Derik Queen is a king of March, since Maryland’s Terrapins are moving to Sweet 16 due to his timbres whipper against the state of Colorado on Sunday night.
Below 71-70, Maryland had a final possession with just under four seconds to play when Queen took the incoming pass and immediately turned to his right to begin to move towards the network.
The state of Colorado had a great defense all the way while driving to his left. And Queen was forced to take a shot out of balance that required a perfect touch of the glass to redirect the hoop.
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The downtown Maryland Terrapins, Derik Queen, leads the basket against the RAMS striker of Colorado, Jaylen Crocker-Johnson, in the first half. (Steven Bisig-Imagn images)
The touch was perfection, and the ball crossed the thread just when the bell rang, giving us our first bell in March of Madness this year.
Maryland broke into the court when the crowd entered a frenzy, with the queen in the center of everything in pure euphoria.
Queen finished the second round game with 17 points, six rebounds and an assistance, but all will remember the only shot that sent them to Dulce 16.
Colorado State, a team that has fought so many times during this season, had a solid advantage of seven points in part time. And taking into account that they had to return against Memphis in the second half in their confrontation of the first round, they knew how Maryland was going to leave the locker room with the hair on fire, knowing that his season was at stake.
But the Rams could not prevent the Terps from returning to the game, although they reached the clutch when they needed it most when Jalen Lake buried a triple with six remaining seconds on the clock to take the advantage of a point.
The downtown Maryland Terrapins, Derik Queen, celebrates with her teammates after scoring the winning shot against the RAMS of the state of Colorado. (Images of Stephen Brashear-Imagn)
Lake had 13 points, going 5 of 10 and 3 of 6 from the territory of three points a day.
However, the Terps made the perfect play, and Queen had ice in his veins when it was time to take the shot to determine the season of his team.
Maryland goes on to face the Florida Gators No. 1, who defeated the consecutive national champion Uconn Huskies in a thriller on the earliest Sunday.
Looking at the box score, Queen was the top scorer, although each member of the initials ended with two -digit points, including Rodney Rice with 16 and Julian Reese, the brother of the star of the WNBA Angel Reese, with 15.
The downtown Maryland Terrapins, Derik Queen, celebrates with her teammates after scoring the winning shot against the RAMS of the state of Colorado. (Images of Stephen Brashear-Imagn)
For the state of Colorado, Nique Clifford had 21 points, although it was only 7 of 17 in the field.
