Women’s Basketball

Faith Masonius was on her knees when the ball went towards her on a missed free throw. She managed to grab the rebound on the floor and dribbled herself out of it, one of many hustle plays that proved to be the difference as the Terps seemed to outwork the Scarlet Knights. No. 8 Maryland women’s basketball didn’t relinquish the lead all game, and despite some scares from the crafty…

Katie Benzan, the smallest player on the floor, dove across the hardwood for the ball, forcing a jump ball which gave Maryland possession, clinging to a six point lead with 21 seconds left.  It wasn’t pretty, with the Terps allowing Miami’s Kelsey Marshall to score 24 points, keeping things tight the whole way. But a late game resurgence was able to seal it for the Maryland women’s basketball, giving them…

Following two straight losses in the Bahamas as part of the Baha Mar Hoops Pink Flamingo Championship, Maryland women’s basketball dropped six spots to No. 8 in the latest AP Top 25 poll. The Terps will look to rebound and get back in the win column as they take on the Miami Hurricanes as part of the Big Ten/ACC Challenge at home in College Park Thursday night. Maryland was left…

With less than a minute remaining in the third quarter, Stanford looked to extend their 25 point lead. The Cardinals moved the ball around the perimeter and found Hannah Jump in the corner.  Jump pumpfaked, getting Taisiya Kozlova to fly by her. She reset behind the arc, fired up the shot, and connected on her seventh three pointer of the afternoon to extend the Cardinals lead even further. No. 2…

Following its massive win over No. 6 Baylor and aided by then-No. 2 UConn’s loss to No. 1 South Carolina, Maryland women’s basketball got the bump to No. 2 in the new AP Poll Top 25. This ranking matches the Terps’ highest since February 20, 2017. Now ranked second in the country, the Terps have a big test ahead of them, as Maryland will travel to the Bahamas to face…

With two minutes left in the quarter Baylor’s Jordan Lewis converted on a three point play, trimming the Maryland lead to five. The Bears forced a turnover on the next Terps’ possession, and NaLyssa Smith scored an easy layup to trim Maryland’s lead to 3.  Off the Maryland inbounds from the side, Angel Reese drove right into Smith for the old-fashioned three-point play, erupting both the Maryland bench and the…

Shortly into the fourth quarter, Maryland pushed the ball in transition. Shyanne Sellers found Katie Benzan on the other side of the court, open for a three. Benzan set her feet, lined up the shot, and swished the basket as the Terps extended their huge lead even further as they neared a 40-point lead. Everything went right for Maryland women’s basketball Thursday evening, as the Terps dominated from the very…

Midway through the second quarter, pushing the ball in transition, Ashley Owusu dished a pass to Katie Benzan for an open shot beyond the arc. Benzan swished the three, netting her 100th three as a Terp. Benzan and the rest of the Terps started off firing, and continued as the game went along. Maryland dominated on both sides of the court, and after a strong first half, cruised easily in…

Midway through the third quarter, Maryland women’s basketball was starting to pull away from Villanova. The Wildcats were struggling on offense, while the Terps were excelling. Katie Benzan found Chloe Bibby on the fastbreak, and Bibby swished a three, scoring her 1,000th career point. Bibby’s jumpshot was the exclamation point on an excellent night for the Terps, as Maryland controlled the game across the board en route to a comfortable…

With a very promising season predicted to be ahead for Maryland women’s basketball, the fourth-ranked Terps are set to take on the Villanova Wildcats at Xfinity Center in their second game of the season on Friday evening. Coach Brenda Frese’s squad is coming off of a comfortable season opening 30-point victory against the Longwood Lancers, 97-67. The game featured a big performance from Angel Reese, who had a double double…