Maryland star junior guard Melo Trimble helped re-energize the men's basketball program in College Park, Md., when he stepped onto campus and was a part of 55 victories during the past two seasons with the Terps. Though it's still early in the college career of Maryland guard Anthony Cowan, he's shown signs of adding to the winning culture re-established in part by Trimble.
Even before the college basketball season started, Maryland head coach Mark Turgeon said he would frequently pair Cowan, a graduate of Washington D.C.'s St. John's College High School, with Trimble. Trimble, like Cowan, competed in the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference but at Bishop O'Connell in Arlington, Va., and was second-team All-Big Ten last year.
Turgeon said the two guards' skillsets mesh well and he didn't waste any time getting them on the court together, starting the duo during Maryland's season-opening 62-56 victory against American Nov. 11. Cowan scored 12 points on 3-of-4 shooting and was 5-of-6 from the free-throw line against the Eagles.
