No. 2 Maryland Falls To Fifth-Ranked NC State 78-60

NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Elissa Cunane scored 20 points, making 8 of her 9 shots from the field, to assistance No. 5 N.C. State tally past second-ranked Maryland 78-60 connected Thursday astatine the Baha Mar Hoops Pink Flamingo Championship tournament.

Diamond Johnson added 17 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 steals for the Wolfpack.

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The crippled was played astatine the Baha Mar edifice successful the Bahamas successful a converted ballroom implicit with a debased ceiling and a raised signifier close disconnected midcourt. There were precocious school-style bleachers down the 2 benches for fans.

This was the archetypal twelvemonth that determination was a women’s tourney astatine the lawsuit which brought successful 4 of the apical 7 teams successful the country. No. 4 Indiana and seventh-ranked Stanford are besides playing successful the tournament.

N.C. State (5-1) went close astatine the Terrapins with the 6-foot-5 Cunane dominating the wrong and Johnson controlling the outside. Maryland (6-1) trailed 11-9 with 4 minutes near successful the archetypal 4th earlier N.C. State scored 11 of the last 14 points to adjacent the play and instrumentality bid of the game.

The Wolfpack kept it going successful the 2nd 4th down Johnson, who transferred from Rutgers successful the offseason. She finished the fractional with 11 points, 5 assists, 4 rebounds and 4 steals portion the Wolfpack changeable 61% from the tract to physique a 49-27 lead.

Maryland, which roseate to No. 2 successful the rankings this week — its champion people since Feb. 20, 2017 — played with much vigor successful the 2nd fractional but could lone get wrong 15 down Angel Reese. The sophomore guardant finished with a career-best 24 points. She came into the twelvemonth with a champion of 20 points and had scored 23 doubly already this season.

This was the worst regular-season nonaccomplishment for Maryland since falling to UConn by 25 points successful 2017.

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BIG PICTURE

The Terrapins person 1 of the astir hard schedules successful manager Brenda Frese’s career. Maryland volition beryllium highly good tested by the clip the squad reaches Big Ten play.

SIDELINED

Maryland was inactive missing apical 3-pointer menace Katie Benzan, who didn’t marque the travel due to the fact that of an illness. Diamond Miller, who played a cardinal 10 minutes successful the triumph implicit No. 6 Baylor past Sunday, sat retired the crippled due to the fact that she aggravated a genu injury.

SCHOOL PRIDE

The Maryland men’s hoops squad is besides playing astatine Baha Mar successful a tournament. Members of the squad sat connected the baseline cheering connected their classmates.

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