COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The No. 3 Maryland men's basketball team will play host to Rider Friday at 7 p.m. to cap a three-game homestand to kick off the 2015-16 season.
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• Maryland used big second half performances by Melo Trimble and Jake Layman to pick up a Gavitt Games victory over neighborhood foe Georgetown, 75-71, on Tuesday night. Trimble scored 17 of his 24 points in the second half against Georgetown. The sophomore went 12-for-14 from the charity stripe and picked up two assists and two steals en route to a Terrpain victory. Layman scored all 15 of his points in the second half on 4-for-5 shooting from the floor. Senior Rasheed Sulaimon added 10 points and a team-high seven assists on the night.
• Rider enters Friday's matchup with an 0-2 record with losses to Princeton and La Salle. Xavier Lundy leads the Broncs offensively, averaging 14 points per game, while Kahlil Thomas and Shawn Valentine are posting 5.5 and 5.0 boards per game, respectively. Maryland is 3-0 all-time against the Broncs, including an 83-67 win Dec. 13, 1995 in the last meeting between the two programs.
• Head coach Mark Turgeon is 22-6 in the month of November while at the helm of the Maryland basketball program. The Terps own a 12-game winning streak in the month of November, including a 7-0 run a year ago. Maryland has not dropped a game in November since Nov. 17, 2013 against Oregon State (90-83).
• Jake Layman is five boards shy of hauling in his 500th career rebound. He will become the 40th player in Maryland history to record 500 or more rebounds. The senior, who cracked the top 50 all-time scoring list this season, needs 16 points to move past Terrell Stoglin at No. 48 on the list.
• Junior transfer Robert Carter is a scorching .667 from the floor, ranking in third in the league, through two games this season. Carter is 10-for-15 from the floor, including a 5-for-8 showing in the last outing vs. Georgetown. The 6-9 forward is averaging 11 points and a team-high eight rebounds per game.
Scouting rider
• Rider enters Friday's matchup with an 0-2 record with losses to Princeton and La Salle.
• Xavier Lundy leads the Broncs offensively, averaging 14 points per game, while Kahlil Thomas and Shawn Valentine are posting 5.5 and 5.0 boards per game, respectively.
• The Broncs were picked to finish third in the 11-team MAAC on a vote by the conference coaches. Guard Teddy Okereafor was named to the Preseason First Team All-MAAC and junior guard Jimmie Taylor was named to the Third Team. Taylor was a Preseason Third Team All-MAAC guard last year and a former member of the MAAC All-Rookie Team. Taylor has started every game of his career and has compiled over 700 points and over 100 assists in his first two years.
#Rivarly-Renewed - Terps Down Georgetown
• Rasheed Sulaimon hit a 3-pointer with 1:18 left to break a tie, and No. 3 Maryland got 24 points from Melo Trimble in a rousing 75-71 victory over neighborhood rival Georgetown on Tuesday night.
• Maryland (2-0) was stretched to the finish against Georgetown, which led by seven in the second half before wilting.
• With the score tied at 68, Sulaimon made his only basket of the second half to put the Terrapins ahead to stay. Two free throws by Trimble upped the margin to five points with 12 seconds left, assuring Maryland a victory.
• Jake Layman scored 15 for the Terrapins and Robert Carter added 12.
Layman, Trimble Named to Wooden List
• Maryland men's basketball forward Jake Layman and guard Melo Trimble have been named to the John R. Wooden Award presented by Wendy's Preseason Top-50 as announced Tuesday on ESPN's SportsCenter and on ESPN.com.
• Chosen by a preseason poll of national college basketball experts, the list is comprised of 50 student-athletes who are the early front-runners for college basketball's most prestigious individual honor. Maryland is one of 12 schools in the country with multiple players in the top-50.
• The Top 50 nominees represent 10 conferences. The Big Ten leads all conferences with 10 selections, followed by the ACC (9), and the Big 12 (7), SEC (7), Pac-12 (5), Big East (4) and WCC (3).
Layman's Terms
• Senior forward Jake Layman is the lone four-year Terrapin on head coach Mark Turgeon's roster in 2015-16.
• Layman appeared in all 35 games last season, averaging 12.5 points and a team-high 5.8 rebounds per game. He scored his 1,000th point at Maryland against Indiana in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten tournament. He's averaging 15.5 points and five rebounds per game this season.
• The Wrentham, Mass., native is five rebounds-shy of the 500 mark as a Terrapin entering the 2015-16 campaign. He now ranks 49th all-time in Maryland career points with 1,051, 15-points shy of Terrell Stoglin (1,066).
Gameday guide
• The University of Maryland announced gameday initiatives for the upcoming 2015-16 men's and women's basketball season at XFINITY Center. A link to that release can be found here. New initiatives include several promotional activities, tasty food options, alcohol sales and parking information.
• Click here for the complete Maryland men's basketball gameday A-Z Guide.
