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Maryland opens its Atlantic Coast Conference schedule with a Sunday-evening home game against Florida State. The Terrapins are among three teams which have yet to play a league game at this point in the month (North Carolina and Virginia Tech play later Sunday night). The Terps come into tonight's game having won four of their last five and five of their last seven.
The game will be televised live nationally on Fox Sports Net. It can also be heard across the Terrapin Sports Radio Network, including Baltimore flagships WJZ-FM (105.7), WJZ-AM (1300). In Washington, D.C., the game will be heard on WJFK-FM (106.7). Pregame begins at 4:30 p.m. on the network.
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Additionally, all game radio broadcasts can be heard on umterps.com by clicking the "TerpsTV" link.
Senior guard Eric Hayes is moving closer to the 1,000-point plateau. He needs just 24 points to become the 48th player in Maryland history to reach 1,000 in his career.
Scouting the Seminoles
Florida State comes to Comcast Center with a 13-2 record overall, including a 66-59 overtime victory at Georgia Tech on Dec. 20 in its ACC opener... The Seminoles are ranked 18th in the most recent Associated Press poll and 19th in the ESPN/USA Today coaches poll. FSU has won seven straight coming into College Park...
FSU has been very strong defensively so far this season... The Seminoles are allowing opponents just 56.9 points per game and just .337 shooting from the floor...
Maryland leads the all-time series between the schools, 26-10, including a 5-0 mark at Comcast Center... Florida State beat the Terps in overtime, 76-73, in Tallahassee on 1/17/09 in the only meeting last season... Maryland travels to Florida State for a return trip this season on Feb. 4...
Solomon Alabi leads the Seminoles in scoring at 12.1 points per game... He also is tied for the ACC lead in blocked shots with 2.9 per game... Chris Singleton averages 10.1 points per game, leads the league in steals at 2.3 per game and leads FSU with a 7.1 rebounds per game average... Sophomore Deividas Dulkys is the third FSU player averaging in double figures at 10.3 ppg (39 3-pointers).
Terps Among Decade's Best
Lindy's College Basketball preseason magazine hit the newsstands and has touted the University of Maryland men's basketball program in a number of ways.
The Terrapins are listed ninth among the decade's top programs by the magazine. The listing notes Maryland's national championship in 2002, as well as its 223-111 record during the decade.
Senior point guard Greivis Vasquez is listed on the Terps' All-Decade Team along with Lonny Baxter, Steve Blake, Nik Caner-Medley and Juan Dixon.
The Terps share "The Decade's Top 10 Programs" with Kansas, North Carolina, Michigan State, Duke, UConn, Florida, UCLA, Texas and Arizona.
