Terps Look To Extend Win Streak Against Alcorn State On Tuesday

Maryland (5-4) vs. Alcorn State (1-8)

December 12, 2023

XFINITY Center

7:00 p.m.

BTN

COLLEGE PARK, MD - Coming off a thrilling 81-75 overtime win over Penn State, Maryland returns home on Tuesday night to host Alcorn State. 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 Voice of the Terps Johnny Holliday calling the action alongside Chris Knoche and Walt Williams. The Terps look to remain unbeaten at home this year with a 16-game win streak in place (6th-longest nationally).

Game Promos

The game will be the annual Toys For Tots game. Fans are encouraged to bring toys to donate which will benefit youth in the community.
Season ticket holders will also be invited to take their family photo courtside with Santa Testudo after the game.
The ticket office is also offering a Throwback Thursday offer to buy one, get one half off tickets for this game.

Santa Testudo with a Terrapin fan family

Terps Look To Extend Home Win Streak To 17 Games

Julian Reese tied his career high with 24 points and posted his fifth double-double of the year with 15 rebounds, while Jahmir Young had a game-high 28 points (8 rebounds) to lead Maryland past Penn State last Wednesday, 81-75, in overtime. A tough three-point play by DeShawn Harris-Smith with 29.5 seconds to go in overtime sealed the win for the Terps - their 16th straight home victory and 14th consecutive home Big Ten win.
Young leads Maryland with 17.7 points per game after his third straight 20-point game and his fourth in the last five outings. Reese is now averaging a double-double with 15.9 points and 10.2 rebounds per game.
The Terps enter the game ranked 14th nationally in free throw attempts per game (26.7) and made 20-or-more in three of the last five games.
Maryland has won 16 straight home games which is tied as the 6th-longest streak nationally. The Terps won 11 straight home games last season after falling to UCLA and are 5-0 at the XFINITY Center this season.
In terms of conference win streaks, Maryland has won 14 consecutive league games dating back to Feb. 21, 2022 and thanks in part to last season's 10-0 mark in Big Ten home games. That streak is the seventh-best streak nationally spanning multiple seasons.
After going 16-1 at home last season, Maryland is 21-1 heading into Tuesday's game.

Guard Jahmir Young (1) Men's Basketball vs. Penn State University at Xfinity Center in College Park, MD on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023. Chris Lyons/Maryland Terrapins

Jahmir Young has averaged 21.2 points over the last five games.

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 2,133 career points ranks 2nd among active players in the NCAA behind Max Abmas of Texas (2,720 pts).
Young leads the Terps having scored in all 129 career games played. Only six times has he been held under 5 points in that stretch. Overall, Young has 114 double-figure scoring games with 45 20-point efforts.
Young's 45 20-point games are the most among all active Big Ten players.

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 tied his career high with 24 points while pulling down 15 boards against Penn State for his fifth double double of the year.

Great Scott!

Donta Scott became the 59th player in program history to reach 1,000 points last season. Through eight games this year, he now has 1,394 points and 737 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 five points to move past Dez Wells (1386, 2012-15) for 23rd. He needs nine 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 (137 GP - t6th most, 122 GS - 6th most, 3984 MIN - 9th 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).