Reese and Maryland host Washington

Published Jan. 1, 2025 3:43 a.m. ET

Associated Press

Maryland Terrapins (11-2, 1-1 Big Ten) at Washington Huskies (9-4, 0-2 Big Ten)

Seattle; Thursday, 9:30 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Maryland plays Washington after Julian Reese scored 23 points in Maryland's 81-66 victory against the Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks.

The Huskies are 7-2 on their home court. Washington ranks sixth in the Big Ten with 9.5 offensive rebounds per game led by Great Osobor averaging 3.0.

The Terrapins are 1-1 in conference matchups. Maryland is second in the Big Ten with 10.7 offensive rebounds per game led by Reese averaging 3.5.

Washington scores 74.2 points, 13.1 more per game than the 61.1 Maryland gives up. Maryland has shot at a 49.9% rate from the field this season, 6.7 percentage points above the 43.2% shooting opponents of Washington have averaged.

The Huskies and Terrapins meet Thursday for the first time in Big Ten play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Osobor is averaging 14.2 points, 8.7 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 2.1 steals for the Huskies.

Derik Queen is scoring 16.8 points per game with 8.8 rebounds and 2.2 assists for the Terrapins.

LAST 10 GAMES: Huskies: 7-3, averaging 75.5 points, 32.2 rebounds, 14.3 assists, 7.2 steals and 3.8 blocks per game while shooting 46.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 69.3 points per game.

Terrapins: 8-2, averaging 88.5 points, 36.7 rebounds, 18.1 assists, 7.4 steals and 4.2 blocks per game while shooting 51.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 64.0 points.

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