INSIDE... MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES Storylines ............................1 Player Bios ....................9-22 Roster .................................1 Game-by-Game ...........23-24 MARYLAND AT NORTHWESTERN Schedule .............................1 Miscellaneous Stats ..........25 Broadcast Info ....................1 Team Highs .......................26 WELSH-RYAN ARENA Full Roster/Staff ..................2 Individual Highs ................27 EVANSTON, ILL. Quick Facts .........................2 Career/Season Stats ........28 Pronunciations ....................2 The Last Time ...................29 WED. | MARCH 3 | 9:00 P.M. | Game Notes ....................2-4 Box Scores ..................30-35 MARYLAND B1G Network: Brandon Gaudin (Play-by-Play), Len Elmore (Analyst) NORTHWESTERN Mark Turgeon ..................5-6 Cume/Conf. Stats ........36-37 (15-10, 9-9 B1G) (7-14, 4-13 B1G) Staff Bios .........................7-8 Radio/TV Chart .................38 Radio: Johnny Holliday (Play-by-Play), Chris Knoche (Analyst), KENPOM: 26 KENPOM: 73 Walt Williams (Analyst) NET: 28 NET: 89 2020-21 SCHEDULE 105.7FM (Balt.) / 980AM (DC) / XM: 388 RECORD: 15-10 || CONF: 9-9 || H: 11-5 || A: 4-5 || 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 looks to win its sixth consecutive game Wednesday evening Nov. 29 MOUNT ST. MARY’S W, 79-61 B1G Network as it faces Northwestern in its final road trip of the season. After winning only four conference games Dec. 1 MONMOUTH Cancelled - through the first two months and ranking 12th in the conference standings, the Terrapins have won five Dec. 1 TOWSON^ Cancelled - straight in a span of two weeks to vault into seventh place and the NCAA Tournament field. Dec. 4 GEORGE MASON Cancelled - Dec. 4 SAINT PETER’S^ W, 90-57 B1G Network • Maryland is 10-2 all-time against Northwestern, including five consecutive victories. The Terrapins Dec. 5 at James Madison^ Cancelled - have won all four meetings at Welsh-Ryan Arena since joining the Big Ten in 2014-15. In last season’s Dec. 9 at Clemson % L, 51-67 ESPN2 trip to Evanston, the Terps memorably rallied from a 14-point halftime deficit to win by 11 points as Dec. 14 #19 RUTGERS * L, 60-74 B1G Network future NBA lottery selection Jalen Smith had 25 points and 11 rebounds. Dec. 22 LA SALLE W, 84-71 B1G Network • The Maryland defense has not allowed an opponent to score more than 61 points in eight of its last Dec. 25 at Purdue * L, 70-73 FS1 10 games. Over its last 10 games, Maryland’s opponents are averaging just 59.2 points on 37.0-per- Dec. 28 at #6 Wisconsin * W, 70-64 FS1 cent shooting, including 30.5-percent from beyond the 3-point arc. Maryland’s defensive field goal Dec. 31 #16 MICHIGAN * L, 73-84 ESPN percentage during that 10-game span is the best in the Big Ten Conference. Jan. 4 at Indiana * L, 55-63 B1G Network Jan. 7 #5 IOWA * L, 67-89 ESPN • The Maryland basketball program ensured its 28th consecutive winning season with its victory over Jan. 10 at #12 Illinois * W, 66-63 B1G Network Michigan State. It is the fourth-longest active streak in the country, trailing only Kansas, Arizona and Jan. 15 WINGATE (DII)^ W, 100-58 BTN Plus Kentucky. Kentucky’s streak is in jeopardy, however, as it currently has an 8-14 record through March Jan. 16 NEBRASKA * Postponed - 1. It also marked Mark Turgeon’s 19th consecutive winning season as a Division I head coach. Jan. 19 at #7 Michigan * L, 63-87 FS1 Jan. 23 at #17 Minnesota * W, 63-49 B1G Network • According to the NCAA’s NET ranking system, Maryland has played the 8th-toughest schedule in the Jan. 27 #14 WISCONSIN * L, 55-61 B1G Network country. To date, the Terrapins have played a nation-high 14 Quad 1 games, winning four such games on the road (Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Rutgers). Maryland is one of six schools nationally with at Feb. 2 #24 PURDUE * W, 61-60 B1G Network least four Quad 1 road wins, joining Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Ohio State and Alabama. Feb. 5 at Penn State * L, 50-55 FS1 Feb. 8 #4 OHIO STATE * L, 65-73 FS1 • Junior guard Eric Ayala is averaging 17.3 points, including a pair of 20-point performances in two Feb. 14 MINNESOTA * W, 72-59 FS1 of his last three games. Ayala made history Sunday against Michigan State when he made all 13 free Feb. 16 NEBRASKA * W, 64-50 B1G Network throw attempts. He was the first Terrapin to achieve the feat since the legendary Len Bias in 1986. Feb. 17 NEBRASKA * W, 79-71 B1G Network Feb. 21 at Rutgers * W, 68-59 B1G Network • Maryland had a difficult frontloaded schedule with ten of its first 13 Big Ten Conference games Feb. 28 MICHIGAN STATE * W, 73-55 CBS against ranked opponents. On the flip side, the Terps are in the midst of a seven-game stretch (five at March 3 at Northwestern * 9:00 P.M. B1G Network home) against all unranked teams to close the regular season. They have won the first five of seven. March 7 PENN STATE * 7:00 P.M. B1G Network 2020-21 TERRAPINS March 10-14 at Big Ten Tournament (Indianapolis, Ind.) No. Player Pos Ht Wt Yr Hometown PPG RPG Notes 0 Marcus Dockery G 6-2 180 Fr. Washington, D.C. 1.6 0.3 Scored career-high 8 pts vs. #5 Iowa (1/7) 1 James Graham III G/F 6-8 205 Fr. Milwaukee, Wisc. 1.7 1.7 Made collegiate debut 1/4/21; finished HS in Dec. * - Big Ten Conference game; 2 Aaron Wiggins G 6-6 200 Jr. Greensboro, N.C. 13.4 5.8 13+ pts in 9 straight home games % - Big Ten/ACC Challenege; 5 Eric Ayala G 6-5 200 Jr. Wilmington, Del. 14.9 3.8 22 pts (13/13 FT) in win vs. MSU (2/28) Big Ten Tournament at ; 11 Darryl Morsell G 6-5 200 Sr. Baltimore, Md. 8.4 3.7 B1G Defensive Player of the Year Candidate All times Eastern; 12 Reese Mona G 6-2 185 Sr. LaPlata, Md. 0.5 0.8 Team-high 4 assists at Clemson (12/9) Home games played at XFINITY Center (17,950) listed in BOLD CAPS 13 Hakim Hart G 6-6 205 So. Philadelphia, Pa. 7.8 3.4 32 pts vs. St. Peter’s; previous career-best was 11 pts ^ Not originally on schedule; added as replacement games after 15 Chol Marial C 7-2 235 So. Rumbek, South Sudan 1.6 1.1 7-8 wingspan; made first career start vs. Mount previously scheduled games were canceled/postponed due to Covid-19 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. 1.5 1.0 Scored six points in collegiate debut 24 Donta Scott F 6-7 230 So. Philadelphia, Pa. 11.6 6.8 Notched double-double at #17 Minnesota (1/23) 25 Jairus Hamilton F 6-8 235 Jr. Charlotte, N.C. 6.8 2.6 Season-high 15 pts vs. St. Peter’s (12/4) 30 Galin Smith F 6-9 235 Sr. Clinton, Miss. 4.1 2.5 10 pts, 4 asts vs. Minnesota (2/14) 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 MARYLAND’S CASE FOR THE NCAA TOURNAMENT SEASONS WITH MULTIPLE - Eighth-toughest strength of schedule (NET); played 14 Quad RANKED ROAD WINS The BIG TEN 1 games (nation-high). Season Opponents 2020-21 Big Ten Standings 2020-21 #6 WISC, #12 ILL, #16 MINN Conf Overall - No bad losses. The lone loss outside of Quad 1 was a Quad 2. 2003-04 #1 Florida, #16 NC State RK Team W L Win% GB W L Win% - Four road victories against Quad 1 opponents; 1 of 6 teams 2001-02 #21 Wake Forest, #8 Virginia 2000-01 #23 Wake Forest, #2 Duke 1 Michigan 13 1 .929 - 18 1 94.737 to claim the distinction nationally (Iowa, Michigan, Illinois, Ohio 1996-97 #13 North Carolina, #2 Wake Forest 2 Illinois 14 4 .778 1 18 6 75.000 State, Alabama). The other four are all in the top-8 of the NET. 1993-94 #15 Georgetown, #12 Georgia Tech 3 Iowa 12 6 .667 3 18 7 72.000 1985-86 #17 NC State, #1 North Carolina - One of 17 teams nationally with at least 5 Quad 1 wins. 4 Ohio State 12 7 .632 3.5 18 7 72.000 1980-81 #18 Syracuse, #12 Clemson - Three ranked road wins (school record). 1975-76 #13 NC State, #10 Notre Dame 5 Purdue 11 6 .647 3.5 16 8 66.667 1955-56 #19 Geo. Washington, #5 NC State 6 Wisconsin 9 8 .529 5.5 16 9 64.000 QUICK HITTERS 7 Maryland 9 9 .500 6 15 10 60.000 8 Rutgers 9 10 .474 6.5 13 10 56.522 - Head coach Mark Turgeon (469) ranks second in career wins SEASONS WITH 9 Michigan State 7 10 .412 7.5 13 10 56.522 among current Big Ten coaches, trailing only Tom Izzo.