This is a game that you circle on your calendar. All of the storylines are there between geographical rivals of the Maryland Terps and the Georgetown Hoyas. The XFINITY Center in College Park, Maryland is set for the Gold Rush tonight at XFINITY Center in College Park, Maryland. This game will give the bragging rights to the winner.
One of the storied DMV rivalries, it has been nearly 9-seasons since Maryland has played Georgetown in what is the start of a scheduled four-game series between the two programs. This will mark the first time since Nov. 15, 2016 when the teams last played each other at the Verizon Center (now Capital One Arena) in Washington, D.C., as part of the Gavitt Games. Maryland leads the all-time series 38-27 overall.
Today is the home debut for every player not named Lukas Sotell as the other 15 Terps on the roster all transferred in from another college or were high school recruits. This is also Buzz Williams, the new head coach for Maryland, making his home debut.
On April 2, 2025, Williams was named head coach at Maryland after re-building Texas A&M into a program that reached three consecutive NCAA Tournaments. For his career, he is seeking to become one of just three NCAA Division I head coaches to post 100 career wins at four different institutions joining Maryland Hall of Fame Coach Lefty Driesell (Davidson, Maryland, James Madison, Georgia State) and Steve Alford (Iowa, New Mexico, UCLA, Nevada).
Here is your 2025-2026 Terps men’s basketball roster:
No. /Name / Class / Pos. Ht. Wt. /Hometown / High School / Previous School
1 Darius Adams Fr. G 6-5 190 Manchester, NJ / La Lumiere School (IN)
2 Myles Rice R-Jr. G 6-3 185 Columbia, SC / Sandy Creek / Washington State / Indiana
4 Rakease Passmore So. G 6-5 195 Palatka, FL / Combine Academy / Kansas
7 Andre Mills R-Fr. G 6-4 205 Boston, MA / Brimmer and May School / Texas A&M
8 David “Diggy” Coit Gr. G 5-11 180 Columbus, NJ / Scotland Campus Sports /Atlantic Cape CC / Kansas
9 Solomon Washington Sr. F 6-7 220 New Orleans, LA / Carver / Texas A&M
11 George Turkson, Jr. R-Fr. G/F 6-7 220 Lowell, MA/Bradford Christian Academy /Texas A&M
12 Isaiah Watts Jr. G 6-3 180 West Seattle, WA / South Kent (CT) / Washington State
13 Elijah Saunders Sr. F 6-8 240 Phoenix, AZ / Sunnyslope / San Diego State / Virginia
15 Jaziah Harper Fr. G/F 6-7 190 Oak Park, IL / Bosco Institute
18 Guillermo Del Pino Fr. G 6-5 183 Cordoba, Spain / Unicaja Malaga Academy
21 Pharrel Payne Sr. F/C 6-9 250 Cottage Grove, MN / Park / Minnesota / Texas A&M
24 Aleks Alston Fr. F 6-10 220 Chicago, IL / Kenwood Academy
25 Nick Blake Fr. G 6-2 180 Orlando, FL / Olympia
30 Lukas Sotell. Jr. G 6-3 180 Stamford, Conn. / Stamford / Montverde Academy
45 Collin Metcalf Sr. C 6-9 240 Nortof, Germany / Humphreys / Northeastern
A few of the names might sound familiar for those who followed college basketball last year as well as the prep recruiting. Terps royalty resides in the bloodlines as Steve Blake’s eldest son, Nick Blake, is part of this incoming freshman class on the 2025-2026 Maryland Terrapins.
The Terps are coming off an 83-61 win over Coppin State on Monday night in Baltimore as part of the Hall of Fame Series tournaments. Pharrel Payne led five players in double figures with 21 points and Maryland hit 10 threes – the most for a season-opener in program history.
Maryland enters tonight’s game with a 48-game win streak in home openers (third-best in the nation) and a 23-game win streak at home against unranked, non-conference opponents.
Radio: Johnny Holliday (pxp), Chris Knoche (analyst),
Walt Williams (analyst), Tom Marchitto (engineer)
Maryland Sports Network: One Maryland App,
WJZ-FM 105.7 FM (Baltimore), The TEAM 980 AM (DC)
TV: FSI
Jason Horowitz (pxp), LaPhonso Ellis (analyst)
Stream: www.foxsports.com/watch
SiriusXM: Channel 372, Sirius XM App
