ANN ARBOR — Michigan is floundering at the wrong time. The Wolverines dropped their second game in a row on Wednesday night, losing at Crisler Center to Maryland 71-65.

Turnovers sabotaged Michigan’s offense, and Maryland hit enough timely 3s to stay in front most of the night.

As a result, Michigan now needs help to get a share of the Big Ten title. If Michigan State loses at Iowa on Thursday, Michigan would earn a split with a win in East Lansing on Sunday in the regular-season finale.

The Wolverines (22-8, 14-5) have plenty to fix to hold up their end of the bargain.

They committed 16 turnovers. Danny Wolf had five of them but otherwise played great, scoring 20 points on 9 of 13 shooting and adding eight rebounds and four assists. Vladislav Goldin scored 14 of his 20 points in the second half and grabbed 15 rebounds.

Michigan cut an 11-point second-half deficit to two a couple of times but couldn’t get over the hump.

The Wolverines shot 7 of 20 from deep, failing to do better than 35 percent for the ninth straight game. They have lost back-to-back games for the first time since mid-December. After starting 12-0 at home, they’ve lost three of their last four at Crisler. This one was more competitive than Sunday’s 20-point loss to Illinois, but no different in the standings for a team that had championship aspirations.

No. 13 Maryland made 9 of 25 3s, committed just eight turnovers, and improved to 23-7 (13-6) on the season. Rodney Rice had 19 points. Selton Miguel and Derik Queen added 17 apiece.

Michigan, after its lowest-scoring half all season, opened the second half with four turnovers in about 3.5 minutes against Maryland’s zone, with Wolf throwing it to the Terrapins on three out of four possessions.

Michigan found a groove to make a charge. Goldin muscled in a basket inside. Rubin Jones forced a turnover, Tre Donaldson picked it up and shoveled to L.J. Cason for a breakaway layup to cut Michigan’s deficit to 44-39. Out of a timeout, Maryland’s Ja’Kobi Gillespie made his first shot, a deep 3, to quiet the crowd. Rice hit one as well, pushing the lead back to 11.

Michigan came out of a timeout with a well-designed baseline out-of-bounds play for a Burnett layup. Donaldson picked off a pass, pushed it ahead, and trailed for a 3. Wolf took off for a thunderous dunk, and just like that Michigan had cut the margin to four midway through the half.

The margin shrunk to two before another big Maryland 3. Wolf’s step-back 3 cut Michigan’s deficit to two with 6:51 to go. Michigan got a stop and promptly threw the ball in the backcourt for another turnover, not scoring again until Burnett’s 3 with 1:29 left cut the margin to five.

Down six, Michigan took its time before Wolf misfired from 3. Queen went to the foul line with 31 seconds left and split a pair. Donaldson (10 points) hit a 3 after an offensive rebound to make it 69-65 with 17 seconds left. Maryland made both frees and Michigan came up empty on its final possession.

Michigan started the game 2 for 11 from the field before pushing the pace and finding a rhythm. Jones spun away from a defender and found a cutting Wolf for a layup. Wolf and Nimari Burnett (eight points) canned back-to-back 3s in semi-transition. Goldin hit a short hook shot to give Michigan a 14-7 lead as Maryland started 2 for 14 from the field. The Terrapins answered with a 9-0 run to retake the lead.

Michigan’s sixth turnover led to a Jordan Geronimo power jam. Another Geronimo basket made it 28-18 Maryland with 3:54 left in the half.

Goldin missed two layups in the closing seconds and the Wolverines trailed 33-22 at half. Wolf had half of Michigan’s points on 5 of 6 shooting; his teammates were 5 for 26.

Michigan picked it up after halftime but not enough to inspire much confidence heading into the Breslin Center.