Maryland men’s basketball beats Nebraska, 69-66, after coughing up late lead

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COLLEGE PARK — Maryland men’s basketball beat the snow and a potential upset.

As a winter storm began to pepper the Baltimore-Washington corridor with a few inches of snow, the Terps pulled off a similar strategy and used their prowess from 3-point range to outlast visiting Nebraska, 69-66, on Sunday afternoon before an announced 11,069 at Xfinity Center.

The trio of Ja’Kobi Gillespie, Selton Miguel and Rodney Rice connected on 10 3-pointers, nearly doubling the six the Cornhuskers had. It marked Maryland’s first double-digit total since the offense had 12 in an 87-60 thrashing of Syracuse on Dec. 21 — a stretch of seven games.

“We needed that win,” Miguel said. “We were just getting back from a tough loss. Each and every day is a different guy. Ja’Kobi is playing really good right now for us, really helping us each and every day. So we just came together. We really needed this win at home.”

But for the third game in a row and second at home, the Terps (14-5, 4-4 Big Ten) played down to the level of competition. After trailing Minnesota, 35-32, at halftime before rallying for a 77-71 victory Monday and then getting ambushed by Northwestern in a 76-74 overtime loss Thursday, they needed a first half-closing flurry to take a 37-35 lead into the break and then had to hold off a Cornhuskers team that had lost its past three games.

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With less than a minute remaining in the tied game, Maryland guard Ja’Kobi Gillespie #0 gets ready to shoot with pressure from Nebraska forward Juwan Gary. Gillespie’s basket put the Terps ahead Nebraska, 68-66. The Terps won, 69 – 66. (Amy Davis/Staff)

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Maryland owned a 66-57 lead with less than four minutes to go before Nebraska scored nine unanswered points to knot the score at 66 with 1:02 remaining. Gillespie answered with a layup with 40 seconds left, and then senior power forward Julian Reese made a steal.

On the ensuing possession, Rice was fouled and converted the first of two free throws with 22…

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Publish date : 2025-01-19 19:22:00

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