Maryland men’s basketball dropped to 8-6 on the season with a loss against Illinois.
Coming into this matchup, the Terps had won seven of the last eight matchups and four consecutive times in Champaign, Illinois however, this time, Maryland could not quite seal the deal.
Here are three takeaways from the game.
For the second consecutive game, Maryland started slow, had the lead at halftime but could not close out the game.
Illinois jumped out to an early lead and for a team that has struggled to build momentum early on, that spelled trouble. Against Iowa, they had the lead at the half but ended up not keeping the momentum going ultimately dropping that matchup.