Terps at Temple on Saturday Morning

Jan. 20, 2012

Maryland (12-5) at Temple (12-5)
Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012 | 11 a.m. | The Palestra
ESPNU | Terrapin Sports Radio Network

Maryland hits the road for a Saturday-morning test against Temple at the storied Palestra. The Terrapins and Owls come into today's game with identical 12-5 records. The Terps are attempting to avoid back-to-back losses for the first time this season.

The game is the last non-conference test in the regular season for Maryland. The Terps are 10-3 so far outside the Atlantic Coast Conference, including a 2-2 mark in neutral-site games. Today's matchup with Temple is Maryland's first non-conference matchup of the year.

Sophomore guard Terrell Stoglin led Maryland with 27 points and four assists on Tuesday at Florida State. Stoglin remains the leading scorer in the Atlantic Coast Conference at 21.2 points per game and was sixth in the nation in scoring coming into the game at FSU. Stoglin has an ACC-best 12 games with at least 20 points and is the only player in the league thus far with a pair of 30-point games.

Stoglin is third in the ACC in 3-point percentage (.413) and second in 3-pointers per game (2.6). He has made 29 of 61 (.475) in the last seven games for the Terrapins. His 45 this season are already fourth on the list for sophomores at Maryland. Greivis Vasquez had 64 for the Terps as a sophomore in 2008.

Senior Sean Mosley is closing on a number of milestones in his versatile and memorable Maryland career. Against Florida State, he became the 40th Terrapin in history with 500 career rebounds. He is 43 points away from becoming the 50th Terrapin in history with 1,000 career points and is 50 minutes away from becoming the 21st Terrapin to play 3,000 minutes in his career.

Scouting the Owls

Temple improved to 12-5 overall and 2-2 in the Atlantic-10 with its 76-70 home win over La Salle on Wednesday... The Owls come in at No. 24 in the most recently released RPI and have a 4-1 record at home, with the sole loss coming to Dayton on Jan. 7.

A trio of guards account for a little more than 63 percent of Temple's scoring: senior Ramone Moore leads the team with 17.0 ppg, junior Khalif Wyatt is averaging 16.4 ppg and senior Juan Fernandez is contributing 11.5 ppg... All three rank in the top 10 of the A-10 in scoring.

Wyatt has a 21.0 ppg average over the last four games, all conference contests, and is shooting 42.1 percent from 3PT this season... 6-foot-6 junior forward Rahlir Hollis-Jefferson is the fourth Owl in the starting lineup averaging double figures at 10.1 ppg...

In the absence of Michael Eric, a 6-foot-11 forward who was averaging 11.3 rpg and 10.5 ppg but has missed the last 13 games with an injury, the Owls have turned to redshirt freshman Anthony Lee in the starting lineup... Lee is averaging 7.1 rpg, 5.9 ppg and has a team-high 31 blocks...

Temple ranks second in the A-10 in 3FG% at .392... In addition to Wyatt shoting 42.1 percent, Aaron Brown is shooting 40.4 percent and Fernandez is shooting 38.7 percent from long range.

Upcoming

Maryland faces its last non-conference matchup of the regular season on Saturday, 1/21 against Temple in The Palestra...

The Terrapins return home for two games the next week, playing host to Duke on Wednesday, 1/25 on the night when Gary Williams Court is dedicated and Virginia Tech on Saturday, 1/28...

Maryland has only three home games and six road contests in the month of February.

Tickets Available

Maryland is discounting tickets for upcoming home games:

A "Mid-Week Two Pack" is available for ACC matchups with Boston College (Thursday, 2/16) and Miami (Tuesday, 2/21) with two tickets, two hot dogs and two sodas available for $44.

For more information, contact the Terrapin Ticket Office at 1-800-IM-A-TERP or log on to www.umterps.com.

Maryland (12-5) at Temple (12-5)
Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012 | 11 a.m. | The Palestra
ESPNU | Terrapin Sports Radio Network

Upcoming

Tickets Available

Players Mentioned

Sean Mosley

Terrell Stoglin

Greivis Vasquez

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