Maryland's big recruiting weekend will reportedly include an official visit from Quince Orchard defensive end Jason Ankrah, who discussed the trip with The Washington Post’s Josh Barr.

"Maryland has always been right there, they've been recruiting me from the start," Ankrah said. "Michigan has tradition and opportunity and a great football atmosphere. Nebraska's Coach [Bo] Pelini is a defensive coordinator-head coach type, plus their D-Line coach went to my high school so we have a great relationship."

• Woodbridge, Va., running back De’Antwan Williams told InsideNoVa.com that Maryland is one of his five favorites, but he’s only scheduled one official visit thus far.

Williams said he is keeping his options open and still lists Alabama, West Virginia, Pittsburgh, Maryland and Rutgers as his top five schools.

As of now, Rutgers is the only school Williams has lined up for a visit.

• Newark, Del., offensive tackle Malcolm Bunche told Rivals.com that he’s mulling a trip to College Park next weekend.

“I’m thinking about going to Maryland on December 19th for an official,” he said. “I will be in Miami in January for a visit. I don’t know if I’ll take any other visits. For now, those are the next two.

“I just want to see what the campuses are all about, the weight rooms and most important I want to get to know the offensive line coach. I want to talk to them since I’ll be with them the next four years. That’s most important.”

• Earlier this week Dunbar running back Tavon Austin was named The Baltimore Sun’s All-Metro Offensive Player of the Year for the third straight year.

Austin has narrowed college choices to West Virginia, Maryland, Michigan and North Carolina. He said he will wait to decide until the Feb. 4 signing date.

Basketball recruiting

• UM shooting guard target Taran Buie led Bishop Maginn’s rout of Albany (N.Y.) on Tuesday.

Junior guard Taran Buie, expected to be the leader of this team, was just that, scoring 15 of his game-high 29 points in the first quarter.

"We can't look past anyone, we know that," Buie said. "We have to come out and step up big every night. We played a good first eight minutes. Maybe we thought we had it after that."

• The shooting touch of Maryland junior power forward target Will Regan was the difference in Nichols’ one-point win over Williamsville (N.Y.) South this week.

Will Regan nailed a pair of free throws with 35 seconds left to give the Vikings a 55-54 triumph over Williamsville South in the AdPro Monsignor Martin-ECIC Challenge on Thursday night.

The line proved to be a great place for Regan, who went 10 for 11 from the stripe in scoring a game-high 21 points. He also grabbed 17 rebounds ...

• Terps women’s point guard pledge Dara Taylor guided Caravel (Del.) Academy to a huge nonconference win on Tuesday.

Caravel's Dara Taylor had 23 points as the No. 1-ranked Bucs beat No. 2 and host Delcastle 49-41 in a nonconference girls basketball game Tuesday afternoon. The University of Maryland signee was 7-for-8 from the free-throw line in the final 49 seconds and scored 14 points in the fourth quarter.

"They are a very good team and they play very aggressive defense," Taylor said. "We were rushing things in the beginning and we figured it out in the second half and we started to settle down."

• Maryland women’s guard/forward commitment Alyssa Thomas is off to a great start to her junior year. Thomas led Central Dauphin (Pa.) to a 73-41 win over Cedar Cliff earlier this week.

Alyssa Thomas produced her third straight double-double with 21 points and 10 rebounds, while Gabby Singer recorded 17 points and six steals. Belma Mekic's 13 points paced Cliff.