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COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Senior Chris Wroblewski became the 24th player in school history to register 1,000 career points and Cornell's defense nearly brought it all the way back from a 23-point first half deficit, but Maryland was able to hold on for a 70-62 victory over the Big Red on Tuesday evening at the Comcast Center. The Terrapins improved to 11-3, while Cornell slipped to 4-9.

Wroblewski scored a team-high 15 points and added four rebounds and three assists. His last basket, a driving layup with under a minute to play, put him at exactly 1,000 points. But his bucket wasn't enough to overcome a tough start for the Big Red.

Maryland exploded out of the gates for a 16-0 lead before Cornell was able to get on the board with 14:02 left in the first half. The lead ballooned to 28-5 midway through the first half. Luckily for the Big Red, Cornell's defense got the visitors back in the game.
After allowing the Terrapins to shoot 63 percent from the floor in the first 20 minutes, the Big Red limited Maryland to 28 shooting after the break, including 1-of-9 from 3-point range. Cornell held the Terps without a field goal for the first 11:26 of the second half (12:40 without a field goal total) as they trimmed a 15-point deficit to one with a 20-6 run to make it 47-46.

Down just two with a little more than four minutes to play, Drew Ferry, the nation's leader in 3-point field goals, missed an open look that would have given the Big Red its first lead. It was one of two shots in the second half Cornell had to tie or take the lead that wouldn't fall.

Freshman Devin Cherry had a breakout game with career highs of 14 points, three rebounds, two assists and a steal in 28 minutes off the bench, He entered the game with just two points on the year. Junior Eitan Chemerinski was also effective in a return to his home state, hitting 5-of-6 field goals against 7-1 center Alex Len en route to 10 points. He also had three steals. Freshman Shonn Miller just missed his second career double-double for Cornell with nine points, 10 rebounds and two steals.

Maryland got 19 points and six rebounds from Sean Mosley, while Alex Len had 15 points, nine rebounds and three blocked shots. Terrell Stoglin, the ACC's leading scorer at nearly 22 points per game, was held to 14 on 6-of-16 shooting. The Terrapins held a 34-27 edge on the glass and held Cornell to 7-of-30 shooting from 3-point range (23 percent).

The Big Red couldn't get any type of offensive rhythm, shooting a pair of air balls and turning it over three times to open the game. The Terrapins, meanwhile, were able to get out in transition several times and rarely had to go against the Big Red's half-court defense.

Cherry, who scored eight of the team's first 11 points, finally got Cornell on the board with an acrobatic reverse layup. That didn't help the Big Red gain any momentum, however.  Consecutive 3-pointers by Sean Mosley extended the Terps lead to 26-5 by the second media timeout with 11:16 left in the first. A late 6-2 run, punctuated by a steal by Chemerinski and a layup by Ferry as the horn sounded gave the visitors some momentum heading into the break. Cornell still trailed by 15 at 41-26.

The Big Red opened the second half on a 16-2 run, getting within one at 43-42 when Chemerinski's short jumper in the lane fell. Wroblewski had a chance to put the visitors in the lead, but missed a 3-pointer with 11 minutes to play in regulation. Each time Cornell got within a possession, Maryland would answer before the Big Red got within two at 57-55 on a big 3-pointer by Wroblewski with 4:37 left. After Cornell got a defensive stop, Ferry got a clean look for the lead from the corner that went long and Stoglin hit a short runner in the lane and was fouled on the opposite end.

Cornell cut the deficit to one again when Ferry hit a circus layup with 2:10 remaining to make it 61-60, but Maryland called a timeout that resulted in a Stoglin dagger 3-pointer to push the lead back to four with under two minutes remaining. Cornell wouldn't get within five the rest of the way, with Wroblewski's basket with 16 seconds left the last bit of hope. Maryland made all six free throw attempts in the final 30 seconds to seal the win.

The Big Red returns home for its final non-conference matchup when it plays host to Division III Albright College on Saturday, Jan. 7 at 2 p.m. at Newman Arena in Bartels Hall.