Payne leads Maryland against Iowa after 30-point showing

Maryland Terrapins (6-3) at Iowa Hawkeyes (7-1, 0-1 Big Ten)

Iowa City, Iowa; Saturday, 4 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Maryland takes on Iowa after Pharrel Payne scored 30 points in Maryland's 89-63 victory over the Wagner Seahawks.

The Hawkeyes have gone 5-0 at home. Iowa averages 9.3 turnovers per game and is 6-1 when it turns the ball over less than its opponents.

The Terrapins are 1-0 on the road. Maryland ranks eighth in the Big Ten with 10.4 offensive rebounds per game led by Solomon Washington averaging 3.0.

Iowa makes 51.4% of its shots from the field this season, which is 6.7 percentage points higher than Maryland has allowed to its opponents (44.7%). Maryland scores 16.2 more points per game (78.6) than Iowa allows to opponents (62.4).

The Hawkeyes and Terrapins square off Saturday for the first time in Big Ten play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Bennett Stirtz averages 2.4 made 3-pointers per game for the Hawkeyes, scoring 18.0 points while shooting 44.2% from beyond the arc. Alvaro Folgueiras is shooting 53.3% and averaging 9.0 points.

Payne is averaging 18.9 points and 6.8 rebounds for the Terrapins. Darius Adams is averaging 13.6 points.

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