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Welcome back to Morning Shootaround, a regular feature this season the day after Maryland basketball games. While we can't bring you into the Terps' lockerroom after games - reporters haven't been allowed in there since the last couple of years under Gary Williams - we will recap what was said in the press conference afterward by Maryland coach Mark Turgeon and his players. We will give some of our own insight into what transpired on the court during the previous night's game and what the Terps will be working on at practice looking ahead to their next game.

RICHMOND, Va. -- Maryland-Eastern Shore women's basketball coach Trina Patterson got exactly what she wanted out of her team in yesterday's 60-55 win over Delaware State in the first round of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference tournament. She had made a two-part request -- win, and have at least three players grab five or more rebounds. She ended up having five players with at least five as the Hawks (9-18) outrebounded the Hornets, 50-31. "I'm proud of our team," said Patterson, whose team moves on to play Morgan State tonight at 7. "We had been struggling a little bit with rebounds, but this game we had balanced rebounding."

The season has been one long comeback story for UMES, and yesterday in the semifinals of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference tournament, the Hawks saved a thrilling comeback for their biggest game of the year.But the Hawks, whose sizzling outside shooting helped them turn an early 19-point deficit into a tense contest, came up one shot short against North Carolina A&T.Aaron McKinney's game-tying, three-point attempt, the last of four three-point tries by UMES in the closing seconds, failed to fall, and North Carolina A&T hung on for a 76-73 victory over the Hawks.

PRINCESS ANNE -- Rob Chavez, the new basketball coach at UMES, announced that he has recruited six new players for the coming season, including Mike Smith, a 6-foot-6 forward from Baltimore's St. Frances.Chavez was hired in mid-June to reverse a program that has had one winning season in the past 19. When he arrived at UMES, only one returnee, sophomore guard Mike Arnold, was academically eligible, but five seniors are in good standing following summer school.Chavez spent the past five seasons at Chemeketa Junior College in Salem, Ore., and he brought from there Duray Thirdgill, a 6-6 sophomore forward.

colleges UMES teams finish third at Blue and Gold Invitational In preparation for the coming Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Championship, the UMES men's and women's cross country teams ran to a third-place finish in the University of Delaware Blue and Gold Invitational, held at White Clay Creek State Park in Newark, Del., on Saturday. Both squads were once again led by sophomore Basil Melek and junior Cynthia Anais . Melek finished the men's eight-kilometer race in a time of 26 minutes, 16.44 seconds, which was good for fourth place overall.

BETHLEHEM, Pa.-- Nicole Council scored a game-high 26 points as the UMES women defeated Lehigh, 70-61, last night.Aileene Frazer added 12 points for UMES (1-2) and Shantwan Dowell had 11 rebounds.UMES held Lehigh (2-1) to 2-for-30 shooting in the first half but led only 29-25 as Lehigh made 21 of 25 free-throw attempts.

PRINCESS ANNE -- Kenya Mobley scored 22 points to lead UMES (15-11, 10-7) past Delaware State (8-17, 5-10), 81-66, in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference game last night.Mobley shot 11-for-16 (68.8 percent) from the field and also led the Hawks in rebounds with 18.Zack Allison added 16 points for UMES and Terrell Harris had 14.

Connecticut's Ryan Boatright and Omar Calhoun combined for 43 points - almost as many as the entire UMES team - and the host Huskies stayed unbeaten athome with an 84-50 win Monday in the schools' first meeting in men's basketball in 25 years. It was an emotional night for the Huskies and the announced 8,841 in the building, as the victims of Friday's mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., were remembered before the game. Players, cheerleaders, band and dance team members gathered in a circle, holding 26 candles.

PRINCESS ANNE -- Dale Harrison scored 27 points to lead UMES (10-8, 6-3) to a 76-60 win over South Carolina State in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference game last night.The loss broke an eight-game winning streak for South Carolina State (12-8, 8-2).

ORANGEBURG, S.C. -- Emmanuel Flager scored a game-high 17 points, including 15 in the second half, and Deon Murray added 16, as South Carolina State (9-7, 5-1) defeated UMES, 75-61, in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference game last night.Kenya Mobley led three players in double figures with 14 for the Hawks (7-8, 3-3).UMES took a 51-49 lead on Travis Griffin's dunk at 5:51 of the second half. But S.C. State (9-7, 5-1) completed a 10-3 run to take a 59-54 lead on Murray's three-pointer at 3:46 to take the lead for good.