Three-point shooting has not been the forte for No. 17-seed Maryland men’s basketball this season.

Even with Elijah Saunders’ team-high 41.3% clip, the Terps rank as one of the worst from behind the arc in the Big Ten. But Maryland has not been shy to hoist from the perimeter, jacking up the conference’s fifth-most attempts.

Following three consecutive games with nine three-point makes, the Terps’ gameplan heading into Wednesday’s Big Ten Tournament second-round contest against No. 7-seed Iowa remained the same. It didn’t work, though.

Maryland nailed just 33.3% of its shots from deep and contributed 16 turnovers. Those offensive struggles were encapsulated during Iowa’s 21-0 run after halftime, creating an insurmountable deficit in the Terps’ 75-64 loss.

Maryland ended the season with its worst record since 1992-93 and extended its drought to 13 years without a pair of conference tournament victories.

Isaiah Watts has had a tumultuous first season in College Park. The Washington State transfer has reached double-figures just three times this year despite starting eight consecutive games. After his second scoreless outing in the last month, Watts produced arguably his best game on Wednesday.

The junior was Maryland’s top offensive option early on, nailing all three of the team’s three-point makes. Behind Watts’ nine early points, the Terps took a commanding 11-point lead with nine minutes remaining in the half.

It quickly went downhill after that.

Maryland scored just five points before half and made just one bucket — a Darius Adams three-point jumper, who had nailed just two in the previous four games despite 12 attempts. Outside of Adams’ make, the Terps couldn’t buy a bucket from behind the arc.

After Maryland started the game 3-for-6 from deep, its final 12 possessions of the half consisted of nine three-point shots, two midrange jumpers and two turnovers. The Terps made just one of those shots, allowing Iowa to draw within one at the break.

Even when the shots weren’t falling from three-point range, Maryland failed to adjust its offensive strategy. For a team that has thrived at the charity stripe at points this season, the Terps attempted just six free throws.

While Maryland’s offense struggled, it wasn’t much better for the Hawkeyes. Iowa shot an abysmal 2-for-10 from deep and had six turnovers to hinder its 25-point half.

A key reason behind the Hawkeyes’ scoring struggles was a poor half from Bennett Stirtz. The Big Ten’s fourth-leading scorer averaged 28.5 points in the previous two meetings against the Terps. But he totaled just four first-half points on Wednesday, shooting 2-for-8 from the field.

That changed in the second half, though. The senior guard poured in 13 points and contributed six assists to help Iowa pull away. Despite Stirtz’s strong performance to close out the game, he wasn’t the Hawkeyes’ top offensive weapon.

Cooper Koch was lethal from deep. He paced Iowa with a career-high 19 points, including 14 in the second half. While Koch attempted just one shot from within the three-point line, he didn’t need to. The redshirt freshman forward splashed five triples.

Despite a strong shooting outing in the second half, turnovers continued to plague Maryland. After committing just two in the opening half yesterday, the Terps had six in the first eight minutes. Maryland finished with 16, its second-most in the final month of the season.

However, the Terps’ relentless presence on the glass gave them a chance to pull off the upset. Maryland corralled 12 offensive boards, which it flipped to 14 second-chance points. Solomon Washington led the way with a game-high 13 boards.

But their defensive lapses in the second half — Iowa managed 50 points and shot 61.5% from the field — was too much for the Terps to mount a sizable comeback.

Maryland won consecutive games just once in the final four months of the year, which was always going to be a recipe for disaster.