Terrell Stoglin

Terrell Stoglin (born November 10, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for Club Sagesse of the Lebanese Basketball League. He served as the starting shooting guard for the University of Maryland, where he played college basketball with the Maryland Terrapins for two seasons.

Stoglin was born and raised in Tucson, Arizona. The hometown team being the Arizona Wildcats, he did not have much exposure to the Maryland basketball program while growing up. He said, "The only thing I knew about Maryland was that Steve Francis went there." The Washington Post described him as the city's best eighth grade basketball player. Stoglin attended Santa Rita High School in Tucson, where he earned a spot on the varsity basketball team as a freshman. His high school coach, Jim Ferguson, described Stoglin as confident without being arrogant. During his sophomore year, he scored 35 points during a tournament against Demar DeRozan. As a junior, he recorded an average 27 points, seven assists, and two steals per game. During his senior year, he compiled an average of 29.4 points, 6.4 assists, and 2.6 steals per game. Stoglin helped lead Santa Rita to a 4-A state championship, and The Arizona Republic named him to its All-Arizona team.

Stoglin received scholarship offers from Maryland, Texas A&M, Penn State, and San Diego, while he also received interest from Arizona, Arizona State, California, Georgetown, Loyola Marymount, UCLA, Georgia Tech, and Southern California. He chose the University of Maryland because of its great sports tradition.

As a college prospect, Stoglin garnered early interest from the staff of Maryland coach Gary Williams. Assistant coach Rob Ehsan first observed Stoglin during the summer of 2008 at the Nike Hoop Jamboree in St. Louis, Missouri. Maryland's recruitment progressed throughout the following year. Stoglin declined to wait for the University of Arizona to hire its next basketball coach, and committed to attend Maryland in April 2009. He said, "I was weighing my options, and as a matter of fact, I was going to wait until the summer [to commit] ... my family sat down at the dinner table and discussed it. I like the D.C. area, and I like the climate. I like the way Coach Williams coaches and I like the program overall. Maryland has a great guard history and I just thought I'd pull the trigger." Williams said he expected Stoglin to contribute immediately as a freshman.

2010–11 season

During the 2010–11 season, Stoglin averaged 11.6 points per game, including at least 20 points in each of Maryland's last four games. Against Temple, Stoglin came off the bench with 16 points, 12 of which came in the second half, sparking a comeback from a 15-point halftime deficit that fell just short in the 64–61 loss. His first collegiate start came against Colgate, where he scored 12 points on 4–8 shooting.

Late in the season, Stoglin emerged as a prolific scorer. In Maryland's 91–83 loss at Virginia Tech, Stoglin tallied 25 points, including 10–10 from the free-throw line, and six assists in 28 minutes of playing time. In the 87–80 victory over NC State, he recorded 25 points, 8–14 from the floor and 9–10 from the free-throw line, and a team season high of nine assists. For his effort in those two games, Stolgin was named the ACC Rookie of the Week. After the game, head coach Gary Williams compared him to the previous season's senior point guard and Bob Cousy Award winner, Greivis Vasquez: "It's the great competitor that thinks he can score against anybody." The Washington Post noted that Stoglin "put the offense on his shoulders in the second half."

Stoglin repeated the feat by earning a second consecutive ACC Rookie of the Week recognition after his performance against Florida State and No. 19 North Carolina. In the 87–76 loss to North Carolina, he recorded a season-high 28 points on 11–20 shooting. It was the most points for a Maryland freshman in a single game since Joe Smith scored 29 points against Saint Louis in the 1994 NCAA tournament. In the 78–62 win against Florida State, he tallied 17 points and five assists. The Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association named him to the ACC All-Freshman Team.

2011–12 season

Stoglin has emerged as one of the nation's most prolific scorers in the 2011–12 season. As of January 4, 2012, he is currently sixth in the nation in points scored per game; he is first in the ACC in this category, as well. While not a complete surprise, his scoring, almost double the next highest scorer on the Terps' roster, has been a welcome asset to a rebuilding Maryland Terrapins squad. On February 11, 2012, Stoglin posted derogatory comments about Terps head coach Mark Turgeon, following a game against the Duke Blue Devils in which Stoglin missed 10 of 14 shots, including all six three-point shots attempted. During the game, Turgeon removed Stoglin from the lineup in light of his poor shooting performance and disruption of the game's tempo.

On April 30, 2012, the University of Maryland announced that Stoglin was suspended from the school for a year due to a violation of student-athlete code of conduct. Stoglin declared for the 2012 NBA Draft and went undrafted.

In November 2012, Stoglin signed a one-year deal with the Greek Basket League club Ilysiakos.

On July 22, 2013, Stoglin signed with Cholet Basket of France. On January 23, 2014, he was released by Cholet. Seven days later, he signed with Azovmash Mariupol of Ukraine. On March 3, 2014, he parted ways with Azovmash. Two days later, he signed with Stelmet Zielona Góra of Poland. The next month, he left Zielona Gora and signed with Pallacanestro Varese of Italy for the rest of the 2013–14 Lega Basket Serie A season.

On October 6, 2014, Stoglin signed with Club Sagesse of the Lebanese Basketball League. On January 30, 2015, he scored 74 points for Sagesse in a game against Champville. On April 15, 2015, he parted ways with Sagesse.

In July 2015, he signed with Adanaspor of the Turkish Basketball First League. On February 7, 2016, he left Adanaspor and returned to his former club Sagesse.

College

• 2× ACC Rookie of the Week: (2011)
• ACC All-Freshman Team: (2011)
• All-ACC Second Team: (2012)

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