Box Score MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – The 10th-ranked Maryland women's basketball team took control of the Big Ten standings with a 77-73 win at No. 23 Minnesota Sunday at Williams Arena. Maryland (13-2, 4-0 B1G) ended Minnesota's 10-game win streak.
Sophomore Lexie Brown led the Terrapins with 20 points, seven assists and no turnovers, while redshirt junior Brene Moseley scored 15 off the bench. Shatori Walker-Kimbrough added 15 points as well.
The lead changed five times in the first half, with the Terrapins leading 39-34 at the break.
The Gophers (14-2, 3-1) came out of halftime and took a two-point lead with 14:36 to go.
Maryland pushed the lead to six with 2:53 to go off two free throws by Malina Howard. Minnesota battled back once again to tie it with 1:10 to play, then Brown hit her fourth three-pointer to lead 73-70 with 47 seconds left.
Minnesota's Carlie Wagner hit a trey with 32 seconds remaining to tie it at 73, setting up game-winning foul shots by Moseley with 2.8 seconds left. The Gophers threw away the inbounds pass and Moseley made two more free throws with .9 seconds left, stopping Minnesota's 10-game winning streak.
Amanda Zauhi B. had 26 points and 15 rebounds to lead Minnesota (14-2, 3-1). Wagner scored 15 points and Shae Kelley chipped in 14 for the Golden Gophers.
The Terps are 48-29 (.623) all-time against their 2014-15 Big Ten opponents. In the 13 years under Brenda Frese, the Terps are 16-4 (.800) against their new conference opponents. Frese is 28-10 (.737) all-time vs. Big Ten opponents, which includes her time at Minnesota (2001-02) and at Ball State (1999-01).
Maryland is ranked No. 10 in the USA Today Division I Coaches poll and No. 12 in the latest Associated Press poll.
Next, the Terrapins will hit the road again to take on No. 24 Rutgers (12-4, 3-2) Thursday at 9 p.m. in Piscataway, N.J. The Terps-Scarlet Knights game will be shown worldwide on the Big Ten Network, BTN2Go.com and the BTN2Go app.
Live stats will be available and live updates will be posted to the Maryland women's basketball Twitter feed.
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