in the west region semifinals, georgetown met the regions no. 3 seed, 11th-ranked maryland. the hoyas played well in the first half, leading by as many as five points on more than one occasion and forcing maryland to commit nine turnovers. georgetown only scored off two of those turnovers, however, and late in the half was stymied by a maryland zone defense. after a frustrated sweetney was called for an intentional foul, allowing the terrapins to score four points and causing a six-point turnaround in the game, the hoyas lost the lead. demetrius hunter missed a dunk and maryland began to collect a number of offensive rebounds, off one of which they scored at the buzzer to take a 38-36 halftime lead. early in the second half, maryland extended its lead to nine points, with center lonnie baxter scoring six of them on his way to a 26-point, 14-rebound performance for the terrapins. boumtje-boumtje played tentatively and fouled out after playing only 19 minutes, with three rebounds, one blocked shot, and no points scored. although braswell shot only 3-for-22 (13.6%) from the field, he and scruggs led the hoyas to a comeback that allowed them to close to 59–56 with under five minutes to play and a 67-62 deficit with 3:17 remaining. after that, however, maryland extended its lead with good free-throw shooting. the hoyas were forced to attempt three-pointers to try to catch up, but shot only 1-for-6 (16.7%) from three-point range late in the game and the terrapins prevailed 76-66. sweetney averaged 10 rebounds a game during the ncaa tournament, while boumtje-boumtje completed his georgetown career as the schools fourth all-time shot blocker, behind only patrick ewing, alonzo mourning, and dikembe mutombo.