Maryland rebounds to knock off Temple

NEW YORK -- Juan Dixon scored 15 of his 25 points on 3-pointers and No. 2 Maryland improved dramatically on its long-range shooting from its opening-game loss to beat No. 16 Temple 82-74 Friday night in the third-place game of the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic.

In Thursday night's stunning 71-67 loss to Arizona, the Terrapins (1-1) were just 7-for-27 from behind the arc. With Dixon leading the way against Temple's matchup zone, Maryland improved to 63.2 (12-for-19).

Dixon, who was 5-for-10 on 3s in both games, hit three straight 3s in Maryland's 14-2 run to close the first half that gave it a 39-32 lead. He hit another one 39 seconds into the second half to give the Terrapins their first double-digit lead of the game.

Temple (0-2), which lost 72-64 to No. 6 Florida on Thursday, was within 61-58 on a rebound basket by Kevin Lyde with 4:20 left, but Byron Mouton and Steve Blake started and ended an 8-0 run with 3s to give the Terrapins a 69-58 lead with 2:11.

Lynn Greer, who led Temple with 27 points, kept the Owls close in the final minute with three 3-pointers, but Maryland closed the game by going 10-for-10 from the free throw line over the final 1:03.