Maryland men’s basketball visits the Purdue Boilermakers in a Christmas Day matinee Friday.
This marks the second time in school history the Terps are in action on Christmas and the first since 1984 — when they traveled to Hawaii and defeated Iowa in overtime.
Maryland is looking for its first conference win of the season after falling to then-No. 19 Rutgers. It returned to the win column earlier this week, topping La Salle, 84-71, at Xfinity Center on Tuesday.
Eric Ayala posted a career-high 23 points against the Explorers and shot 13-of-15 from the charity stripe.