From the impact of another marquee victory to breaking the streak of home losses in conference play, here are three takeaways from Maryland men’s basketball’s 61-60 win over No. 24 Purdue on Tuesday night.
As he stared down a sixth consecutive game against a ranked opponent, Mark Turgeon’s coachspeak masked the importance of this singular game.
“We can’t think about March. We’re too inconsistent,” Turgeon said about 24 hours before the Terps faced the Boilermakers, who had vaulted into The Associated Press Top 25 poll after winning five of their past six games.
“We’re going to take it one game at a time and we’re going to do the best in that game.