Terps Battle Hokies on Saturday

Feb. 26, 2010

BLACKSBURG, Va. - Maryland faces Virginia Tech in the only meeting of the regular season between the border-state rivals. The matchup is a battle between the second-place Terrapins and the Hokies, who come into the game in a three-way tie for third place in the league standings with Florida State and Wake Forest. The Terps are two games ahead of the third-place group, but a Hokie win could give Tech a potential tie-breaker advantage should the teams end the regular season even in the standings.

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 3 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.

Maryland has won four straight and is 12-3 since the calendar turned to 2010. The Terps have won six of their last seven, with the only blemish in that stretch being a loss at first-place Duke. Each of the last three victories by Maryland have required comebacks. Maryland trailed NC State by 12, Georgia Tech by five and Clemson by 15 before winning each of those games. The Terps are 3-3 in six ACC road games this season, but have not won in Blacksburg since the 1990-91 season.

Maryland hit the coveted 20-win plateau on Wednesday in its 88-79 win over Clemson. Head coach Gary Williams has now had a dozen 20-win seasons at Maryland and 11 in the last 14 seasons. The Terps have won 19 games or more in 14 straight seasons.

Senior guard Greivis Vasquez, the reigning National Player of the Week (ESPN.com) and the reigning ACC Player of the Week, moved past Terp legends John Lucas and Adrian Branch into fourth place on the school's career scoring list on Wednesday with 15 points against Clemson. He matched his season-high with 13 assists and now leads the league with a 6.44 assists-per-game average.

Scouting the Hokies

Virginia Tech is 21-6 overall and 8-5 in the Atlantic Coast Conference, one of three teams tied for third place in the league standings with three games remaining...

Tech is back home after losing its last two games, each on the road (55-67 at Duke on 2/21 and 60-80 at Boston College on 2/24)... The Hokies are 6-0 in league games at Cassell Coliseum this season and a perfect 14-0 overall at home this year...

Junior guard Malcolm Delaney is leading the ACC in scoring with a 20.2 ppg average... He is the only player in the league averaging better than 20 points per game... Delaney does much of his damage at the free-throw line, where he has scored 184 of his 525 points this year, courtesy of a .852 FT percentage (2nd in the league)... Delaney is 7th in the ACC with a 4.1 assists-per-game average...

Junior guard Dorenzo Hudson averages 14.0 points per game, while junior forward Jeff Allen averages 11.3 points per game and a team-high 6.9 rebounds per game this season.

Players Mentioned

Greivis Vasquez

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