No. 25 Maryland sets program Big Ten record for most points in 101-75 win over Iowa

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COLLEGE PARK — Maryland men’s basketball used halftime wisely, and it showed.

Facing their largest halftime home deficit of the season, the No. 25 Terps exploded for a 23-4 run to open the second half and turned back visiting Iowa’s upset bid for a 101-75 demolition Sunday evening before an announced 15,681 at Xfinity Center.

It’s the most points Maryland has scored against a Big Ten Conference opponent since joining the league in 2014.

Trailing 51-47 at intermission, Maryland outscored the Hawkeyes by 30 in the second half. It shot a robust 59.5% (22 of 37), and all five starters scored double-digit points for the fifth time this winter, matching Kentucky for the most such outings in Division I.

Sophomore shooting guard Rodney Rice fueled the second-half comeback with 10 of his 18 points in the first 1:36 on two 3-pointers and a layup and added four assists. Freshman center Derik Queen, a Baltimore resident, also scored 14 of his 18 points in the latter frame and amassed 13 rebounds for the ninth double-double of his career, and junior point guard Ja’Kobi Gillespie scored a game-high 26 points — 13 in each half — and accumulated seven assists, five rebounds and three steals.

Graduate student small forward Selton Miguel finished with 17 points and five assists, and senior power forward Julian Reese, a Randallstown native and St. Frances graduate, notched his 12th double-double of the season on 16 points and 12 rebounds.

The Terps even got six points, three blocks and two rebounds from fifth-year senior small forward Jordan Geronimo. His dunk with 11:12 left in the second half marked the first points from the bench in more than 80 minutes of action dating to last Sunday’s win over Rutgers.

Maryland improved to 20-6 overall and 10-5 in the Big Ten and reached 10 wins in the conference for only the second time in the last five years (11-9 in 2022-23, coach Kevin Willard’s first season). It collected its third straight victory and seventh in the past eight…

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Publish date : 2025-02-17 00:36:00

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