WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. _ Ever since Maryland beat Purdue at Mackey Arena in its first season in the Big Ten five seasons ago, the Terps have come up empty in this old-school building. In fact, Maryland has had trouble with the Boilermakers anywhere in their past five meetings.
That appeared to change Thursday night when the Terps got off to a hot start _ hitting four of their first five 3-pointers _ and by holding junior guard Carsen Edwards, the Big Ten's leading scorer, scoreless for 12 { minutes.
Even so, No. 23 Maryland cooled off considerably, yet still had a chance to win or force overtime at the end. But junior guard Anthony Cowan Jr.'s 3-pointer with two seconds to go was blocked as the Boilermakers escaped with an ugly 62-60 victory.
The loss for Maryland (7-2, 1-1 Big Ten) in its conference road opener was its fifth straight to the Boilermakers, who broke a two-game losing streak and a stretch of three losses in four games. The Terps have lost to Purdue (6-3, 1-1) five times in seven Big Ten games.
Edwards led the Boilermakers with 20 points on 4 of 15 shooting, while Cowan led Maryland with 18 on 4 of 17. Sophomore guard Darryl Morsell finished with 12 points, while sophomore center Bruno Fernado had nine points and 13 rebounds.
Maryland was 20 of 57 from the field, including 9 of 27 on 3-pointers. Purdue was 20 of 50, missing 17 of its 26 3-pointers. The Terps committed 17 turnovers, one more than the Boilermakers.
