UNDATED (AP) — Wisconsin men’s basketball coach Greg Gard had seen his team win 15 straight home games before running into unranked Maryland on Monday.
The Terrapins scored just 24 points in the first half before rallying for a 70-64 win over the sixth-ranked Badgers. Eric Ayala scored 17 points and Aaron Wiggins added 15 with nine rebounds as the Terrapins bounced back from Big Ten losses to Rutgers and Purdue.
D’Mitrik Trice hit a 3-pointer to get the ninth-ranked Badgers within 60-59 with under two minutes to go before Maryland closed on a 10-5 run.
Trice scored a game-high 24 points for Wisconsin.
In other top-25 action:
— Top-ranked Gonzaga is 8-0 following an 88-58 rout of Northern Arizona. Joel Ayayi scored nine of his 17 points while the Bulldogs were building a 28-8 lead. Drew Timme (TIH’-mee) added 14 points as the Zags extended the nation’s longest home winning streak to 42 games.
— Liam Robbins had 18 points, nine rebounds and three blocks in leading 21st-ranked Minnesota to an 81-56 thrashing of No. 17 Michigan State. Marcus Carr scored 19 points and dished out five assists for the 9-1 Gophers, who never trailed and held the sputtering Spartans to 25.7% shooting. Michigan State was outrebounded, 52-36.
