Kaila Charles made a buzzer-beating layup to cap a comeback by No. 8 Maryland, which never led until that final basket sealed a 71-69 victory over visiting Minnesota on Thursday night.

The Terrapins trailed 54-38 in the third quarter, by 11 with 8:59 remaining and 67-60 with 1:58 to go before closing with an 11-2 run against the stunned Golden Gophers.

Maryland (24-3, 13-3 Big Ten) began the day tied atop the conference with Iowa, which played a late game at Indiana on Thursday. After losing at Iowa on Sunday, the Terps were in danger of dropping two straight for the first time this season until storming back to end Minnesota's six-game winning streak.

Charles finished with a season-high 31 points, including the game-tying layup with 6.6 seconds left. After Minnesota got the ball past midcourt and called a timeout, Shakira Austin deflected the inbounds pass to Charles, who drove the length of the floor for the game-winning basket.

Destiny Pitts scored 24 and Kenisha Bell added 23 for the Golden Gophers (19-8, 8-8). Pitts, a sophomore guard, has scored at least 21 in four straight games. But she fouled out in the final minute, and Minnesota couldn't survive without her.

After Pitts picked up her fourth foul with 7:09 remaining, Taylor Mikesell hit successive 3-pointers in a 10-4 surge for Maryland that made it 65-60. Charles then stole the ball, but blew a layup and Pitts made a reverse layup.

Men

UMBC 65, Vermont 56: KJ Jackson scored a game-high 18 points to lead the host Retrievers (18-10, 10-3 America East) past the Catamounts (21-6, 11-2).

The win ended Vermont’s 24-league game road winning streak and UMBC won its ninth game of of its last 10. Anthony Lamb had 14 points and Stef Smith had 13 points for the Catamounts. UMBC travels to Albany on Saturday at 7 p.m.

Mount St. Mary’s 79, Central Connecticutt 66: Jalen Gibbs had a game-high 20 points, going 7-of-13 from the field to record his sixth 20-point effort of the season for the visting Mount (8-20, 5-10 Northeast Conference). Vado Morse had 14 points and a career-high eight assists. Damian Chong Qui (McDonogh) had 11 points, a career-best eight rebounds, and six assists, and Nana Opoku and Malik Jefferson both finished with 10 points.

The win placed the Mountaineers in a tie twith Central Connecticut (11-17, 5-10) and sit one game behind Bryant and LIU Brooklyn for the final playoff spot.

Hofstra 91, Towson 82, 2OT: The host Pride (23-5, 13-2 Colonial Athletic Association) went on a 9-0 run in the second overtime to beat the Tigers (10-18, 6-9). Brian Fobbs had a game-high 29 points for Towson, which forced both overtimes. Tigers’ Nakaye Sanders made a layup with 1:13 left in regulation for a 72- 72 score to force overtime and Solomon Uyaelunmo made a jumper with nine seconds left in the first overtime to tie the score at 82 and force a second overtime.