Minnesota plays No. 7 Maryland in conference showdown

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Maryland Terrapins (10-0) at Minnesota Golden Gophers (6-2)

Minneapolis; Sunday, 4 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Minnesota faces No. 7 Maryland in a matchup of Big Ten teams.

The Golden Gophers have gone 5-0 in home games. Minnesota is 6-2 when it turns the ball over less than its opponents and averages 9.4 turnovers per game.

The Terrapins play their first true road game after going 10-0 to begin the season. Maryland scores 86.4 points while outscoring opponents by 32.1 points per game.

Minnesota's average of 6.9 made 3-pointers per game this season is just 0.6 more made shots on average than the 6.3 per game Maryland allows. Maryland has shot at a 49.8% clip from the field this season, 17.8 percentage points higher than the 32.0% shooting opponents of Minnesota have averaged.

The matchup Sunday is the first meeting this season for the two teams in conference play.

TOP PERFORMERS: Grace Grocholski is shooting 42.1% from beyond the arc with 2.0 made 3-pointers per game for the Golden Gophers, while averaging 11.5 points. Sophie Hart is shooting 57.5% and averaging 11.4 points.

Oluchi Okananwa is shooting 53.0% and averaging 13.7 points for the Terrapins. Yarden Garzon is averaging 10.6 points.

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