Men's Hoops Host Northwestern On Wednesday Night

Maryland (15-13, 7-10 B1G) vs. Northwestern (19-8, 10-6 B1G)

February 28, 2024

XFINITY Center

7:00 p.m.

BTN

COLLEGE PARK, MD - Maryland opens a pivotal two-game home stand on Wednesday night at Northwestern visits the XFINITY Center. The game will tip at 7:00 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 and Walt Williams.

Jahmir Young leads Maryland with 20.8 points per game, third best in the Big Ten and 16th nationally, followed by Julian Reese (14.0 points, 9.9 rebounds). Donta Scott rounds out the top scorers with 11.5 points per game.

Promotions This Week

Wednesday vs. Northwestern - INTERNATIONAL NIGHT: Various Maryland campus groups will be invited to be recognized and honored for International Night! We will also recognize our international student-athletes, as part of World Wide Terps, across all teams.
Sunday vs. Indiana - SENIOR DAY: Join us in honoring our seniors in their last home game at XFINITY Center with a special pregame ceremony.
Sunday vs. Indiana - GOLD RUSH: It's time for the annual Gold Rush game. All 4,000 students will receive a Gold Rush t-shirt and newspaper.
Sunday vs. Indiana - HALFTIME: High-flying, acrobatic students in Gymkana will be performing at halftime.
Sunday vs. Indiana - FAMILY FOUR PACK: Families can purchase a Family Four Pack of four tickets and $40 in concessions vouchers for $150! CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE

Check out all the great promotions for this week with the final two regular-season home games of the year on tap.

Terps Open Final Home Week Against Wildcats

Maryland leads the all-time series 12-5 and are 7-1 in College Park.
Jahmir Young scored 36 points, including 28 in the second half, in a nip-and-tuck battle in Evanston that went to the Wildcats, 72-69. The game featured 11 lead changes. Maryland led 68-67 with 30 seconds to go, but Boo Buie hit a driving lay-up 10 seconds later to put Northwestern back ahead. The teams traded free throws through the balance with the Wildcats converting four straight in the three seconds to seal the win. Buie finished the game with 20 points and seven assists.
Julian Reese notched 20 points and Jordan Geronimo posted a double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds as Maryland picked up a 63-46 road win at Rutgers on Sunday. The 46 points allowed matched the fewest allowed since giving up the same at Minnesota last year, while the 18 points surrendered in the first half were the fewest for a Big Ten road game since giving up just 14 at Michigan State in 2014 - Maryland's first game in the league.
Maryland has two Quad 1 wins on the year, four Quad 2 wins, and has four road wins (2nd-best in the Big Ten). Despite being 2-8 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 15 of its last 19 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 27.5 percent in the second. That 9.9 percent decrease is the largest among major conference teams. In the last four games, Maryland held Iowa to 1-of-9, Illinois to 0-for-8, Wisconsin to 2-of-12, and Rutgers to 2-of-5 from deep in the second half (5-of-34).

Playing in his home state, Jordan Geronimo had his first Marylnad double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds on Sunday.

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.
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 4.1 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 28 games this year, he has 1,643 points and 843 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 16 points to move past Melo Trimble (1658, 2014-17) for 14th. He needs 17 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 (157), games started (141), and minutes played (4,638) records surpassing Juan Dixon/Jake Layman (141), Steve Blake (136), and Greivis Vasquez (4568), respectively.