Nov. 17, 2007

Complete Game Notes

The University of Maryland (3-0) takes on the UCLA Bruins (3-0) Monday night (November 19) in the first semifinal matchup of the 2007 O'Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic. Tipoff between the Terps and Bruins is set for 7:00 p.m. at the Sprint Center in Kansas City. The game will be broadcast on the Terrapin Sports Radio Network and will be televised on ESPN2.
• Monday's game marks the eighth meeting between the two schools. UCLA holds a 5-2 lead in the all-time series.
• The winner of the game between the Terrapins and Bruins will face the winner of Monday's second semifinal between No. 12 Michigan State and Missouri. Tuesday's championship game will tip off at 10:00 p.m. ET and will be televised on ESPN2, while the consolation game will start at 7:45 ET and will be televised on ESPNU.

With wins over North Florida and Hampton in the College Park Regional of the O'Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic, the Terps are now 102-38 (.724) all-time in regular season tournaments and have won 28 championships. Maryland captured the 2K Sports College Hoops Classic Championship last season with a 62-60 victory over Michigan State at Madison Square Garden.

Monday's game against No. 2 UCLA marks the first time the Terps will face a ranked opponent this season. Maryland has 66 wins over ranked opponents under Gary Williams.
• The Terrapins have knocked off 17 top-5 opponents under Williams and have defeated either the No. 1, No. 2, or No. 3 ranked teams in six of the last eight years.

Maryland head coach Gary Williams is the sixth-winningest active head coach in NCAA Division I men's basketball with an overall record of 588-328 (.642). He ranks second among active ACC coaches with 381 wins at Maryland (3rd overall) and also ranks second among active league coaches with 157 ACC victories. Williams is the Terps' all-time winningest coach.
• Williams is just 12 wins shy of 600 career victories. Only five active head coaches in Division I have 600 career wins.

Former Maryland head coach Lefty Driesell is one of eight honorees being inducted into the College Basketball Hall of Fame this weekend. Driesell, along with seven others will be officially inducted as part of the Class of 2007 Sunday night.
• Driesell compiled an overall record of 348-159 as head coach of the Terrapins from 1969-1986.
• Over 41 seasons as a head coach, he guided four different teams (Davidson, Maryland, James Madison and Georgia State) to 786 victories.
• Lefty's son and former Terrapin letterman, Chuck, is in his second season as an assistant coach for Maryland.

James Gist scored a career-high 27 points as the Terrapins downed Northeastern, 74-72 in overtime Thursday at Comcast Center. The senior forward scored the Terps' first 11 points and had 14 of Maryland's 28 first-half points. The Terps limited the Huskies to just 36 percent shooting from the field for the game.
• Senior Bambale Osby recorded his first career double-double with 16 points and 13 rebounds against the Huskies. He also tallied a personal-best six blocked shots and finished 14 of 20 from the free throw line.
• Sophomore Greivis Vasquez played a career-high 43 minutes against Northeastern. Vasquez scored nine points and dished out 10 assists, marking the third time in his career he handed out at least 10 assists.
• Maryland blocked 12 shots against Northeastern, marking its highest output since blocking 16 shots against Mount St. Mary's on December 28, 2006.

Maryland opened the fall signing period by receiving National Letters of Intent from forward Augustus Gilchrist (Temple Hills, Md./Progressive Christian HS) and guard Sean Mosley (Baltimore, Md./St. Frances Academy).
• Gilchrist is rated the No. 14 power forward in the nation by Rivals.com. He averaged 24 points, 12 rebounds and five blocked shots per game as a senior.
• Mosley is ranked the No. 13 shooting guard by the scouting service. A two-time Nike All-American, Mosley averaged 24 points, 10 rebounds and six assists per game as a junior at St. Frances Academy.

Senior James Gist is poised to join elite company in the storied history of Maryland Basketball:
• Gist needs 68 points to become the 46th player in school history to reach 1,000 career points.
• With his 540 career rebounds, Gist is poised to become just the 22nd player in school history to tally 1,000 points and 500 rebounds.
• Gist is eighth on Maryland's all-time blocked shots list with 156 rejections.
• The Silver Spring native was named a preseason Wooden Award candidate.

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 289 consecutive games.
• Maryland has failed to make a 3-pointer just twice in the last 359 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 574 of 581 games.
• Since the rule was instituted in 1987, Maryland has hit at least one three-pointer in 632 of 641 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 set new school records for most three-pointers in a game (17) and most three-point attempts (37) last season against Missouri-Kansas City.

Since Gary Williams took over in 1989-90, Maryland has 66 wins over Top 25 teams, including four during 2006-07.
• Williams is the nation's winningest active coach vs. top-ranked teams with six career victories over a No. 1 opponent (5 at Maryland; 1 at Ohio State).
• Under Williams, Maryland has defeated 17 top-5 opponents, 29 top-10 opponents and the No. 1 team five times.
• Maryland has 14 wins over top-10 teams the last six years, including an 89-87 victory over then No. 5 North Carolina last season.
• The Terps have defeated at least one top-10 opponent in 14 of 18 seasons under Williams, including 11 straight.
• Williams has led Terps to victories over No. 1, No. 2 or No. 3 ranked-teams in six of the last eight seasons.

Maryland is 45-47 all-time in overtime games. Maryland has played at least one overtime game in 14 of the last 15 seasons, including each of the last six years.
• Maryland is 23-17 in overtime games played at home, including a 5-0 mark at Comcast Center.
• The Terps are 14-16 in overtime games under Gary Williams.
• Maryland is 1-0 in overtime games this season after posting a 74-72 victory over Northeastern on November 15.