No. 4 Maryland Routs Longwood 97-67 Without Injured Miller

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Angel Reese and No. 4 Maryland kicked disconnected the assemblage hoops play successful regular fashion.

Reese had 21 points and 14 rebounds to pb the Terrapins to a 97-67 triumph implicit Longwood connected Tuesday. The 11 a.m. crippled was Maryland’s yearly Field Trip Day and included plentifulness of young kids successful the crowd.

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“Kind of chill to beryllium the archetypal crippled of the assemblage play to extremity disconnected anyplace successful the country,” Maryland manager Brenda Frese said. “I ever emotion this time game, to person the kids here, decidedly the vigor for an 11 a.m. tip.”

There were immoderate different women’s games astatine 11 a.m. EST arsenic good — Dayton bushed Alabama A&M 73-52, and UNC Greensboro bushed UNC Asheville 52-48 — but Maryland was the archetypal high-profile squad to play. The Terrapins (1-0) instrumentality each 5 starters from a play ago, though 1 of them, defender Diamond Miller, missed this crippled with genu soreness.

Maryland inactive had 5 players successful treble figures. Freshman Shyanne Sellers scored 17 points and Ashley Owusu and Mimi Collins had 16 apiece.

Kyla McMakin scored 22 points for Longwood.

The Lancers kept the crippled adjacent for astir of the archetypal half. It was 21-all aft 1 quarter, and Maryland led 34-29 earlier finishing the 2nd 4th with a 13-5 run.

“When you travel into a crippled and a matchup similar this, you cannot play afraid,” Longwood manager Rebecca Tillett said. “As soon arsenic you do, a squad similar Maryland’s going to consciousness that, and everything they bash volition get easier for them.”

Katie Benzan started the 2nd fractional with 2 3-pointers to propulsion the pb to 19, and it was 76-47 aft three.

Although Maryland has plentifulness of experienced endowment returning, the Terps got a bully boost from a freshman successful the play opener. Sellers went 7-of-12 shooting and played much than anyone connected the Terrapins but Reese.

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“I thought she was fearless, I thought she was confident, and she belonged. That’s what you request to beryllium capable to have, particularly with Diamond retired now,” Frese said. “She’s getting immoderate truly invaluable minutes to benignant of physique that spot with the coaching unit and your teammates. Obviously precise talented — we request her connected the floor.”

Benzan scored 11 points and made 3 of Maryland’s 9 3-pointers.

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Miller’s lack is simply a interest for the Terps. They didn’t request her Tuesday, but with a docket that includes No. 1 South Carolina, No. 3 Stanford, No. 5 North Carolina State and No. 7 Baylor, they’ll privation to beryllium arsenic adjacent to afloat spot arsenic possible.

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The 6-foot-3 Reese surpassed her erstwhile vocation highs of 20 points and 11 rebounds.

“I cognize if I can’t bash anything, I tin rebound,” Reese said. “I’m the biggest 1 retired there, truthful I’m expected to get rebounds. I deliberation my rebounds helped maine get to my baskets.”

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The Terrapins big Villanova connected Friday night, opening a agelong of 5 games successful 10 days.