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Hakim Hart
68
Winner Indiana IND 16-5,7-4 Big Ten
55
Maryland MD 11-10,3-7 Big Ten
Winner
Indiana IND
16-5,7-4 Big Ten
68
Final
55
Maryland MD
11-10,3-7 Big Ten
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Indiana IND 33 35 68
Maryland MD 26 29 55

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Indiana Hands Maryland 68-55 Defeat

COLLEGE PARK, MD – Indiana used a pair of 13-0 runs to help the Hoosiers to a 68-55 victory over Maryland on Saturday afternoon inside XFINITY Center. The Terps trailed by as many as 18 in the second half. 

Hakim Hart led Maryland (11-10, 3-7 Big Ten) with 15 points as the Terps' two-game win streak came to an end. Qudus Wahab scored 12 points and grabbed eight rebounds. 

Fatts Russell added 12 and Eric Ayala chipped in with six. 

Indiana (16-5, 7-4) was led by the duo of Race Thompson (18 points and 12 rebounds) and Trayce Jackson-Davis (17 points and nine rebounds) as they combined for 35 points and 21 rebounds. The Hoosiers have won four of their last five games. 


Breaking Down The Action
  • Back-to-back threes from Ayala and Scott opened the scoring for Maryland, as the Terps scored the game's first eight points. Indiana answered reeling off 13 consecutive points to take a five-point lead (13-8) with 12:45 left in the first half. The Terps would respond with a run of its own, taking an 18-17 lead after an Ayala three with 8:39 left. The teams would go back and forth throughout the half with the lead changing hands nine times before the Hoosiers would lead 33-26 at halftime. 
  • Indiana's three-pointer to begin the second half capped the Hoosiers' second 13-0 of the game as Maryland trailed 36-26 a minute into the second half. Indiana began to pull away in the second minutes, going up by 17 (61-44) with six minutes left. 

Double-Figure Update
  • Hart (15 points) scored in double figures for the 11th time this season and 19th time in his career. 
  • Russell (12 points) hit double-figures for the 16th time this season and 92nd time in his career. 
  • Wahab (12 points) scored in double figures for the ninth time as a Terp and 31st time in his career. It was his third straight game with double-digit points.

Ayala Moving Up The Charts 
  • Ayala's six points gives him 1325 for his career, good for 27th all-time in program history. Ayala trails Tony Massenburg's 1354 which was scored between 1985 and 1990. 
  • The senior also knocked down two three-pointers, moving him into fourth all-time, tying Mike Jones's 203 makes. 
  • Ayala now only trails his former backcourt mate, Anthony Cowan Jr (206), by three makes.

Up Next
  • The Terps will welcome the No. 10 Michigan State Spartans to the XFINITY Center on Tuesday, Feb.1, at 7 p.m. 
  • The game will be broadcast on ESPN2 and the Maryland Sports Radio Network. 
 
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