UMBC (9-4)
vs. RV/21 Maryland (9-3)
December 29, 2022
XFINITY Center
7:00 pm ET
COLLEGE PARK, MD - After a week off to celebrate the holiday season, the No. 21 Maryland men's basketball team returns to action on Thursday night to host UMBC at the XFINITY Center. The Terps enter this week at No. 21 in the USA Today Coaches Poll and are receiving votes in the AP Top 25 Poll. The game will be televised on ESPNU starting at 7 p.m., while fans can also listen to the Maryland Sports Network (105.7 FM - Baltimore, The TEAM 980 AM - Washington, D.C., One Maryland App) with Voice of the Terrapins Johnny Holliday (play-by-play), Chris Knoche (analyst), and Walt Williams (analyst) calling the action.
The Terps snapped a three-game skid with a 75-45 win over Saint Peter's last Thursday paced by 20 points from Hakim Hart. The Retrievers enter the game having won six straight, but will be playing their first game in an 11-day stretch. The game will also be the final non-conference contest of the season for the Terps before heading back into Big Ten play starting Jan. 1 at Michigan.
Maryland enters Thursday's game at No. 23 in the current NCAA NET rankings. Maryland has a Quad 1 win (Miami) and a Quad 2 win (Illinois). A total of 13 games for Maryland are currently Quad 1.
Series History - UMBC
- Maryland is 14-0 all-time against UMBC including the most recent meeting in 2017.
- The two teams played annually throughout the 1990's but the series fell off after the 2000 season with just two meetings in 2002 and 2017 after that decade-long stretch.Â
Fear the jahmir
- Jahmir Young is closing in on becoming one of 13 active players in the NCAA to post 1,500 career points, 500 rebounds, and 300 assists.
- Entering the season, many questioned Jahmir Young's ability to translate his scoring from C-USA to Power 5 play. Young's response has been a team-best 14.4 points and 3.3 assists per game. To date, he has a pair of 20-point games including a season-high 24 against then-No. 16 Illinois. In the stretch of Illinois, Wisconsin, and No. 7 Tennessee, he averaged 19.7 points. He is also the fourth-leading rebounder (4.4) and has the fourth-most blocked shots (8) on the team.
- Young is the nation's ninth-ranked active career scorer with at 16.4 point per game average and the 47th ranked player in overall points (1,594).
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Terps Have Four Averaging Double-Figures
- Maryland features four players averaging in double figures so far this season. Led by Jahmir Young's 14.4 points, Donta Scott is just behind at 13.4 per game. Hakim Hart (12.7) and Julian Reese (11.2) round out the quartet.
- Hart, Reese, and Scott are all averaging career-best scoring totals to begin the season.
- The win over Coppin State featured three players scoring 20-or-more points in a game for the first time in 20 years: Julian Reese (24), Hakim Hart (22), and Jahmir Young (21).
- Maryland has a 12.8 scoring margin which ranks 47th nationally.Â
Scott Reaches 1,000 Points; Eclipses 500 Boards
- Donta Scott became the 59th player in program history to reach 1,000 points in the win over Miami. He scored 24 points in that game and now has 1,087 career points. He is also the 17th Terp to post 1,000 points and 500 rebounds in a career. Through 106Â career games he now has 566Â rebounds.
- Darryl Morsell (1,090 points / 510 rebounds / 2018-21) and Anthony Cowan (1,881 points / 508 rebounds / 2017-20) were the most recent Terps to post 1,000/500.
- Scott passed Terrell Stoglin (1,066) in the game against Tennessee and is now tied for No. 52 alongside Keith Gatlin (1,087) in career scoring. With eight rebounds against the Vols, he passed current Houston Rocket Bruno Fernando (558) for 36th all-time. He needs five more boards to surpass Rodney Elliott for 35th.
- 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.
Maryland One of the Top Producers of 1,000 point scorers
- With Donta Scott reaching the 1,000 point mark for his career earlier this season, Maryland's 59 all-time 1,000 point scorers ranks as the 10th most among all schools and is tied with UCLA.
- The Terps have three 1,000 point scorers on this season's roster but Jahmir Young (1,594 pts) and Don Carey (1,299 points) hit the mark at their previous institutions.
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