JTERNATIC; rHE BATTA. - Golan Heights i Palestine Sports THE BATTALION 7 Tuesday, April 2, 2002 cted Of orating ferps Outlast Hoosiers, 64-52 Offensive drills take center stage ces. >omb ed near the y, injuring -liceman an ■ ATLANTA (AP) — Maryland did not pay like Maryland until it mattered. Now , Je Terrapins are national champions, were Killed:* With All-American guard Juan Dixon inian millitarjbapping out of a scoring drought just in ■ne. Maryland ended Indiana’s magical Ijlumament run with a 64-52 victory r Arafat ■onday night. IS ConfinedrB T ,lis was tlie Terrapins’ first appearance a national championship game and the ■nior-laden lineup came through over the ■al 9:42, pulling away from the Hoosiers |o become the fourth straight No. 1 seed d eighth in the last 10 years to win it all. Coach Gary Williams brought his alma ater from the depths of probation 13 years ;o to the pinnacle of college basketball. _ie man considered among the most intense he attackefl the game was able to celebrate with his Jam. which featured four players who had t itled at least 100 games in their careers. “We had to really grind it,” Williams id. “It took us a good 25 minutes before e really ran our offense.” ( Dixon scored at least 27 points in four of e first five tournament games, including 33 the semifinal win over fellow top seed ansas. He started the title game at that pace, :oring 11 points in the opening 10 minutes, edid not score again for 20 minutes. When he hit a 3-pointer with 9:42 to lay, it gave Maryland (32-4) the lead for ;ood at 45-44 and the Terrapins made sure vena small lead was safe this time. “I was trying to be patient.,” he said. “1 ras trying to let the game come to me. I hit big shot.” Dixon finished with 18 points and he while solt stions and abt ily said, litary officials tion “Prote; be lenathv. from page 1 the real story tin Id is how mu d national gw ‘ helped atmtyai K) reservists rdsmen have hs rough Fort He: attacks, pc About 650renii ind fellow senior Lonny Baxter combined id, the count!) forallthe points in the 9-2 run that Dixon -y post with aba started with the 3 and Baxter ended with a J nkthat made it 51-46 with 7:22 to play. Indiana (25-12). which upset top-seeded Duke then shocked second-seeded Oklahoma in the semifinals, could not come up with another stunner. The team that had the country almost KRT CAMPUS Maryland’s Steve Blake drives in the lane against Indiana’s Jeff Newton in the first half of the men’s NCAA championship game. Maryland’s 64-52 win gave the Terps their first national title. forgetting about Bob Knight, again used the 3-point shot as its main weapon. The Hoosiers, who were 23-for-32 from behind the arc in the regional final against Kent State and Oklahoma, made eight of their first 12 Monday night. When Jared Jeffries’ layup was goaltended with 9:53 left, Indiana had its only lead of the game, 44-42. When Dixon and Baxter, who finished with 15 points and 14 rebounds, stepped up. the long shots stopped falling. Indiana B.B. M com- ral of&llpw said Ac ®\® their yctowto. mem ben tary official has not cfis) them since ^ s changed fod ;aid. peech. Pern rt Hood office security mailt shook hands 2 Ik with some Aggie fan?" ier who said >' ge Station, led Texas made just two of its 1 1 shots from behind the arc and its dream of being the first No. 5 seed to win a national championship and match Kansas in 1988 for the most losses by a champion started to fade. Kyle Hornsby led Indiana with 14 points and Dane Fife added 11. Jeffries, the Big Ten’s player of the year, finished with eight points on 4-for-l 1 shooting. The Hoosiers finished 20-for-58 from the field (34.5 percent), the first time in the tourna ment they shot below 50 percent. The Texas A&M football team resumed practice after the Easter holiday on Monday with a session in full pads. The Aggies continue to prepare for the Maroon & White spring game this Saturday at Kyle Field. Working on the Offense The offense spent most of the day working on various drills with the quarterbacks having good moments and bad moments. The offense started with a one-on-one drill, with a quarter back trying to throw to a receiver covered by one defensive back. Mark Farris and Dustin Long participated in the drill and had a shaky start. They combined to miss their first four passes before Farris hit John Roberson with a strike over the middle, beating Richard Whitaker. The completion got Farris on a roll as he completed his next four passes. Long was not as sharp — he missed his first seven passes and went l-for-9 in the drill. Jason Carter then joined the quarterbacks as they moved to a 7-on-7 drill. Carter was the hottest during the drill, completing 5-of-7 passes. Long had the best pass of the drill, hitting Thomas Carriger down the middle of the field, over two defenders. The first team defense joined the offense for the next two drills and the 11-on-l 1 drill got off to a shaky start for the offense, as Farris fumbled the first snap. It was a sign of things to come in the drill as he completed only 1- of-6 passes. Long heated up, completing 4-of-5 passes in the drill, includ ing a long pass over the middle to Roberson. The last drill the Aggies worked on was an 1 1-on-l 1 red zone drill. The ball was placed on the 18-yard line and the offense had three plays to either score or get a first down. The Aggies got one touch down on an 11 -yard pass from Farris to Jamaar Taylor. They also got a first down courtesy of three-straight runs by Derek Farmer. 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