ASHEVILLE, NC – Maryland lost its second game of the Asheville Championship, as UAB beat the Terps, 66-63, at the Harrah's Cherokee Center on Sunday afternoon.
Jahmir Young had an all-around day with 14 points, six rebounds and six assists.
Donta Scott scored 13 points and grabbed seven rebounds. Deshawn Harris-Smith also scored 13 and had six boards.
Down by as many as 12 points in the second half with 7:39 minutes left in regulation, the Terps rallied to cut their deficit to four at 59-55 with 4:49 left in a Harris-Smith layup. Maryland got within two twice in the final minutes and Harris-Smith's three-pointer at the buzzer was blocked.
Maryland and UAB are both 1-2 on the season.
Eric Gaines led the Blazers with 20 points.
Breaking Down The Action
Scott On The Career Charts
Series History
Jahmir Young had an all-around day with 14 points, six rebounds and six assists.
Donta Scott scored 13 points and grabbed seven rebounds. Deshawn Harris-Smith also scored 13 and had six boards.
Down by as many as 12 points in the second half with 7:39 minutes left in regulation, the Terps rallied to cut their deficit to four at 59-55 with 4:49 left in a Harris-Smith layup. Maryland got within two twice in the final minutes and Harris-Smith's three-pointer at the buzzer was blocked.
Maryland and UAB are both 1-2 on the season.
Eric Gaines led the Blazers with 20 points.
Breaking Down The Action
- The Terps used an 11-0 run in the first half to break open a back-and-forth start building out a 21-12 lead at the 8:06 mark. Caelum Swanton-Rodgerand Jordan Geronimo had dunks during the spurt.
- Maryland's bench made an early impact contributing 14 of the Terps' 30 points in the first half as the Terps led 30-24 at intermission. Jamie Kaiser, Jr., and Swanton-Rodger each had five points, while Swanton-Rodger also had a career-high five rebounds in the first half.
- UAB started the second stanza with a 6-0 run to tie the game at 30-30 forcing a Maryland timeout with 18:31 to go.
- The Blazers used a 16-1 run to take a 46-36 lead with 12:39 left in the second half. UAB outscored Maryland 22-6 to start the second half.
- UAB's lead grew to as large as 12 on several occasions.
- Maryland used a 10-2 run to get back within four at 59-55 on a layup by Harris-Smith with 4:26 left in the second half.
- Young's free throws with 31 seconds left, brought the Terps within two at 63-61. Kaiser's bucket with 9.8 seconds left again brought Maryland to within one at 65-63.
- Young (14 points) reached double figures for the 109th time in his career. He has scored in 123 consecutive games - every one of his career.
- Scott had his 66th career double-figure game and first this season with 13.
- DeShawn Harris-Smith hit double figures for the second time this season with 13.
- After surpassing the 2,000-point mark for his career in the Terps' Friday game, Young added 14 points to have 2,018. Young is the second-leading active scorer in the nation behind only Max Abmas of Texas (2,592).
- He also picked up six rebounds to give him 632 rebounds and his six assists give him 383 for his career. He is the only active player in the NCAA to have 2,000 career points, 600+ rebounds, and 350+ assists.
Scott On The Career Charts
- After scoring 13 points, Donta Scott continues to be No. 28 on the scoring career charts at Maryland with 1,346 points. Next at No. 27 is Tony Massenburg with 1,354.
- With seven rebounds, Scott has 719 rebounds to stand 14th. He passed Albert King with 715 and is trailing No. 13 Massenburg with 722. No. 12 on the list is the legendary Len Bias, who has 745 from 1982-86.
- Scott played in his 132nd career game which is tied with Sean Mosley (2008-12) for 12th-most in program history. He also started his 117th career game which is the ninth-most in program history.
Series History
- This was the first meeting between Maryland and UAB.
- 2: Noah Batchelor made his second career start on Sunday. His other start came last season at Rutgers on Jan. 5, 2023.
- 109: Young had his 109th game in double-figures.
- 117: Scott started his 117th career game, ninth-most in program history.
- 132: Scott played in his 132 career game, tied for the 12th-most in school history.
- The Terps return to action on Friday night, Nov. 17, at No. 22 Villanova as part of the Gavitt Tip-Off Games in Philadelphia at 8:30 p.m. The game airs on FS1 and can be heard on the Maryland Sports Radio Network.
