Nebraska (10-11, 3-7 B1G)Â
vs. Maryland (13-7, 4-5 B1G)
January 28, 2023
XFINITY Center
4:30 pm ET
COLLEGE PARK, MDÂ -Â Coming off one of its most complete games of the season in Wednesday's win over Wisconsin, Maryland returns home on Saturday to host Nebraska as part of the Terps' three-game home stand.
 The game will be televised on BTN starting at 4:30 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 196, One Maryland App) with Voice of the Terrapins Johnny Holliday (play-by-play), Chris Knoche (analyst), and Walt Williams (analyst) calling the action.
Saturday will also be the program's Fearless Women/Celebration of 50 Years of Title IX game. The Terps will wear a special '50' patch on their uniforms to recognize the Fearless Women in their lives. There will also be a signature board at Gate B for fans to sign naming who their Fearless Woman is among other fan-related items throughout the XFINITY Center.
Maryland is 10-1 this year at home including ranked wins over Illinois and Ohio State. This will be the first of two meetings between the Terps and the Cornhuskers this season.
Maryland enters Saturday's game at No. 38 in the current NCAA NET rankings with three Quad 1 wins (Illinois, Miami, Ohio State) and two Quad 2 wins (Saint Louis, Wisconsin). A total of 14 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 - NEBRASKA
- Maryland leads the all-time series 10-3 and has won four straight against the Huskers.Â
- Maryland is 5-1 at the XFINITY Center.
- Seven of the 13 all-time meetings have been decided by 5-or-fewer points including three decided by two.
Fear the jahmir
- Jahmir Young is one of 14Â active players in the NCAA to post 1,700 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 15.9 points and 3.1 assists per game. This season, he has a six 20-point games including a season-high 30 against No. 24 Ohio State. In Big Ten play, Young has been magnificent averaging 18.6 points and 5.6 rebounds. He is also the third-leading rebounder (5.1) and has the fourth-most blocked shots (11) on the team.
- Young is the nation's 13th-ranked active career scorer with at 16.6 point per game average and the 36th ranked player in overall points (1,738).
- 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.
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 UCLA.Â
- This is the 29th consecutive year Maryland has won at least 10 games at home, dating to the 1993-94 season.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 1,164 career points. He is also the 17th Terp to post 1,000 points and 500 rebounds in a career. Through 114 career games he now has 619 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 40th all-time in scoring and needs nine points to move past Obinna Ekezie (1995-99) for 39th. He needs 10 more boards to surpass Travis Garrison (2002-06) for 26th 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 78.3 points while allowing just 60.2 per game. Maryland is also averaging 16.7 made free throws and hold a +5.2 advantage in rebounds.Â
- The Terps are holding opponents to just .388 from the field and .291 from beyond the arc this season in wins.
- Maryland is 12-0 this season when leading at halftime (the Ohio State victory snapped a 14-game losing skid when trailing at the half) and 11-1 when committing fewer turnovers (turnovers were equal against Ohio State, only loss at #3 Purdue). The Terps are also 13-0 this year when leading with 5 minutes remaining in the game (16 straight).
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