Terps' Vasquez leads upset of UNC

Posted Feb 22, 2009
Greivis Vasquez's departure from the Comcast Center court Saturday included a greeting for Maryland's campus president, a warm embrace for a cheerleader and a chest-bump for a student manager. It was only appropriate. He had done just about everything else for the Terrapins to engineer a upset of No. 3 North Carolina. Vasquez uncorked Maryland's first triple-double since 1987. (Washington Times)

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