Can Penn State End The Losing Streak? Where To Watch The Nittany Lions Vs. Maryland

Two of nan Big Ten’s bottom-ranked teams look disconnected Sunday, erstwhile Penn State and Maryland meet successful a Big Ten men’s hoops crippled to find who gets its first convention win.

Both teams are 0-6 successful nan Big Ten and besides activity to extremity four-game losing streaks, arsenic neither has won yet successful 2026. Who gets into nan Big Ten triumph file first? Here’s wherever to watch, and what to watch, arsenic Penn State visits Maryland.

How to watch, watercourse Penn State vs. Maryland

Maryland is hosting Penn State for their only matchup of nan season. Tip-off is scheduled for noon ET, and Big Ten Network will televise pinch Jason Horowitz and Earl Watson connected nan call.

Can’t watch? Listen to Steve Jones and Dick Jerardi connected nan Penn State Sports Network. The power broadcast besides will beryllium disposable connected SiriusXM transmission 382. 

What is nan Penn State-Maryland betting line?

DraftKings lists Maryland arsenic a 2.5-point location favourite complete nan Nittany Lions, who person not been favored successful a Big Ten crippled this season. Penn State, however, gets nan separator according to nan KenPom rankings. The Nittany Lions are 106th, while nan Terps astatine 127th.

Maryland leads nan bid pinch Penn State 18-16, having won their past gathering 68-64 successful State College. Penn State is 2-11 connected nan roadworthy vs. nan Terps.

About nan Nittany Lions

Penn State (9-8, 0-6 Big Ten) is having a unsmooth commencement to 2026 aft facing 4 classed teams successful its first six convention games. On Wednesday, nan Nittany Lions fell to unranked UCLA 71-60, and their roster took different hit.

Freddie Dilione V sprained his correct ankle successful nan first half against nan Bruins, making him nan 3rd Nittany Lion to miss time. Freshman defender Kayden Mingo has missed 3 games, and Tibor Mirtic has missed two. 

Dilione and Mingo, neither of whom is expected to play, are Penn State’s starring scorers, leaving much of nan workload to freshman defender Melih Tunca. He played 33 minutes against UCLA and ne'er came disconnected nan tribunal successful nan 2nd half. 

“Everybody has injuries, and we couldn’t spend any, particularly [with Dilione] being nan privilege feline making plays for us,” Penn State coach Mike Rhoades said aft nan UCLA game. “So it wounded us, but we battled. We still had opportunities to enactment successful striking distance, conscionable not enough.”

Penn State’s rebounding hasn’t been consistent, and UCLA took advantage of second-chance points to group itself isolated by winning connected nan glass. Penn State didn’t person arsenic galore second-chance opportunities and needed to rebound defensively amended down nan agelong to adjacent nan gap. 

The Nittany Lions are young, and mistakes are bound to happen, but Rhoades said that experiences for illustration these only thief them get better. 

“I mean, it is what it is, you conscionable person to support pushing and support moving forward,” Rhoades said. “You person to get a rebound connected nan backside, you person to execute a play a small better, and immoderate of it is pinch acquisition and it’s coming around, and you conscionable gotta fig it out.”

About nan Maryland Terrapins

Maryland (7-10, 0-6 Big Ten) is besides connected a four-game losing streak aft dropping games to Oregon, Indiana, UCLA and USC complete nan past 2 weeks. The Terrapins are .500 erstwhile playing connected their location tribunal astatine nan Xfinity Center successful College Park. 

After playing Penn State, Maryland will look a akin agelong nan Nittany Lions conscionable battled through, pinch games against classed opponents successful Illinois, Michigan State and Purdue successful nan adjacent 2 weeks. 

Guard David Coit has been 1 of Maryland's astir vulnerable scorers arsenic of late. He scored 30 points astatine USC, getting 19 successful nan first half and hitting 4 3-pointers. 

Coit already has 3 30-point games this play and 9 successful his career, which should get Penn State’s attention. The Nittany Lions conscionable gave up 30 points to UCLA’s Trent Perry and sometimes struggle to incorporate their opponents’ champion violative threats. How nan Nittany Lions grip Coit will beryllium an absorbing constituent successful this game.

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