Terps, Buckeyes Set For Saturday Showdown

Maryland (13-10, 5-7 B1G) at Ohio State (13-10, 3-9 B1G)

February 10, 2024

Value City Arena

4:00 p.m.

FS1

COLLEGE PARK, MD - The Terps head to Ohio State on Saturday (4 PM, FS1) to close out the week before hosting a pair of home games next week. 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 20.6 points per game, second best in the Big Ten and 19th nationally, followed by Julian Reese (13.3 points, 9.8 rebounds). Donta Scott rounds out the top scorers with 11.0 points per game.

Terps Look To Make Up Ground At Ohio State

Maryland leads the all-time series against Ohio State, 11-10, but are 3-7 all-time in road games.
A win could move Maryland back in the upper half of the Big Ten standings with two home games coming up next week.
Julian Reese (19 pts, 12 reb) and Jahmir Young (16 pts, 12 reb) each had double doubles, but Rutgers took a defensive-minded match-up on Tuesday night, 56-53, at the XFINITY Center.
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 13 of its last 14 games. The Terps have held the top five scoring teams in the conference to an average of 21 points under their yearly average.
Maryland has had 10 games decided by six points or fewer (3-7) this year including seven one possession games (1-6).
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.

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

Jahmir Young and Julian Reese have been one of the most potetent duos in the Big Ten 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 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 11 double-doubles this year. His 18 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 23 games this year, he has 1,573 points and 815 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 tied for 16th all-time in scoring and needs 35 points to move past Ernest Graham (1607, 1977-81) for 15th. He needs 45 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 (152) and games started (137) records surpassing Juan Dixon and Steve Blake, respectively. Next on the list will be minutes played (4454) currently held by Greivis Vasquez (4568, 2006-10).