Coit leads Maryland against No. 11 Illinois

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Maryland Terrapins (8-10, 1-6 Big Ten) at Illinois Fighting Illini (15-3, 6-1 Big Ten)

Champaign, Illinois; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Maryland takes on No. 11 Illinois after David Coit scored 43 points in Maryland's 96-73 win against the Penn State Nittany Lions.

The Fighting Illini are 9-1 on their home court. Illinois is 0-1 in games decided by less than 4 points.

The Terrapins are 1-6 in conference games. Maryland is 5-9 in games decided by 10 points or more.

Illinois scores 85.1 points, 7.3 more per game than the 77.8 Maryland gives up. Maryland averages 7.1 more points per game (74.5) than Illinois gives up to opponents (67.4).

The Fighting Illini and Terrapins meet Wednesday for the first time in Big Ten play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Keaton Wagler is scoring 16.1 points per game with 5.1 rebounds and 3.8 assists for the Fighting Illini. Kylan Boswell is averaging 11.9 points and 3.7 rebounds while shooting 48.3% over the last 10 games.

Coit is averaging 15.4 points for the Terrapins. Darius Adams is averaging 11.4 points over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Fighting Illini: 9-1, averaging 80.9 points, 36.2 rebounds, 15.0 assists, 3.7 steals and 5.0 blocks per game while shooting 46.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 65.2 points per game.

Terrapins: 3-7, averaging 72.3 points, 33.8 rebounds, 9.7 assists, 4.9 steals and 3.3 blocks per game while shooting 40.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 76.1 points.

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