Courtesy Maryland Athletics - The Terps will play their final home game in 2014 when they welcomes Oakland on Saturday.

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The No. 15 Maryland men’s basketball team will face Oakland in its final non-conference game Saturday at 5 p.m. on the Big Ten Network.

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• Jake Layman was tabbed Big Ten co-Player of the Week, announced Monday. Layman, who tied his season-high in points (21) and posted a career-best in rebounds (11), led No. 17 Maryland (11-1) to a 73-64 win at Oklahoma State Sunday. A junior from Wrentham, Mass., Layman connected on 7-of-12 field goal attempts, made 3-of-5 3-point attempts and recorded his first double-double of the season. Layman has also scored in double-figures in all 12 games for the Terps this season.

• The Terps’ No. 15 ranking in this week’s Associated Press Top 25 represents Maryland’s highest ranking in the polls since Jan. 2, 2006 when Maryland was ranked 14th. Maryland is the second-highest ranked team in the Big Ten behind Wisconsin.

• Maryland is 6-1 since Wooden Award nominee Dez Wells broke his right wrist against No. 13 Iowa State at the CBE Classic. The Terps are outscoring opponents by nearly nine points a game, led by double-figure scoring averages by Jake Layman (17.3), Melo Trimble (16.6) and Richaud Pack (11.3).

• Maryland is a stellar 20-4 in the month of December under head coach Mark Turgeon, including a 4-1 mark in 2014.

• Oakland is 4-9 overall and is led in scoring by Kahlil Felder who paces Oakland with 16.8 ppg. Corey Petros provides an efficient second option, sporting a field goal percentage of 60 percent. Head coach Greg Kampe is the third-longest tenured head coach in the NCAA Division I men’s basketball. This is the first meeting between Oakland and Maryland.

terps snag road win at oklahoma state

• Jake Layman tied a season-high with 21 points and added a career-best 11 rebounds as No. 17 Maryland beat Oklahoma State 73-64 on Sunday to improve to 11-1.

• Layman was three-for-five from three-point range and the Terrapins were 10-for-25 overall from long range. It is the first double-double this season for Layman, who has scored in double-figures in all 12 games in the 2014-15 campaign. Freshmen Melo Trimble and Jared Nickens had 16 and 11 points, respectively, while Richaud Pack had a season-high 10 rebounds.

• Oklahoma State has lost just five times in 198 non-conference home games dating to 1987.

layman named big ten co-player of the week

• Maryland junior forward Jake Layman earned co-Big Ten Player of the Week honors, the league announced on Dec. 22.

• Layman shared the honor with sophomore forward Troy Williams of Indiana.

• Layman, who tied his season-high in points (21) and posted a career-best in rebounds (11), led Maryland to a 73-64 win at Oklahoma State on Dec. 21. A junior from Wrentham, Mass., Layman connected on 7-of-12 field goal attempts, made 3-of-5 3-point attempts and recorded his first double-double of the season. Layman has scored in double-figures in all 12 games for the Terps this season.

• Layman is the second Maryland player to garner co-Big Ten Player of the Week honors, joining freshman
guard Melo Trimble, who earned that distinction on Dec. 1.

maryland climbs the polls

• With seven-consecutive victories to start the season, the Maryland men’s basketball team landed back in the top 25 for the first time since the 2009-10 season on Dec. 1.

• Maryland, which is ranked 15th in the latest Associated Press top-25 poll, boasts its highest ranking
since it was No. 14 on Jan. 2, 2006.

Scouting oakland

• Maryland’s showdown with Oakland (4-9) will be its first-ever meeting with the Golden Grizzlies.

• Kahlil Felder paces Oakland in scoring at 16.8 ppg. Corey Petros provides an efficient second option, sporting a field goal percentage of 60 percent. The senior also pulls down 8.2 rpg.

• Forward Jalen Hayes earned Horizon League Freshman of the Week honors on Dec. 22 after scoring 16 points in an overtime loss to Pittsburgh.

• Greg Kampe is the third longest tenured head coach in Division I basketball, behind Jim Boeheim and Mike Krzyzewski. He has led Oakland to three NCAA Tournament appearances since the program moved to Division I in 1997.

terps hot in december under turgeon

• Maryland is 20-4 in the month of December since head coach Mark Turgeon’s arrival in the 2011-12
season.

• The Terps were 6-0 in 2011 and 2012 and are off to a hot start in 2014, with a 4-1 mark heading into Saturday’s tilt with Oakland.

corralling the cowboys in stillwater

• Maryland picked up a marquee road victory on Dec. 21 at Oklahoma State its last time out.

• The Cowboys were limiting teams to 35 percent from the field prior to Sunday’s matchup, but Maryland, behind junior forward Jake Layman, connected on 45 percent of its field goal attempts from the field and an impressive 55 percent in the second half.

• Oklahoma State has lost just five times in 198 non-conference home games dating to 1987.

Season Preview: Terps Think B1G in 2014-15

• With a top-10 recruiting class and his most experienced team in four years as head coach at Maryland, Mark Turgeon has the Terrapins poised for its inaugural season in the Big Ten Conference.

• Maryland, which finished 17-15 last season, boasts a balanced team featuring a mix of veteran leadership and key newcomers. Among the leaders is 2013 ACC-All Conferece and USBWA All-District III selection Dez Wells, who changed his number to 44 to honor a deceased former teammate for his senior season. Wells is joined by seniors Evan Smotrycz and Jon Graham and sophomore Damonte Dodd in the frontcourt, in addition to junior Jake Layman on the wing.

• Turgeon also hauled in the ninth-best recruiting class in the nation according to Scout.com, showcasing McDonald’s All-American point guard Melo Trimble (Upper Marlboro, Md.), shooting guard Dion Wiley (Oxon Hill, Md.), guard Jared Nickens (Monmouth Junction, N.J.) and forward Michal Cekovsky (Slovakia, Europe).

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