CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Jahmir Young scored 28 points and Julian Reese had 20 points and 11 rebounds to lead Maryland to a 76-67 victory over No. 10 Illinois, the 10th time this week a team has ranked in the AP top 10 . The men's college basketball poll has lost.
Maryland (11-6, 3-3 Big Ten) outscored Illinois 39-28 in the second half, taking the lead for good on a Reese dunk with 15:32 left that made the score 47-46. The Terrapins, who were 9.5-point underdogs according to ESPN BET, won a Big Ten road game for the first time this season.
Marcus Domask scored 26 points for Illinois (12-4, 3-2) and Luke Goode scored 13. Coleman Hawkins, who had scored in double figures in seven straight games for the Illini, fouled out with 2:50 left. He had eight points and seven rebounds.
Maryland came in focused on stopping the 6-foot-10 Hawkins on both ends of the floor.
“He's an offensive matchup nightmare,” Terps coach Kevin Willard said. “So we decided to knock the ball inside to Julian and have Hawkins defend him instead of switching to the perimeter. We knew that would eventually wear him down.”
Illinois coach Brad Underwood took the blame for the loss.
“Maryland deserves all the credit. Every ounce of it. It's my fault for not getting these guys in the right frame of mind defensively,” he said. “Now we can join the crowd. Every other team in the top 10 lost this week to an unranked team. Doesn't make me feel any better.”
Eight teams in the AP Top 10 lost last week, with only No. 4 UConn and No. 7 North Carolina emerging unscathed.
The Illini shot 22.5% (9 of 40) from the field in the second half.
Domask's jumper brought Illinois within 68-65 with 1:09 left, but Maryland responded with a 6-0 run to end the game.
Illinois led 39-37 at halftime thanks to Dain Dainja, who scored five points in the final 1:28 of the first half.
Illinois is 3-2 in five games without star Terrence Shannon Jr., who has been suspended by the university as he faces a rape charge in Lawrence, Kansas.
Shannon requested a temporary restraining order last week in U.S. District Court in Springfield that, if granted, would force the university to reinstate him to the team. Judge Colleen Lawless promised to rule “in a timely manner.”
Shannon will be arraigned on the rape charge Thursday in Lawrence. The trial is not expected to begin until June.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
