Maryland (15-7) vs. Minnesota (7-14)
When: Saturday, Feb. 4 | 9:00 p.m. ET
Where: Williams Arena (Minneapolis, Minn.)
Television: BTN (Streaming on FoxSports) - Watch Live
Broadcasters: Mike Hall (play-by-play), Shon Morris (color)
Radio: Maryland Sports Radio Network | Listen Online
Line: Terps -9.5
Over/Under: 128.5
Series history: Maryland leads the all-time series 13-2, with the Terps winning the most recent meeting 84-73 on March 3, 2022 in College Park.
Projected Starting Lineups
Minnesota
Ta'Lon Cooper (6-foot-4, Jr., G) - Moorehead St. transfer averaging 10.8 points, 4.5 rebounds and a team-high 5.7 assists per game.
Taurus Samuels (6-foot-1, Sr., G) - Dartmouth transfer averaging 3.0 points, 2.0 rebounds per game.
Jamison Battle (6-foot-7, Jr., F) - Averaging 13.1 points and 3.6 rebounds per game.
Joshua Ola-Joseph (6-foot-7, Fr., F) - Averaging 7.3 points and 3.1 rebounds per game.
Dawson Garcia (6-foot-11, Soph., F/C) - North Carolina transfer averaging a team-high 14.9 points and a team-high 6.3 rebounds per game.
Maryland
Jahmir Young (6-foot-1, Senior, PG) - Averaging a team-high 16.1 points, 5.0 rebounds and a team-high 3.2 assists per game.
Don Carey (6-foot-5, Senior, SG) - Averaging 7.1 points and 2.1 rebounds per game.
Hakim Hart (6-foot-8, Senior, G/F) - Averaging 11.3 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game.
Donta Scott (6-foot-8, Senior, F) - Averaging 12.2 points, 6.2 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game.
Julian Reese (6-foot-9, Soph., F/C) - Averaging 10.3 points and a team-high 6.6 rebounds per game.
The Terps enter Saturday night's game riding a three-game win streak, while the Gophers are looking to avoid their first seven-game skid since the final seven regular-season games of the Richard Pitino Era in 2021.
The biggest question mark coming into this one is the status of Gophers leading scorer Dawson Garcia, who has missed the past three games with an ankle injury/bone bruise but is listed as a game-time decision for Saturday night's game versus the Terps. Garcia has been replaced by 6-foot-9 freshman Pharrel Payne the past two games. In those two starts, Payne has scored 9 points while also pulling down 7 rebounds and turning the ball over 7 times in a couple of blowout losses.
For Maryland, the Terps have struggled to pick up a road win this season, with their only true road win coming at Louisville. The Cardinals are just 3-19 coming into Saturday's games. Minnesota hasn't fared a whole lot better, having lost all five conference games at home this season, including three by double digits. On the flip side, the Terps are 0-5 on the road in league play and it is something they need to just figure out, according to head coach Kevin Willard.
"We gotta figure out how to win on the road. Like, we gotta do it," said Willard. "I don't know how many road games we have left, but we have got to figure it out. We've played good spurts. We played a really good spurt at Wisconsin. I thought we played a heck of a game at Purdue. Iowa, I thought we had really good spurts at Iowa. We have to be able to put 40 minutes together on the road. We gotta bring our defensive intensity, it has to travel with us and I don't think it has. So that's the thing we've got to build on."
The 58 points the Terps allowed Purdue to score in their last road game were the second-fewest they have allowed on the road all season, with the 54 points they held Louisville to in a win being the season low. Facing a Minnesota team that is one of the worst in the country shooting the three and dead last nationally in free-throw percentage, the Terps seem to be trending towards getting that elusive first road win when they take on the Gophers Saturday night.
When: Saturday, Feb. 4 | 9:00 p.m. ET
Where: Williams Arena (Minneapolis, Minn.)
Television: BTN (Streaming on FoxSports) - Watch Live
Broadcasters: Mike Hall (play-by-play), Shon Morris (color)
Radio: Maryland Sports Radio Network | Listen Online
Line: Terps -9.5
Over/Under: 128.5
Series history: Maryland leads the all-time series 13-2, with the Terps winning the most recent meeting 84-73 on March 3, 2022 in College Park.
Projected Starting Lineups
Minnesota
Ta'Lon Cooper (6-foot-4, Jr., G) - Moorehead St. transfer averaging 10.8 points, 4.5 rebounds and a team-high 5.7 assists per game.
Taurus Samuels (6-foot-1, Sr., G) - Dartmouth transfer averaging 3.0 points, 2.0 rebounds per game.
Jamison Battle (6-foot-7, Jr., F) - Averaging 13.1 points and 3.6 rebounds per game.
Joshua Ola-Joseph (6-foot-7, Fr., F) - Averaging 7.3 points and 3.1 rebounds per game.
Dawson Garcia (6-foot-11, Soph., F/C) - North Carolina transfer averaging a team-high 14.9 points and a team-high 6.3 rebounds per game.
Maryland
Jahmir Young (6-foot-1, Senior, PG) - Averaging a team-high 16.1 points, 5.0 rebounds and a team-high 3.2 assists per game.
Don Carey (6-foot-5, Senior, SG) - Averaging 7.1 points and 2.1 rebounds per game.
Hakim Hart (6-foot-8, Senior, G/F) - Averaging 11.3 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game.
Donta Scott (6-foot-8, Senior, F) - Averaging 12.2 points, 6.2 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game.
Julian Reese (6-foot-9, Soph., F/C) - Averaging 10.3 points and a team-high 6.6 rebounds per game.
The Terps enter Saturday night's game riding a three-game win streak, while the Gophers are looking to avoid their first seven-game skid since the final seven regular-season games of the Richard Pitino Era in 2021.
The biggest question mark coming into this one is the status of Gophers leading scorer Dawson Garcia, who has missed the past three games with an ankle injury/bone bruise but is listed as a game-time decision for Saturday night's game versus the Terps. Garcia has been replaced by 6-foot-9 freshman Pharrel Payne the past two games. In those two starts, Payne has scored 9 points while also pulling down 7 rebounds and turning the ball over 7 times in a couple of blowout losses.
For Maryland, the Terps have struggled to pick up a road win this season, with their only true road win coming at Louisville. The Cardinals are just 3-19 coming into Saturday's games. Minnesota hasn't fared a whole lot better, having lost all five conference games at home this season, including three by double digits. On the flip side, the Terps are 0-5 on the road in league play and it is something they need to just figure out, according to head coach Kevin Willard.
"We gotta figure out how to win on the road. Like, we gotta do it," said Willard. "I don't know how many road games we have left, but we have got to figure it out. We've played good spurts. We played a really good spurt at Wisconsin. I thought we played a heck of a game at Purdue. Iowa, I thought we had really good spurts at Iowa. We have to be able to put 40 minutes together on the road. We gotta bring our defensive intensity, it has to travel with us and I don't think it has. So that's the thing we've got to build on."
The 58 points the Terps allowed Purdue to score in their last road game were the second-fewest they have allowed on the road all season, with the 54 points they held Louisville to in a win being the season low. Facing a Minnesota team that is one of the worst in the country shooting the three and dead last nationally in free-throw percentage, the Terps seem to be trending towards getting that elusive first road win when they take on the Gophers Saturday night.
