When Mark Turgeon was asked in January if Aaron Wiggins would return to the starting lineup as the team headed into the meat of its Big Ten schedule, Maryland's basketball coach said he would be sticking with his regular starting five because the quintet was sound defensively.
Turgeon was true to his word. Maryland's starting five of junior guard Anthony Cowan, sophomore guard Darryl Morsell, freshman guard Eric Ayala, freshman forward Jalen Smith and sophomore center Bruno Fernando has not changed in 13 games.
But Wiggins, who started four of the first 12 games of the season, might as well be the sixth starter. The freshman guard is averaging 24 minutes per game this season, by far the most of any reserve and just one minute per game shy of Morsell (25.2).
