Dec. 6, 2000

Box Score

By DAVID GINSBURG
AP Sports Writer

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Lonny Baxter scored 15 of his 19 points in the first half as No. 19 Maryland built a 33-point lead and coasted to its 72nd straight nonconference home win, 107-59 over Stony Brook on Wednesday night.

Byron Mouton and Juan Dixon also scored 19 for the Terrapins (4-3), who have won three straight. Maryland's nonconference home winning streak, which began in 1989, is the longest in the nation. The crowd of 13,206 was the largest that a Stony Brook team has ever played in front of, eclipsing the crowd of 12,059 at the University of Utah on November 29, 1999.

Playing at Cole Field House for the first time after a six-game run through Hawaii, Wisconsin and Washington, the Terrapins made themselves right at home against the Seawolves (3-3).

Baxter scored off the opening tip and went 6-for-7 from the field to help Maryland take a 53-20 halftime lead. The Seawolves, who start three freshmen, went the final 10:52 of the half without a basket while being outscored 25-2.

The second half was noteworthy only in that Maryland coach Gary Williams received a technical foul with 15:06 left and the Terrapins leading 70-26.

Leon Brisport led the Seawolves with 18 points. It was the third-worst defeat in the history of the program, which moved up to the Division I level last year.

Baxter made his first four shots from the field and Dixon hit successive 3-pointers to cap a 8-0 spurt that 1put the Terrapins up 19-9.

It was 24-16 before Baxter and Mouton both scored six points and Danny Miller connected from beyond the arc during a 16-2 run that provided Maryland with a 22-point cushion.

With three minutes left in the half, Baxter had six field goals and five free throw attempts compared to seven baskets and four foul shots for the Seawolves.

Maryland's Steve Blake added to the Seawolves' misery by sinking a desperation heave from just inside the midcourt line as the first half ended.

Blake finished with a career-high 13 assists.