Terence Morris by the Numbers
8/6/1999 8:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Aug. 6, 1999
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - All-America candidate Terence Morris - the leading candidate for Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year honors, isn't really a numbers kind of a guy. He doesn't get immersed in his statistics, the number of interviews he has done or the number of times his named is yelled over the loud speakers in Cole Field House.
What he does care about is winning. And with Morris in the lineup Maryland's numbers are way, way up. He likes things that way. Below are some of Morris' numbers.
.780
Maryland is 39-11 (.780) in its last 50 games with Terence Morris
in the lineup.
.807
Terence Morris is shooting .807 from the free throw line (121-150)
in his last 50 games dating to Jan. 29, 1998.
.889
Maryland is 8-1 (.889) in the last two seasons when Terence Morris
has scored 20 or more points in a single game. The Terps were 7-1
during the 1998-99 season.
.892
Maryland is 25-3 record (.892) in Cole Field House in the last two
years with Terence Morris in the lineup.
.900
Maryland is 9-1 (.900 when Terence Morris was the team's leading
scorer during the 1998-99 season.
.958
Maryland is 23-1 record (.958) during the Terence Morris era when
its has scored 80 or more points in a game.
1
Terence Morris is the only All-ACC first team selection from the
1998-99 season returning to play in the 1999-2000
season.
1
Terence Morris was the only ACC 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.
1
Terence Morris is the only player in school history to record
back-to-back double/doubles in points and rebounds in the NCAA
Tournament. He scored 18 points and grabbed 10 rebounds vs. Valparaiso
and scored 20 points and grabbed 12 rebounds against Creighton during
the 1999 NCAA Tournament.
4
Terence Morris is one of only four sophomores in school history to
earn All-ACC first-team honors. He joined former Terp All-Americans
John Lucas, Tom McMillen and Joe Smith as All-ACC first-team selections
when he earned the honor following the 1998-99 season.
4
Led by Terrence Morris' outstanding defensive play, Maryland limited
its opponents to a .388 field goal shooting percentage. The .388 mark
is the fourth lowest opponents' in ACC history.
6
Terence Morris blocked a career-high six shots against Virginia on
Jan. 7, 1999. It was the most blocked shots by a Terp since Joe Smith
blocked seven against Texas in the 1995 NCAA Tournament.
22.9
Terence Morris has averaged 22.9 minutes played per game and has
fouled out only four times during his 66-game career.
77
Terence Morris blocked a career-high 77 shots during the 1998-99
season. He personally blocked more shots than Wake Forest as a team
(64) and nearly matched the team total of Florida State (87).
