Maryland Plays Host to Florida State Saturday Afternoon
2/15/2008 7:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Feb. 15, 2008
The University of Maryland (16-9, 6-4 ACC) plays host to the Florida State Seminoles (14-11, 3-7 ACC) Saturday (Feb. 16) at Comcast Center. Tipoff between the Terps and Seminoles is set for 3:00 p.m. ET. The game will be broadcast on the Terrapin Sports Radio Network and will be televised by Raycom Sports. The game is also available on XM Radio channel 191.
• Sophomore Greivis Vasquez leads the Terps with 17.2 points per game. He is the fourth-leading scorer in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Junior Toney Douglas leads Florida State with 15.3 points per contest.
• Saturday's game marks the 35th meeting between Maryland and Florida State. The Terrapins lead the all-time series, 25-9. Maryland has won 18 of the last 22 meetings. Florida State has not won in Comcast Center (0-4).
Head coach Gary Williams is the eighth-winningest active head coach in NCAA Division I men's basketball with an overall record of 601-337 (.640). He ranks second among active ACC coaches with 394 wins at Maryland (3rd overall) and also ranks second among active league coaches with 163 ACC victories. Williams is the Terps' all-time winningest coach.
• Maryland's 70-65 victory over Boston College (Feb. 6) gave Williams his 600th career victory. Only seven other active head coaches in Division I have 600 career wins.
Maryland has utilized a balanced offensive attack this season as four Terps average double figures in scoring. Greivis Vasquez leads the team with 17.2 points per game, while senior James Gist averages 16.1 points per contest. Bambale Osby is averaging 11.7 points and Eric Hayes has added 10.5 points per game.
• All four players have increased their scoring average from last season. They average 55.5 of Maryland's 73.8 points per game.
Defense has been a constant for the Terrapins this season. Maryland leads the ACC and is 13th in the nation in field goal percentage defense, as the Terrapins have limited their opponents to just 39 percent shooting from the field.
• Maryland leads the league and is sixth in the country in blocked shots. The Terps average 6.92 blocked shots per game. James Gist is second in the league with 2.29 blocks per game, while fellow senior Bambale Osby is third in the ACC with 2.21 blocks per contest.
Three of Maryland's starters are among the top 11 players in the ACC for minutes played per contest. Sophomore Greivis Vasquez is second in the league, averaging 36.64 minutes per contest.
• Sophomore guard Eric Hayes is seventh in the ACC in minutes per game (34.05), while senior James Gist is 11th (32.04).
Maryland has been a dominant home team over the years.
• The Terps are 790-280 (.738) all-time at home dating back to 1923-24.
• Maryland is 84-18 (.822) all-time at Comcast Center. The Terps have won 44 of their last 51 at home dating back to 2003-04.
• The Terps are 239-53 (.821) at home under Gary Williams (155-35 at Cole Field House).
• Maryland is 137-23 (.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 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 311 consecutive games.
• Maryland has failed to make a 3-pointer just twice in the last 380 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 596 of 603 games.
• Since the rule was instituted in 1987, Maryland has hit at least one three-pointer in 654 of 663 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.
Maryland has been one of the top programs in the ACC over the past 10 seasons.
• With 98 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 163 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 16.1 points per game this year.
• With his 715 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.
• James Gist was named the Sporting News National Player of the Week on February 11. Gist averaged 26.5 points, 8.0 rebounds and shot 76 percent in wins over Boston College and NC State.
• 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 17.2 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 23 of 25 games this season and has led the team in scoring 13 times.
• He leads the team with 168 assists and has dished out at least five assists in 17 games this year. He has recorded 10 or more assists five times (Northeastern, Illinois, Morgan State, North Carolina and NC State).
• Vasquez tied the school record with 15 assists against NC State. He narrowly missed just the second triple-double in school history as he finished with 13 points, 15 assists and nine rebounds against the Wolfpack.
• Vasquez has led the team in assists in 14 games this year. His 168 assists is the third-highest output by a sophomore at Maryland.
• With 48 three pointers this season, Vasquez needs just two more to pass Juan Dixon (2000) for the most in a single-season among sophomores at UMD. His 153 attempts from beyond the arc is a single-season record for sophomores at Maryland.
• Vasquez has improved his rebounding from 3.3 per game as a freshman to 5.5 this season.
• He is averaging a team-high 36.6 minutes per game.
• Vasquez was named the ESPN.com Player of the Week on February 11. He averaged 19.0 points, 7.5 rebounds and 11.5 assists in wins over Boston College and NC State.
• 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 12 times this season.
• He is second on the team in assists (115) and steals (28).
• Hayes is third in the ACC in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.45).
• 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 (36 of 43) of his attempts from the foul line.
• Hayes missed three games this season after suffering a high ankle sprain in practice.
Senior Bambale Osby has made a big impact for the Terps at both ends of the floor this season:
• Osby is averaging 11.7 points per game this year after averaging just 5.8 points as a junior.
• He has scored in double figures 18 times this season after only breaking double figures in eight games last year.
• Osby is second on the team with 51 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 7.0 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 8.2 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 11 of the last 18 games and set a new career high with 16 points at Georgia Tech.
• Milbourne is shooting 55 percent (11 of 20) from three-point range in ACC play.
• Milbourne has made his mark on defense as well, as he is third on the team with 22 blocked shots and has added 15 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 87 percent of the team's assists.
