Terps develop into road worrier
After going 7-2 in Big Ten away from home last year, UM struggling this season
COLLEGE PARK — A year ago, the Maryland men’s basketball team was something of an anomaly when it came to the Big Ten Conference. In going 12-6 overall in the league, the Terps won seven of nine road games, including their first five.
The first road loss came at Penn State’s Bryce Jordan Center, where this year’s team plays tonight hoping to turn around its struggles away from Xfinity Center.
After winning its league road opener this season at Illinois, in overtime and with help at the end of regulation from the home team, the Terps have lost five straight.
Much of it has to do with the most challenging road schedule Maryland (16-9, 5-7) has played since joining the Big Ten in 2014-15, with four games against teams currently ranked in the Top 25.
“We’re a different team. I think that has a little to do with it,” Maryland coach Mark Turgeon said Tuesday. “And we have played good teams. I do think we’ve played better on the road as we’ve been out there. It’s hard out there. And what we’ve been through [with injuries] makes it even more difficult.”
After blowout losses at then-No. 1 Michigan State (91-61) and now-No. 14 Ohio State (91-69), The Terps have been Maryland’s Kevin Huerter, left, drives to the basket against Wisconsin’s Nate Reuvers (35) in the first half of Sunday’s win. Huerter said the Terps feed off their fans at Xfinity Center.