Maryland basketball faces Virginia after 86-74 loss to Georgetown

COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Maryland basketball hosts Virginia on Friday night after an 86-74 loss to Georgetown in Washington. The Terrapins are 1-1. Tipoff at XFINITY Center is 8 p.m. ET, and the game streams on Peacock, according to Sports Illustrated. Read more: Maryland basketball hosts Virginia after Georgetown loss

Virginia is 4-0 in regular-season play, per its schedule page. The Cavaliers beat Arkansas 91-72 in Washington on Nov. 8.

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How the Georgetown game got away

Georgetown made 15 of 30 three-pointers. Maryland made 3 of 20, Sports Illustrated reported. The Terrapins also committed 23 fouls.

Pharrel Payne was the bright spot. He scored 28 points on 10-of-14 shooting and added eight rebounds. Kaden House scored 13, 12 of them in a late rally.

But the rally came too late. Maryland trailed by 26 with less than five minutes left and lost by 12. The Diamondback noted that the Terrapins also lost their 2025 opener to Georgetown.

Guard D.J. Wagner went 0 for 4 from three. Andre Mills made 1 of 7 three-pointers. Georgetown guard Jaland Lowe scored 22 with five three-pointers.

Williams tried several lineups. He used four guards at times and also paired Payne with Austin Brown and with Tomislav Buljan, according to Sports Illustrated.

Payne is back on the floor after a season-ending knee injury against Michigan last season. He averaged 17.5 points and 7.2 rebounds before that, PressBox reported.

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What the coach and center said

Coach Buzz Williams pointed to shot quality. He used a medal system to describe it: "We define shots by medals: gold medal, silver medal, bronze medal, no medal." PressBox reported that Williams felt the offense did not help the defense enough.

Payne took a share of the blame. "We just didn't play to the level we should've," he said, per PressBox.

The week ahead

Maryland opened the season with a 96-67 win over Bucknell, the Diamondback reported. Georgetown has now won two straight in the series, including a 70-60 win in College Park last November.

Virginia has scored at least 89 points in each of its four regular-season games. Those results were 89-60, 97-72, 91-72 and 95-61.

Maryland then hosts Alcorn State on Monday and Wagner on Nov. 20. It faces Tennessee in Las Vegas on Nov. 24.