No. 4 seed Maryland must tame 13th-seeded Cougars' outside shot - Since 1990, No. 4 seeds are 64-17 in the first round of the NCAA tournament. But the fourth-seeded Maryland Terrapins know their opponent tonight possesses a skill that can be the great equalizer - the 3-point shot.
Houston, the No. 13 seed, made more 3-pointers this season - an average of 8.3 per game - than in all but three years of its history.
"We definitely focused on it knowing that Houston is all about run-and-gun - getting the ball up and getting a lot of 3s up," Maryland junior guard Adrian Bowie said before a shootaround Thursday night at Spokane Arena. "That's been our main focus in practice all week." Watch it all live online @ NCAA March Madness On Demand
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