Patrick Stevens The Washington Times - November 21, 2012, 12:04AM

Nick Faust had probably his best game of the young season in Tuesday’s 83-74 defeat of Lafayette.

Maryland was surely better with him on the floor than off it.

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Here’s the rundown of how he wound up with 31 minutes played and how the Terps fared during each stretch when he was in the game.

FIRST HALF

* Started, exited at 15:37: Terps 9-5 (4:23)
* Entered at 10:39, exited at 6:08: Terps 12-10 (4:31)
* Entered at 5:08, excited at 0:01: Terps 11-2 (5:07)

SECOND HALF

* Started, exited at 15:16: Terps 12-5 (4:44)
* Entered at 13:00, exited at 4:45: Terps 16-12 (8:15)
* Entered 3:42, on floor at end: Lafayette 17-13 (3:42)

It comes out to a 73-51 edge over 30:42. Which means in the other 9:18, the Terps were outscored 23-10.

That’s quite a difference when Faust was on the court.

The full plus-minus chart:

Player LAF    
Season     
Per Min.   
0-Mitchell -2 +4 0.06
2-Aronhalt -1 +4 0.13
4-Allen -6 +27 0.33
5-Faust +22 +35 0.34
10-Layman -4 +1 0.02
12-Lipinski DNP 0 0.00
15-Barks DNP +1 0.50
21-Howard +9 +40 0.36
23-Auslander     
DNP +1 0.50
24-Susskind DNP +1 0.50
25-Len +12 +54 0.47
32-Wells +5 +27 0.25
35-Padgett +11 +29 0.40
44-Cleare -1 +1 0.02

—- Patrick Stevens