College Park, MD (SportsNetwork.com) - Hoping to keep pace atop the Big Ten Conference standings, the 14th-ranked Maryland Terrapins face the Michigan State Spartans for the second time this season, this time at the Xfinity Center on Saturday afternoon. The 2014 portion of this current campaign saw Michigan State log a 9-5 record, with the fifth setback coming against this same Maryland squad in East Lansing on Dec, 30, 68-66, in double-overtime. Since then, the Spartans have won three in a row, with the latest being an 84-77 overtime decision at home versus Northwestern last Sunday. Maryland has enjoyed tremendous success in this, its first season as a member of the Big Ten. The Terrapins bring a 16-2 record into this contest, and theyve won two straight since suffering a 64-57 setback at Illinois on Jan. 7. At 4-1 in conference, the Terps are tied with Wisconsin for first place heading into the weekend. Marylands win a few weeks ago knotted the all-time series between the teams at 3-3. All five starters scored in double figures for Michigan State, but the team needed an extra session to settle its differences with visiting Northwestern last weekend. Travis Trice scored 18 points and dished out 10 assists to lead the Spartans, who shot an even 50 percent from the field, despite missing the mark on eight of their 11 3-point attempts. The Wildcats stayed in the game by converting 12-of-25 long-range launches. Denzel Valentine tallied 17 points, and Branden Dawson was close to notching a double-double of his own as he finished with 13 points and nine rebounds. MSU only turned the ball over seven times, while outscoring NU in the paint (34-26) and off giveaways (22-10). Trice (14.3 ppg, 6.1 apg), Valentine (14.2 ppg, 5.9 rpg, 4.2 apg) and Dawson (11.3 ppg, 9.5 rpg) are all averaging double figures for Michigan State this season, helping the team as a whole generate 74.7 ppg behind typical shooting efforts of .482 overall and .413 from beyond the arc. The Spartans are connecting on only 64.6 percent of their free throws, but they play pretty stingy defense in permitting just 61.1 ppg, with foes shooting 37.8 percent from the floor, including 28.5 percent from downtown. A +7.8 rebounding margin also helps MSU win more often than not. Maryland took down visiting Rutgers in its most recent outing, using a productive first half to stave off the upset-minded Scarlet Knights. The Terps shot 46.4 percent from the field in the first 20 minutes before cooling off to a chilly 24.2 percent after the break. The team nailed 11 3-pointers in the game, four of which were credited to Jared Nickens. Dez Wells scored 17 points to pace the squad, while Jake Layman recorded a double-double with 12 points and 13 boards. A 20-8 edge in points from the foul line coupled with a 46-33 advantage on the glass played a huge roles in the positive outcome for Maryland. Sporting similar scoring averages to their opponent today, the Terrapins are putting up 72.8 ppg while allowing only 61.6 ppg. They are also +4.9 in rebounding differential, and there are three double-digit scorers on the roster in Melo Trimble (15.7 ppg, 4.2 rpg), Layman (14.3 ppg, 6.7 rpg) and Wells (14.1 ppg, 5.1 rpg). UMs defensive stand stifles the opposition to just 37.3 percent field goal efficiency, which includes a 28.4 percent showing from 3-point land. The Terps are also making the most of their free-throw opportunities, converting them at a 74.7 percent clip. 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Coming off a 6-0 drubbing at Chelsea on Saturday, Arsenal endured another demoralizing result after rallying for a 2-1 lead -- only to concede a fluke equalizer.SUNDERLAND, England - Arsenal won its first Premier League match in over a month on Saturday, beating Sunderland 2-0 with a brace from Alexis Sanchez after a pair of defensive errors.Sanchez scored in the 30th minute after a mistake from Sunderland centre back Wes Brown, who scuffed an attempted back pass to goalkeeper Vito Mannone. Sanchez raced past Brown and collected the ball to go one-on-one with Mannone, lobbing it over the advancing keeper into the back of the net.The Chilean scored again in second-half injury time after another poor back pass. This time, the ball reached Mannone, but he couldnt control it after taking a touch. The ball bobbled off the former Arsenal keepers boot and Sanchez pounced on it for a simple tap-in.Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger praised Sanchez, saying his star summer signing is swift in the transition from offence to defence and wins the ball back very quickly.He took advantage of the mistakes they made, but hes also got a super quality — hes quickly on your feet which is why he wins many balls that normal players dont, Wenger said.While Arsenals victory wasnt convincing, it was the Gunners first league win since they beat Aston Villa on Sept. 20 and their third overall triumph this season. The London side now sits closer to the top four despite also drawing five times and losing oonce.dddddddddddd.Saturdays win is encouraging, but there were also nervous moments for Arsenal before Sanchezs second goal with Sunderland putting the visitors under pressure while searching for an equalizerI believe we were quite in control as long as we could score the second goal, Wenger said. Of course you (can) concede a goal and drop points, but we didnt do it today — we were focused.Sunderland had a few chances to equalize in the second half. Jack Rodwells header from a long cross in the 52nd nearly beat Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny, while Sebastian Larssons long-range shot in the 65th was saved by Szczesny.Sunderland manager Gus Poyet put on forward Jozy Altidore in the 74th in an attempt to salvage a draw. It was the Americans first league appearance of the year, but he made little impact.While Sunderland didnt endure the same 8-0 humiliation it faced against Southampton last week, the home side never controlled the match at the Stadium of Light as Arsenal dominated with nearly 60 per cent possession.Poyet said he was a bit angry about the two defensive mistakes, because he thought his team fought hard otherwise and responded well to last weeks embarrassment.Normally it takes you I dont know how many games to commit one of those mistakes, and we made two in the same game, he said. ' ' '