Patrick Stevens The Washington Times - February 3, 2009, 07:39PM

Maybe Jin Soo Kim should have eligibility battles all the time.

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Well, that’s a little cruel, given that the freshman’s season is more than a little topsy-turvy just because of his clearinghouse issues and now his brief academic eligibility problems in the last week.

Of course, he dropped 20 in an exhibition game a few days after being cleared to practice. And he scored five crucial points in eight minutes Saturday against Miami.

Here’s the three stretches Kim played tonight:

* Entered with Maryland down 22-20 with 4:49 left in the first half. Had a dunk about a minute later, and left at the 1:11 mark with the Terps up 27-24. Scoring while he was in: Maryland 7-2.

* Entered with 14:11 left in the second half and Maryland up 36-33. Almost immediately hit a 3-pointer and left at the 10:19 mark with the Terps up 47-36. Scoring while he was in: Maryland 11-3.

* Entered with 9:36 left with Maryland up 49-39. Left with 9:15 left and the score the same

The full roster rundown:

Player

MIA

ACC

Per Min.

Season

Per Min.

1-Milbourne

-7

-29

-0.13

+83

0.14

4-Dupree

DNP

-24

-0.62

-34

-0.15

5-Hayes

+8

-9

-0.05

+137

0.22

11-Kim

+12

+12

0.43

+24

0.22

14-Mosley

0

-22

-0.15

+5

0.01

21-Vasquez

+5

-38

-0.15

+111

0.16

22-Bowie

+2

-14

-0.07

+144

0.26

23-Pearman

DNP

-2

-0.67

+2

0.18

24-Tucker

DNP

-28

-0.68

-19

-0.09

25-Goins

DNP

-2 

-0.67

+5

0.42

32-Burney

INJ

INJ

INJ

+19

0.40

33-Gregory

-7

-28

-0.25

+52

0.17

35-Neal

+12

+4

0.02

+112

0.25

—- Patrick Stevens