COLLEGE PARK, MD – After finishing up standout careers for the Maryland men's basketball teams,
Donta Scott and
Jahmir Young will each take part in the 70
th Annual Portsmouth Invitational Tournament.
The national event brings together the country's top college seniors to compete in front of professional scouts, agents, and fans. The P.I.T. is sponsored by the NBA kicking off the draft process each year. Notable NBA players who are P.I.T. alumni include Rick Barry, Jimmy Butler, Tim Hardaway, Jeremy Lin, Dan Majerle, Earl "The Pearl" Monroe, Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman, and John Stockton.
The P.I.T. has invited 64 players to compete in the four-day event every year since 1953. The players are broken up into eight teams with 12 games being played over the four days.
Scott averaged 11.2 points and 4.7 rebounds this past season for the Terps en route to earning All-Big Ten Honorable Mention honors. He became one of just five players in program history to surpass 1,500 career points and 800 career rebounds. He finished his career ranked 14
th all-time in scoring with 1,690 points and tied for eighth with 859 career rebounds. He holds the program's all-time records for games played (162), games started (146), and minutes played (4,770), while also ranking fourth in made three pointers (211). Scott was a 2023 All-Big Ten Honorable Mention selection and was twice on the Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Watch List (2021-22, 2022-23).
Young finished the season garnering several postseason honors: NABC All-District 7 First Team, All-Big Ten First Team, Associated Press All-Big Ten Second Team. He was also selected to the All-Big Ten Second Team by the coaches and named as Maryland's Sportsmanship Award honoree.
The Upper Marlboro, MD, native finished the 2023-24 season averaging 20.4 points per game which ranked third in the Big Ten and 29th nationally. His 2,626 career points were second-most among all active NCAA players. He posted a career-best 652 points this year which ranks 12th all-time for a single-season at Maryland. He is just the fifth player in Maryland history to reach 1,000 points in two seasons and the third fastest to do so needing just 57 games.
His 20.4 points per game this year is tied for 11th in a single-season for program history, while his 18.0 point per game average over two years is fifth-best all-time at Maryland for a career. After having posted 1,421 points at Charlotte, he became just the sixth player since 2006 to score 1,000 points at two different institutions. He concluded his Maryland career with 1,205 points which ranks 37th all-time in program history. He also tied Eric Hayes for the program record for free throw percentage (.870) after converting 341-of-392 attempts. His 198 made free throws this year rank fifth all-time for a single-season, while his .900 free throw percentage was third. He also finished his career ranked eighth all-time for minutes average at 33.2 per game.
Young posted 18 20-point games this year along with three 30-point efforts. His career-high 37 points in the win at UCLA and his 36 points at Northwestern are the top two individual regular-season scoring performances in the league this year.
He earned All-Big Ten Second Team honors in 2023 where he was also a two-time All-District selection earning NABC and USBWA honors.
PORTSMOUTH INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT:
April 17-20
Churchland High School
Portsmouth, VA
Ticket Information
GAME SCHEDULE:
Wednesday, April 17
7:00pm & 9:00pm
Thursday, April 18
3:15pm*, 7:00pm & 9:00pm
Friday, April 19
3:15pm*, 7:00pm & 9:00pm
Saturday, April 20
11:00am*, 1:00pm*, 5:00pm &7:pm
*Free admission
