BALTIMORE, Md. - First-year
Kyle Harvin scored a team-high 15 points to lead the McDaniel College men's basketball team in a road test against Division I UMBC at Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena on Monday night.
The Green Terror (1-2) took a lot out of the opportunity to play against a bigger team and saw a lot of positives to build on moving forward this season according to first-year head coach
T.J. Jordan.
"The growth," Jordan said. "Obviously, still being a new team with a bunch of new guys who didn't necessarily play extended minutes last year. For them to be able to play against this length, this size, this athleticism this early in the season and be able to take some positives away from it, hopefully we'll learn from that and continue to build our confidence as we start to play teams that our Division III on our level."
Some of those positives included the Retrievers holding only a four-point advantage in the second half, 40-36, and just a 28-26 margin in points in the paint. McDaniel also had just 12 turnovers.
McDaniel jumped out to a 5-0 lead, holding UMBC scoreless for the first 4:28 as the Retrievers started 0-for-10 from the field with three turnovers.
The Green Terror led 7-6 at the first media timeout with 14:18 remaining and 10-8 on a three-pointer by first-year
Dominic Downs with 14:10 remaining.
However, UMBC started to hit its shots and finished the first half with a 51-25 lead and nine three-pointers while McDaniel had just nine total field goals. Devin Ceaser and Carlos Varela combined for 22 points for the Retrievers while going 5-for-8 from three-point range. UMBC also held a 29-18 edge in rebounds which led to 16 second-chance points.
Harvin scored 11 of his 15 points in thee first half on 4-of-8 shooting, including 2-of-5 from three-point range.
Both teams played evenly in the second half with the Green Terror shooting 44.4 percent from the floor compared to 40.0 percent for the Retrievers. McDaniel made more field goals and held a 20-12 advantage in points in the paint.
With 6:24 left, the Green Terror had scored more second-half points, 25-23, while holding UMBC to just 9-of-25 shooting from the floor. First-year
Jacob Williams had six points and four rebounds in just over seven minutes in the second half.
Sophomore
Rece Bowser finished with seven points while Downs and senior
Ryan Shaffer each had six points and three rebounds. Shaffer also added two assists.
McDaniel returns to action on Saturday, November 14 when it travels to Shenandoah for a 7 p.m. against the Hornets.
