Maryland men’s basketball is off to a slow start shooting the ball through its first five games. Well, that would be putting it kindly. Maryland is struggling to knock down perimeter shots in the early part of the season. That might be an understatement, too.
The Terps have been abysmal shooting from long range at a historical level through their first five games which have allowed many lesser opponents to stick around late in games and even saw George Mason upset the then-20th ranked Terps last week and bump them out of the AP poll top 25.
Maryland is off to its worst start shooting the three-ball through its opening five matchups of the season since before the 2014-15 season (as far back as game-by-game statistics go on Maryland’s official team site) at 25.