Maryland men’s basketball coach Mark Turgeon expected his young team to have some growing pains, especially early in the Big Ten season.
On a night when the Terps did enough defensively to beat Purdue at raucous Mackey Arena, a stagnant offense let a hot start turn into a disappointing finish.
Maryland wound up losing, 62-60, when junior guard Anthony Cowan Jr.’s 3-point shot was blocked in the waning seconds by Nojel Eastern, a 6-foot-6, 220-pound sophomore.
The defeat for the Terps in their Big Ten road opener was the fifth straight to the Boilermakers, since winning the teams’ first two meetings over Purdue after Maryland joined the Big Ten.