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Charles Earns Conference, National Weekly Honors
12/30/2019 11:01:00 AM | Women's Basketball
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Senior Kaila Charles of the Maryland women's basketball team was named Big Ten and ESPNW National Player of the Week Monday.
Charles led the 11th-ranked Terrapins to a 70-55 win over No. 23 Michigan Saturday in College Park. She went 10-for-17 from the field for a season-high 23 points with 11 boards, three assists and three steals. She scored six straight points in a key stretch for the Terrapins in the third quarter.
Charles recently moved to No. 9 on Maryland's all-time scoring list with 1,685 career points. She moved past Christy Winters Scott (1987-90) with 1,679 points.
This is Charles' 10th overall weekly Big Ten honor and first this season.
Maryland (10-2, 1-0 B1G) will travel to Evanston, Ill. to take on Northwestern (11-1, 1-0), which is receiving votes on both the Associated Press and USA Today Sports Coaches polls. The Terps and the Wildcats will tip off at 5 p.m. ET on Wednesday at Welsh-Ryan Arena.
The Maryland-Northwestern matchup will be televised on the Big Ten Network. Click here for your channel number for BTN. Fans can watch on the Fox Sports app or FoxSports.com using their cable login information.
Tuesday's matchup is the ninth all-time between Maryland and Northwestern, with the Terps winning the seven previous meetings. Most recently, Maryland won 72-57 in College Park last year on Feb. 7. Stephanie Jones led the way with 16 points. The Terps are 2-0 at Welsh-Ryan Arena.
The Terrapins lead the country with their turnover margin of +10.9. They are second in the nation in steals (14.4) and in the top nationally in 3-point field goal percentage (.411) and scoring margin (+34.4). Blair Watson is No. 10 in the country with her 3-point percentage of .475. Taylor Mikesell is 17th (.463).
Blair Watson has made 168 career threes. She is sixth on Maryland's all-time list.
After Tuesday's contest, Maryland will return home to host Ohio State (7-5, 0-1) at the XFINITY Center on Monday, Jan. 6. It will be the Terps' annual Price is Right Night. For tickets, click here.
The Terps-Buckeyes game will be televised on ESPN.
Charles led the 11th-ranked Terrapins to a 70-55 win over No. 23 Michigan Saturday in College Park. She went 10-for-17 from the field for a season-high 23 points with 11 boards, three assists and three steals. She scored six straight points in a key stretch for the Terrapins in the third quarter.
Charles recently moved to No. 9 on Maryland's all-time scoring list with 1,685 career points. She moved past Christy Winters Scott (1987-90) with 1,679 points.
This is Charles' 10th overall weekly Big Ten honor and first this season.
Maryland (10-2, 1-0 B1G) will travel to Evanston, Ill. to take on Northwestern (11-1, 1-0), which is receiving votes on both the Associated Press and USA Today Sports Coaches polls. The Terps and the Wildcats will tip off at 5 p.m. ET on Wednesday at Welsh-Ryan Arena.
The Maryland-Northwestern matchup will be televised on the Big Ten Network. Click here for your channel number for BTN. Fans can watch on the Fox Sports app or FoxSports.com using their cable login information.
Tuesday's matchup is the ninth all-time between Maryland and Northwestern, with the Terps winning the seven previous meetings. Most recently, Maryland won 72-57 in College Park last year on Feb. 7. Stephanie Jones led the way with 16 points. The Terps are 2-0 at Welsh-Ryan Arena.
The Terrapins lead the country with their turnover margin of +10.9. They are second in the nation in steals (14.4) and in the top nationally in 3-point field goal percentage (.411) and scoring margin (+34.4). Blair Watson is No. 10 in the country with her 3-point percentage of .475. Taylor Mikesell is 17th (.463).
Blair Watson has made 168 career threes. She is sixth on Maryland's all-time list.
After Tuesday's contest, Maryland will return home to host Ohio State (7-5, 0-1) at the XFINITY Center on Monday, Jan. 6. It will be the Terps' annual Price is Right Night. For tickets, click here.
The Terps-Buckeyes game will be televised on ESPN.
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