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Jahmir Young vs. Wisconsin
55
Wisconsin Wisc 12-7,4-5 Big Ten
73
Winner Maryland MD 13-7,4-5 Big Ten
Wisconsin Wisc
12-7,4-5 Big Ten
55
Final
73
Maryland MD
13-7,4-5 Big Ten
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Wisconsin Wisc 28 27 55
Maryland MD 32 41 73

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Terps Blast Past Badgers, 73-55

COLLEGE PARK, MD -- Four Maryland players scored at least 13 points, led by 22 from Jahmir Young, as the Terps rolled past Wisconsin in a blackout-themed night in an energetic XFINITY Center led by the return of students to campus, 73-55. The Terps (13-7, 4-5) have now won all four home conference games this season and are 10-1 overall at XFINITY Center. 

The Terps were propelled by a 12-0 run late in the first half followed by a hot start from the field in the second, with Maryland going 8-of-8 from the floor to build a 49-36 lead that the Badgers could never significantly cut into.

Young led the way once again for the Terps, turning in his sixth 20-plus point game of the year in addition to eight rebounds. Donta Scott was also huge all night, posting his second double-double of the year with 14 points and 11 boards. Julian Reese totaled 14 points and only missed one of his eight attempts from the field. Hakim Hart added 13 and led the way for the Terps as a facilitator, posting a career-high eight assists. 

The four of them combined for 63 of Maryland's 73 total points. 

In holding the Badgers to just 55 points, it was Maryland best defensive effort in a Big Ten game since holding Michigan State to 55 on Feb. 28, 2021. 

The Terps' 56.0 field goal percentage was their best in a conference game since March 8, 2020, when the Terps also shot 56 percent against Michigan in the game that clinched the Big Ten Championship. 

Wisconsin was led by 19 points from Connor Essegian. The Badgers dropped to 12-7 overall and 4-5 in Big Ten play with the loss. 
Willard's Take

"This building, especially when the students are in it, is electric. That wall is really cool; it's everything. This is a true home-court advantage.We haven't really capitalized on big runs, but we've gone on some good mini-runs with the press and it's really helped having a really good home crowd advantage."

From The Guys

"Just trying to be aggressive, trying to keep the crowd engaged so they keep cheering us on and making noise in the building," Young said of his mindset playing at home. "Just trying to be exciting, to make the game exciting and really just do it all for our home crowd."

"It's very important because it makes us very hard to guard," Hart said of the team's balanced attack offensively. "I feel like teams have a hard time guarding us when we're all clicking."

"I feel like they stole one from us when we played there, so we had to get them back," Young said of avenging an earlier loss to the Badgers. "I feel like we had to punch them in the mouth from the beginning and I feel like we did that." 



Breaking Down The Action
  • The two teams went up-and-down during the first six minutes of action, with both sides getting hot offensively and scoring an early 14 points. The Terps made all five of their final field goal attempts heading into the first media timeout, punctuated by a powerful dunk from Young.
  • Young and Scott combined to score 12 of Maryland's 14 first points. 
  • Both sides cooled off considerably as the two defenses made their mark on the game. The next six minutes of action only featured 10 combined points, with Wisconsin grabbing a slim 20-18 lead at the 7:41 mark. 
  • The Terps went on top thanks to an 8-0 run in a 1:28 span, capped off by a Scott three-ball in transition that forced Wisconsin to call a timeout with Maryland leading 28-23. 
  • Maryland scored the next four points to stretch it to a 12-0 run, holding Wisconsin without a point for over four minutes during that span. The run keyed a 32-28 halftime lead. Young led the Terps with 11 points at the half. 
  • Punctuated by a hanging lay-up in transition from Scott, the Terps jumped out a 49-36 lead just under five minutes into the second half. Maryland hit all of its first eight shot attempts and outscored Wisconsin 17-8 in that span to claim a 13-point lead, its largest of the night. 
  • The Terps continued to keep a significant lead for the remainder of play, led by 11 second half points and a perfect four-of-four shooting from the line from Young.
  • Maryland grabbed its biggest lead of the night at 17 points on a Young jumper with 4:03 remaining. 

Home Cookin'
  • Maryland has won seven consecutive Big Ten conference games at XFINITY, including all four games this season and the final three of last season.
  • The Terps are 10-1 at home this season with the lone loss coming to No. 8 UCLA. 
  • This is the 29th consecutive year Maryland has won at least 10 games at home, dating to the 1993-94 season. 

Double-Figures Update
  • Young reached double-digit scoring for the 17th time in 20 games – and sixth games in a row – this season with 22 points. He has now scored at least ten points 92 times in his career.
  • Reese (14 points) hit double figures for the ninth time this season and the 16th time in his career. Over the last five games, he has scored in double figures four times.
  • Scott's 14 points put him in double-figures for the 11th time this season and 56th time in his career. 
  • Hart's 13-point performance gave him 12 games in double-figures this season and 36th time for his career. 

Fear The Jahmir
  • Jahmir Young scored 20 points for the sixth time this season and the fourth time in five games. His six 20-point games this season is tied as the 12th most for a single-season since 2010-11. Dez Wells also had six 20-point games in 2012-13 and 2014-15. Terrell Stoglin has the most in that stretch with 22 in 2011-12.  
  • Young is averaging 21.6 over his last five games with 20 or more in four of those games (30, 26, 20, 22). 

Donta In The Record Books
  • Scott moved up to No. 40 in the all-time scoring records for Maryland with 1,164 career points. Next up is Obinna Ekezie (1, 172 from 1995-99).
  • Scott also moved up in the rebounding ranks with 11 boards today. He now has 619, good for No. 28 all-time. He passed No. 27 Gary Ward who grabbed 615 boards in 65 games from 1963-66. He is now chasing Travis Garrison (628 rebounds, 2002-06). 

Double-Double Donta
  • Scott had his second double-double of the season, both coming in the last four games as he finished with 14 points and 11 rebounds. He had 15 points and 11 rebounds against Iowa on Jan. 15. 
  • He now has six double-doubles in his career.  
  • It's his third game this season and 10th of his career with 10 or more rebounds. 

Dynamic Duo  
Hakim The Helper
  • Hakim Hart posted a career-high eight assists, breaking his former career-high of six, accomplished against Wingate (1/15/21). His season high this season was four at Louisville. 
  • Hart had a total of seven assists in his previous six games combined. 
  • Hart's eight assists were a new individual high for a Terp this season. Jahmir Young had seven assists against both Tennessee and Purdue.
  • Recording 37 minutes tonight, Hakim has now played at least 35 minutes in each of the Terps last five games.

Notes and Nuggets
  • Maryland is now 12-0 when leading at the half and has won 17 straight dating back to last year.
  • The Terps ended a three-game win streak for the Badgers in the series with the win. It also improved Maryland to 5-4 in home games against Wisconsin.
  • The Terps have owned the paint, scoring over 30 points in the paint for their fourth consecutive game including 38 tonight.
  • The Terps had their third straight game with single-digit turnovers with eight on the night. For the season, Maryland has five games overall with fewer than 10 miscues including a season-low six in the win over Michigan.
  • Maryland shot better than 50 percent for the fifth time this season in 20 games. It was the first time they did it in a Big Ten game. 
  • It was Maryland's best shooting game in a Big Ten game since March 8, 2020, the game that clinched the Terps the 2020 Big Ten Championship, when Maryland shot 56.0 percent against Michigan. 
  • Both coaching staffs wore special suits and sneakers as part of #SuitsAndSneakers week, a week put on by Coaches vs. Cancer.
  • Among those in attendance were Hall of Fame Coach Gary Williams and tennis star Frances Tiafoe, who is currently ranked in the Top 20 in the world in men's tennis. Football coach Michael Locksley and men's soccer coach Sasho Cirovski were also courtside.  

Up Next
  • The Terps will stay at home and face Nebraska on Saturday, Jan. 28 at 4:30 p.m., marking the second of a three-game homestand. The game will air on Big Ten Network and the Maryland Sports Radio Network.
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