Maryland men’s looked the part of a team without its primary paint presence Sunday at Penn State. With star forward Julian Reese sidelined after appearing on the team’s injury report hours before tipoff, the Terps were massacred down low.
Penn State finished the game with 47 rebounds — 21 more than Maryland — to entirely control the teams’ regular-season finale. The Terps lost, 85-69, sealing their fate as the No. 12 seed in the Big Ten Tournament. They will play Rutgers in the first round on Wednesday.
As the offseason nears with ever-increasing pace, Maryland’s calamitous regular season ended with it losing eight of its last 10 games.