Terps Host No. 1 Purdue On Tuesday Night

Maryland (9-4, 1-1 B1G) vs. Purdue (12-1, 1-1 B1G)

January 2, 2024

XFINITY Center

7:00 p.m.

Peacock

COLLEGE PARK, MD - The Terps return to action following the holiday break to open the New Year with a massive Big Ten game against No. 1 Purdue as league play will carry the schedule for the rest of the season. The game will tip at 7:00 PM and will be streamed on Peacock. 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 for its 20th consecutive home win, its sixth straight win overall, and its ninth win in the last 10 games. The Terps also hold a 14-game Big Ten win streak in place highlighted by going 10-0 in league play last year.

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Terps Look To Extend Home Win Streak To 20 Games; Host No. 1 Purdue

Maryland will be looking for its 20th consecutive home win, its sixth straight win overall, and its ninth win in the last 10 games. The Terps also hold a 14-game Big Ten win streak in place highlighted by going 10-0 in league play last year.
Maryland is coming off a 75-53 win over Coppin State last Thursday. Julian Reese led the way with 18 points and 10 rebounds for his sixth double-double of the year. Jahari Long had a career-high 15 points in place of a sick Jahmir Young, while Donta Scott added 12 points for his third straight game in double digits.
The Terps are 10-31 all-time against No. 1-ranked opponents, last beating the best team in the land on Jan. 19, 2008, when Maryland knocked off No. 1 North Carolina, 82-80, at the Dean Dome in Chapel Hill. James Gist had 22 points and 13 rebounds to lead the Terps and end UNC's 18-0 start to the season. Bambale Osby's layup with 21 seconds left in the game the Terps the win.
Maryland's last game against a No. 1 team came last year (March 18, 2023), when the Terps lost to No. 1 Alabama, 73-51, in the NCAA Tournament.
The Terps have lost their last five games against the No. 1 team dating to that win against the UNC in 2008.
During Maryland's dominant run in the early 2000s, the Terps won three consecutive games against No. 1 opponents, beating No. 1 Duke twice in both 2002 and 2003 and beating No. 1 Florida, 69-68 in overtime, in Gainesville on Dec. 10, 2003. The win was Gary Williams' 300th as Maryland's head coach.
Last year's win over No. 3 Purdue was the 51st all-time win vs. Top-5 opponent and 34th all-time win vs. a Top-3 opponent ... It was also the 7th win over Top-5 opponent at XFINITY Center.

The Terps topped No. 3 Purdue last season in front of a sold out XFINITY Center.

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 2,206 career points ranks 2nd among active players in the NCAA behind Max Abmas of Texas (2,756 pts).
Young leads the Terps having scored in all 132 career games played. Only six times has he been held under 5 points in that stretch. Overall, Young has 117 double-figure scoring games with 47 20-point efforts.
Young's 47 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 has six double doubles this year after going for 18 points and 10 rebounds against Coppin State.

Great Scott!

Donta Scott became the 59th player in program history to reach 1,000 points last season. Through 13 games this year, he now has 1,449 points and 768 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 tied for 20th all-time in scoring and needs 10 points to move past Derrick Lewis (1458, 1984-88) for 19th. He needs 14 more boards to pass Ekene Ibekwe (781, 2003-07) for No. 11 all-time and 16 to reach the top-10 overall.
Additionally, thanks to his fifth season, Scott (127 GS - 3rd most, 4122 MIN - 7th most) will have a chance to set Maryland's games started record (136, Steve Blake, 1999-03) and minutes played record (4568, Greivis Vasquez, 2006-10). He set the games played record (142) against Coppin State on Dec. 28.