No. 1 bug hits Florida

Maryland latest to upend top team

? Coach Gary Williams finally pushed his win total at Maryland from 299 to 300. That wasn’t the only number that will need adjusting after Wednesday night’s game.

The Terrapins helped Williams reach his milestone with a 69-68 overtime win over No. 1 Florida, handing the Gators the loss in their first game after reaching the top spot in the Associated Press’ poll.

Travis Garrison made a jumper with 18 seconds left for the winning points in a brutish, defensive, ugly game — but one that felt pretty good to Williams nonetheless.

“We haven’t been consistent, but somehow we found the toughness to go out there and play tonight,” said Williams, who improved to 300-155 in 15 seasons with the Terrapins.

Williams was stuck on 299 after a two-game losing streak that had Maryland (5-2) in the “receiving votes” category of the latest poll. This win showed how unscientific those polls really are.

Florida, meanwhile, fell to 0-2 in its first game after moving to No. 1. Last season, the Gators (5-1) made it to the top of the poll for the first time in program history, but lost, 70-55, to Kentucky in their first game.

This loss all but guaranteed there will be a new top-ranked team for the fourth straight week Monday; the Gators joined Connecticut and Kansas University as the latest to fail to hold onto No. 1.

Bigger, stronger and shooting as well as they had all season, the Terrapins got big hoops, rebounds and blocks from John Gilchrist (18 points), Jamar Smith (14 points, 12 rebounds) and Nik Caner-Medley (22 points, 13 rebounds) to build a 17-point lead early in the second half.

But they went on an amazing cold streak, failing to score a field goal over the final 9 minutes of regulation. In fact, their only two baskets over the final 16 minutes came on breakaway dunks after steals — and Florida tied it at 60 to send the game to overtime.

In overtime, Anthony Roberson (20 points) hit a three-pointer and Matt Walsh took an outlet pass from Roberson to help the Gators take a 68-64 lead, but the Terps didn’t give up.

Maryland sealed the win when Smith blocked Adrian Moss’ shot with time running out.

No. 23 Wisconsin 73, Wisconsin-Green Bay 57

Madison, Wis. — Devin Harris scored 18 points and Freddie Owens added 16, leading Wisconsin.

Mike Wilkinson added 12 points for Wisconsin (5-1), which ended the game on a 15-5 run to win its 17th straight at home and improve to 10-0 all-time against the Phoenix (2-4).

Brandon Morris scored 11 points to lead Green Bay, which shot 55 percent but committed 17 turnovers.