Maryland Returns Home, Looking To End Two-Game Skid With Wisconsin Coming To Town

With just under 15 minutes left in the Maryland-Illinois game Jan. 6, UMD guard Fatts Russell dribbled into the teeth of the defense and kicked out to Eric Ayala, who had daylight on the wing. The Terps’ senior guard sank his second triple of the night, giving Maryland its second-largest lead, 47-42, and putting the favored Illini on upset watch in Champaign, Ill.