Owusu Leads No. 8 Maryland Women Past Purdue 86-71

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Ashley Owusu scored 8 of her 20 points successful the 4th fourth to propulsion No. 8 Maryland to an 86-71 triumph implicit Purdue connected Wednesday night.

Owusu added 9 rebounds and 5 assists for the Terrapins (9-2, 2-0 Big Ten), who trailed by 4 astatine halftime successful their last tune-up earlier playing astatine No. 1 South Carolina connected Sunday.

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“We talked astir it. If we play a (first) fractional similar that, that’ll beryllium easy a 30-point spread,” said Maryland manager Brenda Frese, referencing the crippled against the Gamecocks. “We came retired with a large punch, but past we fto them backmost successful the game. We didn’t prolong it.”

Katie Benzan and and Angel Reese each had 15 points for Maryland, which scored 34 points disconnected 23 Purdue turnovers successful its 3rd consecutive victory. Mimi Collins and Chloe Bibby each added 12 points.

Brooke Moore scored a season-high 22 points and deed six 3-pointers to pb the Boilermakers (6-4, 0-2), who suffered consecutive losses for the archetypal clip this season. Purdue fell to then-No. 18 Ohio State connected Sunday successful its Big Ten opener.

Five of Moore’s six 3s came earlier halftime arsenic Purdue went 8 for 13 from beyond the arc. But the Boilermakers went acold aft the interruption and finished 12 of 32 (37.5%).

“I thought we got large looks,” first-year manager Katie Gearlds said. “I thought possibly adjacent successful the 2nd fractional we got amended looks than we did successful the archetypal half. … The archetypal fractional was possibly a spot of an anomaly for us.”

Cassidy Hardin added 15 points for the Boilermakers, who fell to 1-3 against ranked opposition.

Maryland opened the 2nd fractional connected a 7-0 run. Reese scored the archetypal 4 points earlier the Terps took a 43-40 pb connected Benzan’s 3-pointer from the close helping with 7:15 near successful the 3rd quarter.

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Owusu’s driving layup made it 47-45 a fewer possessions later, a pb Maryland ne'er gave back.

It grew arsenic ample arsenic 8 concisely successful the third. But it was lone 4 earlier a 13-2 tally successful the fourth, with Owusu and Collins each hitting 2 baskets arsenic the Terrapins stretched their pb to 74-59.

“It was a overmuch amended occupation successful the 2nd half, focusing connected taking attraction of the basketball, being capable to tally them disconnected the 3-point line,” Frese said. “I thought we looked similar Maryland hoops successful the 4th quarter.”

BIG PICTURE

Purdue: The Boilermakers finished a agelong of 5 consecutive games against teams ranked oregon receiving votes successful the AP Top 25 with a 2-3 record.

Maryland: The Terrapins avoided their archetypal nonaccomplishment to an unranked hostile since falling to Texas successful the NCAA determination semifinals past March.

POLL IMPLICATIONS

Maryland is improbable to autumn overmuch successful the adjacent poll, careless of what happens Sunday. But aft consecutive losses to then-No. 5 N.C. State and then-No. 7 Baylor past month, Benzan feels the Terps person a constituent to prove.

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“We privation to amusement that we’re a apical 10 squad and we merit to beryllium successful that conversation,” Benzan said. “And that starts connected Sunday with our intensity.”