COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The No. 4 Maryland men's basketball team, which is off to its best start in 21 years, continues Big Ten Conference play Tuesday at 7:00 pm as it travels for its first true road contest of the season against Penn State. 


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• The No. 4 Maryland men's basketball team, which is off to its best start in 21 years, continues Big Ten Conference play Tuesday at 7:00 pm as it travels for its first true road contest of the season against Penn State. 

• The Terps are looking to match the program record for consecutive wins top open a season (11) with the 1996-97 and 1975-76 teams. Maryland's 10-0 start is the second-best in program history, matching the 1998-99 and 1972-73 seasons. The Terps have won their first 10 games by an average margin of 17.1points.

• Maryland opened Big Ten play with a dramatic 59-58 win over Illinois, coming back from 15 points down in the second half to secure the victory. All-America candidate Anthony Cowan Jr. hit a game-tying 3-pointer with 19 seconds remaining, before stealing the ball and knocking down the game-winning free throw with two seconds left. 

• Maryland is 14-10 all-time against Penn State in a series that dates back to 1960. The teams met annually from 1960 to 1968. The Terps have won 5-of-8 meetings since joining the Big Ten.

• Sophomore Jalen Smith leads the Big Ten and ranks sixth nationally with six doubles-doubles this season. He posted five double-doubles last season as a freshman.

• Recently dubbed the "Mariano Rivera of college basketball" by ESPN analyst Seth Greenberg, All-American candidate Anthony Cowan Jr. has scored at least 20 points in four of his last five games. Cowan has scored 61-percent of his points in the second half of games this season.

• The Terps currently lead the Big Ten in turnover ratio (+3.3) and are forcing 14.7 turnovers/g. For comparison's sake, the Terps single-season high in the Turgeon era is 12.8/g in the 2013-14 season.

• Senior Anthony Cowan Jr. currently ranks 18th all-time in scoring at Maryland with 1,541 points. The Bowie, Md., native is also 8th all-time in assists (481). Cowan is one of three players in program history with 1,500 points and 450 assists (Greivis Vasquez, John Lucas).

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TERPS GAMEDAY

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