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‘They were the better team’: Wolverines trounced by Terrapins in the paint in rematch
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Faculty Park, Md. — Somewhat over two minutes into Thursday’s regular-season rematch between Maryland and Michigan, Donald Carey corralled an offensive rebound, dribbled to the nook, and knocked down a second-chance 3-pointer for the Terrapins’ first bucket.
Roughly a minute later, Jahmir Younger obtained the ball after one other offensive rebound on the prime of the important thing, blew by a Michigan defender and scored on a runner within the lane. On Maryland’s subsequent possession, Hakim Hart obtained to the rim with little resistance and scored on a driving layup.
That just about set the tone for the remainder of the night time because the Terrapins trounced the Wolverines within the put up and avenged their blowout loss in Ann Arbor earlier this month by handing Michigan a 64-58 loss at Xfinity Heart.
“I feel the most important factor was we weren’t essentially the most bodily crew,” mentioned junior heart Hunter Dickinson, who completed with 19 factors and 10 rebounds. “They’d 15 offensive rebounds. You possibly can’t win a basketball sport with 42 paint factors and 15 offensive rebounds (allowed). That is the place the sport was gained.”
Freshman wing Jett Howard scored 13 and junior ahead Terrance Williams II added 9 factors and 13 rebounds for Michigan (10-8, 4-3 Massive Ten), which trailed for almost all of the sport and was slowed offensively by Maryland’s zone.
Younger scored 26 and Hart 10 for Maryland (12-6, 3-4), which outscored Michigan 42-22 within the paint, scored 18 of its 24 made subject targets on layups and dunks, and had greater than half of its 58 shot makes an attempt come on the basket.
BOX SCORE: Maryland 64, Michigan 58
After whittling a 13-point first-half deficit down to 2 by halftime, Michigan spent a lot of the second half chasing Maryland. Regardless of a gradual begin out of the break, the Wolverines managed to hold round and ultimately pulled even.
Michigan lower it to 2 factors twice on offensive tip-ins by Dickinson and Williams earlier than tying it twice. The primary time, Williams obtained unfastened in transition and scored on a layup to tie it at 42 with 12:01 left. A minute later, freshman heart Tarris Reed Jr. scored inside to knot it again up.
However the Terrapins regained management for good with a fast flurry. Hart buried a 3-pointer. Donta Scott flew in untouched for a putback dunk. Hart drove baseline and completed an uncontested reverse layup to make it 51-44 with 8:48 to play.
“Maintain them out the paint, have low man presence, work on our rotations, all that Coach (Juwan) Howard talked about, we did not try this as we speak,” Williams mentioned. “We did not comprise the ball.”
Added Dickinson: “They ran some performs that they did not run within the first sport. They made some changes to our pick-and-roll (coverages) and it gave us some bother.”
Michigan trailed the remainder of the best way. After a 3-pointer from grad switch wing Joey Baker trimmed the deficit to 53-49, Maryland continued to do injury within the paint and widened the margin. Younger fueled one other fast burst by getting downhill for a pair of driving layups to offer the Terrapins a 59-49 lead with 4:30 remaining.
The Wolverines made a late push to make it a four-point sport twice within the ultimate 40 seconds, the final time when two Dickinson free throws lower it to 62-58 with 5 seconds left. But it surely was too little, too late because the Terrapins made sufficient free throws within the ultimate minute to get their revenge and snap a five-game shedding streak within the collection.
“Maryland was essentially the most aggressive crew not simply within the second half, however all through the sport,” Michigan coach Juwan Howard mentioned. “If you happen to take a look at the quantity of factors that they scored within the paint after which the offensive rebounds, it is robust to win on any stage of play, whether or not it is AAU, highschool, faculty or NBA, while you permit a crew to have the ability to beat you up like that within the paint and be essentially the most aggressive crew. You are going to end up like we have been, combating and clawing on the finish.”
Not like the primary encounter when the Wolverines opened the sport on a 17-0 run, Michigan swapped locations with Maryland. This time round, Michigan stumbled out the gate, struggled to make pictures — lacking 10 of its first 13 makes an attempt — and fell into an early double-digit gap.
The Terrapins, in the meantime, discovered loads of success on the rim. Hart capped a string of eight unanswered factors by tipping a unfastened ball to himself and racing away for a fast-break dunk to offer Maryland a 17-6 lead with 10:29 left within the first half.
Reed snapped Maryland’s run by muscling his means inside for a two-handed jam, sparking a stretch the place Michigan made eight of 9 pictures. After a 3-pointer from Scott put Maryland up, 28-15, on the 6:32 mark, Michigan dialed it in from deep and chopped down the deficit with a 17-6 spurt.
Jett Howard, who picked up two fast fouls three seconds aside however stayed within the sport, drained a 3-pointer and Dickinson adopted with a dunk to chop the deficit to eight. Maryland answered with thunderous dunk of its personal earlier than Howard knocked down one other long-range shot. Williams and Dickinson each obtained in on the 3-point get together, combining for 3 deep balls down the stretch to make it a one-possession sport.
Williams buried one from the nook. Dickinson splashed two lengthy balls from straightaway within the ultimate 90 seconds, the second coming off a pick-and-pop that lower the deficit to 1, as Maryland took a 34-32 edge into the break.
“We knew they have been going to come back out with vitality, plenty of depth due to the best way we beat them the final time once they got here to Michigan (earlier this month),” mentioned Dickinson, the DMV native who misplaced to his hometown crew for the primary time in his Michigan profession.
“Whereas we anticipated it, we have been hoping that we’d come out and attempt to deliver that vitality. However credit score to them, they performed a hell of a ballgame. They did every little thing that we needed to do to them when it comes to dominating the paint and dominating the boards. They have been the higher crew on the market tonight.”
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Maryland joins IRS Direct File program, offering free tax filing for up to 700,000 taxpayers – Maryland Matters
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Some Maryland taxpayers will be able to use a free electronic filing tool for their federal taxes rather than having to pay a tax preparer or buy tax-filing software next year, when Maryland will offer the IRS’s new Direct File service.
The service was tested in 12 states this year, where 140,803 people filed with Direct File, saving an estimated $5.6 million in tax preparation fees. Maryland Comptroller Brooke Lierman (D) estimated Wednesday that as many as 700,000 Maryland taxpayers could be eligible for the program when it debuts in the state next year.
“While we value our relationship with tax preparers and CPAs (certified public accountants), it’s unacceptable that Marylanders should have to pay any portion whatsoever of their refund or paycheck to fulfill a mandatory requirement like filing tax returns,” Lierman said at a news conference announcing the program.
The IRS and the U.S. Treasury still have to finalize eligibility rules for the program this fall, but Lierman said it will be a “game changer” for those families who do qualify, which could be as much as 20% of individual taxpayers in the state.
“Taxes are a part of the glue that keeps our state and our nation together, functioning, producing, protecting and thriving,” Lierman said. “Yet in America, we make it uniquely challenging to pay those taxes and file a return — until now.”
According to the Treasury, taxpayers spend “approximately 13 hours and $270 preparing their taxes each year.” Many Americans use tax filing services or software, such as TurboTax and H&R Block, to ensure that their taxes are filed correctly, despite most of the information being readily available state and federal tax collection agencies.
It’s unacceptable that Marylanders should have to pay any portion whatsoever of their refund or paycheck to fulfill a mandatory requirement like filing tax returns.
– Comptroller Brooke Lierman
Direct File launched this year in 12 states for people to file their 2023 federal returns — Arizona, California, Florida, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Nevada, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington and Wyoming. Treasury Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo said the program is aimed at helping middle-income tax filers with “relatively simple” filings.
“What I can tell you is our goal for us is to build a system that’s going to work for working class and middle class Americans. So you get a W-2, and you’re somebody who’s a teacher, you’re a fireman, you’re a doctor who’s earning most of your money from a W-2, we want to make sure we’re building a system that potentially works for you,” said Adeyemo, who was in Annapolis for the announcement.
“The thing we’re not going to do is build a system that works for big corporations or wealthy individuals. Next year we’re going to expand the system so that more Americans are able to participate in it,” Adeyemo said.
The Biden administration invited all 50 states and the District of Columbia to join the program next year, when people will be filing their 2024 taxes. The Treasury said that Maryland joins Oregon, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New Mexico, Connecticut, North Carolina, Wisconsin, and Maine in taking up Direct File.
“I know to some, this announcement may seem inconsequential — and I know how exciting tax announcements are,” Gov. Wes Moore (D) joked at the announcement. “But the details matter. They matter to the families who are impacted by this work. They’re going to matter to the families, who … dread tax season because it feels complicated. Who dread tax season because it seems expensive, or oftentimes have to deal with the consequences of getting something wrong.”
The Direct File program came out of the Inflation Reduction Act signed in 2022, which also secured additional funding to help the IRS modernize and provide better services to Americans.
But Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), who chairs a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee, said Direct File program and other services under the Inflation Reduction Act could be “under threat.” While his subcommittee wants to fully fund the IRS and keep Direct File going, House leaders want to cut funding for both.
He also said that the industry is lobbying against the free tax filing system.
“There are people who didn’t want us to do this, including a lot of the middlemen” who currently profit from tax preparation, Van Hollen said. “They’re lobbying against this kind of thing.”
In addition to Van Hollen, Moore, Lierman and Adeyemo, Wednesday’s event drew a number of Maryland Democratic heavyweights: U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin, U.S. Reps. Steny Hoyer John Sarbanes and State Treasurer Dereck Davis.
Hoyer put it simply: “Nobody likes taxes.”
“We don’t really get excited about paying our taxes. But we know that it is the price of our democracy,” Hoyer said. “We ought to make it as easy as possible for people to comply with a legal obligation that they have to support their country, their state and their communities.”
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Maryland Weather: Nice stretch with rain chance Friday into Saturday
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BALTIMORE -Nice weather continues through Thursday. Sprinkles & drizzle may develop Friday with steadier rain likely Saturday.
We are right in the middle of an outstanding weather pattern that will continue into Thursday. Temperatures reached the middle to upper 70s Wednesday afternoon with comfortable humidity levels. High clouds are mainly south of Baltimore, so we’ve enjoyed a mostly sunny sky.
We have a fantastic evening of weather on the way. If you’re headed to the Os game this evening expect mostly sunny weather for the 1st pitch at 6:35 PM against the White Sox. Temperatures will start in the upper 70s, but then ease into the lower 70s by the end of the game.
Early fall-like temperatures return tonight with lows in the 50s for most neighborhoods. The coolest overnight lows in the low 50s will be located in neighborhoods north and west of the Baltimore Beltway. Temperatures in the metro will dip down into the upper 50s. Any patchy high thin clouds will sink south overnight.
Humidity levels gradually climb Thursday, but we still score ourselves a very nice day. Highs will climb toward 80°. Other than a few patchy clouds, expect a mostly sunny sky.
You will feel even more humidity in the air on Friday. With an easterly to southeasterly wind off the Ocean, areas of low clouds will be possible. As the atmosphere continues to moisten through the day Friday, patchy sprinkles and drizzle will become possible. The greatest chance for this happening would be late Friday into Friday evening. While the rain will be light and patchy in nature, you may want a poncho or light rain jacket if you’re headed to any high school Friday night football games.
Scattered showers and patchy drizzle is likely Friday night with lows in the middle 60s.
Saturday will be our last real humid day for awhile. Expect patchy areas of light rain and showers during the morning and midday hours. There may be a lull or two in the wet weather Saturday, but a steadier round of showers, possibly a thunderstorm will cross the area Saturday evening into early Saturday night. Highs on Saturday will top out in the upper 70s. The cold front that’s responsible for Saturday’s wet weather will flush out the clouds, showers, and humidity overnight Saturday. Temperatures late Saturday night will fall into the lower to middle 50s!
Sunday has another beautiful fall-like feel. Early morning temperatures in the lower to middle 50s with highs in the middle 70s. We get to enjoy abundant sunshine and pleasant breeze out of the northwest at 10 mph.
A winning stretch of weather continues for most of next week along with a gradual warming trend. Highs on Monday reach the upper 70s. By Tuesday and Wednesday, high temperatures climb into the lower 80s with plenty of sunshine and low humidity. We get to enjoy yet another spectacular stretch of September weather for most of next week with little to no rain!
Maryland
Maryland Senate race poll shows Democrat Alsobrooks leading GOP's Hogan, despite 1 in 3 not knowing who she is
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The Democratic candidate for senate in Maryland is leading her GOP rival despite more than a third of eligible voters not recognizing her name.
A poll published by Gonzales Research & Media Services this week found that Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks has pulled ahead of Republican former Governor Larry Hogan by five points — 46% to 41%.
Alsobrooks’ current success in the polls comes as a surprise, given the Democratic candidate’s continued struggles with low name recognition among voters.
The Gonzales poll found that approximately 34% of registered voters do not recognize Alsobrooks by name. This includes approximately 33% of independents who do not recognize Alsobrooks, as well as 17% of eligible voters registered with the Democratic Party.
NEW POLL REVEALS REPUBLICAN SENATE CANDIDATE DEADLOCKED WITH DEM IN CRUCIAL DEEP BLUE STATE
Maryland Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate and Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks speaks at a campaign event on Gun Violence Awareness Day at Kentland Community Center in Landover, Maryland. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Notably, 72% of total eligible voters told the pollster that they did not recognize the Democratic candidate.
MARYLAND DEMOCRATIC SENATE CANDIDATE SAYS THERE SHOULD BE NO LIMIT ON ABORTION
The winner of the November election will succeed Democratic Sen. Ben Cardin, who is retiring this year after serving nearly two decades in the Senate and nearly six decades as a state and then federal lawmaker.
With Democrats trying to protect their fragile Senate majority, Hogan’s late entry into the race in February gave them an unexpected headache in a state previously considered safe territory.
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Former two-term Gov. Larry Hogan of Maryland celebrates his victory in the 2024 Maryland Republican Senate primary, in Annapolis, Maryland. (Fox News – Paul Steinhauser)
Hogan left the governor’s office at the beginning of 2023 with very positive approval and favorable ratings.
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A vocal Republican critic of former President Trump who previously flirted with a 2024 White House run, Hogan has repeatedly said that he will not vote for the former president in November’s election. In the spring, he stood out from most other Republicans for publicly calling for the guilty verdicts in Trump’s criminal trial to be respected.
The Gonzales Research & Media Services poll was conducted from Aug. 24 to Aug. 30 and surveyed 820 self-described likely voters via phone interviews.
Fox News Digital’s Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.
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