Though Penn State tried to keep pace with the best team in the Big Ten Conference, it met the fate in the third quarter so many of its league counterparts are used to: down by 20 and counting, with no hope of recovery.
The Terps captured the Big Ten regular-season crown all for themselves Saturday, burying the Nittany Lions, 88-61, before the first crowd of the season in their last hurrah in the Xfinity Center in 2021.
Since joining the Big Ten Conference for the 2014-15 season, Maryland has won the regular-season title every year but one.