up Reese with senior forward, Coleman Hawkins.

“If they’re gonna play Coleman Hawkins at the five spot then we were just gonna just go inside and just kind of keep pounding it and pounding it,” said Willard. “Even if Ju [Reese], I mean Ju goes eight for 16, he gets 20 and 11, but even if on his missed shots were making him [Hawkins] defend. … that wears you out.”

Maryland did get some key contributions from three-point range from two unlikely sources down the stretch. Geronimo and DeShawn Harris-Smith knocked down their first three-pointers of the new year in the second half. Geronimo’s three turned Maryland’s lead into a two possession advantage and Harris-Smith’s corner three did the same with just four minutes left to play.

Maryland hung around throughout the first half despite a disappointing showing from beyond the arch, going two of their 12 attempts from three-point range. Maryland found success from inside the line outscoring the Illini, 26-14, in the paint. Maryland’s offense was the best it’s been in the first half of a conference game this season, scoring 37 points.

The Maryland defense played well despite going into halftime down, 39-37. The Terps forced six turnovers converting them into seven points. Maryland was aggressive on the offensive glass as well pulling down six offensive rebounds resulting in seven second chance points.

The Terps’ defense came out in the second half and immediately improved on their previous 20 minutes. Maryland’s defense held the Illini to nine points through the first eight plus minutes of the second half.

The defensive pressure continued through the rest of the second half. Maryland held Illinois to under 25% shooting in the second half. Illinois only made one three-pointer in the half after making five in the first half.

“Really proud of the defensive effort in the second half. I thought that was phenomenal holding this team to 33% and 28% is really good on the road,” said Willard.

The win brings Maryland back to .500 in conference play with a record of 3-3. The Terps will stay on the road for a conference contest against Northwestern on Wednesday.

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Hot and muggy 4th of July in Maryland, scattered storms in the afternoon

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July 4, 2024

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Hot and muggy 4th of July in Maryland, scattered storms in the afternoon – CBS Baltimore

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Expect dry and warm outdoor weather now through Thursday morning. Heat, humidity, & storms return to the forecast for our 4th of July afternoon.

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Maryland grandfather-to-be, 40, dies after fight with neighbor over his dogs running into their yard: ‘He did not deserve that’

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July 4, 2024

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Maryland grandfather-to-be, 40, dies after fight with neighbor over his dogs running into their yard: ‘He did not deserve that’

A Maryland soon-to-be grandfather died after he was struck in the back of the head when he tried to apologize to his neighbors over his dogs running into their backyard, his heartbroken family claimed.

Marvin Guevara’s dogs escaped his Boyd home through a hole in his fence onto his neighbor’s property on June 14, according to the Montgomery County Police Department.

Guevara, 40, then went to his neighbor’s house to retrieve the dogs and apologize for the inconvenience, his daughter-in-law, Flor Flores, told News4.

The family man had gotten into a “verbal argument” with an unidentified female at the property over his dogs running loose in the neighborhood when things took a violent turn.

Investigators found that the female hit Guevara in the head during the altercation, and he needed to be transported to an area hospital.

A video of the altercation taken by Flores shows the female and an unidentified male arguing with Guevara before the fists started flying, according to News4.

Flores claims that before she started filming, the female neighbor hit her father-in-law in the back of the head.

“She went then and like slapped him on the side of his face and she wanted to hit him again,” Flores told the outlet. “But this is when I grabbed my phone and I recorded. He did not deserve that.”

Two weeks later, on June 30, the beloved community member would be pronounced dead.

Guevara’s body is undergoing an autopsy by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore to determine his cause of death.

The county’s Major Crimes Division is also investigating his cause of death.

Guevara’s neighbors — who have not yet been charged with any crime — told the outlet that the soon-to-be grandfather was trespassing on their property but refused to elaborate further.

The two homes in Boyds are about five miles outside Germantown, Md.

While the family waits for answers on how their loved one died, they’re outraged that the situation ever resorted to violence.

“This is just something that didn’t have to happen over some dogs,” Flores told the outlet. “We just want peace from everything. We just want things to get done right.”

Guevara was an active member of his church and was known for his kindness and generosity, his family devastated family told the outlet.

His heartbroken daughter-in-law said what hurts the most is that his first grandchild — a granddaughter who is due next month — will never get to meet her grandfather.

“I was like, ‘You’re going to teach her how to walk,’” Flores said.

“And he said, ‘I’m going to teach her how to ride a horse.’”

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