Terps Host Nicholls On Tuesday Night

Maryland (6-4) vs. Nicholls (4-6)

December 19, 2023

XFINITY Center

8:30 p.m.

BTN

COLLEGE PARK, MD - Having won two straight and five of the last six, Maryland looks to close out its latest three-game home stand on Tuesday night against Nicholls. 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 17-game win streak in place (5th-longest nationally).

The game will be a homecoming of sorts for Nicholls head coach Tevon Saddler, the youngest head coach in the NCAA, as he was a member of Kevin Willard's staff last season serving as the Director of Player Personnel. Saddler was one of three from the staff last season to become head coaches joining Grant Billmeier (NJIT) and Tony Skinn (George Mason).

Game Promos

This halftime will feature the Wheaton Dance/Twirl team, with a special flaming baton!
The game will also feature discounted wall tickets which are available now: http://go.umd.edu/41nJzlx!

Get special discounts for Wall Tickets for the next four home games!

Terps Look To Extend Home Win Streak To 18 Games

The Terps hit the century mark for the second time this season with a 105-65 win over Alcorn State a week ago. Six players hit double figures for the first time since 2018, while the two 100-point games in a season was the first to do so since 2010-11. The 40-point win margin was also the program's best since defeating Wingate, 100-58, on Jan. 15, 2021.
Jahmir Young leads Maryland with 17.2 points per game along with 4.2 assists and 3.3 rebounds. Julian Reese is now averaging nearly a double-double with 15.8 points and 9.9 rebounds per game.
The Terps enter the game ranked 3rd nationally in free throw attempts per game (28.0) and 7th in made free throws per game (19.7).
Maryland has won 17 straight home games which is tied as the 5th-longest streak nationally. The Terps won 11 straight home games last season after falling to UCLA and are 6-0 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 22-1 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 is the active Big Ten leader in career points (2,146) and 20 point games (45)

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 2,146 career points ranks 2nd among active players in the NCAA behind Max Abmas of Texas (2,740 pts).
Young leads the Terps having scored in all 130 career games played. Only six times has he been held under 5 points in that stretch. Overall, Young has 115 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 10 games this year, he now has 1,405 points and 763 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 23rd all-time in scoring and needs 10 points to move past James Gist (1414, 2003-08) for 22nd. He needs 29 more boards to pass Ekene Ibekwe (781, 2003-07) for No. 12 all-time and 34 to reach the top-10.
Additionally, thanks to his fifth season, Scott (139 GP - 3rd most, 124 GS - t4th most, 4032 MIN - 8th 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).