INSIDE... MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES Storylines ............................1 Player Bios ....................9-22 Roster .................................1 Game-by-Game ...........23-24 MARYLAND VS. #14 WISCONSIN Schedule .............................1 Miscellaneous Stats ..........25 Broadcast Info ....................1 Team Highs .......................26 XFINITY CENTER Full Roster/Staff ..................2 Individual Highs ................27 COLLEGE PARK, MD. Quick Facts .........................2 Career/Season Stats ........28 Pronunciations ....................2 The Last Time ...................29 WED. | JAN. 27 | 9:00 P.M. | Game Notes ....................2-4 Box Scores .......................30 MARYLAND B1G Network: Kevin Kugler (Play-by-Play), Stephen Bardo (Analyst) #14 WISCONSIN Mark Turgeon ..................5-6 Cume/Conf. Stats .............31 (9-7, 3-6 B1G) (12-4, 6-3 B1G) Staff Bios .........................7-8 Radio/TV Chart .................32 Radio: Johnny Holliday (Play-by-Play), Chris Knoche (Analyst), KENPOM: 42 KENPOM: 11 Walt Williams (Analyst) NET: 37 NET: 18 2020-21 SCHEDULE 105.7FM (Balt.) / 980AM (DC) / XM: 388 RECORD: 9-7 || CONF: 3-6 || H: 6-3 || A: 3-4 || N: 0-0 Nov. 25 OLD DOMINION W, 85-67 BTN Plus STORYLINES Nov. 27 NAVY W, 82-52 B1G Network • The Maryland men’s basketball team returns to XFINITY Center Wednesday evening as it wel- Nov. 29 MOUNT ST. MARY’S W, 82-52 B1G Network comes No. 14 Wisconsin for the second matchup of the season between the teams. Maryland is Dec. 1 MONMOUTH Cancelled - seeking consecutive wins against ranked teams for the first time since 2006-07, when it defeated Dec. 1 TOWSON^ Cancelled - No. 5 Duke and No. 14 North Carolina on back-to-back nights. Dec. 4 GEORGE MASON Cancelled - Dec. 4 SAINT PETER’S^ W, 90-57 B1G Network • The Terps made history Saturday afternoon at Minnesota when it became the first team in program Dec. 5 at James Madison^ Cancelled - history to collect three road victories against ranked teams. Maryland has won at No. 6 Wisconsin, Dec. 9 at Clemson % L, 51-67 ESPN2 at No. 12 Illinois and at No. 16 Minnesota. The Terrapins are 5-2 in their last seven games in such Dec. 14 #19 RUTGERS * L, 60-74 B1G Network scenarios, after previously losing 27 consecutive dating back to 2008. Dec. 22 LA SALLE W, 84-71 B1G Network • Maryland held Minnesota to 49 points and 30.4-percent shooting Saturday afternoon. It was the Dec. 25 at Purdue * L, 70-73 FS1 second-lowest point total for a Big Ten opponent since the Terps joined the league in 2014-15 (at Dec. 28 at #6 Wisconsin * W, 70-64 FS1 Nebraska, 60-45, 2/16/19). It was also the lowest shooting percentage in a conference game for an Dec. 31 #16 MICHIGAN * L, 73-84 ESPN opponent since the same Nebraska game (.211). Jan. 4 at Indiana * L, 55-63 B1G Network Jan. 7 #5 IOWA * L, 67-89 ESPN • Maryland was victorious earlier this season when it defeated Wisconsin, 70-64, in Madison on Dec. Jan. 10 at #12 Illinois * W, 66-63 B1G Network 28. The win snapped Wisconsin’s 15-game home winning streak and a stretch of 10 straight confer- Jan. 15 WINGATE (DII)^ W, 100-58 BTN Plus ence wins. Trailing by four points at the half, the Terps stormed back by shooting 64-percent in the Jan. 16 NEBRASKA * Postponed - second half. Eric Ayala led the charge, scoring all 17 of his points in the second frame. Jan. 19 at #7 Michigan * L, 63-87 FS1 Jan. 23 at #17 Minnesota * W, 63-49 B1G Network • Maryland has featured an array of scoring options this season with four different players scoring Jan. 27 #14 WISCONSIN * 9:00 P.M. B1G Network at least 20 points in a game: Aaron Wiggins (2x), Eric Ayala (2x), Donta Scott and Hakim Hart. Senior Darryl Morsell fell one point shy of the benchmark when he scored a career-best 19 points Feb. 2 PURDUE * 8:00 P.M. B1G Network in Maryland’s win at then-No. 12 Illinois. Feb. 5 at Penn State * 7:00 P.M. FS1 Feb. 8 #13 OHIO STATE * TBA FS1 • Maryland’s meeting with Wisconsin marks its seventh matchup against a ranked opponent in its Feb. 14 #21 MINNESOTA * TBA B1G Network last nine games. It is just the third time in program history the Terps played seven ranked opponents Feb. 17 at Nebraska * TBA B1G Network in a span of nine regular season games (1979-80, 1992-93). Feb. 21 at Rutgers * TBA B1G Network Feb. 28 MICHIGAN STATE * TBA CBS • Maryland outrebounded Minnesota, 38-30, to move to 8-0 when winning the rebounding battle this March 3 at Northwestern * TBA B1G Network season. Dating back to last year, it has won 17 consecutive games in which it has won the rebound- March 7 PENN STATE * TBA B1G Network ing battle. The last loss came at Wisconsin on Jan. 15, 2020. March 10-14 at Big Ten Tournament (Chicago, Ill.) 2020-21 TERRAPINS No. Player Pos Ht Wt Yr Hometown PPG RPG Notes * - Big Ten Conference game; 0 Marcus Dockery G 6-2 180 Fr. Washington, D.C. 1.8 0.4 Scored career-high 8 pts vs. #5 Iowa (1/7) % - Big Ten/ACC Challenege; 1 James Graham III G/F 6-8 205 Fr. Milwaukee, Wisc. 2.5 2.5 Made collegiate debut 1/4/21; finished HS in Dec. Big Ten Tournament at United Center; 2 Aaron Wiggins G 6-6 200 Jr. Greensboro, N.C. 12.2 5.3 Two games with 20+ points this season 5 Eric Ayala G 6-5 200 Jr. Wilmington, Del. 14.4 3.1 Scored 21 points at #17 Minnesota (1/23) All times Eastern; 11 Darryl Morsell G 6-5 200 Sr. Baltimore, Md. 8.1 4.3 Scored career-high 19 pts at #12 Illinois (1/10) Home games played at XFINITY Center (17,950) listed in BOLD CAPS 12 Reese Mona G 6-2 185 Sr. LaPlata, Md. 0.7 1.2 Team-high 4 assists at Clemson (12/9) ^ Not originally on schedule; added as replacement games after 13 Hakim Hart G 6-6 205 So. Philadelphia, Pa. 8.8 2.9 32 pts vs. St. Peter’s; previous career-best was 11 pts previously scheduled games were canceled/postponed due to Covid-19 15 Chol Marial C 7-2 235 So. Rumbek, South Sudan 1.9 1.4 7-8 wingspan; made first career start vs. Mount 20 Aidan McCool G 6-3 160 Fr. Charleston, S.C. 1.0 0.0 Walk-on; scored first career pts vs. Wingate (1/15) 22 Jade Brahmbhatt G 6-0 160 Jr. Olney, Md. 3.0 0.0 Walk-on; scored first career pts vs. Wingate (1/15) 23 Aquan Smart G 6-3 175 Jr. Evanston, Ill. 2.1 1.2 Scored six points in collegiate debut 24 Donta Scott F 6-7 230 So. Philadelphia, Pa. 13.0 6.9 Notched double-double at #17 Minnesota (1/23) 25 Jairus Hamilton F 6-8 235 Jr. Charlotte, N.C. 7.4 2.8 Season-high 15 pts vs. St. Peter’s (12/4) 30 Galin Smith F 6-9 235 Sr. Clinton, Miss. 4.5 2.2 Transfer from Alabama 31 Arnaud Revaz F 6-10 215 Fr. Sion, Switzerland 0.6 1.2 Started playing basketball at 15 years of age MARYLAND BASKETBALL • WWW.UMTERPS.COM • 2002 NCAA NATIONAL CHAMPIONS #FearTheTurtle 2020-21 MARYLAND BASKETBALL QUICK HITTERS - Maryland currently sits 37th in the NET rankings (8th among Big Ten teams) with three quad 1 The BIG TEN victories. Only eight teams in the country have more quad 1 victories. 2020-21 Big Ten Standings - Maryland has won 17 consecutive games when outrebounding its opponent, including all eight such Conf Overall RK Team W L Win% GB W L Win% occurrences this year. (Last loss: at Wisconsin, 1/15/20) 1 Michigan 7 1 .875 - 12 1 92.308 - Maryland is 19-1 when Darryl Morsell reaches double figures since the start of 2019-20. The streak 2 Iowa 6 1 .857 0.5 12 2 85.714 was 17 consecutive wins before it was snapped at Purdue on 12/25/20. 3 Wisconsin 5 2 .714 1.5 12 3 80.000 - Maryland is 8-2 on the season when holding opponents under 45-percent shooting. 4 Purdue 6 3 .667 1.5 11 5 68.750 - Maryland is 26-3 when scoring 70+ points since the start of 2019-20. 5 Illinois 6 3 .667 1.5 10 5 66.667 - Maryland is 33-4 when holding its opponent under 40-percent shooting since the start of 2018-19. 6 Ohio State 5 4 .556 2.5 11 4 73.333 - Maryland’s four turnovers against La Salle (12/22) were its fewest since committing four vs. UVA 7 Minnesota 4 4 .500 3 11 4 73.333 8 Indiana 3 4 .429 3.5 8 6 57.143 on 2/4/93. The Terps followed with only five turnovers in the next game at Purdue (12/25) 9 Michigan State 2 4 .333 4 8 4 66.667 - Maryland’s victory at No. 6 Wisconsin was its first top-10 road win since defeating No. 1 UNC in 10 Rutgers 3 5 .375 4 7 5 58.333 2008. 11 Northwestern 3 6 .333 4.5 6 7 46.154 - Sophomore Donta Scott set an XFINITY Center record against Michigan (12/31) when he con- 12 Maryland 2 6 .250 5 8 7 53.333 nected on all five 3-point attempts. He joined Justin Jackson (2017 at Minnesota) as the onlyTerps 13 Nebraska 0 4 .000 5 4 8 33.333 in the Mark Turgeon era to go 5-for-5 from beyond the arc.