Feb. 4, 2011
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Wake Forest (8-14, 1-6) at Maryland (14-8, 4-4)
Saturday, February 5, 2011 • 1 p.m. ET
Game #23 • Home Game #14 • College Park, Md. • Comcast Center
Television: ACC Network - Tim Brant (Play-by-Play), Dan Bonner (Analyst)
Radio: Terrapin Sports Radio Network - Johnny Holliday (Play-by-Play), Chris Knoche (Analyst) and Walt Williams (Sidelines) have the call. The game can also be heard on XM Satellite Radio Channel 192 and SIRIUS Radio Channel 214. Bob Haynie starts the action on the Terrapin Sports Radio Network with the pregame show 60 minutes prior to tip. Stay with the network after the game for a full hour in the Geico Postgame Show. Click here to listen live online through Terps TV.
Radio Programming Update - Due to a programming conflict on ESPN980, Maryland's game with Wake Forest on Saturday, Feb. 5 and the Maryland-Longwood game on Wednesday, Feb. 9, will be moved to WTNT-AM-570 and AM-1580.
The Terrapin Sports Radio Network (15 affiliates): WJZ-FM 105.7 - Baltimore (Flagship); WJZ-AM 1300 - Baltimore (Flagship); ESPN980-AM - Washington D.C.; WWXX-FM 94.3 - Buckland, Va.; WCEM-AM 1240 - Cambridge; WBEY-FM 97.9 - Crisfield; WGOP-AM 540 - Crisfield; WFMD-AM 930 - Frederick; WARK-AM 1490 - Hagerstown; WPTX-AM 1690 - Lexington Park; WVMD-FM 99.5 - Midland; WMSG-AM 1050 - Oakland; WQMR-FM 101.1 - Ocean City; WWXT-FM 92.7 - Prince Frederick, Md.; WTGM-AM 960 - Salisbury.
Storyline
Maryland plays host to Wake Forest in the middle of a three-game homestand that will see the Terps pass the midway mark of the ACC regular season. The Terps defeated the Demon Deacons 74-55 in Winston-Salem on Jan. 12, led by Cliff Tucker's 21 points and Jordan Williams' 13 points and 15 rebounds.
After Wednesday's loss to Duke, Maryland is in a tie for fifth place in the ACC with a 4-4 record. The Terps have won three of their four ACC games on the road this season but are just 1-3 at home in conference games. Following Saturday's game with Wake Forest, Maryland plays its final non-conference game of the regular season against Longwood on Wednesday and then hits the road for two games.
Sophomore center Jordan Williams continued to lead Maryland offensively and on the boards with 20 points and 10 rebounds against Duke, his NCAA-leading 19th double-double of the year. Williams has 260 rebounds this season, the sixth most by a sophomore in school history, and his 11.8 rpg leads the ACC and is third nationally. Although Williams is hitting just .542 of his free throws on the season, he made 12 of 16 on Wednesday.
Adrian Bowie bounced back from an off-night against Georgia Tech with a solid performance against the Blue Devils, posting 11 points, five assists and four rebounds. The senior has scored in double figures in six of the past seven and nine of the last 11 games.
Gary Williams' next victory will be his 664th overall in 33 seasons. tying him with the legendary John Wooden in all-time wins..
Scouting the Demon Deacons
Wake Forest enters Saturday's matchup 8-14 on the season and 1-6 in the ACC... The Demon Deacons have lost four of their last five, with their sole win in that stretch coming in a 76-71 win at Virginia...
Forward Travis McKie leads the team in scoring with 12.6 points a game, second among freshmen in the ACC... McKie also leads the Demon Deacons on the boards, averaging 7.5 rebounds per game which is best in the ACC for a freshman...
The Demon Deacons are tied for first in the ACC with six blocked shots per game and 132 overall... Ty Walker leads the team with three per game and is second in the ACC...
Wake Forest is second in the ACC in free throw percentage (.745) but has struggled on defense and taking care of the ball... They are last in the ACC in rebounding margin (minus-3.9 pg) as well as turnover margin (minus-3.7 pg). They also give up a league high 76.3 points per game...
Five Demon Deacons are scoring in double figures this season - in addition to McKie, forward Ari Stewart and guards J.T. Terrell, Gary Clark and C.J. Harris are scoring more than 10 ppg.
Gary Williams' 22nd Season
Head coach Gary Williams continues to roll up Hall of Fame-style numbers in terms of his 33-year career and the 22 years he's been directing basketball fortunes at his alma mater...
Against NJIT on 12/22, Williams won his 450th game at Maryland, and is now at 456-246... The game at Virginia was Williams' 700th at Maryland...
He is the 5th-winningest active head coach in NCAA Division I men's basketball with an overall record of 663-374 (.639)... He ranks 3rd all-time (2nd active) among coaches at ACC schools with 456 victories at Maryland, and also ranks 2nd among active league coaches with 188 regular-season ACC victories... Williams is the Terps' all-time winningest coach...
Maryland's 70-65 victory over Boston College (2/6/2008) gave Williams his 600th career victory... Only 12 other active head coaches in Division I have 600 career wins...
Williams is only the 24th head coach in history to reach 650 career Division I victories and the 35th at all divisions, including both active and inactive coaches... He currently ranks 23rd and 33rdth, respectively, on those two all-time victory lists.
WILLIAMS IS 1 WIN AWAY FROM MATCHING THE 664 VICTORIES BY LEGENDARY UCLA COACH JOHN WOODEN (Indiana State `47-48, UCLA `49-75).
