Aug. 25, 1999

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Mike DeCourcy of the Sporting News has dubbed Maryland forward Terence Forward a "clear choice" as one of the 25 pre-selected finalists for the Wooden Award as college basketball's top performer.

DeCourcy selected five players who he sees as clear choices for inclusion on the preseason Wooden Award list. Included on that list were: Mateen Cleaves, point guard, Michigan State, Scoonie Penn, point guard, Ohio State, Chris Porter, power forward, Auburn, Quentin Richardson, shooting guard, DePaul, Terence Morris, small forward, Maryland.

Morris averaged 15.3 points and a team leading 7.1 rebounds as a sophomore last season. He was an All-ACC first-team selection and is the only returning All-ACC first team player for the 1999-2000 season.

Morris became only the only the fourth sophomore in school history to earn All-ACC first-team honors and finished fifth in the voting for ACC Player of the Year in 1999. He is among the most versatile players in the ACC and was the only conference player to finish among the league's top 10 in field-goal percentage (third), blocked shots (third), free-throw percentage (fourth), rebounds (eighth), scoring (10th) and steals (10th) during the 1998-99 season. He was an all-tournament team selection at the Puerto Rico Shootout, as he averaged 14.3 points, 8.7 rebounds and shot 70.8 percent from the field (17-of-24). In addition, Morris enters his junior season ranked sixth all-time in blocked shots (106) and seventh in field goal shooting percentage (.542).

Morris needs only 243 points to become the 35th player in school history to score 1,000 career points. Only 14 players in school history have reached the 1,000-point plateau during or before their junior seasons