Maryland led for longer than No. 8 Purdue on Sunday and didn’t trail by more than two possessions for the first 37 minutes. But Smith’s second-half heroics were too much for the Terps to overcome in an 83-78 road loss.

Dec. 8, in a game that featured 15 lead changes and 13 ties. "We'll go back, watch film and learn from this," HC Kevin Willard said after the game. "But I'm proud of the way our guys went out and battled for 40 minutes.

The Maryland Terrapins (8-1, 1-0 Big Ten) visit the seventh-ranked Purdue Boilermakers (7-2, 0-1) Sunday afternoon. Tip-off from Mackey Arena is set for noon ET (Big Ten Network). Let’s analyze BetMGM

Mackey Arena continues to be a house of horrors for Maryland men’s basketball. The Terps dropped their seventh consecutive game at the home of No. 8 Purdue, which overcame a five-point deficit midway through the second half with a 26-16 outburst to emerge with a 83-78 victory Sunday afternoon in West Lafayette,

Maryland men’s basketball took on No. 8 Purdue in its first true road test of the season, but fell 83-78. The Terps are now 8-2 on the season, while the Boilermakers picked up their first conference win of the year.

| Braden Smith had 24 points and 10 assists, and No. 8 Purdue held off Maryland for an 83-78 win on Sunday. Trey Kaufman-Renn scored 21 points for the Boilermakers (8-2, 1-1 Big Ten), who bounced back after a loss to Penn State on Thursday.