Maryland holds off struggling Minnesota

Derik Queen scored 27 points on 10-for-15 shooting and Maryland held on for a 77-71 win over Minnesota in a Big Ten Conference matchup on Monday evening in College Park, Md.

Rodney Rice added 21 points on 5-for-10 shooting for Maryland (13-4, 3-3 Big Ten). Ja'Kobi Gillespie finished with 15 points to go along with a team-high seven assists.

Dawson Garcia scored 21 points and grabbed seven rebounds for Minnesota (8-9, 0-6). Lu'Cye Patterson and Isaac Asuma finished with 15 points apiece.

Maryland shot 47.3 percent (26 of 55) overall and 31.6 percent (6 of 19) from 3-point range. Minnesota shot 41.5 percent (22 of 53) from the field and 47.1 percent (8 of 17) from beyond the arc.

The Terrapins finished with a 17-4 advantage in fastbreak points.

Minnesota led by as many as eight points in the first half. A layup by Femi Odukale gave the Golden Gophers a 31-25 lead with 4:07 remaining before the break, and Patterson added a pair of free throws to increase the advantage to 33-25 with 3:34 remaining.

Maryland finished the first half on a 7-2 run to close the deficit to 35-32. Queen scored the Terrapins' final seven points of the half thanks to a three-point play, a jump shot and a dunk off a feed from Gillespie.

The Terrapins took control in the second half. They built their lead as high as 11 after Queen erupted for six straight points on back-to-back layups and a dunk.

Queen's final basket of the 6-0 run increased Maryland's lead to 68-57 with 4:19 to play.

Minnesota tried to stage a late comeback. Patterson made a 3-pointer to pull the Golden Gophers within 74-69 with 12 seconds left.

Rice made 1 of 2 free-throw attempts moments later to give Maryland a 75-69 edge.

Garcia made a layup on the opposite end to cut the Minnesota deficit to 75-71 with five seconds to go.

That proved to be Minnesota's final basket. Rice finished the scoring with a pair of free throws, and Patterson missed a 3-point attempt before time expired.

--Field Level Media