24 November 2025
12:00 AM ET (9:00 PM PT)
MGM Grand Garden Arena
College Park, MD — After a third straight win on Wednesday night against Mount St. Mary’s (95-90, OT), Maryland heads to Las Vegas to play in its first Players Era Championship Tournament, starting with UNLV on Monday night.The game will start at 12 midnight and will be telecast on TNT. Fans can also listen to the game on the Maryland Sports Radio Network with Josh Maurer and Chris Knoche calling the action.
Monday’s game against UNLV is scheduled for a 9 p.m. PT tip — for the East Coast crowd, that’s midnight and technically Tuesday morning. Maryland’s next game is Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. PT (9:30 p.m. ET) against Gonzaga. So it’s not a doubleheader as per local time zone, but it will be one as per East Coast time.
The last time an NCAA Division I team played twice on the same day in the SEC Tournament was March 15, 2008, due to a tornado that damaged the Georgia Dome. Georgia won both the quarterfinal and semifinal games. Since 1980–81, this is the only recorded time that a team has played twice on the same day.
As for Maryland, the only time the Terps played on the same day was February 22, 1930, with wins over Johns Hopkins and VMI.
After the UNLV game, Maryland next plays on Tuesday night against No. 13 Gonzaga (9:30 PM ET / 6:30 PM PT).
Diggy, Diggy, Diggy Can’t you see…
- diggy koit Spent a night in victory at Mount St. Mary’s. The graduate guard scored 41 points to set a new XFINITY Center single-game scoring record. The previous XFINITY Center records were 39 by Diamond Stone for Maryland in 2015 and 39 by Minnesota’s Jamison Battle in 2022.
- Coit scored 16 of Maryland’s final 19 points in the final 6:27 of the second half, including a game-tying three pointer to force overtime.
- Overall, Coit finished with a ridiculous stat line: 11 of 17 from the floor, 8 of 10 from beyond the arc, and 11 of 11 at the free throw line. Dating back to 2004, Coit is one of 14 players to shoot 64 percent or better from the floor with 8 or more threes and 11 or more free throws.
- Diggy Coit’s 1,316 career points ranks 37th among active NCAA players – just behind former Terp Ja’coby gillespie (1,330). Both have played 97 matches in their career.
- Coit has the fourth-most career points among active players who have not played 100 career games. Kansas State’s PJ Haggerty leads the group with 1,537 points in 76 career games, followed by Indiana’s Lamar Wilkerson (1,396 points; 99 games).
- Among the top 14 players under 6-0 on the scoring list, the 5-foot-11 Coit has the fifth-most points in a career.
milestones and stripes
- Three Terps are on track to play 100 career games this season: david coitSaunders, and Washington. pharrell payne Reached the milestone at Marquette where he played in his 100th career game.
- Payne and miles rice Both will be on track to become 1,000-point career scorers this year. Payne entered Monday with 992 points for his career.
- Coit leads the clubhouse with a team-best 1,316 career points through 97 career games.
tactile buzz
- buzz williams Was named head coach at Maryland on April 2, 2025 after rebuilding Texas A&M into a program that reached three consecutive NCAA Tournaments. For his career, he would like to become one of just three NCAA Division I head coaches to record 100 career wins at four different institutions – Maryland Hall of Fame Coach Lefty Driesell And Steve Alford.
- Williams is one of 12 active Division I head coaches to win at least one NCAA Tournament game at three different programs. He has coached in 23 NCAA Tournament games, winning 12 of them, both of which rank in the top 25 among all Division I head coaches.
- In 2024-25, buzz williams Earned its 100th win at Texas A&M with a 77–73 win over Creighton (11/27). He joins Tennessee’s Rick Barnes as the only head coaches to win 100+ games at three power conference schools.
History of the series
- Maryland is 1–4 all-time against UNLV, but the teams have not played in nearly four decades.
- The center of the series beginning in 1977–78 featured two of the most colorful and distinguished coaches in NCAA history – UNLV’s Jerry Tarkanian and Maryland’s Lefty Driesell,
- The most notable of the meetings was the last one where they met at the NCAA Tournament in Long Beach. That game was the last Maryland game for both lane bias And Driesell.
Publicity
- Promotions for Maryland basketball start early and often so don’t miss out on the excitement!
- Notable games include the red out against Michigan (December 13), the pink out against Purdue (February 1), the black out against Ohio State (February 5), and the checkered flag game against Illinois (March 8).
- Full promotions and special ticket deals can be found here.
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