BALTIMORE, Maryland February 25, 2015 - Add to the list of really big wins for the Maryland Basketball team the name of No. 5 Wisconsin. The powerful Badgers came into College Park, Maryland tonight and promptly lost to No. 13 Maryland, 59-53. The Terps, 23-5 overall and 11-4 in the Big Ten, remain in second place in the conference, now two games behind Wisconsin with three games left for each team. The Terps host Michigan this weekend, then travel to Nebraska and Rutgers to finish out the regular season. Wisconsin still has games with Michigan State in Madison on Sunday, then at Minnesota and at Ohio State. The win tonight virtually clinches Maryland a berth in the NCAA Tournament for the first time five years.
Maryland received huge games from two expected sources: Dez Wells (26 points) and Melo Trimble (16 points), and from one unexpected source: freshman center Michael Checovsky. Checovsky entered the game early after starting center Damonte Dodd got into foul trouble. That foul trouble limited Dodd throughout the game, but Checovsky, who stands at 7-feet tall, responded with a stifling 24-minute defensive effort, four points and six critical rebounds. The Badgers slipped to 25-3 overall and 13-2 in the Big Ten.
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