COLLEGE PARK, Md. --   Lexie Brown scored 11 of her 13 points in the first half to lead six Maryland players in double figures as the eighth-ranked Maryland women's basketball team (2-0) cruised to a 97-24 victory over Wagner on Sunday.

Freshman Kiara Leslie had 11 points and 10 rebounds for her first career double-double, while sophomore Brionna Jones picked up the second of her career with 10 points and 10 rebounds. Malina Howard, Brene Moseley and Tierney Pfirman finished with 10 points apiece.

Wagner (0-2) was held to just seven points in the first half, which was the lowest the Terps have allowed in 13 seasons under coach Brenda Frese. The Maryland defense nabbed 24 steals on the day. Jordyn Peck led the Seahawks with seven points.

 “I thought for us it was a great defensive effort today,” head coach Brenda Frese said. “To be able to hold them to a program record seven points in the first half, they went scoreless the last eight minutes of the game. I thought our defense being able to change it up, utilize our depth within our team we were really able to throw a lot of looks that I thought caught them off guard."

"Our players love playing this style of play, being really active, getting into the passing lanes. I'm not sure I have ever seen us with 24 steals so when you talk about that for our aggressiveness, for teams to be uncomfortable is huge.”

Brown scored seven points, Howard had four rebounds and the Terps jumped out to a 23-5 lead midway through the first half. Maryland continued to dominate with a steal and layup by Moseley that extended the lead to 49-7 at the break.

Jones scored six points and Maryland increased the margin to 62-11 with 16 minutes remaining in the game. All 12 of Maryland's players scored points.

Wagner was held scoreless in the final eight minutes and shot just 3 of 25 (12 percent) from the field.

Maryland has won 110 of 116 non-conference games at home since 2002.

Before the game, the Terrapins received their rings for the 2014 run to the NCAA Final Four.

Next, the Terps will play South Florida Wednesday at 7 p.m. in XFINITY Center. The Terrapins-Bulls game will be shown online through umterps.com.

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