Terrapins host Demon Deacons at Comcast Center
1/14/2008 7:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Jan. 14, 2008
The University of Maryland (10-7, 0-2 ACC) hosts Wake Forest (11-4, 1-1 ACC) Tuesday at Comcast Center. Tipoff between the Terps and Demon Deacons is set for 9:00 p.m. ET. The game will be broadcast on the Terrapin Sports Radio Network and will be televised by Raycom Sports.
• Tuesday's game is the 114th meeting between the two schools. Maryland leads the all-time series, 59-54, and has won the last two meetings.
• Sophomore Greivis Vasquez leads the Terps with 16.5 points per game. He is the fifth-leading scorer in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Freshman James Johnson leads Wake Forest with 14.5 points per contest.
• Tuesday's game is Maryland's 99th game at Comcast Center. The Terps are 81-17 (.827) since moving into their new home at the start of the 2002-03 season.
Maryland has utilized a balanced offensive attack this season as four Terps average double figures in scoring. Greivis Vasquez leads the team with 16.5 points per game, while senior James Gist has averaged 14.7 points per contest. Sophomore Eric Hayes is averaging 11.0 points and senior Bambale Osby has added 10.6 points per game.
• All four players have increased their scoring average from last season. They average 52.8 of Maryland's 71.5 points per game.
Defense has been a constant for the Terrapins this season. Maryland leads the ACC and is 12th in the nation in field goal percentage defense, as the Terrapins have limited their opponents to just 37 percent shooting from the field.
• Maryland leads the league and is seventh in the country in blocked shots. The Terps average 7.24 blocked shots per game. James Gist is second in the league with 2.63 blocks per game, while fellow senior Bambale Osby is fourth in the ACC with 2.13 blocks per contest.
Head coach Gary Williams is tied as the seventh-winningest active head coach in NCAA Division I men's basketball with an overall record of 595-335 (.640). He ranks second among active ACC coaches with 388 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 five wins shy of 600 career victories. Only six active head coaches in Division I have 600 career wins.
Three of Maryland's starters are among the top eleven players in the ACC for minutes played per contest. Sophomore Greivis Vasquez is second in the league, averaging 36.06 minutes per contest.
• Sophomore guard Eric Hayes is third in the ACC in minutes per game (35.13), while senior James Gist is 11th (30.56).
Maryland has been a dominant home team over the years.
• The Terps are 787-279 (.738) all-time at home dating back to 1923-24.
• Maryland is 81-17 (.822) all-time at Comcast Center. The Terps have won 42 of their last 49 at home dating back to 2003-04.
• The Terps are 236-52 (.821) at home under Gary Williams (155-35 at Cole Field House).
• Maryland is 134-22 (.871) at home the last 10 seasons (since 1998-99).
• Maryland has won 47 of its last 50 regular season non-conference games at Comcast Center under Williams.
• The Terps are 134-4 (.970) in regular season 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 is in its 55th season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Terps were a charter member of the conference in 1953-54 after 30 years as a member of the Southern Conference.
• The Terps are 389-378 (.507) all-time in ACC games.
• Maryland is 244-142 (.631) in ACC home games.
• Maryland is 146-236 (.381) in ACC away games.
• Under Gary Williams, Maryland is 157-130 (.546) in ACC play.
• Maryland is 96-47 (.672) at home in ACC games under Williams, including a 27-12 (.686) mark at the Comcast Center.
• The Terps have captured three ACC Tournament Championships: 1958,1984 and 2004.
Maryland has been one of the top programs in the ACC over the past ten seasons.
• With 92 wins since 1999, Maryland is second among all ACC schools in regular-season wins.
• Head coach Gary Williams ranks second among active ACC coaches with 157 career wins in league play.
• The Terps captured the 2002 ACC regular-season title & the 2004 ACC Tourney championship.
Senior James Gist has joined elite company in the storied history of Maryland Basketball:
• With 18 points against Morgan State (Dec. 6), Gist became the 46th player in school history to reach 1,000 career points.
• His scoring average has increased each season, as he is averaging a career-best 14.6 points per game this year.
• With his 645 career rebounds, Gist is just the 22nd player in school history to tally 1,000 points and 500 rebounds.
• Gist is sixth on Maryland's all-time blocked shots list with 196 rejections.
• He has scored in double figures in 12 games this year and has four double-doubles (Hampton, Boston College, Delaware and Charlotte).
• 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 Janeiro, Brazil.
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 16.5 points per game. As a freshman he scored 9.8 points per game.
• He set a new career high with 28 points against American University.
• Vasquez has scored in double figures in 15 of 17 games this season and has led the team in scoring 10 times.
• He leads the team with 100 assists and has dished out at least five assists in 10 games this year. He has recorded 10 or more assists three times (Northeastern, Illinois and Morgan State).
• Vasquez has led the team in assists in eight games this year.
• Vasquez has improved his rebounding from 3.3 per game as a freshman to 5.3 this season.
• He is averaging a team-high 36.1 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.
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 nine times this season.
• He is second on the team in assists (81) steals (23).
• Hayes is second in the ACC in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.61).
• He scored a then-career high 18 points against Illinois before pouring in 19 points against Morgan State.
• He is leads the team in free throw shooting. Hayes has connected on 84 percent (27 of 32) of his attempts from the foul line.
Senior Bambale Osby has made a big impact for the Terps at both ends of the floor this season:
• Osby is averaging 10.6 points per game this year after averaging just 5.8 points as a junior.
• He has scored in double figures 11 times this season after only breaking double figures in eight games last year.
• Osby is second on the team with 34 blocked shots. He tallied just 16 blocks as a junior in 2006-07.
• Osby has increased his production on the glass as he is averaging 6.2 rebounds per contest after pulling down 3.9 board per game last year.
After playing in just 16 of 34 games as a freshman, Landon Milbourne spent the summer in College Park working on his game and the results have followed:
• Milbourne is averaging 7.3 points per game this season after averaging 1.0 as a freshman. His rebounding has jumped from 0.8 to 4.0 per game.
• He has scored in double figures in six of the last ten games and set a new career high with 12 points against Holy Cross (January 8).
• Milbourne has made his mark on defense as well, as he is third on the team with 14 blocked shots and has added 10 steals for the season.
The University of Maryland men's basketball program was ranked among Forbes magazine's top 20 most valuable college basketball programs in an article released January 2nd. The index measured teams based on their contribution to four beneficiaries; their university, athletic department, conference and local communities.
• The Terps ranked 17th out of 20 teams with a value of $13.1 million.
• Maryland was just one of two schools on the top-20 list that are from major metropolitan areas, joining UCLA (14th).
