College Park, MD - Senior Justin Wright-Foreman scored a game-high 27 points and the Hofstra Men's Basketball team gave Maryland a battle until the end but the Terrapins pulled away late for an 80-69 win over the Pride on Friday evening at the XFINITY Center. 

Hofstra falls to 2-2 with the loss, while Maryland improves to 4-0. 

The Pride took a six-point lead at the break, 37-31, as Hofstra broke a 27-all tie with a three-pointer from junior Stafford Trueheart and then closed the half with a 7-2 run after Maryland closed the gap to one, 30-29, with 2:52 left before intermission. Trueheart added another three during the half-closing run and was assisted with two points each from graduate Dan Dwyer and Wright-Foreman. 

Hofstra would push the lead to eight on a trio of occasions early in the second half, the last time at 43-35 on a layup from junior Eli Pemberton with 18:18 to play in regulation. 

Maryland responded, though, and used an 12-1 run to take a 47-44 advantage with 15:23 showing on the clock. The deficit would still be three for the Pride with 10:50 left after a three-pointer from Wright-Foreman, but Maryland used a 9-2 run to take its largest lead to that point at 66-56 and the Terrapins would go on to earn the victory. 

Junior Tareq Coburn tallied a career-best 10 points and Pemberton also added 10. 

Maryland was led by 17 points from Bruno Fernando and 14 from Eric Ayala. The Terps placed six players in double figures. 

Hofstra returns to action next Wednesday when it hosts Cal State Fullerton at 7 p.m. For ticket information visit HofstraTickets.com, call (516) HOF-TIXX or stop by the Hofstra Athletics Box Office in the lobby of the David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex. 

NOTES
- Hofstra is 0-5 all-time against Maryland. Tonight's game was the first meeting between the schools since the 2003-04 campaign. 
- Trueheart finished with seven points in the game. 
- Hofstra committed just seven turnovers in the contest.