Box Score INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Shatori Walker-Kimbrough and Brionna Jones each scored 23 points Friday to help No. 5 Maryland pull away from Iowa 75-55 in the Big Ten tournament quarterfinals.
The Terrapins (28-3), this year's regular-season conference champs, have won seven straight and 16 of 17 to reach Saturday's semifinal.
Iowa (19-13) was led by Ally Disterhoft with 16 points and Indiana native Whitney Jennings with 11.
It looked like the Hawkeyes might pull an upset when they took a 28-18 lead after the first quarter. But Walker-Kimbrough scored nine points in a 17-2 run to start the second quarter, allowing Maryland to take a 39-32 lead at halftime.
After Iowa closed to 41-37 early in the third quarter, Maryland answered with five straight points and sealed the win with an 11-0 run late in the quarter.
Iowa couldn't closer than six the rest of the game.
Maryland held the Hawkeyes to just four second quarter points and just eight fourth quarter points. Jones recorded her 15th double-double of the season with 23 points and 15 rebounds.
The Terps held a 42-25 advantage in rebounding while Maryland scored a 17-13 advantage in bench points. The Terps notched 50 points in the paint while Iowa scored 18.
Jones and Walker-Kimbrough were both named to the All-Big Ten First Teams by the head coaches and the media this week. Redshirt senior Brene Moseley was named Sixth Player of the Year and to the All-Big Ten Second Team by the league's coaches. Walker-Kimbrough was also named to the five-member All-Big Ten Defensive Team.
Moseley is at 992 career points and 422 career assists after Friday's game. She needs just eight points to become the 32nd Terp to reach 1,000 points.
The Terrapins will play either the 5-seed Indiana (20-10) or the 12-seed Northwestern (17-15) in the Big Ten Semifinals Saturday at 3 p.m. ET. The Terps' game Saturday. will be televised around the world on the Big Ten Network, the BTN2Go app and BTN2Go.com. Fans outside of the U.S. can click here to watch. Click here for tickets, live stats and bracket information.
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