Purdue Basketball: Maryland Preview – Hammer & Rail

Maryland (12-6, Big10 3-4) vs. #3 Purdue (18-1, Big10 7-1)

Maryland Listing

Maryland on offense

Maryland is respectable on offense, not good, not horrible, however acceptably mediocre. Effectivity is the perfect a part of attacking. The GPA of 110.3 is the 63rd within the nation. They play at a reasonable tempo, and common possession size of 17.2 (131st participant within the nation). General, they play barely slower than the nationwide common of 67.4 with an adjusted tempo of 66.1 (244).

They aren’t good from behind the arc, taking pictures 30.9% (305) however they’re good from 2, taking pictures 53.6%. His general efficient area purpose proportion of fifty.8 is nice for 151st within the nation. Aside from the Ohio State sport, the place they have been going for 80’s, they like to play video games within the 60’s.

Level guard Jahmir Younger leads the Terps in scoring with 15.8 a sport. He is the one Maryland participant with the power to stroll out for a giant, and he is been working the heater over the past 3 video games, having pitched 30 at Ohio State, 20 at Iowa, and 26 at Michigan. If Maryland has designs on eliminating Mackey’s Purdue, they’re going to want Younger to remain scorching. He would not shoot properly from deep, going simply 19-70 (27%) on the season, however he makes up for it by attending to the sting and drawing errors. He has drawn 5.9 (51) per sport and shoots 80% when he hits the bar. In opposition to Ohio State he hit 13-15 free throws and in opposition to Michigan he hit 8-10. Purdue will likely be properly served to maintain him off the road.

Within the entrance area, Julian Reese provides them an efficient low scorer. His efficient area purpose proportion of 62.6% is the forty fourth finest within the nation. He does all his work contained in the arc and hasn’t tried 3 this season. He’s a giant sturdy man who by no means works out of his power. Donta Scott, however, is a stretch 4, his 77 of three makes an attempt being second on the workforce, solely behind taking pictures jacks Donald Curry’s 100. Scott shoots a 3-shoot however would not hit a lot, making simply 30% on the 12 months. Over the past two video games, he is dominated it a bit and hit 2-4 from 3 whereas attacking contained in the arc. I might anticipate him to attempt to pull Forrest out to begin the sport and attempt to assault Gillis from the within.

Maryland on protection

Terps are higher on protection than they’re on offense. 95.5 (37) places them within the first division of groups. They do job of getting groups to take contested photographs, permitting solely 46.2% (36) of efficient area targets. They use their lengthy armed guards and wings to make 3-point taking pictures tough. The Terps held the workforce to 30.3% (44) from behind the arc. Their inside protection is not dangerous both, solely permitting 46.6% (61) of photographs down.

They aren’t significantly good at turning the ball over. Their steal proportion of 8.1% (272) is not nice. They make up for it considerably with their raw turnover proportion of 10.3% (75). Even worse for the Terps, they battle to safe their offensive glass, giving up offensive rebounds on 29.1% of photographs. In the event that they do it in opposition to Purdue, Zack Eddy will go for 30 once more.

X issue – depth

Maryland is as shallow as a child pond. He bench performs 26.8% of minutes, good for 285th within the nation. To place that in perspective, Purdue would not use their bench a lot, and so they nonetheless eat 34% (105) of their minutes. The entrance court docket is especially skinny. Julianne Reese’s major backup begins directing Donta Scott. Scott’s major backup is winger Hakeem Hart. They’d moderately not use freshman Caelum Swanton-Rodger however will not have a alternative right this moment.

If Purdue will get deep into Maryland, it’ll be an extended day for the Terps. They did job staying out of hassle in opposition to main man Hunter Dickinson, with Scott and Reese choosing up a mixed 4 fouls. They’re going to have to stick with it in opposition to Zach Edey, however the job will likely be tougher as a result of Zach would not fancy himself a 7-foot-3 shooter and can take greater than 6 photographs contained in the arc. The truth is, Zach in all probability had 6 shot makes an attempt halfway by the primary half.

predictions

Kinbaum

Maryland – 62

Bordeaux – 72

83% confidence

charge

Bordeaux – 78

Maryland – 65

That factor could be near half, however Purdue would go down within the first half. Maryland would not have the depth to play the bodily Boilermakers. They battle in opposition to the bodily facilities. Hunter Dickinson blasted them into their first sport, placing up 32 factors in a 13-16 run from contained in the arc. In sport two, Dickinson and Howard determined it was finest to publish him outdoors the arc, and Maryland turned the script round, knocking out the Wolverines 64-58 on their final sport.

Zach Edey will not overlook Maryland’s offense the place they’re most susceptible (within the paint, he guards a 7’4″ heart ahead). Edey goes over 30 on this sport and Purdue takes over within the second half.