Five Terps Earn All-Big Ten Honors
Press release...
ROSEMONT, IL – Coming off a sensational regular-season campaign, Maryland's Jahmir Young was named to the All-Big Ten Second Team by both the coaches and media as announced on Tuesday. Young headlined five players who earned postseason accolades including Hakim Hart, Julian Reese, and Donta Scott who were named All-Big Ten Honorable Mention selections. In addition to those four, Patrick Emilienwas chosen as a Big Ten Sportsmanship Award honoree.
Young is the first Terp to be named to one of the three all-conference teams since Jalen Smith and Anthony Cowan, Jr., were All-Big Ten First Team selections.
Having four players on the All-Conference teams was the most for Maryland since 2015-16 when the Terps had five.
In addition to being selected honorable mention by the coaches, Hart and Reese were also chosen as the same by the media.
Between his three seasons at Charlotte and this year with Maryland, Young is one of the top point guards in the country with 1,925 career points, 605 rebounds, and 358 points. He is currently one of just nine active players in the country with 1,900 career points, 600 rebounds and 350 assists. This season he leads the Terps averaging 16.3 points and was the 50th player in program history to score 500 points in a season (No. 49, 504 points). He ranks ninth among Big Ten players overall in scoring, while leading Maryland with nine 20-point games including a season-high 30 in the win over No. 24 Ohio State. That started a stretch of three 20-point games followed by 20 at Iowa and 26 in the win over Michigan.
Hart has produced one of his best seasons as a Terp averaging 11.5 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 2.5 assists per game. The senior has four 20-point games highlighted by 23 in the win over Penn State. He's also produced a career-best 77 assists, second most on the squad, while averaging over 32 minutes per game. Hart also ranks second on the team in steals (35) help Maryland post its lowest opponent scoring average since 1981-82.
Reese has turned into one of the top big men in the Big Ten showing explosive development between his freshman and sophomore campaigns. The Baltimore native has doubled his scoring output to 11.4 points per game, third on the team, while leading the Terps with 7.3 rebounds per outing. He also leads Maryland with 35 blocked shots and holds the third-best sinlge-season shooting percentage at 63.8 for the year. The sophomore has seven double-doubles on the year including four in the last five games. He posted 21 points and 12 rebounds, his best Big Ten game totals, in the win over Minnesota. He also posted 19 points on 8-of-11 shooting going head-to-head against Big Ten Player of the Year Zach Edey of Purdue.
Scott enters the postseason as one of 17 Terps to surpass 1,000 career points and 600 rebounds. He currently ranks 31st in career scoring with 1,276 points and is 17th in rebounding with 676 career boards. As a senior, Scott is averaging 11.3 points and 5.9 rebounds per game. He has two double-doubles on the year including 14 points and 11 rebounds in the win over Wisconsin. He was pivotal in the wins over Saint Louis and Miami where he scored 25 and 24 points, respectively. In the win over Indiana, he had 19 points and five boards. The four-year starter has played in 125 games overall which is tied as the 27th most in program history, while his 110 starts are tied for 14th. His 3,651 career minutes played also rank 13th-best among all Terps.
Emilien, who had been a valued reserve during the season, was selected as a Sportsmanship Award honoree. The graduate student played in 28 game games with two starts during the regular season. Twice he posted a season-high 10 points in wins over Saint Peter's and Nebraska, while hauling down seven boards for a season-best against Saint Louis and against the Huskers as well. In the win over No. 3 Purdue, he had a critical nine points and three rebounds. Emilien serves as a key back-up at both the power forward and center positions averaging 17.8 minutes per game. Combined with his three years at Western Michigan, last season at Saint Francis (N.Y.) and then this year with the Terps, Emilien is averaging 5.3 points and 3.7 rebounds through 132 career games.