IOWA CITY, Iowa – The Iowa men’s basketball team has now lost three Big Ten home games, and two have come against teams that are below .500 in conference play.

The latest home setback came on Wednesday against Maryland, which entered the game 3-5 in Big Ten play.

The Terrapins led by one point briefly in the opening minutes of the first half, but then trailed until about midway through the second half.

Maryland guard Jahmir Young led the comeback and made the game-winning basket with 1.5 seconds left to play to give his team a much-needed 69-67 victory. Young had the ball well beyond the top of the key when he drove to his left past several Iowa defenders and made a bank shot in traffic.

Young started slowly on offense, but he finished with 22 points and took over down the stretch, while Iowa unraveled in the final minutes.

“We did some things that are just not acceptable,” Iowa coach Fran McCaffery said. “I’ll take blame for that.”

Iowa fell to 11-8 overall and 3-5 in the Big Ten and will hit the road again for a game at Michigan on Saturday.

Michigan defeated Iowa 90-80 on Dec. 10 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, but the Wolverines are just 2-6 in the conference, 7-12 overall, and were crushed by Purdue 99-67 on Tuesday in West Lafayette, Indiana.

There were some bright spots for Iowa in Wednesday’s loss, including senior guard Tony Perkins, who continues to perform at an All-Big Ten level, and 6-foot-10 forward Owen Freeman, who continues to distinguish himself as the best freshman in the conference.

Perkins scored 20 points, made all 11 of his free throws and had three steals while Freeman finished with 14 points and nine rebounds before fouling out late in the game.

The problem is that nobody else for Iowa scored more than nine points.

Graduate transfer forward Ben Krikke only made 3-of-11 field-goal attempts and scored nine points for Iowa, which is seven below his his team-leading 16.5 per-game average.

This is the kind of loss that could come back to haunt Iowa in its quest to make the NCAA Tournament.

Maryland had lost its previous two games against Michigan State and Northwestern by a combined five points, so Young and his cohorts were used to the close score down the stretch, and maybe that helped them seize the moment.

Iowa led 34-28 at halftime and shot 50 percent in the first half (15-of-30) despite having missed all seven attempts from 3-point range.

Freeman led Iowa with 10 points in the first half, while Perkins had nine points and two steals.

Iowa also had 28 points in the paint in the first half, which matched Maryland’s total points for the half.

Both teams also combined for 17 turnovers in the first half, including nine by Maryland.

For as poorly as Maryland played in the first half, it still only trailed by six points at the break.

That was due partly to Maryland having a 12-point advantage from 3-point range.

Iowa senior forward Patrick McCaffery played 10 minutes and scored four points after having missed the previous two games because of ankle injury.

However, Iowa played without freshman forward Ladji Dembele, who injured his ankle against Purdue last Sunday.

Iowa City native Even Brauns, who transferred from Belmont, replaced Dembele in the rotation and scored four points and grabbed three rebounds while playing seven minutes.