Feb. 12, 2010
Game Notes (PDF)
Quotes from Gary Williams
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -
Maryland gets back to action after a snow-induced hiatus with a battle at Duke in a matchup of the top two teams in the Atlantic Coast Conference standings. The Terrapins are 6-2 in the conference, a full game behind the Blue Devils. Maryland and Duke are the only two teams in the league remaining with only two losses. The Terps will attempt to snap a five-game losing streak in the series with the Blue Devils.
The game will be televised nationally by CBS.
The game can also be heard across the Terrapin Sports Radio Network, including Baltimore flagships WJZ-FM (105.7), WJZ-AM (1300). Pregame on the network begins at noon.
In Washington, D.C., the game will be heard on WJFK-FM (106.7). For a complete D.C. affiliate radio schedule please click on this link. Additionally, all game radio broadcasts can be heard on umterps.com by clicking the "TerpsTV" link.
Maryland and Virginia were postponed due to snow on Wednesday, giving the Terps a full six days between games. The Terps beat North Carolina, 92-71, at Comcast Center on Super Bowl Sunday. The game has been moved to Monday, Feb. 15 at 8 p.m., meaning the Terrapins will play four games over the next eight days.
The Terrapins have won six of their last seven and are 8-2 since the calendar turned to 2010. One of the two losses was an overtime defeat at Wake Forest on Jan. 10. The Terps are 2-2 on the road in their first four conference games away from Comcast Center this season.
Senior guard Greivis Vasquez was the ACC's Player of the Week for the period of Feb. 1-7. It was his second such honor of the season and the sixth of his career. Vasquez had a double-double in the win over UNC, getting 26 points and 11 assists. He went 6-for-11 from 3-point range, becoming the third Terrapin ever with 200 treys in his career. He broke the school record for career 3-point attempts, now with 620.
Landon Milbourne became the 49th player in school history with 1,000 points. He is the 4th player in ACC history to reach 1,000 points after scoring less than 25 points in their freshman season. Milbourne had only 16 points in 16 games in 2006-07.
Scouting the Blue Devils
Duke is 20-4 overall and 8-2 in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Blue Devils are ranked 8th in this week's Associated Press poll and come in at 7th in the ESPN/USA Today coaches ranking...
The Devils have won three straight and five of their last six after Wednesday's 64-54 win at North Carolina... John Scheyer went 5-for-9 behind the 3-point arc on his way to a team-high 24 points, while Kyle Singler added 19 points and nine rebounds...
Duke's two ACC losses were at Georgia Tech (67-71 on 1/9) and at NC State (74-88 on 1/20)...
Scheyer, a senior guard, averages 19.1 points per game, one of three Blue Devils in double figures and one of three Duke players among the top seven scorers in the league... Scheyer is 2nd in the league in scoring (Malcolm Delaney, VT, 20.0 ppg)...
Junior guard Nolan Smith averages 17.7 ppg (5th in ACC) and Singler, a junior forward, is at 16.7 ppg (7th in ACC)... Singler also leads Duke on the boards with a 7.0 rpg average...
Scheyer leads the ACC in FT percentage (.891), 3-pointers per game (2.8), assist-turnover ratio (3.2) and minutes (36.6 mpg).
Milestones, Streaks, Rankings, etc.
Maryland has hit at least one 3-pointer in 377 consecutive games.
The Terps are 69-7 in non-conference games in Comcast Center.
Maryland has won at least 19 games in 13 straight seasons.
The Terps have made 16 consecutive postseason appearances.
Maryland's last losing season came in 1992-93, the last season of devastating NCAA sanctions levied against previous staffs at Maryland... Each school in the ACC has had a losing season since the Terps fell below .500 some 15 seasons ago... In fact, 9 of the 11 ACC opponents have suffered through a losing season since the Terps won the NCAA title in 2002... Duke and UNC are the exceptions.
With 15 points against UNC, Landon Milbourne hit the 1,000-point mark for his career... He is the 49th Terrapin to reach that plateau, a group that includes all three seniors on this team.
All five Maryland starters are among leaders in the Atlantic Coast Conference in one or more statistical categories.
Maryland is shooting considerably better than it did in the 2008-09 season... The Terps are currently posting a .480 clip from the floor... A year ago, the Terrapins shot .424... Those two figures are .390 this year and .333 last year from behind the arc.
Maryland has held its last six opponents under .400 shooting from the field (.368 at BC, .294 vs. Longwood, .364 vs. NC State, .383 vs. Miami, .319 at Clemson, .377 at FSU, .377 vs. UNC)... In those five games, Terp opponents have combined to shoot .353 (157-for-445).
Greivis Vasquez matched a single-game career-high with 6 3-pointers against UNC last Sunday... He became the 3rd player in Maryland history to hit the 200 plateau in career 3-pointers and is now 2nd on the alll-time list with 205 (Juan Dixon 239, Mike Jones 203)... Vasquez set the school record for 3-point attempts in a career, now with 620 (Juan Dixon, 615).
Vasquez reached 700 career assists against UNC (now 702)... He enters the Duke game needing 6 boards to hit 600 career rebounds.
Tough Schedule Once Again
Maryland is facing its typically difficult schedule again this season. In this week's ESPN / USA Today coaches' poll, four Terrapin opponents in 2009-10 were ranked among the top 25 (#5 Villanova, #7 Duke, #13 Wisconsin, #20 Georgia Tech)... Three others (Clemson, Florida State and Virginia Tech) received votes in the coaches' poll.
