Terps Play Host to Georgia Tech

Feb. 19, 2010

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Maryland faces the last in a busy stretch of games at 2 p.m. Saturday when it plays host to Georgia Tech in the only meeting of the regular season between the teams. The matchup with the Yellow Jackets will be the Terrapins fourth in eight days in a stretch made necessary by the postponement of the Virginia game on Feb. 10. The Terps have traveled to Duke, hosted Virginia, played at NC State and now host Tech in a stretch between Feb. 13 and 20.

The game will be aired regionally by Raycom, with network affiliates available at this link.

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 1 p.m.

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.

The Terrapins are tied for second place in the Atlantic Coast Conference standings with Virginia Tech, as both schools have 8-3 conference records. They are each 1-1/2 games behind league-leading Duke in the conference standings. Duke hosts the Hokies on Fox SportsNet's Sunday Night Hoops tomorrow at 7:45 p.m. The top four teams in the regular-season standings earn first-round byes at the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament, to be held in Greensboro, N.C., on March 11 through 14.

Senior guard Greivis Vasquez is five points away from becoming only the sixth player in Maryland history to score 2,000 points in his career. Should he reach that milestone, he will become the first Atlantic Coast Conference player ever to reach 2,000 points, 700 assists and 600 rebounds in his career.

Maryland used a strong second half to earn a 67-58 victory at NC State late Wednesday night. Trailing 37-27 at halftime, the Terrapins held NC State to just 23 percent shooting after the break, holding the hosts to just 21 second-half points. Meanwhile, Vasquez had 17 of his game-high 26 points after halftime, Adrian Bowie had eight crucial points in the second half and Jordan Williams finished with a double-double as Maryland swept the season series with the Wolfpack.

Williams had his second straight double-double in the win at NC State. He matched his career-high with 19 points (also vs. Villanova on 12/6) and grabbed 11 rebounds for the second straight game. He now has five double-doubles this season, one of only nine players in the ACC this year to record that many double-doubles. Williams comes into today's game seventh in the league in rebounding with an 8.1 rpg average, second in the ACC among freshmen.

The Terrapins held the Wolfpack to 34.8 percent shooting in the game on Wednesday, marking the ninth time in the last 10 games the Terps have held their opponent under 40 percent shooting from the floor. In those 10 games, Maryland opponents have combined to shoot just .361 from the floor and the Terrapins are 8-2 in that stretch. Maryland is 10-3 since the calendar changed to 2010, with one of those losses coming in overtime at Wake Forest.

Scouting the Yellow Jackets

Georgia Tech is currently in seventh place in the ACC standings with a 6-6 league record and an 18-8 mark overall. The Yellow Jackets have dropped three of their last five, but won at home over North Carolina, 68-51, in their most recent outing. Freshman forward Derrick Favors had 13 points and nine boards in leading four Tech scorers in double figures against the Heels. The Jackets rolled to a 41-21 halftime edge and cruised to the win. Brian Oliver and Zachery Peacock each had 12 points and Maurice Miller added 11 as those three players all came off the bench to score in double figures.

Junior forward Gani Lawal leads Georgia Tech in scoring with a 14.0 points-per-game average. Lawal leads Tech and is third in the league in rebounding with a 9.5 per game average. Favors, one of the top freshmen in the league this season, averages 11.1 points and 8.2 rebounds per game this year, while Peacock is scoring 9.7 points off the bench for Tech. Oliver is among the top 3-point shooters in the league, hitting 2.0 per game and shooting .417 from behind the arc. Seven different Tech players have at least 10 3-pointers this year.

Tech is 5-1 in ACC games at home, but is 1-5 on the road in the conference so far this year. Tech won at North Carolina, 73-71, on Jan. 16, but dropped a two-point decision at Miami on Feb. 10.

Game Notes (PDF)

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Players Mentioned

Adrian Bowie

Greivis Vasquez

Jordan Williams

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