COLLEGE PARK (Interstat) — Andre Mills had 22 points and 11 rebounds, Pharrel Payne added 13 points and six rebounds, and Maryland used a decisive first-half run to beat Bucknell 96-67 in a men’s NCAA Division I basketball game Monday at Xfinity Center. An announced crowd of 12,023 saw the Terrapins improve to 1-0 while the Bison fell to 0-1.

Maryland led 52-37 at halftime after turning a tied game into a comfortable cushion. Bucknell had tied the score at 22 on Rocco Lamuno’s 3-pointer with 7:44 remaining in the first half. The Terrapins answered with a run that included a 3-pointer by Mike McNair, a layup by DJ Wagner, free throws from Payne, Robert Jennings and Kaden House, and late baskets by Mills. Mills closed the half with a 3-pointer and a driving layup. Bucknell scored 30 points after halftime, while Maryland added 44.

The Bison stayed close early. Mills opened the scoring with a 3-pointer, Pachucki answered from beyond the arc, and Tomislav Buljan made a layup for Maryland. Mills and Payne added free throws, Jayden Williams made a jumper for Bucknell, Payne scored inside, and Luca Soroa Schaller answered with a layup. McNair hit a 3-pointer, Pachucki made another 3, and Mills made two free throws. Patrick O’Brien scored on a layup and later hit a 3-pointer for Bucknell. House made two free throws for Maryland, Lamuno made two free throws for Bucknell, and Buljan made two free throws for the Terrapins. Mills scored on a layup, Kyle Marshall dunked for Bucknell, Payne dunked for Maryland, and Lamuno hit a 3-pointer to tie the score at 22.

Maryland then pulled away. McNair made a 3-pointer, Wagner scored on a layup, Payne made a free throw, Jennings made two free throws, and House made two free throws. Pachucki hit a 3-pointer for Bucknell, but Bishop Boswell answered with a 3-pointer for Maryland, Jennings made a 3-pointer, and Mills finished the half with a 3-pointer and a driving layup. The Terrapins carried a 52-37 lead into the break. Bucknell scored 37 points in the first half and 30 in the second. Maryland scored 52 in the first half and 44 in the second.

Mills, a 6-4, 205-pound guard from Boston who previously attended Brimmer and May, was Maryland’s top performer with 22 points, 11 rebounds and two assists in 23 minutes. Payne, a 6-9, 250-pound forward who previously attended Park High School, had 13 points, six rebounds and two blocks in 23 minutes. Pachucki, a 6-5, 190-pound guard who previously attended Hoosac School in New York, led Bucknell with 23 points and two assists in 31 minutes. Buljan, a 6-9, 250-pound forward who previously attended Universal School, added 10 points and seven rebounds in 20 minutes. House, a 6-3 guard from AZ Compass Prep School, scored 14 points and grabbed five rebounds in 17 minutes. Lamuno, a 6-3, 190-pound guard from Ravenwood High School, had 12 points, two rebounds and three assists in 25 minutes. Soroa Schaller, a 6-7, 215-pound forward from the American School of Valencia, added seven points, three rebounds, four assists and one block in 24 minutes. Wagner, a 6-4, 190-pound guard from Camden High School, finished with 10 points, five rebounds, three assists and one block in 22 minutes. McNair, a 6-5, 205-pound guard from Linfield Christian, had six points, three rebounds, two assists and one block in 20 minutes. Oladotun, a 6-10, 205-pound forward from James Hubert Blake High School, chipped in seven points, four rebounds, one assist and two blocks in 19 minutes.

Maryland shot 34 of 72 from the floor, 7 of 28 from three-point range and 21 of 31 from the free throw line. Bucknell shot 23 of 53 from the floor, 12 of 31 from three-point range and 9 of 14 from the free throw line. The Terrapins had 24 total offensive rebounds to Bucknell’s five. Maryland had nine assists, six blocks and 13 turnovers. Bucknell had five assists and 17 turnovers. Bucknell committed 19 fouls and Maryland committed 17. Bucknell scored 67 points from 72 possessions for an offensive rating of 93.5. Maryland scored 96 points from 76 possessions for an offensive rating of 126.8.

The Terrapins kept control after halftime. Jennings and House scored early in the second half, Wagner converted a driving layup and a dunk, Mills scored on a layup, and Buljan made a tip-in dunk. Bucknell stayed active from beyond the arc, getting 3-pointers from Pachucki and Lamuno and a 3 from Soroa Schaller, but Maryland answered with Payne layups and baskets from Oladotun. Pachucki made another 3-pointer, Lamuno made two free throws, and Soroa Schaller hit a 3 for Bucknell. Maryland responded with Payne layups, Oladotun layups, Mills layups, Wagner layups and House baskets. Later, House made a dunk, Mills hit a 3-pointer, Buljan made a tip-in layup, and Marshall scored on a layup for Bucknell. Maryland also got a layup from Wagner and free throws from House as the lead grew. Bucknell got 3-pointers from Jacob Meachem and Pachucki and free throws from Lamuno, Soroa Schaller and Luke Soden in the closing stretch, but Maryland closed with layups from Mills, Wagner, House and Oladotun. Maryland’s lead remained comfortable through the final minutes, and Oladotun’s layup with 36.4 seconds remaining closed the scoring.

Bucknell’s upcoming schedule includes home games against Old Dominion, Columbia, Akron, Siena and Saint Thomas (Minn.), along with road games at Virginia, Cornell, La Salle, Penn and Delaware. Maryland next plays at Georgetown before home games against Virginia, Alcorn State, Wagner, Tennessee in Las Vegas, American, Michigan State and Morgan State, plus a road game at Ohio State and a game against South Carolina in Baltimore.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected Maryland 77, Bucknell 75. Interstat’s ELO system gave Maryland a 98.1 percent probability to win. Maryland was installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -31.5. The total score of 163 went under the over/under line of 148.