MINNEAPOLIS, MN – The No. 10  Maryland women's basketball team used a balanced attack to down the Minnesota Golden Gophers, 87-73, on Sunday afternoon. The Terps (12-4, 4-1 B1G) had all five starters score in double-figures, led by Chloe Bibby's season-high 23 points. 

Along with Bibby, Angel Reese (19 points), Ashley Owusu (17 points) and Diamond Miller's (12 points) all finished in double-digits. Reese also finished with her 10th double-double of the season as she finished with 10 rebounds. 

Maryland owned the paint, outscoring the Gophers 44-32 inside the arc. The Terps also used the transition game to its advantage, owning a 19-7 advantage on the fast break. 

Over the last four seasons, the Terps are now 63-2 when they score 80 points or more, including 24 straight matchups. 

Minnesota (8-8, 1-3) was led by Deja Winters's 20 points.
 
Brenda Frese's Take
"A terrific response by Minnesota. I want to send my regards to Coach Whalen and her return. I thought Carly Thibault did a phenomenal job in her place. They were really ready to play. Really proud of our response. To go on the road, I thought we came out early and then a terrific response by Minnesota. I thought our second half was where it was at. We changed our defense. We were really unselfish when we're sharing the basketball like we were. We just made some great plays. When you look at Chloe's season high and how she played for the team today. I thought it was Ashley's best floor general game across the board, scoring assists, eight assists, no turnovers. Angel in her minutes was very efficient, which is what we have to be able to have. I thought our defense helped go to our offense, being able to force and get a lot of turnovers. A nice, solid road win."

Breaking Down The Action

• The Terps ended the first quarter on a 12-2 run and led 24-14, led by Millers 10 points on a perfect 4-4 shooting.
• A scoring drought from Maryland allowed the Gophers to cut the deficit to five (41-36) heading into halftime. 
• After being up just 49-48 with 5:20 remaining in the third quarter, the Terps went on an 8-0 scoring run to put a little separation between them and the Gophers, but it was just a 63-56 lead for Maryland after three quarters. 
• The fourth was all Maryland as the team used a 7-0 scoring run en route to scoring 24 points in the final 10 minutes led by Reese and Bibby who scored seven points apiece. 

Double-Figure Update

• Bibby (23 points) hit double-figures for the 10th time this season and 61st time in her career.
• Reese (19 points) has scored in double-figures in 15 of 16 games this season and now has 23 career games in double-figures.
• Owusu (17 points) has scored in double-figures in 15 of 16 games this season and now has 63 career games in double-figures. It was Owusu's fourth game this season with 20-plus points. 
• Miller (12 points) scored in double-figures for the fourth time this season and 44th time in her career.

Series History

• Sunday's matchup was the 13th all-time between Maryland and Minnesota, with the Terps owning the series at 12-1.
• Maryland won both meetings last season - 90-73 in Minneapolis on Jan. 14 and 94-62 in College Park on Feb. 20.

Frese Returns

• Brenda Frese was the head coach at Minnesota for the 2001-02 season and coached Gopher head coach Lindsay Whalen. She led the Gophers to a record of 22-8 and an NCAA Tournament berth before being named AP National Coach of the Year.

Up Next

• The Terps will have a week to prepare for a matchup between top-ten teams as the No. 9 Michigan Wolverines come to College Park for a matchup on Sunday, Jan. 16 at 5 p.m.
• The game will be broadcast on ESPN and the Maryland Sports Radio Network.