No. 13 Maryland women hold off No. 10 Indiana 67-64

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — 

Within the last seconds of one other 40-minute evening, Katie Benzan had sufficient vitality left for yet one more large play.

Benzan made a floater with 11.8 seconds remaining to place Maryland up by three and the No. 13 Terrapins held on for a 67-64 victory over No. 10 Indiana on Friday evening when Nicole Cardano-Hillary missed all the things on a shot from the fitting wing.

“Their bigs didn’t assist up as a result of Angel (Reese) was killing all of them evening,” Benzan stated. “So then I simply learn the protection and floated it proper up, and by chance sufficient it went in.”

Reese scored 20 factors with 16 rebounds for the Terps, who led virtually the complete recreation and at last held off the slumping Hoosiers. Indiana (19-7, 11-5 Large Ten) misplaced for the fourth time in 5 video games to shut the common season. Maryland (21-7, 13-4) had an eight-game successful streak snapped in a loss to Michigan final weekend, however the Terps rebounded regardless of the absence of guard Ashley Owusu, who was out with an sickness.

Benzan dealt with a lot of the ball-handling in Owusu’s absence, and she or he completed with 10 factors and 6 assists whereas taking part in the complete recreation. Benzan has performed all however 48 seconds of Maryland’s previous three video games.

Maryland led by 4 heading into the fourth quarter, and Indiana couldn’t get the lead decrease than that till Cardano-Hillary’s 3-pointer with 34.4 seconds to play — her first basket of the sport after eight misses.

With the rating 65-64, Benzan slipped free in shut and scored, which means the Hoosiers wanted a 3 to tie. Maryland did a very good job making it robust on Indiana’s last possession, and the Hoosiers had been operating out of time when Cardano-Hillary tossed up an air ball.

Grace Berger led Indiana with 16 factors. Diamond Miller scored 16 factors for Maryland.

Indiana took a 2-0 lead, and that was the one time the Hoosiers had been forward. Shyanne Sellers made a 3-pointer to place Maryland up 19-8 late within the first quarter.

“Obtained off to a extremely sloppy begin,” Indiana coach Teri Moren stated. “First media timeout within the first quarter, we’d turned it over 5 occasions, and also you simply can’t try this. And I feel we had two air balls in that section as nicely.”

A 3 by Chloe Bibby put the Terrapins up 35-23 within the second. Indiana closed the half on a 9-2 run and trailed 37-32, however Maryland returned the favor with an 8-2 run to begin the third.

BIG PICTURE

Indiana: The Hoosiers are struggling on the improper time. They actually had their possibilities to overhaul Maryland within the last quarter, however their offense wasn’t as much as the duty.

Maryland: This was a giant win for the Terps, who had misplaced 5 consecutive video games in opposition to top-10 opponents. Included in that stretch was an overtime defeat in opposition to Indiana on Jan. 2.

STRETCHED THIN

Apart from Emma Chardon’s 47 seconds, Maryland solely used six gamers within the recreation.

“Katie by no means got here off the ground and hit that recreation winner on the finish. That’s the form of form she’s in. That’s why we will play her 40 minutes,” coach Brenda Frese stated. “No person’s feeling sorry for us, the place our numbers are at, and neither are we.”

Indiana solely used seven gamers. The Hoosiers at the very least had three days off earlier than this recreation after taking part in 5 video games within the earlier 10 days.

“We performed a 3rd of our Large Ten schedule in 10 days, if you happen to can think about that, and we had 4 one-day preps,” Moren stated. “So we’ve had completely no apply time. It’s like an NBA schedule proper now we’ve endured.”

UP NEXT

Every staff awaits its seeding within the Large Ten Event.

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