Maryland (15-5, 5-4 B1G) at Indiana (14-6, 5-4 B1G)
January 26, 2025
12 p.m.
Assembly Hall
COLLEGE PARK, MD -- Maryland looks to win its third straight game on Sunday as the Terps travel to Indiana. The game will be televised on CBS (12 PM) and fans can also listen to the game on the Maryland Sports Radio Network with Voice of the Terps
Johnny Holliday calling the action alongside Chris Knoche.
Maryland has now won two straight games, four of its last five, and has a pair of top-25 wins on its resume for the season.
The Terps are ranked No. 19 in the NCAA NET, No. 21 in the Kenpom ratings, No. 13 in the Torvik ranking, No. 13 on EvanMiya.com, and No. 21 on the ESPN Basketball Power Index.
Maryland has been explosive offensively averaging 83.6 points this year which ranks as the ninth-best average in program history and ranks No. 21 nationally.
Big Notes: Reese AND Queen Shine Against Illinois
- The big man duo of Julian Reese (27 points, 17 rebounds - both career highs) and Derik Queen (25 points) powered the Terps past No. 17 Illinois, 91-70, on Thursday night. Maryland had a total of 62 points in the paint which were the most for any Big Ten team this season.
- Reese and Queen became the first Maryland players to post 25+ points in a game together since Feb. 20, 2011 when Jordan Williams (26) and Terrell Stoglin (25) did it against NC State. It was the first time two Terps had done it in a true road game since Steve Francis (25) and Terence Morris (26) did so at Kentucky (Dec. 12, 1998).
- In winning by 21 at Illinois, that was Maryland's largest margin of victory over a ranked team on the road since beating No. 21 Wake Forest, 85-63 (+22) on Jan. 23, 2002.
- Also the 91 points at Illinois marked Maryland's most points on the road against a ranked team since beating No. 8 Virginia, 91-87 on Jan. 31, 2002.
Maryland is averaging 83.6 points per game which is the ninth-best mark in program history.
Ja'Kobi Showing The Range
- Since joining the Terps, Ja'Kobi Gillespie has scored in double figures in 16 of his 20 games played.
- Against No. 22 UCLA, Gillespie set a season-high with 27 points going 4-of-8 from deep and 9-of-9 from the charity stripe. He also had four assists and a season-high four steals in the win.
- Against No. 15 Marquette, Gillespie had 24 points going 10-of-17 from the floor and 4-of-9 from three-point range. That total was just two shy of matching his career-high of 26 points scored against Southern Illinois (2/14/24) when he was at Belmont.
- Gillespie leads the team with 90 total assists (4.5 per game) giving him 302 for his career. He set a new career-high with 11 in the win over Syracuse as part of his first career double-double (17 pts). The 11 assists were the most by a Maryland player in a game since Melo Trimble had 12 against North Carolina (12/2/15).
- His 4.5 assists per game rank 6th in the B1G.
- Gillespie now has 1,024 career points between Belmont and Maryland through 77 total career games played. He scored his 1,000th career point on a buzzer-beating three-pointer before halftime of the Nebraska (1/19) win.
- A highly-touted football prospect while in high school, Gillespie received offers from ACC and SEC programs on the gridiron. As a wide receiver, defensive back, and special teams returner, he pulled off a touchdown trifecta with a receiving touchdown, a pick-six, and a punt return in a single-game.
Juju Beast
- Julian Reese entered the 2024-25 campaign as one of the top post players in the Big Ten and nationally. Last season, he earned All-Big Ten Honorable Mention honors as a junior after being named to the Preseason All-Big Ten Team and to the Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award Watch List.
- Reese posted 15 double doubles last season which were the ninth most nationally and stood second in the Big Ten during the regular season.
- All-time, Reese has the eighth-most double-doubles for any Terp (30).
- Reese is one of nine players in program history to post over 1,100 career points and 800 career rebounds.
- Despite having a talented group of high-scoring guards and the addition of Derik Queen to the front court, Julian Reese has nearly matched his career-high totals from last season. Even more impressive is that Reese has been hitting these marks playing 5.4 fewer minutes per game than last year.
- Additionally, his 3.3 offensive rebounds per game leads the Big Ten and are the most for a Maryland player since James Padgett averaged 3.3 in 2011-12.
Queen Is The Truth
