CHICAGO — Maryland men’s basketball’s time in the Big Ten tournament is done, after a 69-61 loss Thursday to both open and close its week at the United Center.
The Terps came out flat and never really got back in it. After the score was tied at 14 with 7:51 left in the first half, the Cornhuskers started to take hold of the game. Maryland would go into the locker room down 12, and there wasn’t enough offense or enough stops in the second half to make up the deficit. The closest the Terps would get in the final minutes was within six points before a backbreaking three by James Palmer Jr.