Terps aim to top another top-25 team
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MENATTEAM IS BACK AT HOME TONIGHTFOR A RESCHEDULED GAME AGAINSTWISCONSIN.
THE TERRAPINS ARELOOKING TO STRING TOGETHERANOTHER BIG WIN OVER A TOP-25TEAM.
WMAR-2 NEWS SHAWNSTEPNER HAS A PREVIEW FOR US.Beating ranked teams on theroad.
The Terps have a knackfor doing it.
December 28th,No.
6 Wisconsin&.
January10th, No.
12 Illinois& LastSaturday, No.
17 Minnesota.Now itcan do it at home.
AaronWiggins, Terps Guard: We justgot to be as dialed in aswewe got against rankedopponents.
Just got to belocked in.
Coming off aprogram- record third road winover a ranked opponent theTerrapins get a rematch withthe Badgers.
Now No.
14Wisconsin comes to CollegePark tonight.
Maryland bethem by six a month ago.
MarkTurgeon, Terps Head Coach: Weexpect them to show usdifferent things defensivelyand offensively that maybethey didnthe first game.
We realizethat they are going to befired up to play us.
Adefensive performance likeSaturdaywill help against Wisco.
TheTerps held the Gophers to just49 points on 30-percentshooting.
Looks like Marylandhas started to find itscalling card.
Wiggins: Weall realized that when wedefensive- minded team wewin games at that we have abetter chance.
Turgeon: Ithink weout a way that we have to playto give ourselves a chance tobe successful in this league.Our identity has to be defensefor us to win.
The Badgers areno slouch on the defensiveside themselves, leading theBig Ten allowing only 62.2points per game.
And theybalanced, ranking in thetop-25 in the country for bothoffensive and defensiveefficiency.
Donta Scott, TerpsForward: Theyour home.
Everybody knows ithard to beat a team two timesin a row.
So, we just got togo out there& play our game.Stay focused, stay locked iand it should be a good one.With a win tonight the Terpswill have consecutivevictories over rankedopponents for the first timesince February of 2007, whenthey beat Duke and NorthCarolina back-to-back.
Tip-offthis evening is 9:00 p.m.Shawn Stepner, WMAR-2