Nov. 11, 2006

Maryland takes on Florida A&M on Sunday at Comcast Center. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. The game will be televised on Comcast Sports Net and can be heard on the Terrapin Sports Radio Network.
• The Terps carry a record of 2-0 into Sunday's game after posting wins over Hampton (102-75) and Vermont (81-63) in the College Park Regional of the 2K Sports College Hoops Classic. Sunday's game is the season opener for Florida A&M.
• Florida A&M posted a record of 14-17 last season. The Rattlers were 10-8 in Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference play.
• FAMU was picked third in the MEAC preseason poll behind Delaware State and Norfolk State.
• Florida A&M senior Rome Sanders was named to the Preseason All-MEAC Second Team. A 6-foot-8 240-pound center, Sanders averaged 11.1 points and 5.8 rebounds during his junior season.
• Sunday's contest will be the first meeting between Maryland and Florida A&M on the hardwood.
• The Terps are 29-1 against schools from the MEAC.

Maryland head coach Gary Williams agreed to a two-year contract extension on Thursday (November 9). Williams, the school's all-time winningest coach, has a guaranteed contract with Maryland through 2011. The current three years of conditional extensions will remain intact, meaning the contract could extend to May of 2014. Williams is now in his 18th season as head coach at Maryland. He guided the Terps to the 2002 NCAA National Championship, and the 2004 Atlantic Coast Conference Championship.

The Terrapins punched their ticket to New York City and a birth in the 2K Sports College Hoops Classic Championship round November 16-17 by virtue of their wins over Hampton and Vermont. • The Coaches vs. Cancer program, created by the NABC, exists to leverage the strength, community leadership and celebrity of the country's basketball coaches to raise awareness and reduce cancer risk through education programs while raising funds. Since 1996, the event has raised approximately $3.3 million for the benefit of Coaches vs. Cancer.
• Three of the last five national champions have participated in the College Hoops Classic, including Maryland (2002), Syracuse (2003), and Florida (2006).

Maryland opened the early signing period with commitments from two local high school standouts. Forward Dino Gregory (Baltimore, Md./Mt. St. Joseph) and center Braxton Dupree (Baltimore, Md./Calvert Hall) signed National Letters of Intent with Maryland on Thursday.
• Gregory, a 6-7 forward, averaged 13.0 points, 9.0 rebounds, and 3.0 blocked shots as a junior and helped the Gaels post a 38-1 record last year.
• Dupree is ranked the 13th best center in the country by Rivals.com. He garnered second team All-Baltimore County plaudits as a junior. Calvert Hall also produced former Terrapin great Juan Dixon.

Four Terrapins are rapidly climbing the school's all-time record book. Seniors D.J. Strawberry, Ekene Ibekwe, and Mike Jones have all made their mark in the Terrapin annals, along with junior James Gist:
• Strawberry ranks 12th in school history with 144 career steals. He was named Honorable Mention All-ACC Defensive Team in 2005-06.
• Ibekwe sits in seventh place on the school's all-time blocked shots list. The Carson, Calif., native has 146 career rejections at Maryland and has averaged 1.6 blocked shots per game.
• Ibekwe needs 34 rebounds to move into the top 30 of the all-time rebounding list at Maryland. He has tallied 538 rebounds through three seasons with the Terps.
• Senior Mike Jones has distinguished himself as one of the best shooters in the ACC and has rapidly moved up the school's all-time three pointers list. Jones has totalled 125 three-point field goals and sits in ninth place on the school's all-time list. Jones has hoisted 322 shots from beyond the arc, which is the ninth highest total in school history.
• Gist has totalled 85 blocked shots during his three seasons in College Park. He is 15th on the school's all-time list and has averaged 1.3 blocks per game.

Terrapin fans will recognize senior D.J. Strawberry's game on the floor, but the number on his jersey has changed for 2006-07. Strawberry, who wore No. 5 during his first three seasons in College Park has changed to No. 2 for his senior campaign. He made the same change in high school and led Mater Dei to a 35-2 record and the California Interscholastic Federation state title as a senior.
• Strawberry was named the MVP of the College Park Regional in the 2K Sports College Hoops Classic. The senior swingman tied his career high on consecutive nights with 19 points in each outing. He totalled 13 rebounds, 11 steals, and five assists over the two games. He finished 12-of-22 (.545) from the floor and was 13-of-17 (.765) at the free throw line.

Maryland has proven to be one of the nation's most proficient 3-point shooting teams since the rule was instituted in 1987. • Maryland has made at least one 3-pointer in 254 consecutive games.
• Maryland has failed to make a 3-pointer just twice in the last 349 games.
• The last game the Terps failed to make a 3-pointer was Jan 7, 1999 when Maryland went 0-for-7 from 3-point range in a 71-66 win at Virginia.
• Since Gary Williams took over, Maryland has hit a 3-pointer in 539-of-546 games.
• Since the rule was instituted in 1987, Maryland has hit at least one 3-pointer in 597-of-606 games.
• Maryland made a school-record 217 treys in 2001-02.
• The Terps' top 3-point shooting percentage was 46.1% (122-290) in 1987-88.
• Maryland's record for 3-pointers in a game is 13: vs. North Carolina (1/9/02) and William & Mary (12/27/01).
• The most 3-pointers attempted in a single game was 31 vs. Clemson (1/22/00).

Maryland has been a dominant home team over the years.
• The Terps are 763-274 (.736) all-time at home dating back to 1923-24.
• Maryland went 14-3 (82.3%) at home last season and 57-12 (.826) all-time at Comcast Center. The Terps have won 19 of their last 22 at home dating back to 2003-04.
• The Terps are 212-47 (.819) at home under Gary Williams (155-35 at Cole Field House).
• Maryland is 123-19 (.867) at home the last ten seasons (since 1997-98).
• Maryland has won 29 consecutive non-conference games at Comcast Center under Williams.
• The Terps are 118-2 (.983) in non-conference home games under Williams.
• Maryland was 476-151 in 47 seasons at Cole Field House; 169-90 in 24 seasons at Ritchie Coliseum and 61-21 in eight seasons at The Gymnasium.