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By NOAH TRISTERNovember 21, 2021 astatine 3:59 pm
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Ashley Owusu scored 24 points and No. 3 Maryland handed No. 6 Baylor its archetypal nonaccomplishment of the post-Kim Mulkey era, 79-76 connected Sunday.
The Terrapins (6-0) led 76-65 earlier a furious Baylor rally astir forced overtime. The Bears had the shot down by three, but Sarah Andrews missed a 3-pointer successful the last seconds.
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The Terrapins passed their archetypal large trial of the young season, and they did it without defender Katie Benzan, who missed the crippled due to the fact that of an illness. This was conscionable the opening of a agelong successful which Maryland faces Baylor, No. 5 North Carolina State and No. 7 Stanford successful the span of a week.
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The Terrapins besides instrumentality connected No. 1 South Carolina adjacent month.
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This was besides the archetypal important trial for the Bears (3-1) nether caller manager Nicki Collen, who took implicit aft Mulkey near for LSU. NaLyssa Smith had 30 points and 15 rebounds for Baylor, and Jordan Lewis added 29 points.
Owusu scored wrong to springiness Maryland a 76-65 pb — and springiness herself 1,000 points for her career. Lewis past answered with a 3-pointer, and her three-point play made it a five-point crippled with 2:01 to play.
Smith made a layup aft a Maryland turnover to marque it 76-73, but past Angel Reese scored wrong portion drafting a foul connected Smith with 1:08 remaining. The escaped propulsion doubled the lead.
Lewis made different 3 to chopped the borderline to three, and the Bears had a accidental to necktie it aft Owusu’s driving effort missed.
BIG PICTURE
Baylor: Smith and Lewis provided plentifulness of discourtesy for the Bears, but they finished with 15 turnovers to Maryland’s nine, and that made a quality successful a choky game.
Maryland: The Terps won contempt shooting 40% from the field. Maryland utilized lone 7 players portion not astatine afloat strength.
POLL IMPLICATIONS
Baylor has been ranked successful the AP Top 10 for 131 consecutive weeks. The Bears astir apt won’t beryllium punished excessively overmuch for a roadworthy nonaccomplishment to the No. 3 team, but that streak could beryllium successful jeopardy.
UP NEXT
Baylor: The Bears look Fordham connected Thursday astatine the Cancun Challenge.
Maryland: The Terrapins look N.C. State connected Thursday astatine an lawsuit successful Nassau, Bahamas.
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