Nov. 30, 2007

Complete Game Notes

The University of Maryland (5-2) takes on Virginia Commonwealth (3-3) Sunday (December 2) at Verizon Center in Washington D.C. as part of the 13th Annual BB&T Classic. Tipoff between the Terps and Rams is set for 7:30 p.m. ET. The game will be broadcast on the Terrapin Sports Radio Network and will be televised by the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN).
• The matchup between the Terps and Rams is the third game of a triple-header at Verizon Center. George Washington faces Auburn in the first game, while George Mason takes on East Carolina in the second game.
• Sunday's game marks the first meeting between the two schools.
• Maryland captured a 69-61 victory over Illinois Wednesday night, while VCU dropped a 64-55 decision to Hampton on Thursday.

The BB&T Classic benefits the Children's Charity Foundation and has generated over $6 million to date. This is the third year of the current format, as the event was originally a four-team tournament from 1995-2004.
• The Terps are 13-9 all-time in the BB&T Classic dating back to its inception in 1995.
• Maryland won four BB&T Championships: 1996, 1998, 2000 and 2001.
• The Terrapins are the only team to ever win back-to back BB&T titles (2000, 2001).
• The Terps advanced to the championship game in 6 of 10 years.
• Maryland won 5 of 6 BB&T matchups from 2000-02. The Terps won four straight BB&T games in 2000-01, which is a Classic record.

Sophomore Eric Hayes scored a career-high 18 points as the Terrapins downed Illinois, 69-61, Wednesday night as part of the 2007 Big Ten/ACC Challenge. The Terps limited the Illini to just 33 percent shooting (24 of 72) from the floor and enjoyed a 36-16 advantage in points scored in the paint.
• Sophomore Braxton Dupree made his second career start and scored 10 points. Dupree was 5 of 7 from the floor and added five rebounds in 18 minutes.
• Senior James Gist scored 12 points and grabbed nine rebounds against the Illini. Gist added two assists and four blocked shots.
• The win improved Maryland's record to 6-3 all-time in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge and gave the Terps their second consecutive victory over Illinois in the event.
• The ACC won the event, 8-3, marking the ninth time it has downed the Big Ten.

Maryland head coach Gary Williams is tied as the sixth-winningest active head coach in NCAA Division I men's basketball with an overall record of 590-330 (.642). He ranks second among active ACC coaches with 383 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 10 wins shy of 600 career victories. Only five active head coaches in Division I have 600 career wins.

Three of Maryland's starters are among the top 11 players in the ACC for minutes played per contest. Sophomore Greivis Vasquez leads the league, averaging 37.00 minutes per contest.
• Sophomore guard Eric Hayes is fifth in the ACC in minutes per game (35.71), while senior James Gist is 11th (32.33).

Maryland has been a dominant home team over the years.
• The Terps are 783-276 (.738) all-time at home dating back to 1923-24.
• Maryland went 17-2 (89.5%) at home last season and is 77-14 (.843) all-time at Comcast Center. The Terps have won 38 of their last 43 at home dating back to 2003-04.
• The Terps are 232-49 (.823) at home under Gary Williams (155-35 at Cole Field House).
• Maryland is 130-19 (.871) at home the last 10 seasons (since 1998-99).
• Maryland has won 43 of its last 44 non-conference games at Comcast Center under Williams.
• The Terps are 130-2 (.985) 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.

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 293 consecutive games.
• Maryland has failed to make a 3-pointer just twice in the last 362 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 578 of 585 games.
• Since the rule was instituted in 1987, Maryland has hit at least one three-pointer in 636 of 645 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.

Senior James Gist is poised to join elite company in the storied history of Maryland Basketball:
• Gist needs 26 points to become the 46th player in school history to reach 1,000 career points.
• With his 566 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 167 rejections.
• The Silver Spring native was named a preseason Wooden Award candidate.
• Gist spend the summer as a member of the USA's Pan Am Games team which earned a fifth-place finish in Rio de Janerio, Brazil.

Sophomore guard Eric Hayes has built on an impressive freshman season and has continued his development for the Terrapins:
• Hayes has scored in double figures in five of Maryland's seven games this season.
• He is second on the team with 35 assists and leads the squad with 11 steals.
• Hayes tallied 15 points against North Florida in the season opener and posted a personal-best seven rebounds against Missouri. He set a new career high with 18 points against Illinois.
• He leads the team from the free throw line, shooting 86 percent (19 of 22).

Sophomore guard Greivis Vasquez enjoyed a breakout season as a freshman in 2006-07 and has improved in 2007-08:
• Vasquez averages a team-high 15.9 points per game. As a freshman he scored 9.8 points per game.
• He has topped his career high twice this season. He set a new career high with 21 points against Hampton before scoring 22 against Lehigh. He has scored in double digits in five of seven games this year.
• Vasquez leads the team with 40 assists and has dished out at least five assists in three games this year. He has recorded ten assists twice (Northeastern and Illinois).
• He has improved his rebounding from 3.3 per game as a freshman to 5.7 this season.
• Vasquez is averaging a team-high 37.0 minutes per game.
• Vasquez spent the summer as a member of the Venezuelan National team which competed in the FIBA Americas Championships in Las Vegas during August.
• Named to the 2008 Cousy Award Preseason List.

Freshman Braxton Dupree was inserted into Maryland's starting lineup against Lehigh and has responded with increased production:
• After scoring nine points in his first five games, Dupree has averaged 12.0 points and 5.0 rebounds in his last two games.
• Dupree scored a season-high 14 points in his first game as a starter against Lehigh.
• In his second start against Illinois, Dupree scored 10 points.

Despite preparing for final examinations and participating in prestigious regular season tournaments over the years, Maryland has excelled during the month of December under Gary Williams. His Terrapins have posted an all-time record of 97-32 (.752) in the last month of the calendar.
• Williams guided the Terps to an unblemished mark of 8-0 during December of 2000.

Maryland downed Illinois, 69-61 as part of the Ninth Annual Big Ten-ACC Challenge. It was the Terrapins' second consecutive victory over Illinois as the Terps knocked off the Illini, 72-66 in 2006. Maryland improved its record to 6-3 in the Big Ten-ACC Challenge.
• The ACC defeated the Big Ten for the ninth consecutive year by an 8-3 margin.
• The ACC and Big Ten are the two winningest conferences in NCAA Tournament history.
• Since 1988, 35 of the 76 Final Four teams have been from the ACC and Big Ten.