Alcorn State visits Young and Maryland

Published Dec. 11, 2023 3:42 a.m. ET

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Alcorn State Braves (1-8) at Maryland Terrapins (5-4, 1-1 Big Ten)

College Park, Maryland; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Maryland plays the Alcorn State Braves after Jahmir Young scored 28 points in Maryland's 81-75 overtime victory over the Penn State Nittany Lions.

The Terrapins have gone 5-0 in home games. Maryland has a 0-2 record in games decided by less than 4 points.

The Braves are 0-8 on the road. Alcorn State is ninth in the SWAC with 33.0 rebounds per game led by Jeremiah Kendall averaging 7.4.

Maryland is shooting 40.3% from the field this season, 8.2 percentage points lower than the 48.5% Alcorn State allows to opponents. Alcorn State averages 4.9 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.3 more makes per game than Maryland gives up.

TOP PERFORMERS: Young is shooting 38.8% and averaging 17.7 points for the Terrapins. Donta Scott is averaging 8.7 points for Maryland.

Jeremiah Gambrell averages 2.3 made 3-pointers per game for the Braves, scoring 10.5 points while shooting 43.9% from beyond the arc. Kendall is averaging 16 points and 7.4 rebounds for Alcorn State.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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