Maryland (9-7, 3-6)Â vs. #14 Wisconsin (12-4, 6-3)
January 27, 2021
XFINITY Center
9:00 pm EDT
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -Â The Maryland men's basketball team returns to XFINITY Center Wednesday evening as it welcomes No. 14 Wisconsin for the second matchup of the season between the teams. Maryland is seeking consecutive wins against ranked teams for the first time since 2006-07, when it defeated No. 5 Duke and No. 14 North Carolina on back-to-back nights.
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WISCONSIN STORYLINES
HISTORY MADE
- The Terps made history Saturday afternoon at Minnesota when it became the first team in program history to collect three road victories against ranked teams. Maryland has won at No. 6 Wisconsin, at No. 12 Illinois and at No. 16 Minnesota. The Terrapins are 5-2 in their last seven games in such scenarios, after previously losing 27 consecutive dating back to 2008.
Terps sMOTHER MINNESOTA
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Maryland held Minnesota to 49 points and 30.4-percent shooting Saturday afternoon. It was the second-lowest point total for a Big Ten opponent since the Terps joined the league in 2014-15 (at Nebraska, 60-45, 2/16/19). It was also the lowest shooting percentage in a conference game for an opponent since the same Nebraska game (.211).
SEEKING A SWEEP
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Maryland was victorious earlier this season when it defeated Wisconsin, 70-64, in Madison on Dec. 28. The win snapped Wisconsin's 15-game home winning streak and a stretch of 10 straight conference wins. Trailing by four points at the half, the Terps stormed back by shooting 64-percent in the second half. Eric Ayala led the charge, scoring all 17 of his points in the second frame.
Win the boards, win the game
- Maryland outrebounded Minnesota, 38-30, to move to 8-0 when winning the rebounding battle this season. Dating back to last year, it has won 17 consecutive games in which it has won the rebounding battle. The last loss came at Wisconsin on Jan. 15, 2020.
POUR IT IN
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Maryland has featured an array of scoring options this season with four different players scoring at least 20 points in a game: Aaron Wiggins (2x), Eric Ayala (2x), Donta Scott and Hakim Hart. Senior Darryl Morsell fell one point shy of the benchmark when he scored a career-best 19 points in Maryland's win at then-No. 12 Illinois.
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