Terrapins Travel to Face Yellow Jackets Saturday
2/1/2008 7:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Feb. 1, 2008
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The University of Maryland (13-8, 3-3 ACC) travels to face Georgia Tech (10-9, 3-3 ACC) Saturday (February 2) afternoon at Alexander Coliseum. Tipoff between the Terps and Yellow Jackets is set for 12:00 p.m. ET. The game will be broadcast on the Terrapin Sports Radio Network and will be televised nationally by ESPN2. The game is also available on XM Radio channel 191.
• Sophomore Greivis Vasquez leads the Terps with 16.9 points per game. He is the fourth-leading scorer in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Anthony Morrow leads Georgia Tech with 14.3 points per game.
• Saturday's game marks the 67th meeting between Maryland and Georgia Tech. The series is tied 33-33, but the Terps have won each of the last five meetings.
Maryland has utilized a balanced offensive attack this season as four Terps average double figures in scoring. Greivis Vasquez leads the team with 16.9 points per game, while senior James Gist averages 15.5 points per contest. Bambale Osby is averaging 11.5 points and Eric Hayes has added 10.9 points per game.
• All four players have increased their scoring average from last season. They average 54.8 of Maryland's 73.2 points per game.
Defense has been a constant for the Terrapins this season. Maryland leads the ACC and is fifth in the nation in field goal percentage defense, as the Terrapins have limited their opponents to just 38 percent shooting from the field.
• Maryland leads the league and is sixth in the country in blocked shots. The Terps average 7.00 blocked shots per game. James Gist is second in the league with 2.45 blocks per game, while fellow senior Bambale Osby is third in the ACC with 2.10 blocks per contest.
Head coach Gary Williams is the eighth-winningest active head coach in NCAA Division I men's basketball with an overall record of 598-336 (.640). He ranks second among active ACC coaches with 391 wins at Maryland (3rd overall) and also ranks second among active league coaches with 160 ACC victories. Williams is the Terps' all-time winningest coach.
• Williams is just two wins shy of 600 career victories. Only six active head coaches in Division I have 600 career wins.
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 392-379 (.507) all-time in ACC games.
• Maryland is 246-143 (.631) in ACC home games.
• Maryland is 147-236 (.381) in ACC away games.
• Under Gary Williams, Maryland is 160-131 (.546) in ACC play.
• Maryland is 98-48 (.672) at home in ACC games under Williams, including a 29-13 (.686) mark at the Comcast Center.
• The Terps have captured three ACC Tournament Championships: 1958,1984 and 2004.
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 307 consecutive games.
• Maryland has failed to make a 3-pointer just twice in the last 376 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 592 of 599 games.
• Since the rule was instituted in 1987, Maryland has hit at least one three-pointer in 650 of 659 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 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 15.5 points per game this year.
• With his 680 career rebounds, Gist is just the 22nd player in school history to tally 1,000 points and 500 rebounds. He is just the fifth player in school history to record 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 200 blocked shots in a career.
• He has scored in double figures in 16 games this year and has five double-doubles (Hampton, Boston College, Delaware, Charlotte and North Carolina).
• Named the ACC Player of the Week on January 21 after averaging 16.0 points, 10.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 2.5 blocked shots in wins over Wake Forest and North Carolina.
• 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 16.9 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 19 of 21 games this season and has led the team in scoring 12 times.
• He leads the team with 129 assists and has dished out at least five assists in 13 games this year. He has recorded 10 or more assists four times (Northeastern, Illinois, Morgan State and North Carolina).
• Vasquez has led the team in assists in 10 games this year.
• Vasquez has improved his rebounding from 3.3 per game as a freshman to 5.2 this season.
• He is averaging a team-high 36.4 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 10 times this season.
• He is second on the team in assists (100) and third in steals (25).
• Hayes is second in the ACC in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.78).
• He scored a then-career high 18 points against Illinois before pouring in 19 points against Morgan State. Hayes recorded a career-high nine assists against Duke and Virginia.
• He leads the team in free throw shooting. Hayes has connected on 84 percent (32 of 38) 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 11.5 points per game this year after averaging just 5.8 points as a junior.
• He has scored in double figures 15 times this season after only breaking double figures in eight games last year.
• Osby is second on the team with 42 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 6.8 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 8.1 points per game this season after averaging 1.0 as a freshman. His rebounding has jumped from 0.8 to 3.7 per game.
• He has scored in double figures in nine of the last 14 games and set a new career high with 14 points against North Carolina (January 19).
• Milbourne has made his mark on defense as well, as he is third on the team with 19 blocked shots and has added 11 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 58 percent of Maryland's scoring, 55 percent of the rebounding and 86 percent of the team's assists.
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).
