• Maryland holds a 2-0 record all-time against the Purple Eagles.
• This marks the first meeting between the two teams since the 2013 NIT - an 86-70 win for the Terps. Nick Faust led Maryland with 15 points and 11 rebounds. Tied at halftime, the Terrapins (23-12) used a 21-2 run to take a 56-38 lead before coasting to the finish.
• The only other meeting between the two teams was a 100-69 win for Maryland in 1972.

• Donta Scott and Hakim Hart anchor the 2022-23 Terps as the top returning scorers from a season ago.
• Scott was one of 20 players named to the Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Watch List as announced by the Basketball Hall of Fame in late October.
• This is Scott's second year on the watch list after also garnering the honor last season. He joins Jalen Smith (2019-20) and Jake Layman (2014-15) as Terps to be recognized. 
• Scott ranked as the No. 49 overall player nationally last season. He has played in 94 career games with 926 total points (9.9/game) and 493 rebounds (5.2/game).
• Scott averaged 12.6 points in 2021-22, good for third on the team, while also leading Maryland with a career-best 6.2 rebounds per game. 
• Hart averaged 9.9 points and 3.6 rebounds per game last season. He found consistency during the year reaching double-figures in 10 straight games from December to January - in his previous 55 college games, he reached 10-or-more points on nine occasions.
• Hart's most famous game was his 32-point performance against Saint Peter's during the 2020-21 season where he hit 11-of-13 from the field in his first collegiate start - that marked the most points for a Terp since Melo Trimble in 2017.

Welcome Back To The DMV, Jahmir

• The addition of two-time All-Conference USA and NABC All-District First Team selection Jahmir Young to this year's roster signified an inflection point for Maryland. The native of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, Young was a standout at DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville and played for Team Takeover, an elite AAU program in the DMV. 
• One of the top-20 ranked transfers entering the 2022-23 season, Young is the first Terp from the historical-power DeMatha program, just over 2 miles from campus, to play for Maryland since Travis Garrison from 2002-06.
• Following the 2021-22 season Young declared for the NBA Draft, but maintained his eligibility after withdrawing his name before the deadline of June 1, 2022. 
• In three seasons with the 49ers, Young started all 85 games played averaging 16.7 points, 5.4 rebounds, and 3.0 assists. He leads all Terps with 1,421 career points entering the year after posting a career-best 608 points last year.

Carey Adds Big Time Presence

• Shooting guard Don Carey leads the team with 116 collegiate games played in his career, including 108 starts, split between four different schools. 
• Carey played his last two seasons at Georgetown, helping the Hoyas to the 2021 Big East Tournament Championship. He averaged 13.5 points this past season and served as a team captain. He began his career at Mount St. Mary's before also playing at Siena College.
• On top of that, Carey represents another local talent playing for the Terps. Three of Willard's additions to the Terps' roster since he was hired last March have been in-state products with fellow Upper Marlboro native Jahmir Young joining Maryland after playing at Charlotte and Frederick's Noah Batchelor coming home after playing at IMG Academy.

Schedule News & Notes

• Of the Terps' 25 opponents in 2022-23, 14 played in the 2022 NCAA Tournament with Miami and Saint Peter's advancing to the Elite Eight along with Michigan, Providence, Purdue and UCLA playing in the Sweet 16. 
• Overall, of the Terps' 31 scheduled regular-season games, 17 will be against teams that played in the 2022 NCAA Tournament.
• The non-conference schedule will also be highlighted by playing in the Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off at Mohegan Sun against Saint Louis (Nov. 19, 1 p.m.) and either Miami or Providence (Nov. 20, 1/3:30 p.m.), facing Louisville (Nov. 29) in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, and taking on Tennessee (Dec. 11, 4:30 p.m.) at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn as part of the Basketball Hall of Fame Invitational. Maryland will also host future Big Ten foe UCLA (Dec. 14, 9 p.m.) in the XFINITY Center as part of a home-and-home series.
• A total of 10 opponents on Maryland's schedule were ranked in the final USA Today Coaches Top 25 Poll of the 2021-22 season.
• Maryland has 10 opponents on this year's slate who finished in the Top 50 NET rankings last season: Tennessee (7), UCLA (11), Purdue (12), Iowa (14), Illinois (15), Ohio State (23), Wisconsin (25), Michigan (27), Michigan State (38), Indiana (44).
• Five opponents enter the 2022-23 season ranked in the preseason Top 25 - No. 8 UCLA, No. 11 Tennessee, No. 13 Indiana, No. 22 Michigan, and No. 23 Illinois.