Jan. 18, 2008

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The University of Maryland (11-7, 1-2 ACC) travels to face North Carolina (18-0, 3-0 ACC) Saturday (January 19) at the Smith Center. Tipoff between the Terps and Tar Heels is set for 3:30 p.m. ET. The game will be broadcast on the Terrapin Sports Radio Network and will be televised by ABC. The game is also available on XM radio channel 191.
• Sophomore Greivis Vasquez leads the Terps with 16.8 points per game. He is the fifth-leading scorer in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Tyler Hansbrough, the ACC's leading scorer, averages 21.6 points for North Carolina.
• Saturday's game marks the second time this season the Terps will face the top-ranked team in the nation as Maryland took on No. 1 UCLA November 19. The Terrapins have nine wins over No.1-ranked teams. Maryland's Gary Williams leads all active coaches with six wins over top-ranked teams.

Maryland has utilized a balanced offensive attack this season as four Terps average double figures in scoring. Greivis Vasquez leads the team with 16.8 points per game, while senior James Gist has averaged 14.4 points per contest. Sophomore Eric Hayes is averaging 11.0 points and senior Bambale Osby has added 10.9 points per game.
• All four players have increased their scoring average from last season. They average 53.1 of Maryland's 71.5 points per game.

Defense has been a constant for the Terrapins this season. Maryland leads the ACC and is seventh in the nation in field goal percentage defense, as the Terrapins have limited their opponents to just 36 percent shooting from the field.
• Maryland leads the league and is sixth in the country in blocked shots. The Terps average 7.33 blocked shots per game. James Gist is second in the league with 2.71 blocks per game, while fellow senior Bambale Osby is fourth in the ACC with 2.24 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 596-335 (.640). He ranks second among active ACC coaches with 389 wins at Maryland (3rd overall) and also ranks second among active league coaches with 158 ACC victories. Williams is the Terps' all-time winningest coach.
• Williams is just four wins shy of 600 career victories. Only six active head coaches in Division I have 600 career wins.

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 the Terps to victories over No. 1, No. 2 or No. 3 ranked-teams in six of the last eight seasons.

The Terps rank third in NCAA history with nine wins over No. 1-ranked teams.
• Maryland has won three of its last six meetings against top-ranked teams.
• Maryland has defeated a No. 1-ranked opponent in three of the last seven seasons.
• Two of the Terps' last three wins over a top-ranked team have been against Duke.
• Head coach Gary Williams ranks first among all active Division I coaches with six career wins over a No. 1 team (5 at Maryland).
• The Terps have played 23 games vs. No. 1 teams dating back to 1953-54.

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 390-378 (.507) all-time in ACC games.
• Maryland is 245-142 (.631) in ACC home games.
• Maryland is 146-236 (.381) in ACC away games.
• Under Gary Williams, Maryland is 158-130 (.546) in ACC play.
• Maryland is 97-47 (.672) at home in ACC games under Williams, including a 28-12 (.686) mark at the Comcast Center.
• The Terps have captured three ACC Tournament Championships: 1958,1984 and 2004.

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 14.4 points per game this year.
• With his 653 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 spent 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 16.8 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 16 of 18 games this season and has led the team in scoring 11 times.
• He leads the team with 108 assists and has dished out at least five assists in 11 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 nine 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 36.2 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) and third in 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 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 10.9 points per game this year after averaging just 5.8 points as a junior.
• He has scored in double figures 12 times this season after only breaking double figures in eight games last year.
• Osby is second on the team with 38 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 6.5 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 7.5 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 seven of the last 11 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.

Maryland's roster is dominated by underclassmen, as 10 of the 14 Terps are freshmen or sophomores. The underclassmen account for 60 percent of Maryland's scoring, 58 percent of the rebounding and 87 percent of the team's assists.