Against Northwestern Feb. 10, Maryland men's basketball head coach Mark Turgeon started four guards -- sophomores Anthony Cowan Jr. and Kevin Huerter along with redshirt junior Dion Wiley and freshman Darryl Morsell -- for the fifth straight game, and his team turned in its best offensive performance of the five-game run.
The stretch began against Michigan State Jan. 28. Even though he had four big men -- seniors Michal Cekovsky and Sean Obi, along with redshirt freshman Joshua Tomaic and freshman Bruno Fernando -- available to play, Turgeon opted to counter the big-bodied Spartans with small ball.
But soon, Turgeon didn't have a choice but to play four guards. Cekovsky got hurt in practice Jan. 30, the day before the Terps took on Purdue in West Lafayette, Ind. With just three big men available, Turgeon started Cowan, Huerter, Wiley and Morsell at Purdue Jan. 31, against Wisconsin Feb. 4 and at Penn State Feb. 7.
