Her Maryland women’s basketball team led by double figures, but she wasn’t satisfied. The coach’s impassioned speech lit a fuse in her squad: The No. 14 Terrapins forced two shot-clock violations and drilled a pair of jumpers to end the first half with a 17-point lead en route to an 82-73 win over Penn State.
Sarah Te-Biasu scored 20 points and Maryland held off Penn State’s second-half rally to earn a much-needed victory Wednesday night.
Without two of its best players available because of injury, No. 8 Maryland women’s basketball struggled to keep pace with No. 1 UCLA.
McDaniel, who hurt her knee in last week’s win against No. 24 Minnesota, has also been a key contributor to Maryland’s success this season. She averaged 10.6 points, 2.4 assists and 2.1 rebounds per game off the bench.
Maryland is going into a key stretch of its conference season with games against No. 12 Ohio State and top-ranked UCLA this week.
In a 89-51 loss to Texas that equaled the third worst of Brenda Frese’s tenure as coach, shorthanded Maryland loses Shyanne Sellers to a knee injury.
The Terps suffered their third straight loss, all to ranked teams, in an 82-67 defeat to the Bruins, who got 33 points from Betts.
Maryland lost reserve guard Bri McDaniel for the remainder of the season due to a torn ACL in her right knee, the team announced Monday.
But her backcourt running mate, Maryland’s second option Shyanne ... tore her ACL against Minnesota on Jan. 14. Brenda Frese’s side will look to simplify the game and play to their strengths ...
Maryland head coach Brenda Frese points on the court during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Texas, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith ...
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The Terrapins, without Shyanne Sellers and Bri McDaniel, drop their second straight. Next up: Top-ranked UCLA on Sunday at College Park.