As Maryland men’s basketball’s all-time leading scorer and the centerpiece of the only team to bring a national championship to College Park, Juan Dixon’s jersey hangs in the rafters of XFINITY Center. Naturally, when he brought his Coppin State team there for a matchup with the Terps, there was plenty of added motivation.
Unfortunately for him, his team ran into another Baltimore native repping Maryland — Julian Reese.
Reese, a sophomore forward, has burst onto the scene and blossomed into a star. He entered Friday’s game averaging 13.2 points and 7.6 rebounds per game, shooting a blistering 79.