University of Maryland Athletics

CAREER HONORS:

• 2022 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year Award Watch List
• 2021 Big East All-Tournament Team

WAHAB IN THE NEWS:

• (Dec. 27, 2021) 'It's what I have to do': How Wahab went from Nigeria to Maryland in pursuit of basketball dream

AS A JUNIOR (as of March 2): Brought down 2 rebounds in the second round of the Big-Ten tournament against Michigan State (3/10)... Posted 6 points and 4 rebounds in final regular season game against Michigan State (3/6)... Scored 10 points and had 5 rebounds in win over Minnesota (3/2)... Totaled 12 points and eight boards vs. Indiana (1/29) ... Posted 11 points vs. #17 Illinois (1/21) ... Had 12 points and seven rebounds at Iowa (1/3) ... Notched 18 points on 7-of-8 shooting vs. Virginia Tech (12/1) ... Became the first Terp since Steve Francis (1998) to score 17+ points in first two career games at Maryland ... Posted 18 points and career-high 15 boards vs. George Washington (11/11), becoming the first Terp with 18/15 since Jalen Smith (22/19) on 2/18/20 at Northwestern ... Scored 17 points (7-10 FG) in Maryland debut vs. Quinnipiac (11/9), which was the most points in a Terrapin debut since Jalen Smith scored 19 points vs. Delaware on 11/6/18 ... Transferred to Maryland in April of 2021 ... rated the No. 3 overall transfer (out of more than 1,500 players) of the offseason according CBSSports.com.

AS A SOPHOMORE AT GEORGETOWN (2020-21): Appeared in 26 games (25 starts) and helped lead Georgetown to the Big East Tournament Championship ... led the team in rebounds (8.2/g), double-doubles (8) and blocks (1.6/g) ... ranked second on the team in points (12.7/g) ... averaged 27.7 minutes/g ... reached double-figures in 19-of-26 games, including the final seven games of the season ... scored career-high 20 points and added 12 rebounds in NCAA Tournament against Colorado (3/20) ... averaged 14.3 points and 8.3 rebounds across four games in the Big East Tournament, helping the Hoyas to the tournament crown and claiming all-tournament team honors ... scored 19 points against Marquette (3/10) ... had 18 points and 10 rebounds against UConn (2/23) ... had 16 points and 13 rebounds at Seton Hall (12/23) ... nearly posted a triple-double against St. John's (12/13), recording 17 points, 10 rebounds and a career-high nine blocks ... opened the season with 12 points and 12 rebounds vs. UMBC (11/25).

AS A FRESHMAN AT GEORGETOWN (2019-20): Appeared in 32 games, making seven starts, averaging 5.5 ppg ... ranked third on the team 4.3 rpg and second with 30 blocks ... scored at least 10 points on five separate occasions ... had season highs of 14 points and 12 rebounds for first career double-double against No. 11 Creighton (March 4) ... registered six blocks against DePaul (Feb. 22).

BEFORE COLLEGE: Hails from Nigeria and played two seasons at Virginia Academy before transferring to Flint Hill for his junior and senior seasons ... averaged a double-double and led the Huskies to back-to-back Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference regular season titles and the 2019 MAC Tournament championship ... named First Team All-Met and First Team All-State as a senior while also garnering all-state and Fourth Team All-Met recognition as a junior.