Terrapin Brew 7/29: Time For Tip-Off

Alyssa Thomas and Team USA play Japan today at 3 p.m. ET!

๐Ÿข The Official Daily Newsletter For Maryland Athletics

What else do we having brewing today?

๐Ÿ€ First time
๐Ÿ‘ Olympic moment
โ€‹๐Ÿข And much, much more!

๐Ÿ“ˆ STOCK UP

๐Ÿ”ผ Ready To Hoop. Maryland womenโ€™s basketball alum Alyssa Thomas and Team USA kick off Olympic pool play today against Japan at 3 p.m. ET on USA Network and Peacock!

Thomas is making her Olympic debut with Team USA, which has won the past seven gold medals.

๐Ÿ€ READ MORE: Thomas, Team USA Set for Olympics

๐Ÿ”ผ Four Go-Arounds. Sarunas Jasikevisius is one of the best Lithuanian and European guards of all time, making four Olympic Games appearances over his storied career.

Back in his collegiate days, he scored 7.7 points per game over 120 career games for Gary Williams and the Terps from 1994-98!

๐Ÿ”ผ Olympics At Home. Legendary Maryland field hockey head coach Missy Meharg had her Olympic moment back in 1996, coaching Team USA to a fifth-place finish in Atlanta!

๐Ÿˆ COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF: 33 DAYS

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Weโ€™ve got 33 days left until Maryland football is back on the field for its season opener against UConn!

Chris Turner was Marylandโ€™s signal caller from 2007-09, and scored 33 total touchdowns over those three seasons โ€” 30 through the air and three on the ground!

Turnerโ€™s 6,543 career passing yards are the third-most in program history, as are his 547 career completions.

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๐Ÿข ONE BIG THING

๐Ÿ”ผ Happy Homecoming. Terps fans, get to know sophomore menโ€™s basketball guard Rodney Rice, who is returning home to play for Maryland this winter!

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๐Ÿ“… UPCOMING SCHEDULE

COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF โ€” 33 DAYS
๐Ÿˆ Maryland vs. UConn
๐Ÿ“… Saturday, August 31 @ Noon
๐Ÿ“บ FS1
๐ŸŸ SECU Stadium โ€” College Park, Md.
๐ŸŽŸ Maryland football season tickets

Sunday, August 18
โšฝ๏ธ Womenโ€™s Soccer Home Opener vs. Stony Brook @ 1 p.m. | Tickets

Sunday, August 25
โšฝ๏ธ Menโ€™s Soccer Home Opener vs. Georgetown @ 7:45 p.m. | Tickets

Friday, August 30
๐Ÿ‘ Field Hockey Home Opener vs. Louisville @ 6 p.m. | Free Admission

๐Ÿข Have a great Monday, yโ€™all!