COLLEGE PARK — In the very nascent portion of the Maryland men’s basketball team’s 2020 season, late first-half runs defined the Terps’ first two wins against Old Dominion and Navy.
They had won both games by a combined 48 points and seemed poised for a similar trajectory Sunday afternoon against Mount St. Mary’s. But with under nine minutes remaining in the second half, the Terps found themselves down 58-56 to a Mountaineers team the entered the game as KenPom’s 261st-ranked team.
Maryland promptly jumped out to a 19-0 run to pull away from Mount St. Mary’s for a 79-61 win.