Maryland basketball goes 1-2 at Players Era Festival in Vegas

Maryland men’s basketball’s swing through Las Vegas was more bust than boom.

Facing their second ranked opponent in as many nights, the Terps were no match for No. 8 Alabama, which overwhelmed them in many departments en route to a 105-72 rout in the teams’ third and final appearance Wednesday night at the Players Era Festival at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

Much like Tuesday night’s 100-61 shellacking by No. 12 Gonzaga , Maryland’s hopes of pulling off an upset were extinguished early by the Crimson Tide (5-2), who scored the game’s first seven points, owned a 39-point advantage late in the second half, and went wire-to-wire to eclipse the century mark for their second game in a row.

After riding a four-game winning streak, the Terps (5-3) have dropped their past two games by a combin