Northwestern visits Okananwa and No. 14 Maryland

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Northwestern Wildcats (8-19, 2-14 Big Ten) at Maryland Terrapins (22-6, 10-6 Big Ten)

College Park, Maryland; Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: No. 14 Maryland hosts Northwestern after Oluchi Okananwa scored 26 points in Maryland's 99-66 win over the Purdue Boilermakers.

The Terrapins are 14-4 in home games. Maryland ranks second in the Big Ten in rebounding averaging 38.2 rebounds. Saylor Poffenbarger leads the Terrapins with 6.9 boards.

The Wildcats are 2-14 in conference games. Northwestern has a 2-2 record in one-possession games.

Maryland's average of 7.3 made 3-pointers per game this season is the same per game average that Northwestern gives up. Northwestern averages 65.8 points per game, 3.5 more than the 62.3 Maryland gives up to opponents.

The matchup Wednesday is the first meeting this season for the two teams in conference play.

TOP PERFORMERS: Okananwa is scoring 17.4 points per game and averaging 5.6 rebounds for the Terrapins. Yarden Garzon is averaging 2.8 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

Tayla Thomas is averaging 10.1 points and 7.5 rebounds for the Wildcats. Xamiya Walton is averaging 1.8 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Terrapins: 6-4, averaging 76.8 points, 36.3 rebounds, 14.8 assists, 8.9 steals and 3.4 blocks per game while shooting 42.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 72.1 points per game.

Wildcats: 1-9, averaging 65.8 points, 25.6 rebounds, 16.4 assists, 5.4 steals and 2.7 blocks per game while shooting 42.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 83.3 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.