COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The No. 13 Maryland men's basketball team returns home to face Northwestern at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday at XFINITY Center.
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• Jake Layman had 13 points and Jared Nickens finished with 12 for No. 13 Maryland, which fell to No. 23 Indiana, 89-70, Thursday night at Assembly Hall. Maryland trailed 38-35 at halftime and was led by Layman's 11 first-half points. Indiana opened the second half on a 14-3 run the first 4:08 of the stanza to take a commanding 12-point lead.
• Melo Trimble has been tabbed to the U.S. Basketball Writers Association Midseason Oscar Robertson Trophy and Integris Wayman Tisdale Award Midseason Watch List, announced Jan. 23. The Wayman Tisdale award - presented to the national freshman of the year - and the Oscar Robertson Trophy - given to the national player of the year – are presented at the Devon Energy College Basketball Awards on April 14.
• Maryland is 2-0 following a loss this season and Jake Layman is averaging 17.5 points the game following a loss. Four Terps scored in double-figures, led by Layman's 14 points, in a 69-60 win at Purdue on Jan. 10 after falling to Illinois on the road Jan. 7. The Terps rebounded with a 20 point-win over Winthrop after falling to Virginia on Dec. 3. Layman scored a then season-high 21 points.
• Maryland men's head basketball coach Mark Turgeon and his staff will wear Under Armour tennis shoes in the game versus Northwestern as part of the American Cancer Society's Suits and Sneakers initiative. The Terps and Northwestern will be wearing gray shoes to help raise awareness in the fight against brain cancer, a disease that former Maryland manager Zach Lederer valiantly battled until his death in March of 2014 at the age at the age of 20.
• Northwestern fell to Ohio State, 69-67, its last time out. The Wildcats are 10-9 overall and 1-5 in Big Ten play this season. NU is led by a trio of players averaging double-figure scoring, including Tre Demps (12.0), Bryant McIntosh (11.9) and Alex Olah (11.2). The Wildcats have scored 70 more points (574-644) in the second half of games this season. Head coach Chris Collins was a long-time assistant coach at Duke.
• Dez Wells set a then-career high with 23 points as Maryland blew out Northwestern in the second half en route to a 77-57 win in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge on Nov. 27, 2012 in Evanston. The Terps are 1-1 in the all-time series against Northwestern.
Terps fall to hot-shooting hoosiers thursday
• Jake Layman had 13 points and Jared Nickens finished with 12 for No. 13 Maryland, which fell to No. 23 Indiana, 89-70, Thursday night at Assembly Hall.
• Maryland trailed 38-35 at halftime and was led by Layman's 11 first-half points. Indiana opened the second half on a 14-3 run the first 4:08 of the stanza to take a commanding 12-point lead.
• The Hoosiers connected on 60 percent of their shots, including a scorching 15-for-22 from three-point range en route to the victory.
Scouting Northwestern
• Northwestern fell to Ohio State, 69-67, its last time out. The Wildcats are 10-9 overall and 1-5 in Big Ten play this season. NU is led by a trio of players averaging double-figure scoring, including Tre Demps (12.0), Bryant McIntosh (11.9) and Alex Olah (11.2). The Wildcats have scored 70 more points (574-644) in the second half of games this season. Head coach Chris Collins was a long-time assistant coach at Duke.
• Dez Wells set a then-career high with 23 points as Maryland blew out Northwestern in the second half en route to a 77-57 win in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge on Nov. 27, 2012 in Evanston. The Terps are 1-1 in the all-time series against Northwestern.
After a Loss...
• Maryland is 2-0 following a loss this season and Jake Layman is averaging 17.5 points the game following a loss.
• Four Terps scored in double-figures, led by Layman's 14 points, in a 69-60 win at Purdue on Jan. 10 after falling to Illinois on the road Jan. 7. The Terps rebounded with a 20 point-win over Winthrop after falling to Virginia on Dec. 3. Layman scored a then season-high 21 points.
Trimble Named to Two USBWA Midseason Watch Lists
• Maryland freshman guard Melo Trimble has been tabbed to the U.S. Basketball Writers Association
Midseason Oscar Robertson Trophy and Integris Wayman Tisdale Award Midseason Watch Lists, announced Jan. 23.
• The Wayman Tisdale award - presented to the national freshman of the year - and the Oscar Robertson
Trophy - given to the national player of the year – are presented at the Devon Energy College Basketball
Awards on April 14 at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City.
terps participate in suits and sneakers
• Maryland men's head basketball coach Mark Turgeon and his staff will wear Under Armour tennis shoes in the game versus Northwestern as part of the American Cancer Society's Suits and Sneakers initiative.
• The Terps and Northwestern will be wearing gray shoes to help raise awareness in the fight against brain cancer, a disease that former Maryland manager Zach Lederer valiantly battled until his death in March of 2014 at the age at the age of 20.
Meet the B1g: Northwestern
- Head Coach: Chris Collins
- Venue: Welsh-Ryan Arena (8,117)
- Fact: NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Otto Graham was an All-American on the Wildcat basketball team from 1940-1944
Get to know the big Ten conference
- Big Ten has had seven First Team AP All-Americans over the last five years…same as ACC, SEC, Big 12 and Pac 12 COMBINED
- Big Ten has had two of the past five Wooden Award winners
- Big Ten has more NCAA Tournament appearances over last five years than any conference (31)
- Big Ten has more Sweet 16 appearances over last five years than any conference (16)…SEC is second closest with 10
- Big Ten leads all conferences with nearly 5 million alumni and more than 460,000 students.
