Terps Look To Extend Home Win Streak On Saturday Versus South Alabama

Maryland (2-3) vs. South Alabama (4-3)

November 25, 2023

XFINITY Center

7:00 p.m.

BTN

COLLEGE PARK, MD - After snapping a three-game skid on Tuesday night with an emphatic win over UMBC, the Terps continue their home stand on Saturday night as South Alabama visits the XFINITY Center. The game will tip at 7:00 PM and will be televised on BTN. Fans can listen to the game on the Maryland Sports Radio Network with Brendan Hartlove calling the action alongside Chris Knoche and Walt Williams. This will be the first all-time meeting between the two programs.

Terps looking for 14th straight home win

After sluggish offensive performances the prior three games, Maryland exploded in the first half against UMBC with 57 points before cruising to a 92-68 win over the Retrievers. That improved Maryland to 16-0 all-time against UMBC and marked the 13th straight home win overall.
The 57 first half points marked the most in an opening stanza since Maryland also scored 57 against Longwood on Jan. 19, 2010. Since 1996-97, it marked the 13th time the Terps have put up 57+ points in an opening half. The most in that span was 67 against North Texas (12/23/98) and against UMBC (12/13/97) as well.
Defensively, Maryland is allowing just 61.6 points per game which ranks 46th nationally. The Terps gave up under 60 to both Mount St. Mary's (53) and Villanova (57), while holding Villanova to a season-low 57 points.

The Terps have won 13 consecutive home games entering Saturday night.

Fear The Jahmir

After a standout season in 2022-23, Jahmir Young, one of the top point guards in the country, has racked up the preseason accolades. He has been named to the Wooden Award Preseason Top 50 and is a member of the Bob Cousy Award Watch List as well. Young was also a unanimous selection to the Preseason All-Big Ten Team, the first unanimous pick for Maryland since Cowan in 2019.
Additionally, Young picked up Preseason All-America honors from Blue Ribbon and Lindy's, while The Field of 68 had him on the All-Big Ten Preseason Team and ranked him as the No. 35 of 100 top players nationally entering 2023-24.
Last season, Young was a second team All-Big Ten selection, was named to the USBWA All-District Team, and selected to the NABC All-District Second Team. Additionally, he was chosen as the Pigskin Club of Washington Collegiate Player of the Year.
Young is looking to become just the sixth NCAA player since 2006 to post 1,000 points at two different institutions during his career. Prior to the the extra year of eligibity due to COVID-19, only three players had achieved the feat in the past 20 years. Young's 2,047 career points ranks 2nd among active players in the NCAA behind Max Abmas of Texas (2,630 pts).

Jahmir Young is a member of the Wooden Award Preseason Top 50, the Bob Cousy Watch List, and was a unanimous pick to the preseason All-B1G Team.

JuJu Beast

After a breakout sophomore campaign that saw Julian Reese become one of the top big men in the Big Ten, the Baltimore native enters 2023-24 with high praise. Reese joined Jahmir Young on the Preseason All-Big Ten Team and was named to the Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award Watch List.
Reese showed his impact for the Terps in 2022-23 as he scored in double-figures in 22 games with a career-high 24 points against Coppin State. He had seven double-doubles on the year including 17 points, 12 rebounds at Ohio State.
Had one of his best league outings going toe-to-toe with Purdue's Big Ten Player of the Year Zach Edey where Reese scored 19 points on 8-of-11 shooting while adding three rebounds and committing zero turnovers.
Reese finished 2022-23 tied for second on the team in scoring at 11.4 points and led the Terps in rebounds (7.2).
In two NCAA Tournament games last year, Reese averaged 15.5 points against West Virginia and No. 1 Alabama.
His 63.2 field goal percentage last season stands as the third-best mark in Maryland program history for a single season.

Forward Julian Reese (10) Maryland Men's Basketball during Basketball B1G Media Day at Target Center in Minneapolis, MN on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. Mackenzie Miles/Maryland Terrapins

Julian Reese has a pair of double doubles this season including a 15-point, 13-rebound effort against UMBC.

Great Scott!

Donta Scott became the 59th player in program history to reach 1,000 points last season. Through five games this year, he now has 1,367 points and 723 rebounds. He is also the 17th Terp to post 1,300 points and 600 rebounds in a career.
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 27th all-time in scoring and needs four points to move past Will Hetzel (1370, 1967-70) for 26th. He needs 23 more boards to pass Maryland all-time great Len Bias (745, 1982-86) for No. 12 all-time.
Additionally, thanks to his fifth season, Scott (134 GP - 11th most, 119 GS - t8th most, 3910 MIN - 10th most) will have a chance to set Maryland's games played record (141, Jake Layman, 2012-16), the games started record (136, Steve Blake, 1999-03), and minutes played record (4568, Greivis Vasquez, 2006-10).