Big weekend on the Beltway Basketball Bonanza-- February fever takes a different turn with four games that involve a rivalry, two hot teams, a squad making their move up the standings and a club looking to end a major skid (not necessarily in that order).
Friday at 7pm, College Park: the 4th ranked Maryland women entertain Virginia in a clash for second place in the ACC... the Cavaliers lone loss in the league came to Maryland January 18th after the Terps turned a one point halftime deficit into a 12 point victory. Expect and offensive extravaganza--nobody in the conference is shooting from the field, line or three point range as well as Maryland right. There's plenty of local influence on display as well--three of Virginia's starters are from in and around the beltway.
Saturday at 8pm, College Park: Maryland meets North Carolina State in a nice ACC undercard; both schools have won 3 of their last 4--the lone loss coming to Duke in a game where they led by 9 at halftime. One key for the Terps--how will the much improved Bambale Osby match up with Wolfpack guard J.J. Hickson (16 points and 8 rebounds a game)?
Sunday at noon, Mass. Ave.: American looks to solidify its status as Patriot League contender-- the Eagles stand half a game behind Lafayette and try to complete a regular season sweep of Lehigh-- but there are no gimmees whatsoever in that conference: two weeks ago AU dropped back to back games at Bender to sub-500 Navy and Holy Cross.
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