Maryland (3-3) vs. Rider (1-4)
November 28, 2023
XFINITY Center
7:00 p.m.
B1G+
COLLEGE PARK, MD - Maryland closes out a three-game home stand on Tuesday night as the Terps host Rider at the XFINITY Center. The game will tip at 7:00 PM and will be streamed on B1G+. Fans can listen to the game on the Maryland Sports Radio Network with Voice of the Terps Johnny Holliday calling the action alongside Chris Knoche and Walt Williams. Maryland will be looking to extend its home winning streak to 15 games and its third consecutive.
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Terps looking for 15th straight home win
- Maryland led by as many as 22 points in the second half to win its second straight game, 68-55, over visiting South Alabama on Saturday night. Four players reached double figures for the Terps led by 19 from both Julian Reese and Donta Scott. With just four players scoring, it marked the first time since 1996-97 that Maryland has won a game with just four in the points column and just the third time in that span for Big Ten teams as well.
- Against UMBC, Maryland scored 57 first half points marking the most in an opening stanza since the Terps 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.
- Defensively, Maryland is allowing just 60.5 points per game which ranks 18th nationally. The Terps have given up under 60 three times: Mount St. Mary's (53), Villanova (57), and South Alabama (55).
- Dating back to last season, Maryland has a 14-game overall home win streak following the season-opening victory against Mount St. Mary's and this wins over UMBC and South Alabama.
- Home has been especially advantages for the Terps this year as they have a +21.3 scoring difference compared to road/neutral games. Maryland is averaging 76.0 points at home and 54.7 points on the road.
- The program record for an overall home win streak is 27 from Dec. 6, 2015-Feb. 13, 2016.
- Following a loss at home to No. 16 UCLA last December, the Terps then won 11 straight including nine Big Ten games at XFINITY.
The Terps have won 14 consecutive home games entering Tuesday 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 2,063 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.
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 six games this year, he now has 1,386 points and 730 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 24th all-time in scoring and needs 13 points to move past Dez Wells (1386, 2012-15) for 23rd. He needs 16 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 (135 GP - t10th most, 120 GS - t6th most, 3942 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).
Donta Scott continues to climb the all-time record lists for the Terps.
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