Maryland (9-5, 1-2 B1G) vs. Minnesota (11-3, 2-1 B1G)
January 7, 2024
Williams Arena
5:30 p.m. ET
BTN
COLLEGE PARK, MD - The Terps take to the road for the first time in the New Year to face Minnesota on Sunday evening. The game will tip at 5:30 PM ET 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.
Terps Look To For Second Straight Road Win
- Maryland will be looking for its second straight road win of the year after a 69-60 victory at UCLA just before the Christmas holiday. The Terps have won 10 in a row against the Gophers including five on the road.
- Maryland fell 67-53 on Tuesday night against No. 1 Purdue snapping a 19-game home win streak for the Terps and a 14-game home win streak in Big Ten play. Overall, the Terps are 1-2 early in league play after a road loss at Indiana to start December followed by a home overtime win against Penn State.
- Jahmir Young leads Maryland with a 19.8 point per game average followed by Julian Reese who is averaging 13.3 points and 9.5 rebounds per game. Young is the fourth-leading scorer overall in the Big Ten.
- Maryland's 16-2 (.889) series record against Minnesota is its best against any Big Ten conference opponent. The Terps 10-game win streak is also its longest against any Big Ten foe.
- Since 2010-11, nine different players have had 20-point games against the Gophers highlighted by 28 by both Rasheed Sulaimon (2/18/16) and Justin Jackson (1/28/17).
- The Terps beat the Golden Gophers three times this season, marking the first time Maryland has beaten a team three times in a season since defeating Wake Forest three times in the 2012-13 season.
Donta Scott scored 20 points in last year's Big Ten Tournament win over Minnesota - it's third win over the Gophers in 2022-23.
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.
- Despite missing one game due to illness, Jahmir Young was one of the top scorers nationally in December. The fifth-year senior ranked 7th nationally with a 24.2 point per game average (the third-best average among Big Ten players). In five games played, Young shot 47.2% from the floor and 93.3% at the free throw line (42-of-45). Young also averaged 6.2 rebounds and 3.8 assists.
- Young notched four 20 point games including a career-high 37 points at UCLA - the fourth most points in a true road game in program history.
- 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 2,232 career points ranks 2nd among active players in the NCAA behind Max Abmas of Texas (2,785 pts).
- Young leads the Terps having scored in all 133 career games played. Only six times has he been held under 5 points in that stretch. Overall, Young has 118 double-figure scoring games with 48 20-point efforts.
- Young's 48 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.
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 14 games this year, he now has 1,457 points and 775 rebounds. He is also the 17th Terp to post 1,400 points and 700 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 20th all-time in scoring and needs two points to move past Derrick Lewis (1458, 1984-88) for 19th. He needs seven more boards to pass Ekene Ibekwe (781, 2003-07) for No. 11 all-time and nine to reach the top-10 overall.
- Additionally, thanks to his fifth season, Scott (128 GS - 3rd most, 4155 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.
- Scott is one of 122 active true fifth-year players who have stayed at one school for their entire careers. In the Big Ten, Scott joins Michigan State's Malik Hall, Northwestern's Boo Buie, and Wisconsin's Tyler Wahl as players who have seen action in all five years at one institution.
- Scott's 143 games played are tied for fifth most among these players that comprise approximately 2% of all NCAA active players.
Donta Scott continues to climb the all-time record lists for the Terps.
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