COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The No. 21 Maryland men's basketball team takes its perfect 6-0 road record to Penn State on Tuesday for a 6 p.m. tilt with the Nittany Lions.

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• Junior guard Melo Trimble scored 22 points and Michal Cekovsky and Damonte Dodd combined for a team season-high 10 blocks but No. 23 Purdue rallied to top the Terps, 73-72, at XFINITY Center on Saturday. The loss snapped a seven-game winning streak for Maryland.

• Melo Trimble - who boasts 21 double-figure scoring games and 10 20+ point performances this season - hit 14 of 15 free throws on the day, passing Terrapin legend Len Bias for second all-time in career made free throws at Maryland with 476. Saturday's loss was only the fifth in Trimble's two-plus year career when he gets to the charity stripe at least seven times (31-5).

• Michal Cekovsky and Damonte Dodd were terrific defensively for the Terps on Saturday, helping hold Purdue, who entered the game shooting 49 percent from the floor, to a 38 percent mark. Cekovsky's six blocks doubled his previous career high while Dodd's four vaulted him into the top 10 in career blocks at Maryland with 125. He is now tied for No. 10 with current Phoenix Suns center Alex Len and Obinna Ekezie.

• Freshman guard Anthony Cowan has been fantastic with the ball the last four games vs. Rutgers, at Minnesota, at Ohio State and vs. Purdue. The rookie has 15 assists and just two turnovers in the last four games and has 14 assists and one turnover in his last three. He leads the Terps in assists with 85.

• Maryland is a perfect 8-0 in games away from the XFINITY Center, trailing only Gonzaga (11-0). The Terps' 6-0 road record is tied with Gonzaga for the best mark in college basketball. The Terps are shooting .492 on the road while holding opponents to a .408 field goal percentage. Freshman Justin Jackson boasts a team-high 15.7 points and 8.0 rebounds per outing in road games. Maryland's five-game road conference winning streak is its longest since the 2001-02 national championship season. The Terps have never won six road conference games in a row.

• Maryland has won four straight against Penn State, including a 70-64 victory last season at XFINITY Center.