COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) - Alex Len had 16 points and 13 rebounds, Jake Layman scored 15 and Maryland squeezed past Boston College 64-59 on Tuesday night.
Maryland (15-4, 3-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) improved to 13-1 at home despite committing 14 turnovers and shooting only 42 percent. It was the Terrapins' second win in five games after a 13-1 start.
Ryan Anderson scored 19 and Oliver Hanlan had 18 for the Eagles (9-9, 1-4). Boston College has lost four of five, with those defeats coming by a total of 14 points.
During a tight second half, neither team led by more than three points until Layman made a 3-pointer to put Maryland up 48-43 with 9:12 to go, part of a 12-1 run that turned a 43-40 deficit into a 52-44 advantage. Five different players scored in the spree, which began with a 3 by Logan Aronhalt and ended with a dunk by the 7-foot-1 Len.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Boston College (9-9) | 29 | 30 | 59 |
| Maryland (15-4) « | 29 | 35 | 64 |
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| Boston College Eagles | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Anderson, F | 37 | 7-14 | 5-8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 |
| O. Hanlan, G | 38 | 6-15 | 4-5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 18 |
| J. Rahon, G | 37 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| L. Jackson, G | 34 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| P. Heckmann, G | 23 | 2-9 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Clifford | 19 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| D. Rubin | 7 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| E. Odio | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| K. Caudill | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 20-56 | 10-17 | 34 | 12 | 12 | 59 | |
| 35.7% | 58.8% | ||||||
| Maryland Terrapins | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Layman, F | 28 | 5-9 | 3-4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| C. Mitchell, F | 14 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| A. Len, C | 34 | 7-14 | 2-4 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 16 |
| N. Faust, G | 28 | 4-9 | 2-2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| D. Wells, G | 21 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Allen | 22 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| P. Howard | 20 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| L. Aronhalt | 17 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| J. Padgett | 9 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| S. Cleare | 7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals | 25-59 | 7-12 | 41 | 15 | 17 | 64 | |
| 42.4% | 58.3% | ||||||
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