Undefeated Terps, Saint Louis Meet Saturday In Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off

College Park, Maryland – An early undefeated battle unfolds Saturday afternoon as the Maryland Men’s Basketball Team (3-0) faces St. Louis (3-0) at the 2022 Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off at Mohegan Sun Arena . Opening chips are scheduled for 1pm and the game will air on ESPNNews. Fans can hear Matt Noble and Chris Knoche calling for action on the Maryland Sports Network (105.7 FM – Baltimore, The TEAM 980 AM – DC, One Maryland App).

On Sunday, the Terps will face either Miami or Providence to wrap up the tournament. The championship game will be played on ESPN at 1:00 PM, and the third-place match will be played on ESPNU at 3:30 PM.

 

Maryland – St. Louis: Series

• Maryland and St. Louis have only ever seen the Terps beat the Billikens 74-66 in the 1994 NCAA Tournament at the Kansas Coliseum.
• Joe Smith led Maryland in NCAA tournament meetings with 29 points and 15 rebounds.
• Maryland head coach Kevin Willard His career record against St. Louis is 1-1, and both games will be played during his time at Seton Hall.

Reese has no sophomore slump

• After a relatively quiet opening game with 7 points and 7 rebounds against Niagara, Julian Reese After scoring a career-high 19 points against both West Carolina and Binghamton, he showed fans that he could be the Terps’ dominant player. Posted his first career double-double with a high 12 rebounds.
• Domestically, Reese ranks 16th in the nation (4th in the Big Ten) with a 78.3 field goal percentage (18/23).
• Reese leads the Terps in scoring (15.0 ppg) and rebounding (8.7 rpg).

A look back at Binghamton’s victory

• For the first time in over a decade, the Terps won their third straight game by at least 20 points when Maryland defeated Binghamton (2-1) 76-52 at the XFINITY Center on Tuesday night.
• Maryland got off to a fast start, scoring the first eight points of the game and leading by as much as 25 points in the first half.
• 3 Tarps scored in double digits with a balanced attack. Julian Reese He followed up his career night against West Carolina with a 19-point, seven-rebound effort. Hakim Hart Shoot 5/10 for 13 points from the field and added 8 boards. donta scott He continued to maintain a steady veteran presence with an effort of 10 points and 9 rebounds.
• The Terps led 44-23 by 21 points at halftime, their largest lead in intermission in almost three seasons. The last time Maryland took a lead in the half was his 42–21 lead over Marquette on December 1, 2019.

Scott is nearing 1,000 points. Eclipse 500 board

• donta scott He surpassed 500 rebounds against West Carolina and now has 514. He joins Binghamton his game in his 961 career his points.
• Scott will be aiming to become the 17th Tarp since 1995 to reach the 1,000-point, 500-rebound milestone. Darryl Mossel (1,090 points / 510 rebounds / 2018-21) and Anthony Cowan (1,881 points / 508 rebounds / 2017-20) have done so recently.
• Scott was one of 20 players named to the Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year watchlist announced by the Basketball Hall of Fame in late October.
• This is Scott’s second year on the watch list after also earning the honor last season. He became recognized as his Terps by Jalen Smith (2019-20) and Jake Layman (2014-15).
• Scott was ranked the 49th overall player in the nation last season. Appeared in 97 games in his career.

Fun news and notes

• 3-0 for ninth straight season – Maryland improved to 3-0 to start their ninth straight season. The last time the Terps didn’t start 3-0 was when he lost 77-68 to UConn in the opener of the 2013-14 season.
• November Reign – Maryland is 68-13 in November games dating back to 2010-2011.
• Back-to-Back 20-Piece – Maryland’s victory over Binghamton marked the first time since 2010-11 that Maryland has won three straight 20-point or more wins. In the stretch before that, Terps had NJIT (89-50), North He Florida (85-62) and Colgate (95-40) in the span from Dec. 22, 2010 to Jan. I broke it. The last time Terps won his first three games of the season by more than 20 points was in his 2009-10 season, and he actually won his first four games of the season by that margin. Did. Maryland defeated Charleston Southern (89-51), Fairfield (71-42), New Hampshire (82-55) and Chaminade (79-51) November 13-23, 2009.
• Defense Makes Offense – Maryland is forcing 14.7 turnovers per game, down 19.3 points from turnovers. Just under 27% of his Terps offense comes from turnovers.
• Young Throwing Block Parties – Point guards with a pair of blocks in the game are generally rare. Leading the team in blocked shots after two games is even more so.for Jameel Young, he is the first Terp guard to block four shots in the team’s first two games since Sean Mosley in 2011-12. He currently has NBA guards Kevin Harter (2016-17) and Aaron Wiggins (2019-20) as well, as he has four blocks in three games (Young did not block a shot against Binghamton). Along with Young.
• Make a positive contribution – Hakim Hart leads Terps with an excellent rating of +81 in two games. donta scott is +66, but Julian Reese +60. This trio is his top player in +/- points early in the season.Trio and fellow starters Jameel Young When Don Carey It is +32 as an annual lineup.

Here are this week’s game notes.