Regular-Season Finale As Men's Hoops Heads To Penn State

Big Ten Tournament seeding on the line as Terps take on Nittany Lions on Sunday.

vs. Penn State (18-12, 9-10 B1G)
March 5, 2023
Bryce Jordan Center
12:00 pm

COLLEGE PARK, MD - It's the final game of the regular season as Maryland heads to Penn State on Sunday afternoon night looking to secure a top-four seed in the Big Ten Tournament. The Terps can finish anywhere between a No. 2 seed and a No. 8 seed depending on the results of the final day of Big Ten play.

The game will be televised on BTN starting at 12:00 p.m., while fans can also listen to the Maryland Sports Network (105.7 FM - Baltimore, The TEAM 980 AM - Washington, D.C., Sirius XM 383, One Maryland App) with Matt Noble (play-by-play) and Chris Knoche (analyst) calling the action.

The Terps hit their stride since the Ohio State game on Jan. 8 winning 10 of 15 with Maryland currently tied for 2nd in the Big Ten standings. In that stretch, Maryland is tied with Purdue (10-4) and Indiana (10-5) for wins. Nine of those wins came at home where the Terps outscored teams by 13.0 points per game. Maryland is 4-2 this season in 'rematch' games after defeating Wisconsin, Michigan, Purdue and Minnesota (two-game sweep) at home. The losses came on the road in overtime at Nebraska and at Ohio State.

Maryland enters the game at No. 25 in the current NCAA NET rankings with three Quad 1 wins and six Quad 2 wins. The Terps currently have the second best NET rating in the Big Ten. After the win over Northwestern, Maryland is now 5-1 against Big Ten teams ranked in the AP Top 25 as well. Maryland also re-entered the top 25 this week at No. 21 in the AP and No. 24 in the USA Today Coaches Polls.

Series History - Penn state

Maryland leads the all-time series against Penn State, 16-13, including the win at the XFINITY Center earlier this season (74-68) on Jan. 11.
The Terps are 1-10 all-time on the road with the only win coming on Feb. 14, 2015.

Fear the jahmir

Jahmir Young is one of 18 active players in the NCAA to post 1,800 career points, 500 rebounds, and 300 assists.
Entering the season, many questioned Jahmir Young's ability to translate his scoring from C-USA to Power 5 play.
Young's response has been a team-best 15.9 points and 3.3 assists per game. This season, he has a eight 20-point games including a season-high 30 against No. 24 Ohio State. In Big Ten play, Young has been magnificent averaging 17.3 points. He is also the third-leading rebounder (4.7) overall, leads the team in steals (36) and has the fourth-most blocked shots (13) on the team.
Young is the nation's 12th-ranked active career scorer with at 16.5 point per game average and the 31st ranked player in overall points (1,899).
Young posted his first double-double (7th of his career) as a Terp with 30 points and 11 rebounds against No. 24 Ohio State. He became the first Maryland guard since Greivis Vasquez to post a 30-point, 10-rebound game. Vasquez had a triple-double with 35 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists against North Carolina on Feb. 21, 2009.
At 17.3 points in league play, Young ranks seventh among all Big Ten players in scoring for league games. His 29 steals also ranks fourth in Big Ten games.
In the win over Nebraska, he became one of two Big Ten players to post at least 18 points, 7 assists, and 6 steals in a game since 2002-03 joining Northwestern's Chase Audige who did so this January as well.

Best Defense In 40 Years

Allowing just 63.2 points per game, Maryland has put together one of its best defensive seasons in over 40 years during Kevin Willard's first year at the helm.
The last season to give up fewer than 63 points per game was 1981-82 - a year before the ACC used the three-point line and three before the shot clock was adopted in 1985-86.

Don Carey (0).Maryland Terrapins vs. the #3 Purdue Boilermakers at Xfinity Center in College Park, Maryland on Thursday, February 16, 2023.

Scott Reaches 1,000 Points; Eclipses 500 Boards

Donta Scott became the 59th player in program history to reach 1,000 points in the win over Miami. He scored 24 points in that game and now has 1,275 career points. He is also the 17th Terp to post 1,200 points and 600 rebounds in a career. Through 124 career games he now has 671 rebounds.
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 31st all-time in scoring and needs 16 points to move past Joe Smith (1290, 1993-95) for 30th. He needs two more boards to pass Jordan Williams (672) and four more to pass Jake Layman (674) for 18th and 17th, respectively.
Scott was one of 20 players named to the Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Watch List as announced by the Basketball Hall of Fame in late October.
This is Scott's second year on the watch list after also garnering the honor last season. He joins Jalen Smith (2019-20) and Jake Layman (2014-15) as Terps to be recognized.
Scott ranked as the No. 49 overall player nationally last season.

Winning numbers

When Maryland wins, the Terps are averaging 77.6 points while allowing just 59.9 per game. Maryland is also averaging 16.3 made free throws and holds a +4.9 advantage in rebounds.
The Terps are holding opponents to just .408 from the field and .307 from beyond the arc this season in wins.
Maryland is 18-0 this season when leading at halftime (the Ohio State victory snapped a 14-game losing skid when trailing at the half) and 16-2 when committing fewer turnovers (turnovers were equal against Ohio State). The Terps are also 20-1 this year when leading with 5:00 remaining (lost at Nebraska in OT).

Men's Basketball vs. Wisconsin at Xfinity Center in College Park, MD on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. Erin Tudryn/Maryland Terrapins

Hart of the Terps

Hakim Hart is closing out his senior campaign with some of his best numbers. The guard is averaging a career-best 11.8 points while averaging 4.3 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game.
Hart is the second-leading scorer for the Terps this season highlighted by four 20-point games including 23 against Penn State and 20 in the win over Minnesota.
Entering the Penn State game, Hart needs 83 points to reach 1,000 for his career - which would make him the fourth player on the team to reach that plateau for his career.
Over the last six games, Hart has turned in some of his best three point shooting of the year hitting 12-of-24 from deep (.500) while going 30-of-57 (.526) from the field overall.
Over the last 11 games (dating back to Jan. 25 against Wisconsin), Hart has been averaging 3.9 assists as well including eight against the Badgers, six against Minnesota at home, and seven against Northwestern.

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Players Mentioned

#13 Hakim Hart: G; 6' 8"; Senior

#24 Donta Scott: F; 6' 8"; Senior

#1 Jahmir Young: G; 6' 1"; Graduate Student

Players Mentioned

#13 Hakim Hart
: 6' 8"; Senior
: G

#24 Donta Scott
: 6' 8"; Senior
: F

#1 Jahmir Young
: 6' 1"; Graduate Student
: G

Players Mentioned

#13 Hakim Hart

#24 Donta Scott

#1 Jahmir Young

Players Mentioned

#13 Hakim Hart

#24 Donta Scott

#1 Jahmir Young