Dec. 11, 1999

Recap| Box Score

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Postgame Notes ... The Terps' 72-66 win over Kentucky was Maryland's largest margin of victory in three games against ranked opponents this season ... Gary Williams records his 200th career victory as Maryland's head coach ... he is 72-1 against non-conference opponents at Cole Field House in his 11-year career with the Terps ... Maryland extends its nation's longest non-conference home court win streak to 69 games, and completes an entire decade without a non-conference loss on its home floor ... Maryland's last non-conference loss at Cole Field House was Dec. 12, 1989 vs. Coppin State (70-63) ... it is the first time Maryland has played a non-conference team twice in the same season since playing Massachusetts twice in 1993-94 (including one NCAA Tournament game) ... it is the first time Maryland has played a non-conference team twice in the same regular season since splitting a home- and-road series with West Virginia in 1969-70 ... The Terrapins have recorded 35 consecutive home wins during the month of December, dating to Dec. 7, 1991 ... the Terps have held opponents under 40 percent field goal shooting in five games this season, and under 45 percent in all 10 games ... Maryland's Terence Morris finished with 22 points to record his third 20-plus effort in two seasons against the Wildcats ... three of Morris' top seven scoring efforts have come against Kentucky including 26 last season and 25 earlier this year in the preseason NIT at Madison Square Garden ... Morris averages 24.3 points in his career vs. Kentucky ...Morris is now 69 points shy of reaching the 1,000-point plateau in his career ...Morris scored the Terps' first seven points of the game, and added an assist on Maryland's next bucket ... his nine rebounds left him one board shy of back-to-back double- doubles for the second time in his career (vs. Valparaiso and Creighton in last year's NCAA Tournament) ... Morris had a career-best 3-for-3 effort beyond the 3-point arc ... he matched his career-high with three treys, and never before was perfect on three or more attempts ... it is his fifth 20-point scoring effort this season and the 14th of his career ... overall, he was 8 of 11 shooting including perfection on three 3-point attempts ... Freshman point guard Steve Blake hit three free throws in the final minute to eclipse his previous scoring high (14 vs. Notre Dame) and finish with 16 points ... Juan Dixon added 15 points on the strength of four free throws in the final minute ... he was 5 of 9 at the line, overall ... he entered the contest with a string of 25 consecutive free throws, spanning seven ... Maryland had 21 assists on 27 baskets (better than 80%) ... it was the fifth time this year that Maryland has had 20 or more assists ... for Kentucky, Saul Smith led the Wildcats in scoring for just the second time in his career ... his 15 points were a season-high and second-best in his career to a 17-point outing vs. Ole Miss last season ... Smith also had a career-high six assists ... he finished 5 of 10 from behind the arc for a career-high in 3FGs ... his five treys were more than in his entire season entering the game (4 of 20) ... UK's Jamal Magloire finished with a season-high 16 rebounds and his first double-double of 1999-2000 ... his career-high is 17 ... Magloire's two blocks gives him 226 career blocked shots to tie Mel Turpin with the Kentucky career record ... tonight's point guards (Maryland's Blake and Kentucky's Smith) combined for 31 points on 10 of 21 shooting ...