Maryland squanders late lead, holds off Nebraska

Ja’Kobi Gillespie scored 22 points as Maryland survived a furious rally by Nebraska to post a 69-66 victory on Sunday in College Park, Md.Gillespie made a layup with 40 seconds left to give the Terrapins (14-5, 4-4 Big Ten) the lead for good after they frittered away a nine-point lead in the final five minutes.Rodney Rice scored seven of his 15 points in a key 1:21 stretch of the second half to help the Terrapins improve to 4-0 in conference games at home.Julian Reese put up eight points, 10 rebounds and four blocks to help rescue Maryland, which played sluggishly for much of the way before a sparse crowd that was missing many students still on break.Selton Miguel added 13 points as Maryland won its seventh game in the past eight against Nebraska and improved to 13-4 in the series.Reserve Andrew Morgan gave Nebraska (12-6, 2-5) a boost inside as he scored 17 points, leading the Cornhuskers to a 34-8 edge in points off the bench.Brice Williams scored 14 points as the Cornhuskers lost their fourth straight following a six-game winning streak.Another Nebraska reserve, Ahron Ulis, had 10 assists to fuel an offense that made 46.6 percent of its shots from the floor and 6-of-16 (37.5 percent) from 3-point range.The road woes for the Cornhuskers continued as they are winless in four conference games away from Lincoln.

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