Though the Maryland men's basketball team's Senior Day festivities were for forwards Damonte Dodd and L.G. Gill before it faced Michigan State March 4, the possibility lingered in the air that star junior guard Melo Trimble was also playing in his last game at Xfinity Center.
If it was the last home game Trimble plays, hitting a game-winning 3-pointer with 1.1 seconds left to play as part of a 63-60 decision over the Spartans would be an extraordinarily appropriate impression to leave upon the home fans.
With the score tied at 60 with 6.3 seconds left, Trimble inbounded the ball from under the Terps' own basket to freshman forward Justin Jackson, who was hounded by the Spartans' Miles Bridges. Jackson was still able to get the ball back to Trimble, who dribbled up the court. Maryland head coach Mark Turgeon said he told Trimble to drive the ball, but much like his game-winner at Wisconsin last January, Trimble fired a three from the top of the key, drilling it over the outstretched arms of Lourawls Nairn Jr. and sending a sellout crowd of 17,950 into a frenzy.
