Terps Head To Rutgers For Sunday Matinee

Maryland (14-13, 6-10 B1G) at Rutgers (14-12, 6-9 B1G)

February 25, 2024

Jersey Mike's Arena

12:00 p.m.

BTN

COLLEGE PARK, MD - Maryland closes out the week with a trip to Rutgers on Sunday for its penultimate road trip of the regular-season. The game will tip at 12:00 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.

Jahmir Young leads Maryland with 21.1 points per game, third best in the Big Ten and 14th nationally, followed by Julian Reese (13.8 points, 10.0 rebounds). Donta Scott rounds out the top scorers with 11.6 points per game.

Terps Head To Rutgers For Series Rematch

Maryland leads the all-time series 13-8 and are 6-3 all-time at Rutgers.
Jahmir Young and Julian Reese each posted double-doubles, but Rutgers held off the Terps late for a 56-53 win at the XFINITY Center nearly three weeks ago. Reese had 19 points and 12 boards, while Young posted 16 points and 12 rebounds. Young became the third-fastest player in program history to eclipse the 1,000 point mark for his Maryland career. The Terps erased a nine-point deficit in the final three minutes to pull within one twice, but were unable to find a go-ahead or game-tying bucket in the final seconds of play.
Jahmir Young scored a game-high 20 points and Julian Reese added 18 points and seven rebounds, but the Terps fell 74-70 on Tuesday night at Wisconsin. The Terps rallied back from a 10-point second half deficit to pull within a possession late, however, the Badgers hit 11 free throws in the final minute to hold Maryland at bay.
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 2-9 in Quad 1 games, the Terps have had five decided by one possession or overtime (1-4).
Defensively, Maryland has been outstanding allowing 70-or-fewer points in 14 of its last 18 games. The Terps have held the top five Big Ten scoring teams to an average of 21 points under their yearly average.
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.

Guard Jahmir Young (1) and Forward Julian Reese (10) Maryland Men's Basketball vs. Rutgers at Xfinity Center in College Park, MD on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024. Mackenzie Miles/Maryland Terrapins

Julian Reese and Jahmir Young each had double doubles in the previous outing against Rutgers this season.

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 eight road games, Jahmir Young is averaging 27.5 points per game, while shooting 45.8% overall, 38.3% from beyond the arc, and 92.3% 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 5.0 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 27 games this year, he has 1,632 points and 836 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 27 points to move past Melo Trimble (1658, 2014-17) for 14th. He needs 24 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 (156), games started (140), and minutes played (4,607) records surpassing Juan Dixon/Jake Layman (141), Steve Blake (136), and Greivis Vasquez (4568), respectively.