Box Score PRINCESS ANNE, Md. – The fifth-ranked Maryland women's basketball team cruised to its 11th straight win Sunday getting 23 points apiece from Brene Moseley and Shatori Walker-Kimbrough in a 106-30 romp over Maryland Eastern Shore. Sophomore Kiara Leslie scored a career-high 22 for Maryland (11-0), which set a school record for victory margin.
"We needed our nonconference to grow as a team, to get our feet wet," coach Brenda Frese said. "We're ready now. We understand we're going into UConn and conference play and we know what to expect."
The Terps built a 40-point halftime lead and broke the century mark for the third time this season. After outscoring UMES 33-8 in the second quarter, and Maryland closed the game with a 25-1 fourth quarter.
Moengaroa Subritzky led UMES (3-9) with 12 points.
Maryland shot a season best 68 percent, making 42 of 62 field-goal attempts. UMES shot 16 percent, making just 11 of 67 shots. Walker-Kimbrough made 10 of 13 shots, Moseley made 9 of 10 and Leslie was 8 for 11.
Maryland made 21 of 31 shots in building a 53-13 halftime lead.
Walker-Kimbrough scored 17 first-half points and Moseley added 13. The Hawks made only five of 36 attempts in the first half. Maryland scored the first 11 points and built an 18-2 lead. Walker-Kimbrough scored 10 of the Terps' first 14 points, including a pair of 3-pointers. Maryland led 20-5 after one quarter. A 20-5 run to open the second quarter made it 40-10.
The Terrapins are currently leading the country in scoring (89.0) and rebounding (+21.8). They are second in the nation in scoring margin (+37.8) and defensive rebounds (32.9). Junior Brionna Jones is leading the country in field goal percentage (.695). Walker-Kimbrough is leading the Big Ten with her three-point field goal percentage of 53.1 percent.
After a holiday break this week, Maryland will travel to New York City to take on No. 1 Connecticut (8-0) on Monday, Dec. 28 in the Maggie Dixon Classic at Madison Square Garden.
The Terps-Huskies game will tipoff at 8:30 p.m. ET and will be televised nationally on ESPN2. For tickets, click here.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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