Fresh off a close loss to top-15 ranked Marquette, the Maryland men’s basketball routed Canisius Tuesday night by the score of 108-37. The 71-point win was the second-largest margin of victory in Maryland’s history, behind a 75-point win over North Texas in 1998.
Maryland (4-1) bounced back from the loss to Marquette, keeping the Golden Griffins of Canisius (0-6) winless on the season.
Canisius opened the game’s scoring with an Evan van der Plas three-pointer in the first minute. Maryland responded with an 18-1 run and never looked back. The Terrapins allowed 14 points to the Golden Griffins in the first half while scoring 59.
Maryland senior forward Julian Reese had a breakout performance. He led the Terrapins with 20 points on 8-of-9 shooting from the field. All five Maryland starters scored in double digits.
- Julian Reese, 20 points
- Derik Queen, 10 points
- Selton Miguel, 15 points
- Ja’kobi Gillespie, 10 points
- Rodney Rice, 13 points
Reese and five-star freshman Derik Queen drive the engine. However, head coach Kevin Willard’s excellent additions thus far have been transfers Rodney Rice via Virginia Tech and Ja’Kobi Gilespie out of Belmont.
Gillespie and Queen lead the team in scoring 15.0 points per game. Gillespie has been impressive, shooting 53.8% from the field and 39.3 from three. Meanwhile, Rice averages 13.8 points on 51.1% shooting, including 44.4% from three.
The Terps were dynamic with their defense, forcing 23 turnovers by Canisius. Maryland limited the Golden Griffins to 14 made field goals on 55 attempts.
The loss against Marquette a week ago proved to be a strong indication of how good the new-look Terrapins’ have been. Maryland will look to carry over the momentum in their next game against Villanova on Sunday in Newark.
