Terps Close Regular Season at Virginia
3/8/2013 7:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
March 8, 2013
Maryland closes the 2012-13 regular season when it visits border-rival Virginia Sunday at 6 p.m. Following a 79-68 loss to North Carolina on Wednesday - just the third home loss of the season for Maryland - the Terps hope to even their conference record at 9-9 with a win over the Cavaliers.
| LIVE Coverage on ESPNU & the Terrapin Sports Radio Network • Sunday's game will be broadcast on ESPNU at 6 p.m. ET. Carter Blackburn (play-by-play) Jay Williams (analyst) and Paul Carcaterra (sidelines) will call the action. The game can also be heard on the Terrapin Sports Radio Network - Johnny Holliday (pbp) and Chris Knoche (analyst) have the call. |
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Storyline
• Maryland, which enters the weekend tied for sixth in the ACC with Florida State, will either be the No. 6 or No. 7 seed at the ACC Tournament. If Florida State beats NC State on Saturday, the Seminoles will earn the No. 6 seed as they own the head-to-head tiebreaker with Maryland. Should Florida State lose and Maryland win, the Terps would earn the No. 6 seed.
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• Continuing his strong play as of late, Dez Wells scored a team-high 18 points while adding six rebounds, a season-high three steals, two blocks and two assists in the loss to North Carolina. Over the past three games, the sophomore is averaging 18.7 points per game, including a 23-point effort on 11-of-12 shooting at Wake Forest on March 2. Wells now leads the team with 12.2 points per game and is shooting 53.8 percent from the field, a mark which ranks eighth in the ACC.
• Nick Faust has also increased his scoring recently, having averaged 13.3 points per game on 62.5 percent shooting (20 of 32) over the past four games. The sophomore has also knocked down 46.7 percent of his 3-pointers (7 of 15) during that stretch.
• In the first meeting against Virginia, the Cavaliers came away from College with an 80-69 win after shooting 54.2 percent, the best mark by a Maryland opponent this season. Wells (13) and Seth Allen (11) scored in double figures for the Terps, while Joe Harris had 22 to lead a group of four Cavaliers in double figures.
Maryland-Virginia Series History
• Maryland leads the all-time series with Virginia, 106-72, which dates back to 1924. Virginia holds a 43-35 advantage at home.
• Virginia is currently on a four-game winning streak and has a 6-4 advantage over the past 10-games. Maryland swept the two-game season series in 2009-10, and won the first game of the series in 2010-11, before Virginia went on it's current streak. The Cavs won 75-72 in overtime at Comcast Center last year.
Quick Hitters
• Mark Turgeon's current winning percentage of .597 (37-25) is the best mark by a Maryland coach in his first two seasons. Bud Millikan had a .592 winning percentage and Gary Williams had a .574 mark.
• On the Run: at Wake Forest on March 2, Maryland outscored the Demon Deacons 18-6 on the fast break. That marked the most points and the widest margin in fast break points for the Terps in ACC play.
• Maryland has reached the 20-win plateau for the first time since 2009-10, when it went 24-9 and reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Head coach Mark Turgeon's teams have now won at least 20 games in five of the last six seasons and eight of the last 10. The exceptions are last season, Turgeon's first at Maryland, and 2006-07, his last at Wichita State. The Terps are one of six ACC teams to reach the 20-win mark; Miami, Duke, North Carolina, Virginia and NC State also at least 20 wins.
• Logan Aronhalt connected on seven 3-pointers at Boston College on 2/19. That's the most by a Terp since Mike Jones hit a Comcast Center record nine on Dec. 28, 2006, vs. Missouri-Kansas City.
• Aronhalt's 26 points were the most by a Terrapin this season. Dez Wells has three 20-point efforts, while Alex Len, Jake Layman and Seth Allen each have one.
• Maryland did not beat a ranked opponent in either of the last two seasons. The Terps have knocked off two this year: No. 14/15 NC State, and No. 2/1 Duke.
• The Terps are 19-1 this season when they have the lead with 5:00 left in the game, and 1-0 when tied with 5:00 left. The lone loss came at Florida State (1/30).
• The 13-game winning streak Maryland went on earlier this season is tied for the second longest in school history, trailing just the 14-game streak the Terps went on in 1931-32. Maryland also went on a 13-game win streak in 2001-02, the year they went on to win the national title.
• Logan Aronhalt is averaging one 3-point field goal made for every 8.1 minutes on the floor. By comparison, the ACC leader in 3PT FGs made, Scott Wood of NC State, makes one 3-pointer every 12.1 minutes on the floor.
• At least eight players have scored in 26 of Maryland's 30 games this year. The exceptions are vs. George Mason, at Miami, at North Carolina and vs. North Carolina, when just seven players scored.
• The Terps are 14-2 when making as many or more free throws than the opponent, and 6-8 when making fewer free throws.
• When Seth Allen, Jake Layman and Shaquille Cleare drew starts against UMES, it marked the first time Maryland started three true freshmen since Dec. 28, 1993, when Keith Booth, Matt Kovarik and Joe Smith did vs. Hofstra. The Terps have started three freshmen in a game four times this season.
Youth Movement
• Seven of the 10 players in Maryland's regular rotation are underclassmen and 81 percent of Maryland's scoring (56.9 of 71.0 points per game) is coming from underclassmen. Maryland's top four scorers are underclassmen in sophomores Dez Wells (12.2 ppg), Alex Len (11.9 ppg) and Nick Faust (8.7 ppg) and freshman Seth Allen (7.4 ppg).
• Just twice in the past 30 years has a larger percentage of Maryland's scoring come from underclassmen. In 2003-04, 82 percent came from underclassmen, and in 1993-94, 97 percent did.
• Additionally, 114 of 150 starts (76%) this season have gone to underclassmen. That is the second-highest percentage in the past 30 years, behind only 1993-94 when every start went to underclassmen.
• The Terps have just one 1,000-point scorer on the roster this season in graduate student Logan Aronhalt. Aronhalt scored 1,100 points at Albany before transferring to Maryland prior to this season. Maryland's next top scorers are Wells (679), James Padgett (642), Faust (547) and Len (488).
Hitting the Mark
• Maryland has assisted on 57 percent (450 of 793) of its field goals this season. The Terps have recorded double-digit assists in 27 of 30 games (exceptions are at Miami, at North Carolina and vs. North Carolina), and rank second in the ACC with 15.0 per game. Maryland is 17-3 when recording at least 14 assists.
• On average, Maryland has recorded 17.3 assists per game in wins, while in its losses it has averaged just 10.9.
Hot Shooting
• Maryland ranks third in the ACC in field goal percentage at .468, behind just NC State (.495) and Duke (.476). That marks also ranks 29th nationally. The Terps have shot above 40 percent in 10 of the past 11 games. Maryland has shot better than 50 percent 11 times this season.
• Against Wake Forest (2/2), Maryland recorded its fifth-best field goal percentage in program history at .673. The four single-game marks better than that are: .833 (15-18) vs. South Carolina, 1/9/71; .739 (34-46) vs. Wake Forest, 1/28/86; .732 (30-41) vs. NC State, 12/20/80; and .704 (50-71) vs. Miami (OH), 12/28/79.
Field Goal Percentage Defense
• Entering the week, Maryland led the ACC and ranked 10th nationally in field goal percentage defense at .377. The Terps have held 17 of the last 26 opponents under 40 percent shooting, including 10 of 17 ACC opponents. After North Carolina shot .455, Maryland's FG% defense dropped slightly to .380.
Super Subs
• Maryland's bench has been an asset all season, as the Terps' non-starters have outscored the opponents non-starters in 26 of 30 games (exceptions are Kentucky, George Mason, at North Carolina and at Georgia Tech).
• On the year, Maryland's bench has a 760-352 (25.9 to 12.0 per game) advantage over the opponent.
• All 10 players in Maryland's regular rotation are averaging double-figure minutes, and no player is averaging more than 28 minutes per game (Dez Wells is first at 27.5).
• Logan Aronhalt has been a consistent contributor as a long-range specialist. He is nine 3-point field goals made shy of qualifying for the ACC lead, but his .455 mark from beyond the arc would lead the league. He has made at least one 3-pointer in 24 of 30 games this season. Of his 61 field goals made this season, 51 are 3-pointers.
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