Maryland headed to Sweet 16 after close game with Colorado State in NCAA Basketball Tournament
‘I’m from Baltimore that’s why’: Terps win on Derik Queen’s buzzer-beating fadeaway
Updated: 9:42 PM EDT Mar 23, 2025
Maryland is going to the Sweet 16 with a close victory over No. 12 Colorado State on Sunday.Derik Queen banked in a fadeaway jumper at the buzzer, and Maryland advanced to the Sweet 16 in a thriller, beating Colorado State 72-71 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday.Jalen Lake drilled a rainbow 3-pointer with 6 seconds left for No. 12 seed Colorado State, which was seeking to become the lowest-seeded team to advance to a regional semifinal in this edition of March Madness, which had been light on upset or buzzer-beaters.Queen took care of that.Maryland coach Kevin Willard called timeout with 3.6 seconds left and got the ball to Queen, the 6-foot-10 freshman center from Baltimore, who drove to his left, elevated over two defenders and kissed it off the glass as the horn sounded. The Terrapins advanced to face the West Region’s No. 1 seed, Florida, in San Francisco.Queen led fourth-seeded Maryland (27-8) with 17 points, Rodney Rice scored 16 and Julian Reese had 15 points and 11 rebounds as each of Maryland’s starters known as the “Crab Five” scored in double figures. Maryland’s bench totaled two points.Nique Clifford scored 21 points for Colorado State (26-10) and Lake had 13.The win in the second round of the West Region in the NCAA Basketball Tournament comes off the Terps’ first round victory over No. 13 seed Grand Canyon, 81-49, on Friday.The Terps will next face No. 1 Florida at the end of the week in the Sweet 16. Florida beat UConn by two points earlier Sunday.Maryland is an at-large entrant to the tournament after falling 81-80 to Michigan in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals.
SEATTLE —Maryland is going to the Sweet 16 with a close victory over No. 12 Colorado State on Sunday.
Derik Queen banked in a fadeaway jumper at the buzzer, and Maryland advanced to the Sweet 16 in a thriller, beating Colorado State 72-71 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday.
Jalen Lake drilled a rainbow 3-pointer with 6 seconds left for No. 12 seed Colorado State, which was seeking to become the lowest-seeded team to advance to a regional semifinal in this edition of March Madness, which had been light on upset or buzzer-beaters.
Queen took care of that.
Maryland coach Kevin Willard called timeout with 3.6 seconds left and got the ball to Queen, the 6-foot-10 freshman center from Baltimore, who drove to his left, elevated over two defenders and kissed it off the glass as the horn sounded. The Terrapins advanced to face the West Region’s No. 1 seed, Florida, in San Francisco.
Queen led fourth-seeded Maryland (27-8) with 17 points, Rodney Rice scored 16 and Julian Reese had 15 points and 11 rebounds as each of Maryland’s starters known as the “Crab Five” scored in double figures. Maryland’s bench totaled two points.
Nique Clifford scored 21 points for Colorado State (26-10) and Lake had 13.
The win in the second round of the West Region in the NCAA Basketball Tournament comes off the Terps’ first round victory over No. 13 seed Grand Canyon, 81-49, on Friday.
The Terps will next face No. 1 Florida at the end of the week in the Sweet 16. Florida beat UConn by two points earlier Sunday.
Maryland is an at-large entrant to the tournament after falling 81-80 to Michigan in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals.
