Maryland (13-6, 3-4 B1G)
vs. No. 3 Purdue (18-1, 7-1 B1G)
January 22, 2023
Mackey Arena
1:00 pm ET
COLLEGE PARK, MD - Coming off a near wire-to-wire win over Michigan on Thursday, Maryland heads to No. 3 Purdue for a Sunday matinee on FS1. The Terps and Boilermakers have played a tight series in the Big Ten with seven meetings determined by five-or-fewer points including back-to- back one-point decisions in the last two games.
 The game will be televised on FS1 starting at 1:00 p.m., while fans can also listen to the Maryland Sports Network (105.7 FM - Baltimore, The TEAM 980 AM - Washington, D.C., Sirius XM 389, One Maryland App) with Voice of the Terrapins Johnny Holliday (play-by-play) and Chris Knoche (analyst) calling the action.
The series with Purdue has been one of the more closely contested since Maryland joined the Big Ten with the Boilermakers holding a 7-5 edge in the series. Seven of the 12 meetings have been decided by five-or-fewer points including three one-point games. Each of the last two meetings were decided by a single point.
Maryland enters Sunday's game at No. 46 in the current NCAA NET rankings with two Quad 1 wins (Miami, Ohio State) and two Quad 2 wins (Illinois, Saint Louis). A total of 13 games for the Terps are currently Quad 1. The Terps have been as high as No. 6 in the NET and as high as No. 13 in the AP Top 25 Poll.
Series History - Purdue
- Purdue leads the all-time series 7-5 but Maryland has won three of the last five.Â
- Maryland is 3-4 against Purdue when the Boilermakers are ranked in the AP Top 25 poll. Purdue was ranked No. 3 in the (2018, 2022 (L) meeting, No. 12 in 2019 (W), No. 18 in 2016 (W), No. 20 in 2016 (L), No. 23 in 2017 (L), and No. 24 in 2021 (W).
Fear the jahmir
- Jahmir Young is one of 14Â active players in the NCAA to post 1,600 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 15.8 points and 2.8 assists per game. This season, he has a five 20-point games including a season-high 30 against No. 24 Ohio State. In Big Ten play, Young has been magnificent averaging 19.3 points and 5.0 rebounds. He is also the third-leading rebounder (4.8) and has the fourth-most blocked shots (9) on the team.
- Young is the nation's 12th-ranked active career scorer with at 16.6 point per game average and the 38th ranked player in overall points (1,706).
- Young posted his first double-double (7th of his career) as a Terp with 30 points and 11 rebounds against No. 24 Ohio State. He became the first Maryland guard since Greivis Vasquez to post a 30-point, 10-rebound game. Vasquez had a triple-double with 35 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists against North Carolina on Feb. 21, 2009.
- Over the last six games, Don Carey has begun to get his sharp-shooting rhythm back. In that stretch, Carey has hit 13-of-32 (.406) from beyond the arc. If you take out an 0-for-8 effort at Michigan in those six games, Carey's is converting at .542 in the other four games (UMBC, Rutgers, Ohio State, Iowa, Michigan at home).
- Carey tied his career-best total with five triples against UMBC going 5-of-7 to finish with a season-high 19 points.
- He was 4-of-8 at Rutgers and 2-of-2 in the win over No. 24 Ohio State.
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 1,145 career points. He is also the 17th Terp to post 1,000 points and 500 rebounds in a career. Through 112 career games he now has 604 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 is now 42nd all-time in scoring and needs nine points to move past Buck Williams (1978-81) for 41st. He needs 12 more boards to surpass Gary Ward (1963-66) for 27th in career rebounds.
- 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.
Winning numbers
- When Maryland wins, the Terps are averaging 78.8 points while allowing just 60.7 per game. Maryland is also averaging 17.2 made free throws and hold a +4.8 advantage in rebounds.Â
- The Terps are holding opponents to just .387 from the field and .283 from beyond the arc this season in wins.
- Maryland is 11-0 this season when leading at halftime (the Ohio State victory snapped a 14-game losing skid when trailing at the half) and 10-0 when committing fewer turnovers (turnovers were equal against Ohio State). The Terps are also 12-0 this year when leading with 5 minutes remaining in the game (15 straight dating back to last season).
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