Terrapin Brew 1/13: Ranked Win (x2)

Men's hoops and wrestling both picked up ranked wins over the weekend!

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Terrapin Brew Crew
January 13, 2025

🐢 The Official Daily Newsletter For Maryland Athletics

Good morning! Go be great, Ruben!

What all do we have in today’s Brew?

🏀 Top-25 win
🤼 Top-10 win
​🐢 And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Ranked Rout. Led by a career-high 27 points from Ja’Kobi Gillespie, Maryland men’s basketball took down No. 22 UCLA, 79-61, inside a raucous XFINITY Center on Friday night. The win by 18 points is Maryland's largest over a ranked team since beating No. 5 Michigan State, 80-62, on Nov. 27, 2008. 

Julian Reese collected a double-double against the Bruins with 16 points and 10 rebounds, and Selton Miguel added 11 points to round out the double-digit scorers for the Terps.

The Terps are back in action tonight, hosting Minnesota (8-8, 0-5 B1G) at 6:30 p.m.

🔼 Two-In-One. Maryland wrestling opened up Big Ten competition in a big way over the weekend, picking up dual wins on the road over No. 10 Michigan and Michigan State.

The Terps beat the Wolverines with wins from Kal Miller (149), Ethen Miller (157), Branson John (174), Jaxon Smith (184) and a crucial pin from Braxton Brown (133).

Brown, both Millers and Smith all collected wins against the Spartans, too, as well as Dario Lemus (141), Alex Uryniak (165) and Seth Nevills (285).

Maryland’s win over Michigan was its first over a top-10 team since Nov. 20, 2009, when the No. 10 Terps beat No. 4 Cornell, 18-17. And with their win over the Spartans on Sunday, the Terps are 2-0 in Big Ten action for the first time in program history. The last time the team started 2-0 in conference play was during the 2011-12 ACC season.

🔼 Road Dub. No. 8 Maryland women’s basketball picked up its fifth Big Ten win of the season over the weekend, 83-68, at Wisconsin. The Terps outscored the Badgers 21-8 in the fourth quarter to secure the win.

Bri McDaniel scored a season-high 21 points in her first start of the season, and Shyanne Sellers matched her with 21 points of her own. Kaylene Smikle (18 points) and Christina Dalce (15 points) rounded out the double-digit scorers.

🔼 Podium Finish. No. 24 Maryland gymnastics had a successful weekend down in San Antonio at the Lone Star Challenge, scoring a 195.400 to place third among a five-team field of No. 17 Auburn, No. 20 Arizona State, No. 21 Penn State and Temple.

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🤔 TERPS TRIVIA

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🐢 ONE BIG THING

🔼 Legend Lost. The Maryland Football Family mourns the passing of all-time Terrapin great Paul Vellano Sr. ('73), who passed away this week at the age of 72.

Vellano Sr., who was inducted into the Maryland Athletics Hall of Fame in 2012, was an All-American defensive lineman for the Terps from 1971-73. He was named Honorable Mention All-American as a junior in 1972 and then a First Team All-American in 1973. Vellano Sr. was also a two-time All-ACC selection.

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Monday, January 13
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Minnesota @ 6:30 p.m. | BTN | Listen | Live Stats | Tickets

Tuesday, January 14
🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. Minnesota @ 7 p.m. | BTN | Listen | Live Stats | Tickets

Wednesday, January 15
No scheduled events

Thursday, January 16
🏀 Men’s Basketball at Northwestern @ 9 p.m. | BTN | Listen | Live Stats

Friday, January 17
🤼 Wrestling vs. Wisconsin @ 7 p.m. | B1G+ | Tickets

Friday, January 10
🏀 Men’s Basketball — Maryland 79, No. 22 UCLA 61 | Recap
🤼 Wrestling — Maryland 19, No. 10 Michigan 18 | Recap

Saturday, January 11
🏀 Women’s Basketball — No. 8 Maryland 83, Wisconsin 68 | Recap
🤸‍♀️ Gymnastics — third place at Lone Star Challenge | Recap

Sunday, January 12
🤼 Wrestling — Maryland 27, Michigan State 11 | Recap

🐢 Have a great Monday, y’all!