It’s been a long time since Penn State has lost to Maryland in Basketball. In fact, prior to this game, the Nittany Lions had beaten the Terrapins four consecutive times, and had won seven of the last nine.
The streak ended, of course, but it took a monumental effort from the home team’s arguable two best players to get there, as Eric Ayala and Fatts Russel went off in the second half. Penn State, in yet another road performance to forget, allowed the aforementioned Russel and Ayala to score a combined 31 of Maryland’s 67 points. Donta Scott chipped in with 12 of his own, and quite easily the story tells itself.