Northwestern explodes behind the arc, takes down Maryland

Nick Martinelli scored 29 points as Northwestern surged in the second half in snapping a five-game losing streak with a 78-74 Big Ten victory over Maryland on Wednesday in Evanston, Ill.

Jordan Clayton scored 18 of his career-high 20 points from beyond the arc for the Wildcats (11-16, 3-13), who entered as the worst 3-point shooting team in the Big Ten but made 12 of 21 (57.1%) attempts from deep and shot 48.1% overall.

From deep, Clayton drained 6 of 7 attempts and Martinelli made 3 of 6.