Jan. 4, 2007

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Maryland's win tonight gives the Terrapins
...A 14-2 record this season
...An all-time record of 2-0 against the Gaels with an average margin of victory of 28 points per win
...A perfect 11-0 record at Comcast Center this season
...A win to open 2007, the 8th straight year the Terps have opened with a victory
...A 23.4 point average margin of victory on the season
...A scoring offense of 81.8 points per game and a scoring defense of 62.5 points per game

Game Trends
...Maryland jumped to a 14-4 lead in the opening 3:27 with Ekene Ibekwe (6) and D.J. Strawberry (5) scoring the first 11 Terp points
...The Terps forced 11 Gael turnovers by the 11:34 mark to extend to a 26-10 lead
...The teams traded scores for the rest of the half and closed the stanza to a 43-28 Maryland lead
...Maryland used a 16-2 run over 3:58 to take a 63-36 lead with 13:06 left in the game, the margin was never closer than 25 points again

Miscellaneous
...Maryland has scored an average of 91 points in its last three games
...Five Terps scored in double figures for the 2nd time this season (Florida A&M 11-12-06)
...The Terps registered a new season high of 14 steals and now have 26 steals in the last 2 games
...Maryland held the Gaels to 28 points in the first half, almost exactly its first half season average of 28.8 points allowed
...The Terps lead the ACC in blocked shots with 7.9 per game, which is 6th nationally
...Maryland is holding opponents to 35.1% shooting (1st in the ACC and 6th nationally) and 28.4% on three point attempts (2nd in the ACC)
...The Terps have held 12 of their 16 opponents this season to under 40% shooting
...Maryland shot at least 50% from the field for the 3rd straight game and the Terps are now 10-0 this season when accomplishing the feat
...The Terps recorded 19 assists tonight bringing the season average to 17.8, 2nd best in the ACC
...Maryland has hit at least one three-pointer in 268 consecutive games

Senior Guard D.J. Strawberry
...Last five games: 20.4 points per game on 58% shooting from the field, 16 steals, 22 assists, and just 7 turnovers
...Lead the Terps in scoring for the 7th time and in assists for the 6th time this season
...Leads the ACC with 44 steals on the season (2.8 per game)
...Passed Walt Williams to move into 7th place on the Maryland career steals list with 5 tonight and 177 for his career

Senior Forward Ekene Ibekwe
...Five rebounds tonight moves him into a tie with Evers Burns for 21st place on the all-time Maryland leader board
...Blocked four shots tonight to give him 47 this season, 2nd best in the ACC
...Registered at least one steal for the 9th straight game and 14th out of 16 games overall this season

Junior Forward James Gist
...Averaging 13.2 points and 10.5 rebounds over his last 6 games
...Blocked 13 shots in his last three games

Freshman Guard Greivis Vasquez
...In five games as starting point guard: 6 assists per game, 68% from the floor, and 91% from the line