COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Each week during the 2019-20 season a Maryland student-athlete, who has shown excellence on and off the playing field, will be selected as the Solomon Eye Associates Terp of the Week. This week's Solomon Eye Associates Terp of the Week is senior Kaila Charles of women's basketball.

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Charles averaged 18.0 points, 7.3 boards and shot 72 percent from the field in the Terps' three Big Ten victories this week. In a rout of Michigan State Feb. 3, Charles scored 17 points, including 11 straight to put the Terps up 10 at the end of the first quarter.
 
At No. 18 Indiana on Feb. 6, Charles led the way with 21 points and 11 boards and four assists. She scored six points in the Terps' dominant third quarter to take the lead back. She hit a jumper with 3:57 to play to put the Terps up 68-61 with 3:57 to go and the Hoosiers never got closer.
 
Charles scored a game-high 16 points off 7-for-10 shooting from the field vs. Rutgers Sunday and grabbed a game-high eight boards. Charles scored eight of the Terps' first 14 points en route to the rout.
 
The Terps have won nine straight games, dating back to Jan. 12. Maryland reached the 20-win mark for the 16^th straight season Sunday.