Maryland men’s basketball had one of its toughest tasks of the season on Sunday night. It went into the second half down seven points against a No. 23 Wisconsin team that held a 9-0 record coming into the game when it led going into halftime.
But with 3.9 seconds remaining in the game, Maryland was still alive down just one to the 12-2 Badgers.
Senior guard Eric Ayala surged back in the second half with 16 points after going scoreless in the first half, then he hit 19 with an off-balanced three-pointer to cut Wisconsin’s lead to 70-69 to keep the Terps’ hopes alive.