Red-Hot Men's Hoops Travels to Maryland On Tuesday Evening

Game Will Be Televised On BIG10 Network

UMBC began their 56th season at Louisville on Nov. 6. This is the 38th season of DI hoops for the Black and Gold.
In season openers, UMBC now holds a 15-23 mark in DI play.
The Retrievers last road opening day win came at Coppin State in 1999-2000.
UMBC's last opening day win was a 134-46 triumph over Valley Forge in 2019.
UMBC had won seven straight home openers until falling to Marist on Saturday.
SO guard Dion Brown was named the America East Player of the Week (Nov. 13) for the first time in his career.
The Retrievers have won three straight heading into Tuesday's contest at Maryland.

WHO ARE THESE GUYS?

UMBC is one of just five DI programs that did not return a single player who started one game for their current team last season.
The others are Notre Dame, Penn State, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, and Utah State.

WHO'S HOT

Graduate student forward Khydarius Smith is averaging 19.3 ppg. over the last three contests while shooting 71 percent from the floor (25-for-35).
The USC Upstate transfer erupted for a career high 25 points on 9-of-11 shooting in the win versus Sacred Heart. He hit 7-of-9 clutch free throws, also a career best against the Pioneers.
Smith is second in the America East with a .642 shooting rate (49th in country) and is 5th in scoring (16.0 ppg.).
Smith made his first start as a Retriever on Sunday versus Loyola Maryland.

MAD MAX

Graduate student Max Lorca-Lloyd, who will have two seasons of eligibilty at UMBC, leads the America East with 11 blocks (2.2 per game).
Lorca-Lloyd came off the bench for the first time on Sunday versus Loyola Maryland and swatted a career high four shots.
Lorca-Lloyd was 5th in the Ivy last season in blocks per game at UPenn, averaging 1.2 bpg.

A REESE OF OUR OWN

Julian Reese will not be the only Reese on the floor on Tuesday night. Freshman guard Ashton Reese has been a huge surprise in the early season and has forced his way into Coach Ferry's rotation.
The 6'5' sharpshooter converted a clutch, conventional 3-pt play in the win versus Sacred Heart and also added a trifecta in the game.
The Scottsdale, Arizona native played a career high 20 minutes in the victory against Loyola on Sunday. He made 3-of-5 shots and went 2-for-4 from behind the arc.
Reese is 4-of-6 from downtown this season.

TERPS ' REESE HAS STRONG UMBC BLOODLINES

Julian Reese's mother, Angel Webb, is a member of UMBC's Athletic Hall of Fame. In 1991-92, the power forward placed second in the nation in rebounding with 13.2 boards per game.
She was named UMBC Female Athlete of the Year in 1992. Angel earned First Team All East Coast Conference honors in 1990-91 and 1991-92.
Webb garnered 20 or more rebounds in a game three times in her career and finished with 1,390 points, 932 rebounds, and 132 blocked shots.

BENCH MOB

The Retrievers' bench is averaging 33.6 ppg. UMBC ranks 35th in the nation in the category.

A GLANCE AT THE TERRAPINS

The Terps are coming off a road loss at No. 21 Villanova last Friday night. Julian Reese led Maryland with 10 points as the lone scorer in double-figures.
Maryland has been hamstrung by a slow start offensively to the season averaging just 58.0 points through four games.
Defensively, Maryland is allowing just 60.0 points per game which ranks 33rd nationally and fifth in the Big Ten. The Terps gave up under 60 to both Mount St. Mary's (53) and Villanova (57). Against the Wildcats, their previous low was 72 points in the loss to Penn.
The last time Maryland started 1-3 was in 2000-01 when the Terps opened with three games in Hawaii followed by a road trip to Wisconsin. Maryland then won 10 straight and reached the NCAA Final Four.
Dating back to last season, Maryland has a 12-game overall home win streak following the season-opening victory against Mount St. Mary's.
The program record for an overall home win streak is 27 from Dec. 6, 2015-Feb. 13, 2016.
Following a loss at home to No. 16 UCLA last December, the Terps then won 11 straight including nine Big Ten games at XFINITY.

SAPP HAS CAREER DAY AS RETRIEVERS RUN AWAY FROM LOYOLA MARYLAND IN 2ND HALF

The host UMBC Retrievers reversed an eight-point second half deficit by going on a 16-2 run and went on to defeat the Loyola Maryland Greyhounds, 94-79, on Sunday afternoon at Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena.
UMBC (3-2) junior guard Devan Sapp (7-for-9 fga, 4-of-5 3fg) scored 18 points and grabbed seven boards, both career highs, while graduate student forward Khydarius Smith added 18 points (9-of-14 fga) and four rebounds. Junior guard Marcus Banks Jr. was also in double-digits with 13 points while sophomore guard Dion Brown (9 points, 4 assists) grabbed a career best ten rebounds.
When we share the basketball and when we have a balanced scoresheet like this, we can score points," said UMBC Head Coach Jim Ferry. "It's when we get a little stagnant where we struggle or when we take quick shots," he said. "There's a difference between playing with pace and taking fast shots."
Loyola Maryland (1-4) led 37-35 at halftime and opened the second half on an 8-2 run to build a 45-37 lead with 18:09 left in the contest.
The Retrievers, who have now won three straight contests, called a timeout, and then went on their huge burst to claim a 53-47 edge at the 14:40 mark. Smith (2 blocks, 2 steals) ignited the stretch with a layup and capped the run with a fast break jam after stealing the ball near half court. Sapp was the catalyst during the run as he swished three triples, including the go-ahead trey to make it 49-47 with 15:21 left.
The Greyhounds, who shot 41.4 percent overall, managed to close to within 65-60 after a layup by sophomore guard Dion Perry at the 9:27 mark but that was as close as they would get for the remainder of the contest.
The Retrievers, who have defeated the Greyhounds in back-to back seasons, put the game out of reach by scoring 13 of the next 14 points to widen their lead to 78-61 with 6:06 left.
UMBC hit 37-of-76 field goal attempts for a 48.7 percent rate, made 11-of-26 trey attempts (42.3 percent), and went 9-for-13 (69.2 percent) from the foul line.
The hosts out rebounded Loyola Maryland by a 51-34 margin and outscored them by a 21-4 margin in second chance points.
Perry paced the visitors with 18 points and Golden Dike and D'Angelo Stines each added 15 points.

SERIES HISTORY

UMBC is 0-15 all-time against Maryland.
The only single-point deficit was an 89-80 outcome, during the 1993-1994 season.

A PROGRAM ON THR RISE

UMBC is enjoying their best stretch in program history as the Retrievers have gone a combined 136-88 (.614) over the past seven seasons. UMBC enjoyed three straight 20+ win seasons from 2016-17 to 2018-19. Their 25 victories in 2017-18 was a program high.
UMBC became the first #16 seed to knock off a #1 seed when the Retrievers shocked Virginia, 74-54, in the 2018 NCAA Tournament.
Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena (formerly the UMBC Event Center) officially opened on Feb. 3, 2018, as the UMBC men's basketball team hosted the Vermont Catamounts before a capacity crowd of 4,753. Both the men's and women's basketball teams played their February and March games in the new facility, which included three post-season victories.
The on-campus facility can accommodate nearly 6,000 patrons for commencements, concerts, featured speakers, and other events. It includes spectator facilities, such as concessions, catering, hospitality, restrooms, security, and guest services.

COACH FERRY

Jim Ferry is in his 23rd season as a collegiate head coach and his third at UMBC.
Ferry has led the Retrievers to consecutive 18-14 records as well as an appearance in the America East Finals in 2021-22. The Retrievers finished fourth in the league a season ago.
Prior to his arrival in Baltimore, Ferry served in 2020-21 as the interim head coach at Penn State. He led the Nittany Lions to an 11-14 overall mark and a 7-12 Big Ten record that included wins over NCAA Tournament teams No. 14 Wisconsin, No. 15 Virginia Tech, Rutgers, and Maryland (twice).
Ferry spent 10 seasons as head coach at LIU Brooklyn, guiding the program to unprecedented levels of success. He led the Blackbirds to the Northeast Conference regular-season titles and tournament championships in 2011 and 2012, including their first NCAA Championship appearance in 14 years.

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