Garzon leads No. 7 Maryland against Wisconsin after 25-point performance

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Wisconsin Badgers (9-3, 1-0 Big Ten) at Maryland Terrapins (13-0, 1-0 Big Ten)

College Park, Maryland; Monday, 4 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: No. 7 Maryland faces Wisconsin after Yarden Garzon scored 25 points in Maryland's 98-30 victory against the Central Connecticut State Blue Devils.

The Terrapins have gone 10-0 in home games. Maryland ranks third in the Big Ten at limiting opponent scoring, giving up 53.3 points while holding opponents to 34.2% shooting.

The Badgers are 1-0 in conference games. Wisconsin averages 73.0 points while outscoring opponents by 9.6 points per game.

Maryland averages 7.2 made 3-pointers per game, 1.5 more made shots than the 5.7 per game Wisconsin allows. Wisconsin averages 19.7 more points per game (73.0) than Maryland allows to opponents (53.3).

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

TOP PERFORMERS: Garzon is shooting 37.9% from beyond the arc with 2.8 made 3-pointers per game for the Terrapins, while averaging 12.6 points and 3.2 assists. Oluchi Okananwa is shooting 51.6% and averaging 15.8 points over the past 10 games.

Destiny Howell is averaging 12.6 points for the Badgers. Kyrah Daniels is averaging 12.3 points over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Terrapins: 10-0, averaging 90.1 points, 40.4 rebounds, 18.6 assists, 12.0 steals and 4.8 blocks per game while shooting 48.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 54.7 points per game.

Badgers: 8-2, averaging 73.5 points, 32.9 rebounds, 15.9 assists, 8.6 steals and 4.6 blocks per game while shooting 44.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 62.8 points.

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