No. 25 Maryland 84, Iowa 76: Game thread, Highlights

The Iowa men's basketball team rallied in the second half but couldn't hang on against No. 25 Maryland, 84-76, Thursday. Here are updates from the game as it happened.

Postgame

Game story: Big rally, but still a loss for Iowa

Hlas column: Fran McCaffery sees red ... again

Video: Fran McCaffery postgame press conference

Gallery: 37 photos from Iowa-Maryland

Final: Maryland 84, Iowa 76

Melo Trimble scored 20 points, including two huge late 3-pointers, and Maryland overcame 21 turnovers to stave off Iowa's comeback.

Iowa trailed by 14 in the first half but rallied to take a 69-66 lead, thanks in part to Maryland's inability to hold on to the ball and 20 offensive rebounds leading to 19 second-chance points.

Trimble made the tying and go-ahead 3s to put Maryland up 75-72 and the Terps never trailed again.

Iowa falls to 11-9 overall and 3-4 in the Big Ten. Maryland is now 17-2, 5-1 and still atop the Big Ten.

Peter Jok led the way for Iowa with 14 points. Ahmad Wagner was big off the bench for Iowa, with 12 points and six rebounds in 16 minutes.

Iowa shot just 35.7 percent (25-70), including 25 percent (7-28) from 3-point range.

Fran McCaffery was rather upset after the final buzzer.

MRW people tell me my gif game weak January 20, 2017

MRW people tell me my gif game weak pic.twitter.com/8ynqdaUlLR

— Big Ten Geeks (@bigtengeeks)

2:07 2nd: Maryland 77, Iowa 72

Melo Trimble has turned this game around.

He buried a tying 3 after a scramble for an offensive rebound in the backcourt, then hit the go-ahead trey following an Iowa offensive foul.

Damonte Dodd has fouled out for the Terps, but Trimble is up to 17 points.

4:28 2nd: Iowa 69, Maryland 66

Iowa has come all the way back to take the lead, and Ahmad Wagner has been a big reason why.

Wagner put Iowa in front 67-66 with a free throw, then put the Hawkeyes up three with a tip-in. Wagner has 12 points, six rebounds and two assists.

Jordan Bohannon tied the game at 66 with a 3 after Maryland's 19th turnover. Melo Trimble had put Maryland in front previously with a 3.

7:43 2nd: Maryland 61, Iowa 58

An Anthony Cowan 3 out of the timeout put Maryland back up six, but Iowa has hung around.

Nicholas Baer's cut and layup plus the foul brought the Hawkeyes within three. He missed the free throw, but Maryland center Damonte Dodd now has four fouls.

Iowa won't go away. January 20, 2017

Iowa won't go away. pic.twitter.com/q4D7i5tQ1b

— Big Ten Geeks (@bigtengeeks)

Peter Jok returned to the floor after six minutes on the bench and immediately picked off a pass in the press.

Iowa is still struggling to shoot, just 1-for-7 from 3-point range this half.

11:02 2nd: Maryland 54: Iowa 51

Iowa is on a 10-0 run and suddenly right in this game.

Ahmad Wagner's and-one finish at the rim cut the lead to three, then Brady Ellingson buried a 3 from the corner to force a Maryland timeout.

The Hawkeyes have been active at the defensive end as well; Maryland is up to 14 turnovers in the game and hasn't scored in 4:04.

A lot of this has come without Peter Jok, too, who checked with 14:03 left and appears to still be bothered by his back.

15:25 2nd: Maryland 51, Iowa 41

Iowa has been aggressive and attacking in the opening minutes of the second half but is still having trouble stopping Maryland and stringing any kind of run together.

The Hawkeyes are still shooting just 28.9 percent and are 2-for-7 in the second half.

Maryland has a 30-10 advantage in points in the paint.

Half: Maryland 41, Iowa 32

Peter Jok showed some signs of life with steal and dunk, 3, then drive and free throws.

He leads all scorers with 12 points, but the Hawkeyes are still climbing out of a hole, down nine at halftime after a Damonte Dodd dunk.

Iowa slices the lead to *just* 10!January 20, 2017

Iowa slices the lead to *just* 10!pic.twitter.com/cGmQ6SpOQ8

— Big Ten Geeks (@bigtengeeks)

(I'm trying).

3:47 1st: Maryland 35, Iowa 21

The Hawkeyes have missed their last 11 field goals and went 5:08 without a point until Tyler Cook made 1 of 2 free throws.

Iowa is shooting 24 percent (6 of 25). Leading scorer Peter Jok is just 1-for-5.

7:42 1st: Maryland 31, Iowa 20

We have a Dale Jones sighting.

The senior forward is seeing his first action since fracturing his wrist in practice Dec. 1. He grabbed a rebound and missed a 3 in his first run.

Things continue to be sloppy for the Hawkeyes, who have turned it over seven times. The Terps are 11 of 17 from the field.

11:48 1st: Maryland 24, Iowa 16

It was raining 3-pointers for a sequence as five straight possessions ended with treys.

Jordan Bohannon, Nicholas Baer and Peter Jok hit for Iowa while Jaylen Brantley and Kevin Huerter countered for Maryland.

Each team hit four 3s in the first 6 1/2 minutes of the game.

3s everywhere January 20, 2017

3s everywhere pic.twitter.com/8MMrS0iri6

— Big Ten Geeks (@bigtengeeks)

15:54 1st: Maryland 10, Iowa 3

For the third time in Big Ten play (also: at Purdue, at Northwestern), Iowa fell behind 8-0.

Jordan Bohannon's 3-pointer with 16:20 left finally got the Hawkeyes on the board.

Iowa turned it over three times in the first two minutes, causing Fran McCaffery to take an early timeout. Maryland has seven points off those turnovers.