“It was just kinda reading the defense and see what they were giving us,” said DeMaio. “They kinda played off some of the picks earlier in the game, so we thought that we could get that. Just something we’re always practicing. We have trust in each other and all the guys on the team.”
Maryland coach John Tillman did not use his timeout, also stressing the trust between the two lefties.
“Those guys have great chemistry. They’ve played together forever. When it comes to making decisions, I’ll take those two guys any days of the week,” said Tillman, who said that with a long break before the overtime, they talked about wanting to probe the Notre Dame defense a little bit before using a timeout, unless they got into trouble. “I’m sure if it wasn’t there, Logan would have waited. If Anthony didn’t have the shot, he would have circled back and we would have gone into something else.”