No. 20 Maryland Stuns No. 8 Ohio State With 19-Point Rally, 76-75
A halftime switch to a triangle-and-two defense flipped the game, producing a prized Quad 1 road win.
Overview
- Down 38-19, Maryland outscored Ohio State 26-14 in the third quarter and opened the fourth with a 12-0 burst to seize control.
- Oluchi Okananwa and Yarden Garzon posted 17 apiece — with Garzon drilling four third-quarter threes — as Addi Mack scored 14 and Saylor Poffenbarger 13.
- The Buckeyes rode Jaloni Cambridge’s 29 and Chance Gray’s season-high 25, yet were out-rebounded 47-34 and stalled during a 5:04 drought.
- The finish turned on a missed Maryland free throw with four seconds left before Kennedy Cambridge’s 26-foot winner grazed the glass.
- The victory marks Maryland’s largest comeback since 2019 and strengthens a profile the committee slotted at No. 13, while Ohio State’s four-game run ends before a demanding closing slate.