In this section we will take a look at who Maryland played on this date in years past. The history portion of the title will actually be just recent history. The look back will go back to the 89-90 season, the start of the Gary Williams Era (also known as the start of terrapinstats.com game logs).
Without further ado, January 21st in Maryland basketball history...
A popular day for games over the last 20 years. The Terps have played 6 times over the last 20 years. They are 4-2 in those 6 games, 3-2 in the ACC. Let's take a closer look at each game...
1997 - Penn - W 103-73 (Baltimore Arena)
Here's the one non-ACC game played on this date. Similar to Tuesday's game against Longwood, this was a non-conference game that came when the Terps would otherwise have a week off in ACC play. Current assistant coach Keith Booth led the way with 26 points and 12 rebounds. Rodney Elliot poured in 22 off the bench in the rout.
1998 - Georgia Tech - W 70-67 (A)
Much closer than the previous year. This one was a nail-biter that required three clutch free throws from Sarunas Jasikevicius. Jasikevicius sank three free throws with only 1.3 seconds left after being fouled by Matt Harpring. This one was a balanced scoring effort with five players scoring in double figures and no one scoring more than 16 points (Rodney Elliot).
2001 - NC State - W 75-61 (A)
Juan Dixon came into the game carrying a steak of 11 straight games with 19+ points. In this game the banged-up Dixon scored just 2 in 11 minutes. However, Terrence Morris and Lonny Baxter more than picked up the slack scoring 20 and 18 points respectively.
2004 - Duke - L 68-60 (H)
The first January 21st loss of the Gary Williams Era can be attributed to one of College Park's most hated players... J.J. Redick. Redick led the #1 Blue Devils with 26 points including 5/6 shooting from beyond the arc. His hot shooting was enough to overcome the fact that only one team reached double digits in points. The Terps were led in scoring by Nik Caner-Medley with 21 points.
2006 - Virginia Tech - W 81-72 (H)
For the second year in a row Nik Caner-Medley poured in over 20 points on January 21st. This time it was actually 23 points, and it was in a Terps' win. Maryland actually trailed 38-37 at the half before going on a 10-3 run early in the second half. The victory was Gary Williams' 347th, one short of what was then Lefty Driesell's record.
2007 - Viriginia Tech - L 67-64 (A)
Another 1/21 match-up against the Hokies, and the Terps once again found themselves down one point at halftime. However, this game ended in heartbreak for the Terps as they lost in overtime. Maryland was down by 8 points with under 7 minutes to play in regulation, before coming back to tie the game with under 2 minutes remaining. D.J. Strawberry, who made free throws to tie the game, led the Terps with 16 points.
That's today in history.
- Shane
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