Dec. 30, 1999

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By DAVID GINSBURG
AP Sports Writer

Box Score

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) - Terence Morris scored 17 points and No. 14 Maryland extended its non-league home winning streak to 71 games Thursday night, limiting Maryland-Baltimore County to 19 first-half points en route to an 82-52 victory.

Danny Miller had a career-high 16 points for the Terrapins (10-2), who finished the decade without losing to a non-conference opponent at Cole Field House. The run, which began in December 1989, is the longest of its kind in the nation.

Maryland never trailed in its season-high fourth straight victory. The Terrapins are 11-0 against UMBC and have won 26 consecutive games against in-state schools.

Justin Wilson scored 13 points for the Retrievers (4-5), who had as many turnovers (19) as points in the first half. UMBC went 20-for-69 (29 percent) from the field and missed 21 of 25 shots from 3-point range.

The Terrapins led 41-19 before opening the second half with a 16-1 run that made it 57-20 with 13 minutes left. UMBC scored the next 12 points before Morris ended the run with a three-point play.

Morris was 5-for-9 from the field, 7-for-9 at the foul line and also grabbed nine rebounds.

UMBC missed its first seven shots and had five turnovers, yet trailed only 4-0 before Issac Green hit a jumper in the lane with nearly four minutes elapsed. Neither team scored again until Maryland's Lonny Baxter made two foul shots with 13:54 left in the half.

The Retrievers trailed 11-8 before reserve guard Drew Nicholas hit two 3-pointers in a 15-2 Maryland run that made it 26-10. Calvin McCall, starting quarterback for the football team, saw action for the first time and made two free throws in the run.