Jan. 24, 2007

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Maryland's win tonight gives the Terrapins
...A 16-5 record this season, 2-4 in the ACC
...A tie in the all-time series with the Yellow Jackets at 33-33, 21-11 in College Park
...Four consecutive victories over Georgia Tech and wins in 10 of the last 14 games
...A 13-1 record at Comcast Center this season
...A record of 24-11 in ACC games all-time at Comcast Center
...A scoring offense of 80.7 points per game and a scoring defense of 66 points per game

Game Trends
...Maryland opened with a D.J. Strawberry layup to take a 2-0 lead and never trailed
...With a 17-13 lead, the Terps went on a 9-0 run over 1:39 to double up the Jackets 26-13 with 7:54 remaining in the 1st half
...The Maryland run grew to 22-6 as the Terps took their first 20-point lead of the night 39-19 with 4:19 to play in the half
...Maryland never allowed Georgia Tech to get closer than 11 points in the second half

Miscellaneous
...The Terps tied their ACC season low for first half points allowed by holding the Jackets to 26 (Miami, 1/10)
...Maryland held Georgia Tech to 1-17 (5.9%) shooting from beyond the arc and the Jackets shot just 6-16 (37.5%) from the charity stripe
...The Terrapins now force an average of 18.2 turnovers per game (compared to 16.7 per game last season) after forcing 19 tonight
...The Terps lead the ACC, and are 2nd in the nation, with 7.7 blocked shots per game
...Maryland is holding opponents to 36.9% shooting (1st in the ACC and 4th nationally) and 28% on three point attempts (2nd in the ACC)
...The Terrapins are 2nd in the ACC this season with an average of 17.1 assists per game (24th nationally)
...Maryland leads the ACC in 3-point shooting with a 39.2% success rate (29th nationally)
...Maryland has hit at least one three-pointer in 273 consecutive games
...At the 10:00 mark in the first half, the Terps had recorded just 1 assist, and the Jackets had yet to record an assist
...Neither team registered a three-point field goal (combined 0-8) until the 8:27 mark when Greivis Vasquez hit a jumper from the corner

Junior Forward James Gist
...Established a new career high with 26 points on 10-11 shooting from the floor, previous best was 18 points 3/5/05 at VA Tech
...Has recorded a block in 20 of 21 games this year and is 3rd in the ACC with an average of X.X blocks per game

Senior Forward Ekene Ibekwe
...Passes Joe Smith to move into 16th place on the Maryland career rebounding list with 9 tonight and 684 for his career
...Averaging 10 rebounds in his last five games and is 3rd in the ACC with an average of 8.0 per game

Senior Guard D.J. Strawberry
....Surpassed last season's total of 22 three-pointers (in 32 games) with his 24th three-pointer of the season in only 21 games
...Has recorded at least one steal in 19 of 21 games on the season and averages 2.4 per game, 2nd in the ACC

Senior Guard Mike Jones
...Leads the ACC averaging 2.6 three-pointers made per game (43.7%) and has hit at least one in 20 of 21 games on the season
...Tied a career high with 3 steals, last time was 1/6/04 vs. UMES

Freshman Guard Eric Hayes
...Reached double figures in scoring for the first time in his Maryland career with 10 points, hitting all six of his free throw attempts
...Recorded a new season high in minutes played for the 2nd consecutive game

Freshman Guard Greivis Vasquez
...Has averaged 10.5 points per game in his last four contests and is shooting 53.8% from deep over that span