Greivis Vasquez News

Heading into the Terrapin men's basketball team's game Saturday against Eastern Kentucky - the Terps only game in a two-week stretch thanks to final exams - the pregame build-up surrounded the season debut of forward Dino Gregory after an eight-game suspension for an unspecified team rules violation.

Greivis Vasquez scored 20 points in an unwanted reserve role, Landon Milbourne had 19, and Maryland outlasted stubborn Eastern Kentucky 83-72 on Saturday.

Taken by itself, this one game is nothing to worry about. Sure, the Terrapin men's basketball team lost by nine in front of what was essentially a home crowd at Verizon Center.

Sean Mosley caught the ball near the edge of the foul line with his back to a Villanova defender and the hoop early in the second half of Sunday's BB&T Classic at Verizon Center.

Landon Milbourne took a hit from Indiana's Tom Pritchard and calmly rolled in a layup to give the Terrapin men's basketball team a 11-point lead with just more than two minutes left in last night's game.

The pocket ace Maryland held throughout both its struggles last season and its strong finish was a November victory over a top five opponent. When Selection Sunday came, the Terrapins were on the figurative bubble, and although it never will be known how much their win over then-No. 5 Michigan State in a Thanksgiving weekend tournament helped them earn a No. 10 seed, the achievement certainly provided a considerable push.

So far this season, Maryland (5-2) stands without such a signature nonconference victory, and its final opportunity to claim one comes Sunday night, when the Terrapins will take on No. 3 Villanova (7-0) in the BB&T Classic at Verizon Center.

Several boosters who made the long journey to watch the Terrapin men's basketball team play in the Maui Invitational sported white T-shirts throughout the week reading "Fear the Honu," a reference to the Hawaiian name for the sea turtle.

BLOOMINGTON, IND. -- Back and forth, guard Adrian Bowie ran the baseline underneath Maryland's basket with just more than four minutes remaining at Assembly Hall. Maryland held a slim lead over an Indiana squad that may have been outmatched, but refused to acknowledge as much.

Back and forth, guards Greivis Vasquez and Sean Mosley passed the ball at the top of the key as the shot clock ticked down. And finally, after riding out the lull, Vasquez whipped a pass to Bowie for an uncontested layup.

Maryland continues a stretch of tough tests with a trip to storied Assembly Hall and a Big Ten/ACC Challenge matchup with Indiana.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Growing up in Oxon Hill, Md., less than 20 minutes from the University of Maryland, Maurice Creek was a fan of the Terrapins.

LAHAINA, HAWAII In May, Lance Stephenson's father, Lance Sr., told USA Today that his son had narrowed his list of college suitors to two: Arizona and the Terrapin men's basketball team.

The Terrapin men's basketball team came to the Maui Invitational as a slight favorite in a comparably weak field for the prestigious preseason tournament.

Jason Bohannon and Wisconsin went outside the arc to take down Maryland. Bohannon scored 20 points and Jon Leuer added 16, leading the Badgers to a 78-69 victory over No.

The University of Cincinnati Bearcats upset the No. 24 Vanderbilt Commodores 67 - 58 yesterday, and advanced to the semi-finals of the Maui Invitational where they will meet the No.

Sean Mosley scored 19 points, Eric Hayes added 12 and Landon Milbourne had 10 to help No.

The 25th-ranked Maryland Terrapins close out a season-opening three-game homestand this evening, as they welcome the New Hampshire Wildcats to the Comcast Center.

Landon Milbourne scored 24 points on 9- of-15 shooting, and the 25th-ranked Maryland Terrapins dominated the New Hampshire Wildcats, 82-55, at Comcast Center.

Maryland didn't experience too many problems in its first two games of the season, although star guard Greivis Vasquez's slow start is a slight concern.

In years past, Maryland's basketball team was so reliant on the scoring of Greivis Vasquez that it couldn't survive a poor shooting night from its flashy, emotional star.

Continuing a season-opening homestand that has the Maryland men's basketball team playing three home games in eight days, the Terrapins host Fairfield in a Tuesday-night matchup at Comcast Center at 8 p.m. Maryland cracked the Associated Press Top 25 late Monday afternoon.