Aleem Ford drives the ball during a game at Maryland
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63
Wisconsin WIS 10-15 (3-9)
68
Winner Maryland UMD 16-9 (5-7)
Wisconsin WIS
10-15 (3-9)
63
Final
68
Maryland UMD
16-9 (5-7)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Wisconsin WIS 23 40 63
Maryland UMD 33 35 68

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Maryland uses late surge to beat Wisconsin

Four Badgers score in double figures, but UW comes up short

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) —  Anthony Cowan Jr. scored 23 points, Kevin Huerter added 19 and Maryland squeezed past Wisconsin 68-63 Sunday to stretch the Badgers' losing streak to five games.

The defeat ended Wisconsin's Big Ten-record run of 17 straight winning seasons in conference play. Using a starting lineup that featured three freshmen and two juniors, the rebuilding Badgers (10-15, 3-9) rallied from a 10-point halftime deficit before fading.

Huerter's driving layup with 1:25 left put the Terrapins up 62-60. After a Wisconsin misfire on the other end, Huerter bounced a runner off the glass.

Brad Davison answered with a 3-pointer for the Badgers with 10.6 seconds left. Cowan then made two foul shots for a three-point cushion, and Maryland's Dion Wiley sealed the victory by swatting away a layup try by Davison.

The Terrapins (16-9, 5-7) ended a three-game skid and won for only the second time in seven games.

Ethan Happ scored 18 points for Wisconsin, which has lost eight of nine. The Badgers are 1-8 on road, including 1-6 in the conference.

After being outscored 18-1 by Northwestern at the outset of Thursday night's game, Wisconsin flipped the script and bolted to an 18-11 lead.

Maryland went ahead with an 11-3 run, then scored the final 11 points of the first half to go up 33-23.

The advantage stood up until Davison and Nate Reuvers each scored four points in an 11-2 spree that put Wisconsin on top with 9:42 remaining.

Maryland won despite 9-for-22 shooting in the second half.

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Wisconsin: On the road Thursday at Illinois, a team the Badgers have defeated 12 straight times.
 
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