| Northwestern (10-9, 1-5) at Maryland (17-3, 5-2) |
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| Date | Sunday, Jan. 25 | 6:30 p.m. CT |
| Location | XFINITY Center | College Park, Md. |
| Watch | Big Ten Network (Eric Collins and Bob Wenzel) |
| Listen | 720 WGN and wgnradio.com (Dave Eanet and Joey Meyer); Sirius 92, XM 195 |
| Live Stats | Live Stats |
| Social Media | @NUMensBball  | Facebook  | @numensbball  |
| Game Notes | Northwestern | Maryland |
EVANSTON, Ill. -- Northwestern makes its first trip to College Park on Sunday as the Wildcats take on No. 13/8 Maryland at XFINITY Center. Tip-off is set for 6:30 p.m. Central time.
Northwestern is out to try to snap a five-game losing streak, but last four defeats have been by an average of 4.0 points per game. All four of those losses have been a one-possession game with less than 2.0 seconds remaining in regulation. The largest margin of defeat during the span was by seven points in overtime at Michigan State.
The Wildcats suffered yet another heart-breaking loss on Thursday as it was edged by Ohio State 69-67 at home. NU rallied from an 11-point second-half deficit to tie the game but came up just short in the end. Alex Olah led the 'Cats with 16 points.
Sunday's contest features two of the top freshmen in the Big Ten this season in Northwestern's Bryant McIntosh and Maryland's Melo Trimble. McIntosh is one of three major conference true freshmen (Ohio State's D'Angelo Russell, USC's Jordan McLaughlin) who are averaging at least 11.5 points and 4.5 assists per game.
Northwestern and Maryland have split their only two previous meetings. The Wildcats won 66-62 in Evanston Dec. 6, 1958 and the Terrapins won 77-57 in Evanston Nov. 27, 2012.
In his final game at Maryland as a senior at Duke, Northwestern head coach Chris Collins scored 27 points in a 77-75 win by the Blue Devils on Feb. 28, 1996.
Scouting Maryland
The Terrapins suffered an 89-70 defeat at Indiana on Thursday. Jake Layman led Maryland with 13 points but the Hoosiers shot 72 percent from the field in the second half to pull away.
Freshman guard Melo Trimble paces Maryland with an average of 15.8 points per game. Layman contributes 14.7 points and a team-leading 6.8 rebounds per contest. The Terps rank second in the league in Big Ten play with an average of 8.4 3-point field goals per game.
Mark Turgeon has a 76-46 record in four seasons as the head coach at Maryland and a 326-205 career mark as a head coach.
UP NEXT...
The 'Cats return to action at 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31 when they host Purdue at Welsh-Ryan Arena.
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