Maryland (16-5, 6-4 B1G) vs. No. 17 Wisconsin (16-4, 6-3 B1G)
January 29, 2025
7 p.m.
XFINITY Center
COLLEGE PARK, MD -- Maryland looks to win its fourth consecutive on Wednesday as the Terps host No. 18 Wisconsin for the annual Gold Rush game. The game will be televsied on BTN (7 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 and Walt Williams.
Maryland has now won three straight games, five of its last six, and has a pair of top-25 wins on its resume for the season. The Terps also enter Wednesday with a 12-1 record at home having won nine consecutive in XFINITY.
The Terps are ranked No. 19 in the NCAA NET, No. 21 in the Kenpom ratings, No. 15 in the Torvik ranking, No. 12 on EvanMiya.com, and No. 20 on the ESPN Basketball Power Index.
The last time to win consecutive road games was 2019-20 when Maryland won four straight road games: at Northwestern (1/21), at Indiana (1/26), at Illinois (2/7) and at Michigan State (2/15). That was part of a nine game win streak.
Big Note: BIG THREE EARN HIGH PRAISE
- Julian Reese was named the Naismith National Player of the Week after averaging 20.5 points and 13.5 rebounds in wins at No. 17 Illinois and at Indiana. At Illinois, Reese had a career day with highs in points (27) and rebounds (17) marking his eighth double-double of the year. He followed that performance with his ninth double-double of the year with 14 points and 10 rebounds.
- Derik Queen was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week for the third time this season after averaging 16.0 points and 8.5 rebounds in the wins at Illinois and Indiana. Queen scored 25 points and added six rebounds in a monster performance at Illinois where he also had four assists and three steals.
- Ja'Kobi Gillespie is ranked as the 10th best player nationally by EvanMiya.com measuring his impact on the team both offensively and defensively.
Maryland is averaging 83.4 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 17 of his 21 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 99 total assists (4.7 per game) giving him 311 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 4.7 assists per game rank 6th in the B1G.
- Gillespie now has 1,042 career points between Belmont and Maryland through 78 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 (31).
- 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 5.0 fewer minutes per game than last year.
- Additionally, his 3.3 offensive rebounds per game is second in the Big Ten and are the most for a Maryland player since James Padgett averaged 3.3 in 2011-12.
Queen Is The Truth
