Terps Head To Wisconsin For Tuesday Night Tilt

Maryland (14-12, 6-9 B1G) at Wisconsin (17-9, 9-6 B1G)

February 20, 2024

Kohl Center

9:00 p.m. ET (8:00 p.m. CT)

Peacock

COLLEGE PARK, MD - The Terps kick off a two-game road swing this week as Maryland heads to Wisconsin on Tuesday night. The game will tip at 9:00 PM ET (8 PM CT) 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.

Jahmir Young leads Maryland with 21.2 points per game, third best in the Big Ten and 13th nationally, followed by Julian Reese (13.6 points, 10.1 rebounds). Donta Scott rounds out the top scorers with 11.5 points per game.

Terps Open Road Stretch At Wisconsin

Wisconsin leads all-time series 13-8 including a 6-2 mark in Madison. The Terps last won at the Kohl Center on Dec. 28, 2020 (70-64).
The teams split their home-and-home meets last season with Maryland picking up a 73-55 win at the XFINITY Center in late January. This will be the only regular-season match-up between the squads this year.
Jahmir Young tallied a game-high 28 points and Julian Reese produced his 14th double-double of the year with 18 points and 11 rebounds, but No. 14 Illinois held off the Terps for an 85-80 road win on Saturday at the XFINITY Center.
Maryland has two Quad 1 wins on the year, three Quad 2 wins, and has three road wins (3rd-best in the Big Ten). Despite being 2-7 in Quad 1 games, the Terps have had four decided by one possession or overtime (1-3).
Defensively, Maryland has been outstanding allowing 70-or-fewer points in 14 of its last 17 games. The Terps have held the top five scoring teams in the conference to an average of 21 points under their yearly average.
Jahmir Young finished with 28 points, nine rebounds, and six assists against Illinois. The only Maryland player to match those numbers since 1996-97 is Greivis Vasquez, who had 35 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists in an 88-85 overtime win over No. 3 North Carolina on February 21, 2009. The only other Division I player to match those stats against a ranked team this season is Providence's Devin Carter (28/11/6 vs. No. 19 Creighton on February 7).
The Illinois game was the first time Maryland has had three players with 15+ points and 5+ rebounds against a ranked team since four Terrapins did it against No. 7 Duke on February 12, 2005 (Travis Garrison, John Gilchrist, Mike Jones, Chris McCray).
Maryland allows opponents to shoot 37.4 percent from three-point range during the first half, but then holds them to 28.2 percent in the second. That 9.2 percent decrease is the second largest among major conference teams (Missouri – 9.3). Maryland held Illinois to 0-for-8 from three-point range in the second half after allowing Iowa to convert just 1-of-9.

Forward Mady Traore (14) Maryland Men's Basketball vs. Rider at Xfinity Center in College Park, MD on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. Mackenzie Miles/Maryland Terrapins

Mady Traore has started the last three outings for the Terps.

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 became just the sixth NCAA player since 2006 to post 1,000 points at two different institutions after scoring 16 points against Rutgers.
Young has also become the fifth Maryland player to score 1,000 points in just two seasons, joining Joe Smith (1,290), Tom McMillen (1,283), Melo Trimble (1,102) and Terrell Stroglin (1,066).
Young is the third-fastest Terp to score 1,000 career points, having done so in 57 games when he reached the mark against Rutgers.
In his last seven road games, Jahmir Young is averaging 28.6 points per game, while shooting 47.1% overall, 39.5% from beyond the arc, and 91.4% at the stripe.
Young is also looking to become the first Terp since Greivis Vasquez in 2009-10 to average over 20 points, 4 rebounds, and 4 assists per game.Young currently averages 4.9 rebounds and 4.0 assists. Only five other Big Ten players since 1992-93 have averaged a similar stat line including Trayce Jackson-Davis (Indiana, 2022-23) and Michael Finley (Wisconsin, 1994-95).

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 a career-best 13 double-doubles this year. His 20 are the fourth most for a Terp career dating back to 2010-11.

Great Scott!

Donta Scott became the 59th player in program history to reach 1,000 points last season. Through 26 games this year, he has 1,620 points and 833 rebounds becoming the 5th Terp all-time to post 1,500 points and 800 rebounds.
Scott joins Lonny Baxter (1,858 & 998), Tom McMillen (1,807 & 859), Keith Booth (1,776 & 916) and Terence Morris (1,733 & 925) in this elite group of Terps.
Scott is now 15th all-time in scoring and needs 39 points to move past Melo Trimble (1658, 2014-17) for 14th. He needs 27 more boards to pass Tom McMillen (859, 1971-74) for No. 8 all-time.
Additionally, thanks to his fifth season, Scott has set the games played (155), games started (139), and minutes played (4,569) records surpassing Juan Dixon/Jake Layman (141), Steve Blake (136), and Greivis Vasquez (4568), respectively.