Big Ten Basketball: 1/21/19-1/27/19 – Illinois Upsets Maryland

This past week in Big Ten hoops was another wild one. The three big storylines of the week: Maryland goes 0-2, Purdue upsets Michigan St., Penn State can’t buy a win. Let’s dive into the games!

In one of the marquee match-ups of the week, Michigan St. was able to hold Maryland to 55 points off 34 percent shooting in a win over Maryland. Michigan St. never trailed after going up 5-4 early on.

-Michigan St. senior Kenny Goins went for 14 points, 10 rebounds

-5 Spartans reached double figures

-Maryland’s Bruno Fernando was limited to 12 points but had 13 rebounds

Rutgers, who is predominately always at the bottom of the conference, pulled off a surprising win at home over Nebraska, thanks to a +10 rebounding margin.

-Montez Mathis led Rutgers with 20 points, nine rebounds

-Myles Johnson came off the bench for 13 points and 11 rebounds for the Scarlet Knights.

-Three Nebraska starters contributed 14 points or more in the effort

Michigan again played with fire, but this time escaped thanks to a buzzer-beating baseline floater by Charles Matthews. Michigan was extremely lucky to escape, only shooting 34 percent on the night.

-Only shooting 22 percent, Ignas Brazdeikis led the way with 18 points and 11 rebounds

-Jon Teske shot an efficient seven-of-eight from the floor with 15 points

-Jordan Murphy led the Golden Gophers with 15 points and 11 rebounds

Northwestern was able to escape for their third non-conference victory, fighting off a balanced attack from the Hoosiers.

-Junior Aaron Falzon came off the bench and scored a career-high 21 points, hitting six threes

-Vic Law, A.J. Turner, and Anthony Gaines were all in double-figures and provided a strong all-around contribution

-Indiana freshman standout Romeo Langford had a quieter night, scoring just 12 points

Purdue’s 50 percent shooting from downtown was enough to counter Ohio State shooting 52 percent in their sixth conference win.

-Big Ten leading scorer Carsen Edwards went for 27 points, also adding five steals

-Matt Haarms came off the bench and added nine points, seven rebounds, and two blocks

-Andre Wesson led Ohio State with 22 points

Despite a quiet night from star Senior Ethan Happ, Wisconsin was able to pull out a win at Illinois.

-Nate Reuvers had 22 points and 10 rebounds to lead Wisconsin

-Happ was held to just nine points, the only Wisconsin starter with single-digit points. All but three points came from Wisconsin’s starters

-Giorgi Bezhanishvili led Illinois with 20 points and eight rebounds

Michigan St.’s 24-4 second-half run was enough to come back and get a quality, ranked win over Iowa.

-Nick Ward and Cassius Winston combined for 44 of Michigan St.’s 82 points

-Ward also had a double-double with 10 rebounds, Winston contributed seven assists

-Luke Garza led Iowa with 20 points, Nicholas Baer and Tyler Cook also in double-figures

Michigan opened up on a 17-0 run, led wire to wire in a dominating victory at Indiana.

-Four Wolverines were in double figures, Ignas Brazdeikis led with 20 points

-Michigan held Indiana to just 28 percent from the field

-Juwan Morgan led Indiana with 16 points and 12 rebounds

Illinois outscored Maryland 48-33 in the second half in an upset win against Maryland at Madison Square Garden.

-Ayo Dosunmu led the way with 20 points and six assists

-Tevian Jones and Andres Feliz had 18 points and 15 points respectively off the bench

-Bruno Fernando led Maryland with 19 points and 10 rebounds

Ohio State was able to hold Nebraska to 36 percent shooting on their home floor as Ohio State came away with a 10 point quality victory.

-Luther Muhammad led Ohio State with 24 points, six boards, and three steals

-Ohio State controlled the boards at +14 margin and +7 on the offensive glass

-James Palmer Jr. had 19 points and Glynn Watson Jr. had 18 points for Nebraska

Ethan Happ’s triple-double leads Wisconsin past Northwestern.

-Happ had 13 points, 12 rebounds, and 11 assists

-Brad Davidson and D’Mitrik Trice each had 18 points for the winners

-Nobody had more than eight points for Northwestern

In a battle of the Big Ten bottom feeders, Penn State remains winless in conference play.

-Geo Baker led Rutgers with 20 points

-Both teams shot 35 percent from the field

-Lamar Stevens had 21 points and eight rebounds for Penn State

Purdue upsets Michigan St. at home despite 38 percent shooting

-Five Boilermakers were in double figures, two came off the bench

-Out-rebounded Michigan St. by a +9 margin

-Cassius Winston led Michigan St. with 23 points, eight assists, and seven rebounds

Minnesota upsets Iowa at home, drops Iowa from polls.

-Jordan Murphy and Amir Coffey combined for 46 points, Murphy also with 11 rebounds in the win

-Minnesota shot a phenomenal 57 percent from the field

-Luke Garza, Isaiah Moss, and Tyler Cook combined for 66 of Iowa’s 87 points