INSIDE... MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES Storylines ............................1 Player Bios ....................9-22 Roster .................................1 Game-by-Game ...........23-24 MARYLAND AT #9 WISCONSIN Schedule .............................1 Miscellaneous Stats ..........25 Broadcast Info ....................1 Team Highs .......................26 KOHL CENTER Full Roster/Staff ..................2 Individual Highs ................27 MADISON, WISC. Quick Facts .........................2 Career/Season Stats ........28 Pronunciations ....................2 The Last Time ...................29 MON. | DEC. 28 | 7:00 P.M. | Game Notes ....................2-4 Box Scores .......................30 MARYLAND FS1: Kevin Kugler (Play-by-Play), Stephen Bardo (Analyst) #9 WISCONSIN Mark Turgeon ..................5-6 Cume/Conf. Stats .............31 (5-3, 0-2 B1G) (8-1, 2-0 B1G) Staff Bios .........................7-8 Radio/TV Chart .................32 Radio: Johnny Holliday (Play-by-Play), Chris Knoche (Analyst), KENPOM: 48 KENPOM: 4 Walt Williams (Analyst) 2020-21 SCHEDULE RECORD: 5-3 || CONF: 0-0 || H: 5-1 || A: 0-2 || 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 traveled straight from West Lafayette, Ind., to Madison, Wisc., Nov. 29 MOUNT ST. MARY’S W, 82-52 B1G Network to face the ninth-ranked Badgers Monday evening at 7:00 pm on Fox Sports 1. The Terps are seek- Dec. 1 MONMOUTH Canceled - ing their first victory against a top-10 team since defeating No. 3 Iowa on Jan. 28, 2016. Dec. 1 TOWSON^ Canceled - • Started with Purdue, Maryland began an extremely difficult segment of its schedule that includes Dec. 4 GEORGE MASON Canceled - six games, and 10 of its next 11, against teams either ranked in the AP Top-25 or receiving votes. Dec. 4 SAINT PETER’S^ W, 90-57 B1G Network Maryland’s next five games are against No. 9 Wisconsin (4), No. 19 Michigan (16), Indiana (21), No. Dec. 5 at James Madison^ Canceled - 4 Iowa (5) and No. 18 Illinois (7). KenPom rankings are in parenthesis. Dec. 9 at Clemson % L, 51-67 ESPN2 Dec. 14 #19 RUTGERS * L, 60-74 B1G Network • Maryland has committed just nine turnovers over its last two games, with four coming against La Dec. 22 LA SALLE W, 84-71 B1G Network Salle (12/22) and five at Purdue (12/25) in its last outing. The four turnovers were the Terps fewest in Dec. 25 at Purdue * L, 70-73 FS1 a game since committing four against Virginia on Feb. 4, 1993. Dec. 28 at #9 Wisconsin * 7:00 P.M. FS1 Dec. 31 #19 MICHIGAN * 7:00 P.M. ESPN2 • Sophomore Donta Scott has reached double-figures in 7-of-8 games and leads the team in Jan. 4 at Indiana * 8:00 P.M. B1G Network rebounds (7.3) for the season. Over his last six games, the Philadelphia native is averaging 14.7 points and shooting 65-percent from the field. He is also shooting better than 50-percent from be- Jan. 7 #4 IOWA * 7:00 P.M. ESPN yond the 3-point line during that span. Jan. 10 at #18 Illinois * TBA B1G Network Jan. 16 NEBRASKA * Noon B1G Network • Maryland head coach Mark Turgeon is in his 10th season at the helm for the Terrapins, having Jan. 19 at #19 Michigan * TBA FS1 led the program to more than 20 wins in five of the last six seasons.Turgeon’s .640 (73-41) winning Jan. 23 at Minnesota * Noon/6PM B1G Network percentage in Big Ten Conference play ranks fifth all-time among coaches with at least 50 wins since Jan. 30 #9 WISCONSIN * TBA B1G Network 1980, trailing only Bo Ryan (.717), Bob Knight (.700), Tom Izzo (.693) and Thad Matta (.658). Feb. 2 PURDUE * TBA B1G Network Feb. 5 at Penn State * TBA FS1 • Maryland has won the rebounding battle in all five of its victories this season, and 14 consecutive Feb. 8 #23 OHIO STATE * TBA FS1 games overall dating back to last year. The last loss came in Maryland’s most recent trip to the Kohl Feb. 14 MINNESOTA * TBA B1G Network Center on Jan. 15, 2020 against Wisconsin. Feb. 17 at Nebraska * TBA B1G Network • Junior scored a career-high 23 points in the Terps’ win over La Salle on Dec. 22, knock- Feb. 21 at #11 Rutgers * TBA B1G Network Eric Ayala ing down 13-of-15 free throw attempts. It was the most free throw attempts in a game for a Terrapin Feb. 28 #12 MICHIGAN STATE * TBA CBS since Melo Trimble attempted 15 against Northwestern in 2017. Ayala, who averaged just 8.6 points March 3 at Northwestern * TBA B1G Network through his first two seasons, is currently averaging a team-high 14.4 points/g. March 7 PENN STATE * TBA B1G Network 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. 0.8 0.0 Won National Prep title with Brewster Academy % - Big Ten/ACC Challenege; 2 Aaron Wiggins G 6-6 200 Jr. Greensboro, N.C. 10.5 4.5 2020 Big Ten Sixth Man of the Year Big Ten Tournament at United Center; 5 Eric Ayala G 6-5 200 Jr. Wilmington, Del. 14.4 3.3 Scored career-high 23pts vs. La Salle (12/22) All times Eastern; 11 Darryl Morsell G 6-5 200 Sr. Baltimore, Md. 8.1 5.0 2020 Honorable Mention All-Big Ten Home games played at XFINITY Center (17,950) listed in BOLD CAPS 12 Reese Mona G 6-2 185 Sr. LaPlata, Md. 1.2 1.4 Team-high 4 assists at Clemson (12/9) ^ Not originally on schedule; added as replacement games 13 Hakim Hart G 6-6 205 So. Philadelphia, Pa. 9.8 2.9 32 pts vs. St. Peter’s; previous career-best was 11 pts after previously scheduled games were canceled due to 15 Chol Marial C 7-2 235 So. Rumbek, South Sudan 2.3 1.8 7-8 wingspan; made first career start vs. Mount Covid-19 20 Aidan McCool G 6-3 160 Fr. Charleston, S.C. 0.0 0.0 Walk-on 22 Jade Brahmbhatt G 6-0 160 Jr. Olney, Md. -- -- Walk-on; transfer from Pacific 23 Aquan Smart G 6-3 175 Jr. Evanston, Ill. 2.6 2.0 Scored six points in collegiate debut 24 Donta Scott F 6-7 230 So. Philadelphia, Pa. 13.0 7.3 Had career-high 20pts vs. #19 Rutgers (12/14) 25 Jairus Hamilton F 6-8 235 Jr. Charlotte, N.C. 8.0 3.1 Season-high 15 pts vs. St. Peter’s (12/4) 30 Galin Smith F 6-9 235 Sr. Clinton, Miss. 5.6 2.8 Shooting 69.0% from field 31 Arnaud Revaz F 6-10 215 Fr. Sion, Switzerland 0.0 1.5 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 has not allowed an opponent to score 80+ points since the 2017-18 season - a span of The BIG TEN 74 games. 2020-21 Big Ten Standings - Maryland is 24-2 when scoring 70+ points since the start of 2019-20. Conf Overall RK Team W L Win% GB W L Win% - Maryland is 31-3 when holding its opponent under 40-percent shooting since the start of 2018-19. 1 Michigan 2 0 1.000 - 7 0 100.000 - Maryland has won 12 consecutive games when outrebounding its opponent. (Last loss: at 2 Northwestern 2 0 1.000 - 5 1 83.333 Wisconsin, 1/15/20) 3 Wisconsin 1 0 1.000 0.5 8 1 88.889 - Maryland’s four turnovers against La Salle (12/22) were its fewest since committing four vs. UVA 4 Rutgers 2 1 .667 0.5 6 1 85.714 on 2/4/93. The Terps followed with only five turnovers in the next game at Purdue (12/25) 5 Purdue 2 1 .667 0.5 7 3 70.000 - Maryland has won 17 of its last 18 games when Darryl Morsell has reached double figures. The 6 Illinois 2 1 .667 0.5 6 3 66.667 7 Minnesota 1 1 .500 1 8 1 88.889 streak was 17 straight before it was snapped at Purdue on 12/25/20. 8 Ohio State 1 1 .500 1 7 1 87.500 SINCE 2017-18 MARYLAND’S HOME DOMINANCE 9 Iowa 1 1 .500 1 7 2 77.778 TOTAL HOME W’S B1G HOME W’S 10 Indiana 0 1 .000 1.5 5 3 62.500 - Maryland has been dominant at home during the Team Wins Team Wins 11 Nebraska 0 1 .000 1.5 4 5 44.444 Mark Turgeon era, winning 84-percent of its games Maryland 51 Purdue 18 12 Michigan State 0 2 .000 2 6 2 75.000 (141-27) since 2011-12. Turgeon’s 84-percent winning Ohio State 50 Maryland 17 13 Maryland 0 2 .000 2 5 3 62.500 mark is the best in Maryland coaching history, edging Michigan 49 Michigan State 17 Michigan State 48 Wisconsin 17 14 Penn State 0 2 .000 2 3 3 50.000 Lefty Driesell’s .829 mark. Purdue 47 Iowa 16 - The Terps have compiled a 51-8 (.864) record since Rutgers 46 Michigan 15 the start of 2017-18 in College Park. It is the most wins Wisconsin 45 Illinois 14 QUICK FACTS Iowa 44 Rutgers 14 at home in the Big Ten Conference during that span.