INSIDE... MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES Storylines ............................1 Player Bios ....................9-22 Roster .................................1 Game-by-Game ...........23-24 MARYLAND VS. #7 OHIO STATE 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 MON. | FEB. 8 | 9:00 P.M. | Game Notes ....................2-4 Box Scores .......................30 MARYLAND FS1: Brandon Gaudin (Play-by-Play), Bill Raftery (Analyst) #7 OHIO STATE Mark Turgeon ..................5-6 Cume/Conf. Stats .............31 (10-9, 4-8 B1G) (6-8, 3-7 B1G) Staff Bios .........................7-8 Radio/TV Chart .................32 Radio: Johnny Holliday (Play-by-Play), Chris Knoche (Analyst), KENPom: 44 KENPom: 8 Walt Williams (Analyst) NET: 40 NET: 7 2020-21 SCHEDULE 105.7FM (Balt.) / 980AM (DC) / XM: 384 RECORD: 10-9 || CONF: 4-8 || H: 7-4 || A: 3-5 || 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 College Park Monday for a 9 pm tip against No. 7 Nov. 29 MOUNT ST. MARY’S W, 82-52 B1G Network Ohio State. The Terps are seeking their fifth ranked victory of the season, which would be the most in Dec. 1 MONMOUTH Cancelled - a regular season for the program since defeating six ranked teams in 2001-02. Dec. 1 TOWSON^ Cancelled - Dec. 4 GEORGE MASON Cancelled - • Monday evening’s game marks Maryland’s 10th matchup against a ranked opponent through its first Dec. 4 SAINT PETER’S^ W, 90-57 B1G Network 13 games in Big Ten play. Maryland last played at least 10 ranked opponents in regular season action Dec. 5 at James Madison^ Cancelled - in 2003-04, when it played 12 ranked teams. Dec. 9 at Clemson % L, 51-67 ESPN2 Dec. 14 #19 RUTGERS * L, 60-74 B1G Network • The Terrapins are 7-3 against the Buckeyes since joining the Big Ten Conference in 2014-15, includ- Dec. 22 LA SALLE W, 84-71 B1G Network ing victories in three of the last four meetings. Maryland leads the all-time series, 9-7, dating back to the inaugural meeting in 1934. Dec. 25 at Purdue * L, 70-73 FS1 Dec. 28 at #6 Wisconsin * W, 70-64 FS1 • Maryland’s four victories against ranked opponents are tied for the second-most in the country, trail- Dec. 31 #16 MICHIGAN * L, 73-84 ESPN ing only Ohio State’s five. The Terrapins have played more Quad 1 games than any team nationwide Jan. 4 at Indiana * L, 55-63 B1G Network (13), with Monday evening marking their 14th. Ohio State has played the second-most Quad 1 games Jan. 7 #5 IOWA * L, 67-89 ESPN in the country (11). Jan. 10 at #12 Illinois * W, 66-63 B1G Network Jan. 15 WINGATE (DII)^ W, 100-58 BTN Plus • Maryland came from seven points down in the final four minutes to defeat #24 Purdue on Feb. 2. Jan. 16 NEBRASKA * Postponed - Junior guard Aaron Wiggins led the way with 18 points and 11 rebounds, while Eric Ayala won the Jan. 19 at #7 Michigan * L, 63-87 FS1 game with the game-tying and go-ahead free throws with 3.3 seconds remaining. Jan. 23 at #17 Minnesota * W, 63-49 B1G Network Jan. 27 #14 WISCONSIN * L, 55-61 B1G Network • Maryland features an array of scoring options this season with four different players scoring at least 20 points in a game: Eric Ayala (3x), Aaron Wiggins (2x), Donta Scott and Hakim Hart. Senior Dar- Feb. 2 #24 PURDUE * W, 61-60 B1G Network ryl Morsell fell one point shy of the benchmark when he scored a career-best 19 points in Maryland’s Feb. 5 at Penn State * L, 50-55 FS1 win at then-No. 12 Illinois. Feb. 8 #7 OHIO STATE * 9:00 P.M. FS1 Feb. 14 MINNESOTA * 7:00 P.M. B1G Network • Maryland is 8-0 when it wins the rebounding battle this season. Dating back to last year, it has won Feb. 17 at Nebraska * TBA B1G Network 17 consecutive games in which it has won the rebounding battle. The last loss came at Wisconsin on Feb. 21 at Rutgers * TBA B1G Network Jan. 15, 2020. Feb. 28 MICHIGAN STATE * 2:00 P.M. CBS March 3 at Northwestern * TBA B1G Network • Following tonight’s matchup against Ohio State, Maryland’s schedule appears to open up with zero March 7 PENN STATE * TBA B1G Network opponents in its final six scheduled games currently ranked. 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. 12.3 5.4 Two games with 20+ points this season 5 Eric Ayala G 6-5 200 Jr. Wilmington, Del. 14.4 3.3 Hit game-winning FT’s vs. #24 Purdue (2/2) All times Eastern; 11 Darryl Morsell G 6-5 200 Sr. Baltimore, Md. 8.3 3.9 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. 0.6 1.0 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. 8.2 3.1 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 1.8 1.3 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. 1.9 1.1 Scored six points in collegiate debut 24 Donta Scott F 6-7 230 So. Philadelphia, Pa. 12.5 6.5 Notched double-double at #17 Minnesota (1/23) 25 Jairus Hamilton F 6-8 235 Jr. Charlotte, N.C. 6.6 2.6 Season-high 15 pts vs. St. Peter’s (12/4) 30 Galin Smith F 6-9 235 Sr. Clinton, Miss. 4.1 2.4 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 SEASONS WITH - Maryland has defeated four ranked opponents three straight seasons dating 4+ RANKED The BIG TEN back to 2018-19. It is one of four teams to accomplish the feat (Purdue, Iowa, WINS (SINCE 2020-21 Big Ten Standings 2000) Kansas). Conf Overall Season Ranked Wins RK Team W L Win% GB W L Win% - Maryland has played more quad 1 games (13) than any team in the country. 2001-02 9 1 Michigan 8 1 .889 - 13 1 92.857 - Maryland has won 17 consecutive games when outrebounding its opponent, 2000-01 8 2003-04 7 2 Illinois 9 3 .750 0.5 13 5 72.222 including all eight such occurrences this year. (Last loss: at Wisconsin, 1/15/20) 2020-21 4 3 Ohio State 9 4 .692 1 15 4 78.947 - Maryland is 20-2 when Darryl Morsell reaches double figures since the start 2019-20 4 4 Iowa 7 4 .636 2 13 5 72.222 2018-19 4 of 2019-20. The streak was 17 consecutive wins before it was snapped at Purdue 5 Purdue 8 5 .615 2 13 7 65.000 2006-07 4 on 12/25/20. 2004-05 4 6 Wisconsin 7 5 .583 2.5 14 6 70.000 7 Rutgers 7 6 .538 3 11 6 64.706 - Sophomore Aaron Wiggins is currently 13th in Maryland history in 3-pointers 8 Indiana 4 6 .400 4.5 9 8 52.941 made (143). 9 Minnesota 4 7 .364 5 11 7 61.111 - Maryland is 26-3 when scoring 70+ points since the start of 2019-20. 10 Penn State 4 7 .364 5 7 8 46.667 - Maryland is 34-6 when holding its opponent under 40-percent shooting since the start of 2018-19. 11 Maryland 4 8 .333 5.5 10 9 52.632 - Sophomore Donta Scott set an XFINITY Center record against Michigan (12/31) when he con- 12 Northwestern 3 9 .250 6.5 6 10 37.500 nected on all five 3-point attempts. He joined Justin Jackson (2017 at Minnesota) as the only Terps in 13 Michigan State 2 7 .222 6 8 7 53.333 the Mark Turgeon era to go 5-for-5 from beyond the arc. 14 Nebraska 0 4 .000 5.5 4 8 33.333 (RANKED) ROAD WARRIORS SEASONS WITH MULTIPLE QUICK FACTS - For the first time in program history, Maryland has picked up RANKED ROAD WINS Founded: 1856 three road wins against ranked teams, defeating No.