CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) -- Ayo Dosunmu led Illinois with 16 points and Andres Feliz added 12, but ninth-ranked Maryland rallied to beat No. 20 Illinois 75-66 on Friday night at State Farm Center.
The Terrapins (19-4, 9-3 Big Ten) took sole possession of first place in the conference with the win. Illinois (16-7, 8-4) fell into second place.
Illinois led by as many as 14 points midway through the first half, but the Terrapins fought back and pulled to within 42-40,with a 3-pointer by Wiggins at the halftime buzzer.
Maryland opened the second half with an 11-0 run to take a lead it never relinquished.
Anthony Cowan scored 20 points, Darryl Morsell scored 18 and Eric Ayala added 12 for Maryland.
Emotions were running high from the opening tip. There were four technical foul called in the first half, two on the Maryland bench and one each on Illinois (Feliz) and Maryland (Morsell).
Illinois coach Brad Underwood was called for the game's fifth technical foul midway through the second half for yelling at the referees.
The game was the first in seven years between two ranked teams in Champaign (when No. 8 Minnesota defeated No. 12 Illinois on Jan. 9, 2013), and the first Friday night Big Ten game ever played at State Farm Center.
NEXT UP: No. 20 Illinois hosts No. 16 Michigan State on Tuesday, Feb. 11, and heads to Rutgers on Feb. 15.
Team Notes
- No. 20 Illinois is now 16-7 overall, and 8-4 in Big Ten play after Friday night's, 75-66, loss to Maryland at the State Farm Center.
- lllinois out-rebounded Maryland 40-34 and has now out-rebounded its opponent in 17 of 23 games.
- The matchup between No. 20 Illinois and No. 9 Maryland was the first game in Champaign where both teams were ranked since Jan. 9, 2013, when No. 8 Minnesota defeated the No. 12 Illini, 84-67.
- Illinois played in front of a sellout crowd for the second straight home game. Three of the four remaining games at State Farm Center are sold out, with the Feb. 24 Nebraska contest the only date left with tickets still available.
