Despite a second Hill touchdown (he also scored on a blocked field goal return), the Longhorns found themselves trailing the Terrapins, 18 - point underdogs, by a 30 - 14
halftime margin.
- That game also featured the second - highest
halftime margin of the season with SMU down 56 points (only behind BC 62 - 0 over Howard).
Margin of victory: Not only can you gamble on what the score differential will be for the entire game, you can spruce it up and also bet on
the halftime margin.
Ole Miss struggled in the first half from beyond the arc, hitting four of 13 long - range attempts as Georgia pushed to a 39 - 31
halftime margin.
That's St. Mary's Matthew Dellavedova and Beau Levesque making back - to - back three - pointers to bring the score to
its halftime margin.
Not exact matches
Both teams put on a scoring clinic, but the Rams never let the game out of their grasp, leading at
halftime by a healthy 11 - point
margin with the help of three touchdowns from running back Todd Gurley.
Paul Pierce tried to rally the Celtics, scoring six points in the final few minutes of the half — he has 11 so far — but a fast break ending in a monster dunk by Kevin Durant ended that and brought the
halftime deficit to its final
margin.
They cool a bit sliding into
halftime, but the 45 - 41
margin they hold as they head back to the lockers seems just a lull, easy enough to stretch out again once they get their breath back.
And what the Mountaineers did to a QB - troubled Maryland team in a 45 - 6 win last week — plus - 275 in yardage
margin, plus - 23 in first downs, six takeaways and a 38 - 0
halftime lead — was worthy of attention.
Against a Georgia Tech better than its record (before Saturday, anyway), Clemson outgained the Yellow Jackets by a 537 - 230
margin, destroying the Tech option attack, jumping out to a 33 - 10
halftime lead, and cruising to 40 - 10 before a fumble recovery touchdown and garbage time drive.
They led Towson by only a 17 - 9
margin at
halftime and, thanks to an increasingly sloppy offense, only won by 16.
Michigan went into
halftime with a 52 - 28 lead and honestly, the
margin felt like it should have been larger than that.