Rutgers hosts No. 8 Maryland following Okananwa’s 34-point game

By Canadian Press on January 7, 2026.

Maryland Terrapins (15-1, 3-1 Big Ten) at Rutgers Scarlet Knights (8-7, 0-4 Big Ten)

Piscataway, New Jersey; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: No. 8 Maryland visits Rutgers after Oluchi Okananwa scored 34 points in Maryland’s 82-67 win against the Indiana Hoosiers.

The Scarlet Knights are 8-3 in home games. Rutgers is 4-4 in games decided by 10 or more points.

The Terrapins are 3-1 against Big Ten opponents. Maryland is the best team in the Big Ten scoring 19.8 fast break points per game.

Rutgers scores 60.1 points per game, 4.3 more points than the 55.8 Maryland gives up. Maryland scores 26.9 more points per game (87.6) than Rutgers allows (60.7).

The matchup Thursday is the first meeting this season between the two teams in conference play.

TOP PERFORMERS: Nene Ndiaye is averaging 15.3 points, 5.7 rebounds and 1.7 steals for the Scarlet Knights. Kaylah Ivey is averaging 1.5 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

Yarden Garzon is shooting 37.2% from beyond the arc with 2.6 made 3-pointers per game for the Terrapins, while averaging 12.8 points. Okananwa is shooting 54.5% and averaging 18.9 points over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Scarlet Knights: 4-6, averaging 57.8 points, 33.8 rebounds, 12.2 assists, 9.5 steals and 4.0 blocks per game while shooting 36.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 62.3 points per game.

Terrapins: 9-1, averaging 88.3 points, 39.5 rebounds, 17.9 assists, 10.8 steals and 3.8 blocks per game while shooting 47.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 55.9 points.

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

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