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Diggy Coit had a long way to get to College Park.
The graduate guard spent a season in junior college, two at Northern Illinois and one on the bench at Kansas before head coach Buzz Williams swayed him to Maryland men’s basketball for his final season of college basketball.
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And Wednesday against Mount St. Mary’s, years of hard work paid off. Coit exploded late in the second half and ultimately sent the game to overtime on a contested, long-range 3-pointer with just eight seconds left in regulation.
Seven more overtime points brought his game total to 41 — a new career high and tied for the third-most by a Terp in program history. And the explosion came in a game Maryland needed it most.
Despite the Mountaineers storming back from a double-digit deficit and leading by six points late in the second half, Coit’s heroics lifted the Terps to an 95-90 win over Mount St. Mary’s at Xfinity Center after an extra period.
With Pharrel Payne sidelined with the injury he sustained against Marquette, senior Northeastern transfer Collin Metcalf got the start at center. The dropoff was vast and noticeable from the get-go. Metcalf missed an easy layup less than two minutes into the game and committed an illegal screen on the very next possession.
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Metcalf finished with zero points and two rebounds in just 15 minutes, ceding a lot of frontcourt minutes to freshman Aleks Alston — guard Andre Mills also played the four in small lineups.
Maryland’s shooting efficiency regressed to the mean after a stellar outing against Marquette. It was once again stuck in mud to begin the game, starting 0-of-4 from the field before Diggy Coit broke the snap with an off-dribble 3-pointer.
Coit was the spark for the Terps all night. His ball-handling ability stands out among the team’s guard group and, despite his 5-foot-11 stature limiting what he can get away with, flashed passing and finishing ability that can round out his skill set.
Without Payne’s presence inside,…
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