Maryland men’s basketball had another opportunity to make its mark in the Big Ten by picking up its first win of the season in league play. Instead, it lost another close battle to No. 23 Wisconsin, 70-69.
Maryland trailed by as many as 21 in the first half but showed no sign of quitting. They battled back to head into halftime down by seven. The Terps even took a lead at one point in the second half with the game neck-and-neck until the final buzzer.
While senior guard Eric Ayala did whatever possible to give his team a boost, including 19 second-half points and the last basket of the evening that cut the deficit to one, it wasn't enough.