COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Balanced scoring led the 10th-ranked Maryland women's basketball team past Towson, 81-52, Sunday afternoon at XFINITY Center. The Terrapins (7-2) controlled the first half with a 22-4 run, then never looked back.

Sophomore Brionna Jones led four Terrapins in double figures with her 17 points and eight rebounds. Shatori Walker-Kimbrough picked up 15 boards, five rebounds and three steals, while Tierney Pfirman scored 12 points off the bench. Freshman Kristen Confroy added 10 points.

Redshirt senior Laurin Mincy hit 1,000 career points in Sunday's game. She is the 29th Terrapin to reach the mark.

“I am really happy and thrilled for Laurin Mincy," head coach Brenda Frese said. "Obviously through the adversity of her career and being able to battle the way she has, I was really excited for her to have her 1000th point in front of home fans."

"We had a slow start and I thought Towson came out ready to play. I thought once we were able to get in a groove and settle down our transition game got going. There are definitely some things we will need to improve on, but there were a lot of positive things to see in terms of the play of the team.”

Towson (3-6) started the game 5-for-7 from the field and took a 10-7 lead at the under-16 timeout. A layup by Jones at 13:23 started a 28-4 run that gave the Terps a 35-14 lead with just under five minutes to play.

Towson called back-to-back timeouts around the 12 minute mark. Pfirman had six points and two rebounds in the stretch.

An old-fashioned three-point play by Jones with three minutes left in the first put the Terps up 38-16. Maryland led 40-20 at the break.

Towson's LaTorri Hines-Allen went 4-for-4 from the field in the first four minutes of the game to help the Tigers take their early lead. She went 2-for-8 for the rest of the half and led the Tigers with 21 points total.

Towson trailed by as much as 36 with 4:41 to play and never got within 29 points in the final 11 minutes.

Maryland is ranked No. 10 in the USA Today Division I Coaches poll and No. 15 in the latest Associated Press poll.

Next, the Terrapins will host American (3-4) on Friday, Dec. 12 at 7 p.m. at XFINITY Center. For tickets to Friday's contest or for a season ticket package, log on to the Terrapin Ticket Office online at umterps.com or call 1-800-IM-A-TERP.

The Terps-Eagles game will be streamed live on the BTN2Go app, which is the official app of the Big Ten Network. It will be a BTN Plus production and will require an additional subscription. Fans can access all Big Ten content on BTN Plus for $119.95 per year or a $14.95 monthly subscription. A Maryland School Pass for BTN Plus, which includes all Terrapin contests, home and away, on BTN Plus for $79.95 per year or for a $9.95 monthly subscription.

Live Stats will be available for the Terps' game vs. American. Live updates will also be posted to the Maryland Women's Basketball Twitter feed, so "Follow" to get updates sent straight to you.

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