COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Selton Miguel hit four 3-pointers and scored 24, Julian Reese posted a double-double and Maryland rolled to a 111-57 victory over St. Francis (PA) on Tuesday night.
Miguel made 10 of 13 shots from the floor and added four assists for the Terrapins (9-2), who were coming off an 83-78 loss to No. 8 Purdue in a Big Ten Conference opener. Reese totaled 11 points and 12 rebounds for his fourth double-double of the season as Maryland improved to 8-1 at home.
Rodney Rice had 16 points for the Terps. Derik Queen totaled 15 points and five rebounds. Ja’Kobi Gillespie added 11 points and six assists. Jayhlon Young made all three of his 3-point shots and scored nine off the bench.
Juan Cranford Jr. sank three 3-pointers and scored 21 to lead the Red Flash (4-8), who fell to 1-7 on the road. Jeremy Clayville scored 11 off the bench.
Miguel had 17 points by halftime and Maryland shot 61.1% from the floor in building a 55-29 advantage.
Clayville made back-to-back 3-pointers and Miles Webb followed with a layup to put St. Francis on top 21-17 with 10:32 left before intermission. Queen scored in the paint and Gillespie followed with a 3-pointer in an 8-0 run and the Terrapins never trailed again.
The Terps topped the century mark on a 3-pointer by Malachi Palmer with 3:15 left to play.
Maryland will play Syracuse in the Gotham Classic on Saturday at Barclays Center in New York.
Willard's Take
"He missed the summer because he had the chance to play for his national team, which was phenomenal," head coach Kevin Willard said about Miguel. "But that also put him behind what we were doing and how he was going to learn. I knew that going in. … But you're never going to pass up an experience to play for your national team. So it's just a matter of sometimes just got to be patient [and] let it happen. He's smart enough to know what was going on, and it was going to come through for him."
Crushing The Competition
Maryland won by +54 points, making it six wins this season by 30 or more points, equalling the most for the Terps in an entire season since the 2002-03 season. Maryland achieved this feat in just 11 games. The last time Maryland won more than six games by 30 or more points in a season was in 1998-99, with nine wins by that margin. Maryland also has eight wins this season by 20 or more points, the most in an entire season for the Terps since the 2015-16 season, when they had 10 wins by 20 or more points. Maryland achieved this in just 11 games. Over the first 11 games of the season, Maryland has beaten teams by a combined total of 298 points. It's the largest cumulative total scoring margin for the Terps over the first 11 games of the season since the 1994-95 season when the Terps outscored foes by +304 in the first 11 games.
Five 20-Pieces
Selton Miguel led the way with a season-high 24 points. He became the fifth Terp this season to score 20 points in a game, doing so in Maryland's first 11 games. The last time Maryland had five different 20-point scorers was in 2015-16. The most 20-point scorers in a season was six in 2004-05. The other Terps to score 20 or more points in a game this season were Derik Queen (5), Julian Reese (2), Ja'Kobi Gillespie (2) and Rodney Rice (1). Overall, the Terps have had 11 20-point efforts this season.
In The House!
Several members of the Washington Nationals were in attendance, including rookie sensation James Wood, along with teammates Nasim Nunez, Trey Lipscomb and TJ White. Wood played basketball at St. John's College High School, where Terp great Anthony Cowan also played.
