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University of Maryland Athletics

Jalen Smith
77
Winner Maryland MD 16-4,6-3 Big Ten
76
Indiana IND 15-5,5-4 Big Ten
Winner
Maryland MD
16-4,6-3 Big Ten
77
Final
76
Indiana IND
15-5,5-4 Big Ten
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Maryland MD 45 32 77
Indiana IND 36 40 76

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

#17 Maryland Scores Final 7 Points to Win at Indiana

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) -- Jalen Smith capped a last-minute comeback by making the go-ahead layup with 14 seconds left Sunday to give No. 17 Maryland a 77-76 victory at Indiana.

The Terrapins (16-4, 6-3 Big Ten) trailed by six with 1:25 left in the game. But they held the Hoosiers scoreless and scored the final seven points to win their third in a row.

Indiana had a chance to win it but Trayce Jackson-Davis' short jumper bounced off the rim and Smith grabbed the rebound as the buzzer sounded.

Smith, an All-American candidate who has posted three consecutive double-doubles, finished with a career-high 29 points. He also had 11 rebounds.

Devonte Green scored 16 points and Jackson-Davis had 13 to lead the Hoosiers (15-5, 5-4), who had won their previous two games and were trying to sweep two ranked foes this week.

It was a frenzied finish to a wild game.

Indiana opened the second half in a 45-36 deficit after enduring a 3-point frenzy in the first half, then charged back to open up a 67-59 with 7:34 left and were still up six following Green's final basket.

But after Smith scored on a layup, he stole the inbound pass and Aaron Wiggins hit a 3 with 55 seconds to go, cutting the deficit to 76-75.

Green then missed a midrange jumper, Wiggins grabbed the rebound and Smith made the winner following a timeout.

STAT PACK

Maryland: Anthony Cowan Jr. had 18 points, Darryl Morsell finished with 10 points and six rebounds and Eric Ayala had six assists. ... After making six of their first nine 3s, the Terrapins wound up 12 of 29. ... Maryland pulled off its first season sweep and won at Assembly Hall for the first time since joining the Big Ten. They lost the previous meetings in Bloomington.

UP NEXT

Maryland hosts No. 19 Iowa on Thursday in the first of two straight home games.

-Terps-

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