No. 2 Michigan faces Maryland on 9-game win streak

Michigan Wolverines (9-0, 1-0 Big Ten) at Maryland Terrapins (6-4, 0-1 Big Ten)

College Park, Maryland; Saturday, 8 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: No. 2 Michigan seeks to keep its nine-game win streak intact when the Wolverines take on Maryland.

The Terrapins have gone 3-1 in home games. Maryland gives up 78.5 points to opponents and has been outscored by 1.4 points per game.

The Wolverines have gone 1-0 against Big Ten opponents. Michigan is seventh in college basketball scoring 94.0 points per game while shooting 52.2%.

Maryland makes 40.6% of its shots from the field this season, which is 6.1 percentage points higher than Michigan has allowed to its opponents (34.5%). Michigan averages 10.3 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.3 more makes per game than Maryland gives up.

The matchup Saturday is the first meeting of the season between the two teams in conference play.

TOP PERFORMERS: Pharrel Payne is shooting 62.2% and averaging 18.7 points for the Terrapins. David Coit is averaging 13.2 points.

Yaxel Lendeborg is scoring 15.0 points per game and averaging 7.1 rebounds for the Wolverines. Morez Johnson Jr. is averaging 13.4 points and 6.7 rebounds.

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