With a little over 10 minutes left in the first half, Maryland men’s basketball trailed Michigan State by 12 points.
Head coach Mark Turgeon’s squad hadn’t won a game in the Big Ten tournament in five years, last defeating Nebraska on March 11, 2016, and early on it appeared that the abysmal streak would continue.
The Terps needed a response — quickly.
But it was at that moment that they flipped the switch. Maryland locked in on the defensive end, bringing Michigan State’s offensive momentum to a screeching halt to turn Thursday’s game on its head en route to a 68-57 victory.