If the first three games of the men’s college basketball season were preludes to the first real test, then Maryland let a prime opportunity slip away. The Terps could not protect a four-point lead at halftime and did not have much of a solution for containing Kam Jones as No.

Ja’Kobe Gillespie dribbles during Maryland men’s basketball’s 78-74 loss to Marquette on Nov. 15, 2024. (Lincoln Polan/The Diamondback) After Marquette’s David Joplin airballed a corner 3 and Stevie Mitchell got an easy putback layup, all hope seemed lost for Maryland men’s basketball.