Jalen Smith, 6'10" Forward

There are often the coolest things to observe during pregame warmups. When I was this kid's age, I was ball boy too, but my reign lasted five years. This kid was a rockstar outfitted in Under Armour as he passed the ball to Ricky Lindo, Jr.

Chol Marial, 7'2" Center from South Sudan, warming up before his season debut game.

Donta Scott, 6'7" forward from Philadelphia, PA.

Ricky Lindo, Jr. showing how a big man goes through the layup line.

6'0" Guard, Anthony Cowan, Jr. has hops.

Jalen Smith takes shots long before the excitement of playing with Chol Marial for the first time this season.

Ricky Lindo, Jr. may be the key to a successful full court trap for the remainder of the season.

Jalen Smith squares up for the shot just like in warmups.

STIX for three...

From the moment Chol Marial stood up from the bench the crowd went crazy. It was an awesome reception when he was announced, and then moments later, his first basket, a DUNK WITH AUTHORITY!

This was a fascinating play to view through the lens of a camera as the facial expressions were as awesome as thankfully they are in focus.

As a sports photographer covering basketball, the desire is obviously to capture an epic posterized DUNK. Checkout these five frames of Jalen Smith's thunderous dunk captured in a fraction of a second and see where it ranks on your list of favorites.

The Terps ball boys were out on the floor to cleanup the 'dunk mess'!

Anthony Cowan, Jr. for three...

Maryland Basketball may have finally found a dominant big man duo in Jalen Smith and Chol Marial.

6'5" Guard, Darryl Morsell takes it to the rim and draws a foul.

B'MORE

Eric Ayala, a consensus four star recruit from Delaware. He chose Maryland out of high school over Oregon, Syracuse, Miami and Arizona.

Each time I spotted CHOL's Under Armour HOVR shoes in my lens I had a feeling something good was going to happen.

Coach Mark Turgeon congratulates freshman Chol Marial on a well played first career college game.

Jalen Smith

STIX shooting a free throw to convert a three point play as Anthony Cowan, Jr. looks on.

The University of Maryland's legendary radio broadcaster, Johnny Holiday, interviews Anthony Cowan, Jr.

Christy Winters-Scott, a BTN (Big Ten Network) television analyst, interviews Jalen Smith. Winters-Scott can easily relate to Jalen as she earned a full scholarship to play collegiate basketball at the University of Maryland from 1986-1990. While at Maryland, Winters-Scott recorded 1,679 points, 723 rebounds, and played 123 career games.

CHOL was so gracious in thanking all of the Maryland Terrapin Fans.