Trimble leads No. 8 Maryland past Ohio State 66-61

Obviously, guard Melo Trimble is the team’s star player and when he struggles, oftentimes so do the Terrapins.

JaQuan Lyle split his charities for the Buckeyes before Rasheed Sulaimon sealed the win with two foul shots. 16 Terrapins were upset 80-65.

“For the new guys it’s their first time playing here”, Layman said.

“We think about it. We really wanted to win here today”.

Against the Wolverines, Ohio State won the doubles point to carry a 1-0 lead into singles.

After taking an 13-11 advantage with 15 minutes left in the first half, Ohio State did not relinquish the lead until a Robert Carter layup gave Maryland a 29-27 lead 4:48 left until halftime. “I was telling Diamond and Ceko, we got to come out hard and block as many shots and get as many rebounds as we can. In the end we came up short”.

Ohio State (14-8, 6-3) allows only 65.8 points per game, but the 100 it surrendered to Maryland earlier this month was its most in regulation since a 107-75 loss to Purdue on February 7, 1998.

Layman is such an efficient basketball player as he also excels on the defensive end and turns away 1.1 shots per game.

Maryland was able to work inside effectively and fouled out OSU center Trevor Thompson.

Maryland’s Rasheed Sulaimon, center, passes the ball between Ohio State’s Keita Bates-Diop, left, and Daniel Giddens during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Columbus, Ohio, Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016. “Credit Maryland, they made some big-time shots”. “It was great to get the two fouls”.

Maryland (19-3, 8-2 Big Ten) lost by 16 to the Buckeyes (14-9, 6-4) in December 2013 as part of the ACC-Big Ten Challenge and a year and two days ago in its first visit to Value City Arena as a member of the conference the then-No.

Coach Mark Turgeon reacts after a foul in the second half of Maryland’s victory over Ohio State Saturday in Columbus. “I’ve never been a big fan of moral victories”.

Following a loss at Michigan State last weekend, Maryland bounce back with a 74-68 win over Iowa at home this week to get within a game of the Big Ten lead at 18-3 overall and 7-2 in the conference. He ended the day as the only OSU player in double figures, though Williams added nine points in the second half and Loving also finished with nine. He finished with 16 points on just 6-of-18 shooting. Jok followed with three straight 3s and Iowa rolled to its seventh league win by at least 10 points.

Ohio State is 10-3 SU in its last 13 games. “The last four minutes of the game we were really good”.

Josh Hart recorded 16 points and 11 rebounds and forward Kris Jenkins turned in his first career double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds for Villanova. The Terrapins came back from a seven-point deficit to lead by six at halftime and seemed poised to pull away and beat the Buckeyes easily again. The biggest lead was 20 points. Turgeon added: “It’s 10-foot everywhere”.

The Maryland Terrapins look to stay red hot after winning 10 of their last 12 games.

It was a more balanced effort in the first half for Maryland, which has five points averaging double-figure scoring this season. Villanova had 20 turnovers.