Terps Battle Kansas State Saturday at Barclays
11/26/2016 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The Maryland men's basketball team aims for a fourth-straight holiday tournament title when it faces Kansas State in the 2016 Barclays Classic Saturday at 9:30 p.m. in Brooklyn. The game will air live on the American Sports Network.
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• Melo Trimble matched a career-high with 31 points and Maryland rallied for an 88-82 overtime win over Richmond in its opening game of the 2016 Barclays Classic Friday night.
• Maryland's sensational rookie trio of Anthony Cowan, Kevin Huerter and Justin Jackson combined for 46 of the Terps' 88 points and 22 of 46 rebounds in their win over Richmond Friday.
• Melo Trimble has been sensational in holiday tournament action in his first three years at Maryland. In five games, Trimble has averaged 21 points per game and shot 60 percent from the floor (34-for-57). The Upper Marlboro, Md., native recorded a career-high 31 points against Arizona State in the CBE Classic in 2014 and posted 31 points against Richmond Friday. He was named Most Valuable Player at both the Cancun Challenge and the CBE Classic while leading the Terps to both titles.
• With 32 made free throws in the last three games, Melo Trimble moved into the top 10 and became the eighth Terrapin to record 400 or more made FTs in a career. After hitting six against Richmond, he is now seventh, passing Maryland legend Tom McMillen (410). The Terps are 27-4 when Trimble gets to the line at least seven times.
• Melo Trimble scored 17 points on a perfect 7-for-7 shooting performance, and then-No. 2 Maryland beat Rhode Island 86-63 on Nov. 25 to win the 2015 Cancun Challenge. The championship was the Terps' 31st holiday tournament title and their third consecutive after winning the Paradise Jam in 2013 and the CBE Classic in 2014.
• Head coach Mark Turgeon is 32-6 in the month of November while at the helm of the Maryland basketball program.
