Terps Host Canes on Tuesday

Feb. 20, 2012

Miami (16-9, 7-5) at Maryland (15-11, 5-7)
Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012 | 8 p.m. | Comcast Center
ACC Network | Terrapin Sports Radio Network

Maryland plays its return match with Miami in a Tuesday-night test at Comcast Center. The Terrapins and Hurricanes played one of the best games of the season so far in the Atlantic Coast Conference on Feb. 1 when the `Canes prevailed in a 90-86 double-overtime game. The Terrapins are 15-11 after last Saturday's 71-44 loss at 22nd-ranked Virginia, and come into the game tied for seventh place in the league with a 5-7 conference mark. The Canes are 16-9 overall and in a three-way tie for fourth in the league with NC State and Virginia at 7-5.

The Terrapins got 33 points from Terrell Stoglin in the double-OT loss at Miami earlier in the season. The talented sophomore had six 3-pointers and went 9-for-9 from the free-throw line. Maryland came back from a 16-point deficit in the final seven minutes of regulation to send the game into overtime.

Maryland is completing a tight turnaround in its schedule, with three games in six days. The Terrapins played host to Boston College last Thursday, traveled to Charlottesville for a game early Saturday afternoon and complete the whirlwind against Miami on Tuesday at 8 p.m.

Stoglin continues to lead the Atlantic Coast Conference in scoring, now at 21.4 points per game. Stoglin has 24 straight games with double figures in points, and has 18 games with at least 20 points or more. The Terrapins are 12-6 in games in which he hits the 20-point mark. Against Boston College, Stoglin set the school record for 3-pointers in a season by a sophomore. Now with 72, he has surpassed the 64 of Greivis Vasquez in 2008.

Nick Faust has been playing particularly well of late, taking over the point guard role after the season-ending knee injury to Pe'Shon Howard. Faust has averaged 14.0 points per game in his last three outings, scoring in double figures in the last three and four of the last five games. He has also stood out at the defensive end, getting 11 steals in the last six games. His five against Boston College marked the first time a Terp player had that many in a game since the ACC Quarterfinals in 2010 when both Greivis Vasquez and Landon Milbourne accomplished that feat.

Maryland has won the last two straight over Miami in games played in Comcast Center, including an 81-59 victory on 1/26/2010 in the most recent matchup in College Park.

After road games at Georgia Tech on Saturday and at North Carolina on Feb. 29, the Terrapins will play their final game of the regular season at Comcast Center on Sunday, March 4 on Senior Day against Virginia.

Scouting the Hurricanes

Miami is 16-9 and 7-5 in the ACC following a 74-56 home win over Wake Forest on Saturday... The Hurricanes are 4-6 on the road this season, but have won three of the last four, beating Georgia Tech, Boston College and Duke while falling to Florida State.

Junior guard Durand Scott is averaging a team-high 12.9 ppg and is one of four Hurricanes averaging double figures... junior forward Kenny Kadji (12.8), senior guard Malcolm Grant (11.6) and junior center Reggie Johnson (11.1) are the other three... Both Scott and Kadji had 18 points in the win over Wake Forest.

Miami ranks second in the ACC in 3FG made per game (7.5), with Grant, Trey McKinney Jones and Shane Larkin leading the way... Grant has made 49 of 162 (.302), McKinney Jones 30 of 84 (.357) and Larkin 27 of 76 (.355)... Against Wake Forest the Hurricanes made 12 of 31 3FG attempts (.387).

With the 6-foot-10, 284-pound Johnson and 6-foot-11, 251-pound Kadji, Miami has an imposing frontcourt... Johnson is averaging a team-high 7.1 rebounds per game, while Kadji has a team-best 40 blocks.

Upcoming

The Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament will be held March 8 to 11 at Phillips Arena in Atlanta.

Tickets Available

Maryland is discounting tickets for upcoming home games:

A "Mid-Week Two Pack" is available for the Miami game (Tuesday, 2/21) with two tickets, two hot dogs and two sodas available for $44.

Tickets are also on sale to the general public for the ACC Men's Basketball Tournament in Atlanta on March 8-11.

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

Miami (16-9, 7-5) at Maryland (15-11, 5-7)
Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012 | 8 p.m. | Comcast Center
ACC Network | Terrapin Sports Radio Network

Scouting the Hurricanes

Upcoming

Tickets Available

Players Mentioned

Nick Faust

Pe'Shon Howard

Landon Milbourne

Terrell Stoglin

Greivis Vasquez

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