Terps Extend Home Win Streak With 105-65 Win Over Alcorn State

Tuesday, December 12

College Park, MD

7 PM

Maryland

6-4,1-1Big Ten

105

Alcorn State

1-9,0-0SWAC

Team	1	2	F
Alcorn	33	32	65
Maryland	47	58	105

Terps Extend Home Win Streak With 105-65 Win Over Alcorn State

12/12/2023 7:00:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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COLLEGE PARK, MD -- Maryland men's basketball won its 17th home game in a row, dominating Alcorn State, 105-65, on Tuesday at XFINITY Center. Six Terps scored in double-figures, a feat that hasn't occurred since 2018.

The Terps (6-4) have won every home game since last season's match-up in December against UCLA. That marks the second longest home win streak for the Terps since winning 27 straight from Dec. 6, 2014 through Feb. 9, 2016.

Maryland scored 100-plus points for the second game this season, marking the first season since 2010-11 that Maryland hit the century mark twice in a campaign. The Terps scored their most points in a game since beating Longwood, 106-52 on Feb. 9, 2011.

The 40-point margin of victory marked the highest since a 100-58 win over Wingate on Jan. 15, 2021.

Freshman forward Jamie Kaiser, Jr. set a new career-high in points (12) a game removed from setting his previous best of 10 points against Penn State on Dec. 6. Fellow freshman guard Jahnathan Lamothe also recorded a career-high 10 points on 4-of-5 shooting from the floor---his big game came on his birthday.

Maryland deployed a balanced and efficient scoring attack throughout the game by scoring effectively in the paint, at the free-throw line and from three-point range.

The Terps excelled with outside shooting to the tune of a season-high 14 three-pointers made. They shot 47% (14-of-30), also a season high. It's the most three-pointers made since hitting 14-of-22 against Northwestern last year on Feb. 26, 2023.

The Terps defense swarmed Alcorn State playmakers, forcing 19 turnovers throughout the contest.

The win was an overall team effort as 10 different Terps logged minutes in the first half with nine of them recording at least two points. The same dynamic continued to the end of the match with the Terps accumulating 44 points from their bench in the contest.

The game was part of Maryland's annual Toys For Tots event where fans brought toys to donate to the local youth community.

Byron Joshua led the way for Alcorn State (1-9) with 14 points.

TERPS WIN!!!

Six guys in double figures
— Maryland Men's Basketball (@TerrapinHoops) December 13, 2023

Coach Willard's Take

"Being at home we've been able to get into a rhythm, we've been able to put a lot of work in [and] we've been able to have some time off. We put a lot of individual work in over the last two weeks. So being at home and getting into a rhythm, I knew it was only a matter of time until we'd start shooting the ball better."

From The Guys

"It's contagious because [for] everybody it's just positive energy," Harris-Smith said about everybody knocking down 3-pointers. "You see your teammate make a shot [and it] just gives you positive energy to step into the next one and knock it down. I feel like we're just being great teammates out there and just playing for each other. I mean, when you do that the ball is gonna go in the hoop."

"They put a lot of work in, young guys just ready to make an impact," Jahmir Young said referring to Kaiser and Lamothe's career day. "They've been working on their game so for them to be able to see their shots falling and for us to be on the sideline cheering for them was great. It was a great team win so couldn't ask for anything better than that."

Press Conference!

DHS and Jahmir Young post Alcorn State https://t.co/0qYj0heULg
— Maryland Men's Basketball (@TerrapinHoops) December 13, 2023

Breaking Down the Action

Senior forward Jordan Geronimo got off to a hot start by scoring six of Maryland's first eight points in the first five minutes of action.
Jamie Kaiser, Jr. and Noah Batchelor knocked down back-to-back 3-pointers in less than 20 seconds to give the Terps an 11-17 advantage at the 13:21 mark.
A 3-pointer by Batchelor gave Maryland its first double-digit advantage of the game with just over nine minutes to play in the first. He started his night 2-2 from long range.
Alcorn State cut the lead to five points after making five of its last six shots from the floor and scoring six unanswered points in just 30 seconds.
The Terps and the Braves traded buckets for several minutes after, but they pulled ahead by 14 late to enter halftime leading 47-33.
Maryland connected on its first three three-pointers in the second half. DeShawn Harris-Smith made two of the three and helped the Terps take a commanding 20+ point lead four minutes in.
The Terps conducted a 13-0 run spanning the course of five minutes to stretch the lead to 29 points. The Terps defense also forced four turnovers during the run.
Maryland continued to live by the three-point shot and extended its lead to 40 points to close out the game - its largest lead of the night.

💯😄

It's a 39-point lead! pic.twitter.com/YRhsbJbM9X
— Maryland Men's Basketball (@TerrapinHoops) December 13, 2023

Home Cookin'

The Terrapins extended their home winning streak to 17 games dating back to last season.
The Terps 17-game home win streak is tied for the sixth-longest nationally.
With 17 wins dating back to last season's matchup on Dec. 22 against Saint Peters. That marks the second longest home win streak for the Terps since winning 27 straight from Dec. 6, 2014 through Feb. 9, 2016.
Maryland will head to the active national leader, UCLA, for its next game. The Bruins have won 29 consecutive games at Pauley Pavilion.

Century Mark X2

Maryland scored 100 points in a game for the second time this season as the Terps scored 103 vs. Rider on November 28.
The last time Maryland scored 100+ points in multiple games in a season was in 2010-11, when they beat Seattle, 105-76 on Nov. 8, 2010 and Longwood, 106-52 on Feb. 9, 2011.

Most Double-Figure Scorers Since 2018

The last time the Terps had six players score in double-figures in a game: Anthony Cowan Jr. (23), Jalen Smith (20), Eric Ayala (13), Bruno Fernando (11), Aaron Wiggins (11), Serrel Smith Jr. (10) vs. Loyola Maryland, 12/11/2018.

Double-Figure Factors

Jahmir Young dropped double-figures for the 115th time in his career and the ninth time this season.
Jamie Kaiser, Jr. posted double-figures for the second consecutive game.
Julian Reese 38th double-figure game of his career, with the junior doing so for the ninth time this season and in his seventh consecutive game.
DeShawn Harris-Smith scored in double-figures for the fourth time so far this season.
Jordan Geronimo scored in double-figures for the 12th time in his career and for the third time so far this season.
Jahnathan Lamothe scored a career-high 10 points for his first time in double-figures.

DHS cooking 🔥

three triples tonight pic.twitter.com/OihTaOmrE4
— Maryland Men's Basketball (@TerrapinHoops) December 13, 2023

Career Performances

Several Terps set or tied their career-high in scoring.
Jamie Kaiser, Jr. scored a career-high 12 points.
Jahnathan Lamothe's 10 points were a career-high.
Caelum Swanton-Rodger scored eight points for a career-best.
Noah Batchelor's six-point evening tied his career best.

Fear The Jahmir

With 13 points in the game, Jahmir Young added to his career scoring total and now has 2,146 points. He is the second-leading active scorer in the nation behind Texas' Max Abmas (2,720).
Young is the only active player in the nation with 2,000+ points, 600+ rebounds and 400 assists as he has 2,146, 652 rebounds and 408 assists.
Young has made 24 free throws in a row, making six in the game.

Scott Climbing the Charts

After scoring seven points, Donta Scott increased his career total to 1,405 points, moving him to No. 23 all-time as he passed Dez Wells (1,398, 2012-15). Next up is No. 22 James Gist (1,414, 2004-08).
Scott grabbed six rebounds to increase his career total to 753 rebounds, good for No. 12 all-time. Next up is Ekene Ibekwe who grabbed 781 boards from 2003-07.
Scott played in his 139th career game as a Terp and is now sixth in program history. Scott also started his 124th career game which ranks sixth-most in program history.

Numbers To Know

3: DeShawn Harris-Smith was 3-of-4 from three-point range, the most threes he has made this season.
6: Maryland had since players score in double-figures for the first time since Dec. 11, 2018.
10: Jahnathan Lamothe scored a career-high ten points.
14: Maryland made a season-best 14 three-pointers in the win.
19: Maryland forced 19 Alcorn State turnovers.
24: Jahmir Young has made 24 free throws in a row, making six in the game.
40: Maryland's 40-point margin of victory was the largest since Jan. 15, 2021.
46.7: The Terps shot a season-best 46.7% from three-point range.
100: Maryland has scored 100-plus points twice in a season for the first time since 2010-11.
105: The 105 points were the most since scoring 106 vs. Longwood on Feb. 5, 2011.
298: Head Coach Kevin Willard won his 298th career game. 28 wins have come at Maryland.

Up Next

Maryland remains home for a Tuesday, Dec. 19 match-up against Nicholls State at 8:30 p.m. on BTN. The game will also air on the Maryland Sports Network.