With 7:37 remaining in Saturday’s loss to Purdue, Maryland point guard Anthony Cowan lobbed the ball up to Michal Cekovsky. The center had to reach back to catch the ball, but he secured it and finished the alley-oop to put the Terps up 58-55.
Maryland didn’t make another field goal after that. The Terps missed their last eight shots, and even with stellar free-throw shooting late, they fell one point short.
“They were great defensively and we couldn’t make a jump shot,” Maryland coach Mark Turgeon said after the game. “They zoned up on the point guard and did a nice job.