Twice in the past two months, Maryland has taken down teams near the top of the Big Ten. First, it was Wisconsin. Then, it was Illinois.
Monday night, the Terrapins wanted to add a third victim to their résumé. Ohio State had other plans.
Hours after rising to No. 4 in the Associated Press top-25 poll, the Buckeyes disposed of Maryland for a 73-65 victory behind a 3-point barrage at the Xfinity Center in College Park to improve to 16-4 overall and 10-4 within the Big Ten. E.J. Liddell finished off an alley-oop to put Ohio State on top by 13 points with 1:09 remaining, effectively putting away the Terrapins after they fought back from trailing by 16 points to a single-digit deficit.