Wolverines Head to No. 9 Maryland for B1G Regular-Season Finale

» No. 25 Michigan will close its regular-season slate heading to No. 9 Maryland at the Xfinity Center.
» The Wolverines will close the regular season on the road for the fourth straight year.
» With his start against Nebraska, Zavier Simpson set the all-time mark for career games played with 145.
» Simpson continues to lead the nation with 7.9 assists per game. His 230 assists are second in the country and he is inching towards the U-M single-season record of 260 (Trey Burke, 2012-13).
» Reigning Big Ten Freshman of the Week Franz Wagner has six straight double-figure games. During this stretch he has averaged a team-best 16.0 points and 7.2 rebounds per game. He is shooting 59.3 percent (38-for-64) from the field.

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The No. 25-ranked University of Michigan men's basketball team will close out the regular season heading to College Park, Maryland, to take on Big Ten-leading and No. 9-ranked Terrapins at the Xfinity Center. The finale marks the fourth straight year the Wolverines have closed conference play on the road. With a Fox broadcast at 12:07 p.m., Tim Brando (p-by-play), Jim Jackson (analyst) and Andy Katz (sideline) will be the TV crew.

What You Need to Know for Sunday's Game

• For the fourth straight year, the Wolverines will close the regular season on the road -- at Nebraska (W, 67-65; March 1, 2017), at Maryland (W, 85-61; Feb. 24, 2018) and at Michigan State (L, 75-63; March 9, 2019).
• U-M has won its last two meetings at the Xfinity Center and is 3-3 there all-time. Last year, the Wolverines posted a 69-62 victory on March 3, 2019.
• Michigan is 24th in the NCAA Net rating system. With the Big Ten's continued overall strength this season and U-M's challenging non-conference slate, the Wolverines' schedule continues to be listed as one of the best in the nation -- 2nd (Sagarin; 15th rated team), 3rd (ESPN's BPI; 19th rated team) and 3rd (KenPom; 11th rated team).
• Franz Wagner has scored in double figures over his last six games. In those games, he is averaging a team-best 16.0 points and 7.2 rebounds per game. He is shooting 59.3 percent (38-for-64) from the field and 37.9 percent (11-for-29) from long range. During this stretch, he scored a career-best 22 points at Purdue (Feb. 22) -- the second 20+ point game of his career and posted his first career double-double (18 points, 10 rebounds) at No. 23 Ohio State (March 1).
• Wagner was named the Big Ten's Freshman of the Week on Monday (March 2) for the third time this season.
• Michigan is shooting a Big Ten best 46.1 percent from the field.
• Isaiah Livers has missed just two free throws this season and leads U-M at 95.5 percent (42-for-44). He is 34-for-34 over his last 11 games and is a perfect 32-for-32 in Big Ten play. The two misses were in the Bahamas at the Battle 4 Atlantis -- vs. Iowa State (4-for-5; Nov. 27) and vs. North Carolina (0-for-1; Nov. 28).
• Zavier Simpson and Jon Teske are the all-time winningest Wolverines with 108 career victories. The previous record was 104.
• Simpson played in his 145th career game against Nebraska (March 5) -- his final game at Crisler Center. That start helped him surpass the all-time U-M record held by former teammate Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman (144). Meanwhile, Teske has played in 108 consecutive games for the Wolverines. He has 128 career games under his belt.
• Simpson leads the nation with a 7.9 assist average and is second overall with his 230 assists. This season, he has earned his second straight season of 200+ assists after finishing last season with 244, which was 16 dimes away from Trey Burke's U-M record 260 (2012-13). Simpson is the first U-M player to post two 200+ assist seasons.
• Simpson became the 55th Wolverine to score 1,000 points (1,060) and has averaged a career-best 12.9 points per game this season. With his 661 career assists, Simpson has 469 career rebounds and needs to grab 31 more to give him 500 for his career to make him the first Wolverine to record 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 500 assists.
• Reaching 1,000 points, Simpson (1,060 points, 661 assists) became the fourth Wolverine with 1,000 points and 500 assists, joining Gary Grant (2,222 points, 731 assists; 1985-88); Rumeal Robinson (1,446 points, 575 assists; 1988-90) and Antoine Joubert (1,594 points, 539 assists; 1984-87).
• Teske (612) became the 29th Wolverine to reach 600 rebounds in a career, and he leads the team with 6.9 per game collecting five-plus boards in 24 games. Teske moved into a tie for fifth for blocks. With his 164 blocks, he ranks fifth all-time at Michigan.
• Zavier Simpson (11 points, 10 assists) and Isaiah Livers (18 points, 10 rebounds) each had a double-double against Nebraska (March 5). It is the first time two Wolverines had a double-dip since Simpson (10 points, 11 assists) and Jon Teske (12 points, 10 rebounds) at Maryland on March 15, 2019).
• Austin "Big Country" Davis has gone 29-for-39 (74.3 percent) over his last 11 games. This season, Davis has come off the bench to average 4.9 points and 2.6 rebounds. During this stretch, he posted his first career double-figure game with 11 points against Ohio State (Feb. 1). Recently, Davis was told by U-M coach Juwan Howard that he will be returning for a fifth year.

Who are the Maryland Terrapins?

• Maryland brings a 23-7 overall record, including a 13-6 Big Ten mark, into Sunday's regular-season finale. The Terrapins are coming off back-to-back losses against Michigan State (78-66) and at Rutgers (78-67).
• Three players are scoring in double figures for Maryland, led by senior guard Anthony Cowan's 16.2 points per game. Sophomore forward Jalen Smith averages 15.4 points and a team-best 10.5 rebounds per contest, while sophomore guard Aaron Wiggins chips in 10.2 points per game.
• Smith is the Big Ten leader and is third in the country with 20 double-doubles this season.
• The Terrapins lead the Big Ten, and rank 19th nationally, in fewest fouls per game, averaging just 14.9 per contest. Maryland also ranks 30th in the country in field-goal percentage defense at 39.7 percent.
• Maryland leads the Big Ten in free-throw shooting during conference play at 77.4 percent. The Terrapins have three players ranked in the top 15 in free-throw percentage in league play, led by Cowan, who is ranked sixth at 81.6 percent.
• Mark Turgeon is in his ninth season as head coach at Maryland, having guided the Terrapins to the NCAA Tournament four times (2015, '16, '17 and '19). Turgeon was previously the head coach at Jacksonville State (1998-2000), Wichita State (2000-07) and Texas A&M (2007-11).

The All-Time Series with Maryland

• Sunday's game will be the 15th meeting between Michigan and Maryland with U-M leading, 8-6 in the all-time series with the Terrapins. The Wolverines have won the last four meetings.
• U-M holds a 4-1 record in Ann Arbor and has a 3-3 record in College Park, having won its last two meetings at Xfinity Center. U-M is 1-2 in neutral-site games with the last game coming when the Terrapins were part of the ACC and hosted the Maize and Blue in a Challenge game.
• Prior to Sunday's game, there has been one game when both Michigan and Maryland were ranked among the nation's top 25. No. 6 U-M pulled off a 65-52 victory over No. 24 Maryland at Crisler Center on Feb. 16, 2019.
• There have been two games decided by three points or fewer with U-M leading, 2-0. The last time was Jan. 15, 2018, a dramatic 68-67 win for U-M at Crisler Center. After Kevin Huerter made a three-pointer with three seconds left to give Maryland a 67-66 lead, the Wolverines inbounded the ball and Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman cut to the basket and was fouled by Bruno Fernando with one second left. Abdur-Rahkman drained both free throws and the Wolverines escaped with the win.
• There has not been an overtime game in the all-time series.
• Longest U-M win streak: four games (Jan. 15, 2018 to March 3, 2019).
• Longest U-M losing streak: three game (Dec. 2, 2000 to Feb. 28, 2015)
• Largest U-M Victory: 24 points (85-61) at Maryland on Feb. 24, 2018
• Largest U-M Loss: 31 points (82-51) vs. Maryland on Dec. 2, 2000, at the BB&T Classic in Washington, D.C.
• U-M Victories by 10+ Points: Four | U-M Losses by 10+ Points: Two
• U-M's average margin in wins: 10.8 points | U-M's average margin in losses: 10.2 points
• All-Time U-M Points: 871 (62.2) | All-Time Nebraska Points: 846 (60.4)