Men's Hoops Returns Home To Host Rutgers

Maryland (13-9, 5-6 B1G) vs. Rutgers (11-10, 3-7 B1G)

February 6, 2024

XFINITY Center

6:30 p.m.

BTN

COLLEGE PARK, MD - The Terps return to the XFINITY Center to face Rutgers in a pivotal stretch of hosting three of it next four games. The game will tip at 6:30 PM 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 20.9 points per game, second best in the Big Ten and 17th nationally, followed by Julian Reese (13.1 points, 9.7 rebounds). Donta Scott rounds out the top scorers with 11.1 points per game but has increased that output to 13.5 points over the last eight games.

tuesday Night Promos

BLACK HISTORY MONTH: Join us as we honor and celebrate Black History Month. A special rendition of "Lift Every Voice and Sing" will be performed pregame.
FAMILY FOUR PACK: Families can purchase a Family Four Pack of four tickets and $40 in concessions vouchers for $120! CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE
THROWBACK TUESDAY: Fans can purchase Buy One, Get One Half Off tickets for this game! CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE
HALFTIME: Dogs are back! Fan favorite entertainment, Mutts Gone Nuts, will provide halftime entertainment.

The fan-favorite Mutts Gone Nuts returns to the XFINITY Center on Tuesday night!

Key Big Ten Battle As Rutgers Visits XFINITY

Maryland leads the all-time series against the Scarlet Knights, 13-7, including a 6-3 edge at the XFINITY Center.
The teams have split the last four meetings with Maryland winning both their games on the road.
Jahmir Young poured in 31 points, his third 30-point game of the season, but it was not enough as Michigan State pulled away late for a 63-54 win at the Breslin Center on Saturday night. Donta Scott was the only other Terp in double figures with 13 points as Julian Reese battled foul trouble for much of the game.
Maryland has two Quad 1 wins on the year and has three road wins (2nd-best in the Big Ten). Despite being 2-5 in Quad 1 games, the Terps have had three decided by one possession (1-2).
Defensively, Maryland has been outstanding allowing 70-or-fewer points in 12 of its last 13 games. The Terps have held the top five scoring teams in the conference to an average of 21 points under their yearly average.
After posting his third 30-point game of the season, and the fifth of his career, at Michigan State, Jahmir Young joined an elite group of Maryland legends. Young has three 30-point road games in his Maryland career which is tied for the second most alongside Len Bias and Greivis Vasquez. Walt Williams has the most in program history with five that came as part of a seven-game stretch of scoring 30-or-more points.

Donta Scott is averaging 13.5 points over the last eight games.

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 needs just nine points to record 1,000 points at Maryland. He would become the fifth Terp to do so in just two seasons and would be the third fastest player to hit that mark. Additionally, he is closing in on becoming the sixth player nationally to score 1,000 points at two different institutions since 2006.
In his last six road games, Young is averaging 29.0 points per game shooting 49.1% overall including 37.1% from beyond the arc and 92.2% at the stripe with three 30-point games (37 at UCLA, 36 at Northwestern, 31 at Michigan State). He also had 28 points at No. 10 Illinois.
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 4.6 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 10 double-doubles this year. His 17 are the fourth most for a Terp dating back to 2010-11.

Great Scott!

Donta Scott became the 59th player in program history to reach 1,000 points last season. Through 22 games this year, he has 1,565 points and 813 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 18th all-time in scoring and needs two points to move past Laron Profit (1566, 1995-99) for 17th. He needs 47 more boards to pass Tom McMillen (859, 1971-74) for No. 8 all-time.
Additionally, thanks to his fifth season, Scott (136 GS - t-1st, 4428 MIN - 2nd 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.