Buckeyes end Terps’ nine-win run
Luther Muhammad scored 22 points as No. 25 Ohio State beat No. 7 Maryland 79-72 on Sunday, snapping the visiting Terrapins’ nine-game winning streak.
Ohio State (18-9, 8-8 Big Ten) defeated a top-10 team for the fourth time this season. Four other Buckeyes scored in double figures, led by Kaleb Wesson with 15 points.
Aaron Wiggins led Maryland (22-5, 12-4) with 20 points and Eric Ayala had 16, but the Terrapins got little help from their big guns. Leading scorer Jalen Smith, who averages 17.1 points per game, was held to eight. Anthony Cowan, who averages 16.9, scored 10 before fouling out.
“They deserve all the credit,” Maryland coach Mark Turgeon said of Ohio State. “They made us pay for mistakes. They got loose balls. They got free throws. They were terrific.”
at Indiana 68, No. 9 Penn State 60: Al Durham scored 14 points and Trayce Jackson-Davis had 13 points and 10 rebounds to lead Indiana. Devonte Green contributed 10 points for the Hoosiers (18-9, 8-8 Big Ten), who started hot but needed to hit their final four free throws to help seal the win. Lamar Stevens, who was plagued with foul trouble all game, led Penn State (20-7, 10-6) with 29 points on 11-of-27 shooting.
at No. 15 Creighton 81, No. 21 Butler 59: Marcus Zegarowski made all seven of his three-pointers and finished with 25 points, and Creighton beat Butler for its fourth straight win over an AP top-25 opponent. The Bluejays (22-6, 11-4 Big East) have won nine of 10 and remain one game behind conference-leading Seton Hall. Butler (19-9, 7-8) dropped its third straight game.
at No. 16 Seton Hall 81, St. John’s 65: Myles Powell scored 18 points and Sandro Mamukelashvili added 16 points and nine rebounds for Seton Hall (20-7, 12-3 Big East). Jared Rhoden added 14 points on four-of-five shooting, and Romero Gill had 12 points while going six for six from the field.