LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY — Damonte Dodd stretched out his 6-foot-11 frame and leaned back in his chair in a somber Terrapins men’s basketball locker room around 12:20 a.m. Friday morning. Freshman center Diamond Stone, whom Dodd took under his wing this season, was buried in his cellphone two lockers down.

When asked to recall his favorite memory from Stone’s rookie campaign, Dodd paused for a moment, before being reminded of what Stone did inside Xfinity Center on Dec. 30.

Of course, the Penn State game.

With the Terps trailing the Nittany Lions by eight at halftime, Stone took over. The teenager scored 32 of his freshman program record 39 points over the final 20 minutes, single-handedly willing the Terps to a 70-64 win.

“When he went to the free-throw line and he had about 39 points, and then he realized how many points he had. And I was like ‘he’s not going to make the next free throw,'” Dodd said with a chuckle. “I feel like if they didn’t tell him, he probably would’ve made the free throw and probably got 40.”

Whether the highlight of Stone’s 2015-16 campaign turns out to be the highlight of his Terps tenure remains to be seen. In the coming weeks, Stone and sophomore guard Melo Trimble will ponder their futures. Both are virtually guaranteed to hear their names called in the NBA draft if they decide to leave college early.

But if Thursday night’s 79-63 loss to Kansas in the Sweet Sixteen proves to be the final game in their college tenures, it won’t be one they’ll want to be remembered for.

Stone looked overwhelmed against Kansas, picking up four personal fouls in a five-point outing. He played just 21 minutes and was a nonfactor. Stone allowed the lightly hyped forward Landen Lucas to score 14 points and bring down 11 rebounds.

The rookie looked overmatched. Plain and simple. That says something about his NBA-readiness. It’s cool to dominate against the likes of Penn State and Nebraska, but that doesn’t say anything about how you’ll do after college.

Granted, professional teams often draft on potential. And the 6-foot-11, 255-pound Stone has the size and raw talent to make scouts giddy. But a freshman season during which Stone looked dominant at times was sullied by his performance in the Sweet Sixteen.

Stone is the projected 23rd pick by draftexpress.com, going to the Boston Celtics.

Trimble’s draft stock, meanwhile, has plummeted. While he entered the season as a potential high first-round selection, draftexpress.com projects him to go in the second round, 35th overall to the Celtics.

His knack for getting to the free-throw line as a freshman was non-existent for stretches during this season. He continually maintained he was a confident player and would eventually turn things around.

Trimble did score 17 points Thursday, but it took him 16 shots to get there. Plus, he shot 1-for-7 from long range, continuing a worrying trend.

There might not have been a less-reliable shot for the Terps down the stretch than a Trimble 3-pointer; in the final four games of the season, he shot a combined 3-for-24 from behind the arc.

“Regardless of how the last game ended, we all have a lot of confidence in [Trimble],” guard Varun Ram said. “We would still have him take those shots regardless of if we knew this was going to be the outcome. Just give him the ball.”

Perhaps the Terps’ reliance on Trimble spelled their downfall. After entering intermission with 10 points on 10 shots against Kansas, it took Trimble until the 14:28 mark to knock down his first shot of the second half.

It proved to be his last made jumper of the game. But was it the last of his Terps career?

“I’m not sure,” Trimble said.

Five months ago, I felt safe saying Trimble qualified to test the NBA waters after this season. For much of the season, I felt the same way about Stone.

But now?

I’m not sure.