Jan. 9, 2007
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Maryland returns to conference play when the Terrapins host the Miami Hurricanes on January 10 at Comcast Center. Tip-off is set for 9:00 p.m. The game can be heard on the Terrapin Sports Radio Network and will be televised by the Raycom/Lincoln Financial network.
• The Terps carry a mark of 14-2 into the contest, while Miami is 8-8.
• Maryland senior D.J. Strawberry leads the Terps with 16.2 points per game. He is 11th in the Atlantic Coast Conference in scoring. Sophomore guard Jack McClinton leads the Hurricanes with 18.1 points per game. Sophomore Brian Asbury averages 12.0 points and 5.8 rebounds per contest.
• Wednesday's game marks the 12th meeting between the two schools. Miami leads the all-time series 6-5. The teams split their two regular-season meetings last year with each school winning on its own home court.
• Maryland is 28-25 all-time in ACC home openers and 10-7 in league home openers under head coach Gary Williams.
Maryland has displayed a balanced offensive attack this season. The Terps boast the third highest scoring average in the league (81.4 ppg), and have four players averaging double figures.
• Strawberry leads the team with 16.2 points per game. Mike Jones is averaging 13.6 points per game, while James Gist has tallied 11.8 points per game. Ekene Ibekwe is averaging 10.9 points.
• Strawberry has led the team in scoring on seven occasions this season, while Jones has paced theTerps six times. Ibekwe has led the Terps in the scoring column in three games this season.
• Maryland has outscored its opponents by an average of 19.3 points per game this season. That is the second best scoring margin in the ACC behind North Carolina (24.8).
• The Terrapins are second in the ACC in three point field goal percentage (.405) behind Duke (.406).
Maryland is ranked 25th in the latest ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll,
released January 8. The Terps are among the teams receiving votes in
the Associated Press Poll, released January 8. The Terps made their
season debut in both polls on November 20.
• Maryland has appeared in the AP Top 25 a total of 348 times. The
Terrapins have placed in the AP Top 25 at least once in each of the last
14 seasons.
• The Terps have been ranked in the coaches poll 322 times. Maryland
has placed in the coaches poll at least once in each of the last 14
seasons.
Maryland opened 2007 with a 88-57 victory over Iona on January 4. The
Terps utilized a balanced offensive attack as all five starters scored in
double figures for Maryland. D.J. Strawberry led all scorers with 20 points, while James Gist and Ekene Ibekwe each recorded 11. Mike Jones and
Greivis Vasquez scored 10 apiece for the Terps.
• Maryland limited Iona to just 38 percent shooting (18-of-47) from the
floor.
• The Terps recorded a season-high 14 steals against the Gaels.
• Strawberry tallied five steals against Iona and moved past Walt Williams
into seventh place on the school's all-time steals list. Strawberry has 177 career steals as a Terrapin.
• Senior Ekene Ibekwe recorded five rebounds and moved into a tie for
21st place on the all-time rebounding list with Evers Burns. Ibekwe has 634 rebounds at Maryland.
• Senior Will Bowers came off the bench and scored a season-high six
points in 16 minutes. He also tallied two blocked shots.
The Terps have made a renewed commitment to defense in 2006-07.
Maryland has forced its opponents into an average of 18.8 turnovers per
game this season.
• The Terps are yielding just 28.7 points in the first half and limiting the opposition to 35 percent shooting from the field. Maryland's opponents are shooting just 28 percent (95-of-334) from three-point range.
• The Terps are averaging 8.7steals per game and have recorded 127
blocked shots through 16 games.
Freshmen Eric Hayes and Greivis Vasquez have tallied 67 assists through 16 games and are well on their way to recording one of the top assist totals among freshman point guards at Maryland. They need just 21 more helpers to pass Exree Hipp for eighth on the school's all-time assist totals among freshmen.
• Steve Blake (2000-03) owns the school record with 217 assists as a freshman in 2000.
Maryland has been a dominant home team over the years.
• The Terps are 772-274 (.738) all-time at home dating back to 1923-24.
• Maryland went 14-3 (82.3%) at home last season and is 65-12 (.842) all-time at Comcast Center. The Terps have won 28 of their last 31 at home dating back to 2003-04.
• The Terps are 221-47 (.823) at home under Gary Williams (155-35 at Cole Field House).
• Maryland is 132-19 (.872) at home the last ten seasons (since 1997-98).
• Maryland has won 38 of its last 39 non-conference games at Comcast Center under Williams.
• The Terps are 125-2 (.984) 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.
