No. 17 Terps Top Fordham, 83-76, Behind Miller's Double-Double

Sunday, November 13

College Park, Md

1:00 PM

Maryland

2-1,0-0Big Ten

Fordham

2-1,0-0Atlantic 10

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Fordham	11	22	26	17	76
Maryland	21	13	28	21	83

No. 17 Terps Top Fordham, 83-76, Behind Miller's Double-Double

11/13/2022 1:09:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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COLLEGE PARK, MD -- The No. 17 Terps (2-1) toughed out an 83-76 win over Fordham (2-1) on Sunday afternoon in XFINITY Center.

Diamond Miller hit a key three as time ran out in the third quarter to give Maryland a 62-59 lead heading into the final ten minutes of action. The Terps jumped on that momentum and outscored the Rams by four in the final quarter to come away with the win.

Miller, back in action after missing the South Carolina game with an injury, led the Terps with a double-double effort (22 points, 13 rebounds). Miller also finished 13-of-14 from the charity stripe.

Abby Meyers chipped in 11 points and seven rebounds. Shyanne Sellers and Brinae Alexander added 15 and 14 points, respectively, off the bench. Elisa Pinzan ran the show for the Terps, dishing out a team-high six assists.

The Terps got 30 bench points to Fordham's nine.

Brenda Frese's Take
"I thought it was kind of a tale of the first two quarters. I thought we came out ready to set the tone and punched first. That was something that we talked about. I don't know if fatigue came in to play - it never should - but from the game before and a really good Fordham team. Definitely concerned going into this game just with their experience in that starting lineup. Three of those kids are grad seniors - an entire starting five of seniors. They showed. Again, perspective, through that game, their offense is ahead, they know where the ball needs to go and did a terrific job. You can see we're still learning us and each other. When our shots aren't falling, it's kind of just taking our time and being a little bit more patient. Sometimes, you got to have an ugly win and we were able to keep our poise and our composure in that fourth quarter. Overall, we know we can play better, a lot of lessons we can learn."

Breaking Down The Action

Behind a balanced attack, the Terps jumped out to an early 12-6 lead that they then pushed to a 19-11 advantage by the end of the first quarter. Six different Maryland players scored at least two points in the stanza.
Fordham cut the deficit to 34-33 heading into halftime. Faith Masonius had seven points on 3-of-4 shooting while Miller chipped in six points and seven boards.
Keyed by a pair of Briane Alexander threes, the Terps went on a 14-2 run early in the third stanza. The Rams battled back to knot the game at 59 apiece before Miller hit a massive three as time expired in the quarter to put Maryland ahead 62-59.
Maryland pulled away in the fourth quarter, outsourcing the Rams by four to secure the win.

Double-Figure Update

Five Terps reached double-figure scoring.
In her return to action after missing the South Carolina game due to injury, Miller scored 22 points, her 57th time in double-figures her career and second in as many games this season.
Alexander had her best game as a Terp with her first game in double-figures at Maryland. Overall, it was her 43rd career game in double-figures with the first 42 coming at Vanderbilt.
Meyers reached double-figures for the third time this season. She's now reached double-digit scoring in 55 career games.
Shyanne Sellers reached double-digits for the second time this season with 15 points. It's the 15th time in her career she's hit that threshold.
Faith Masonius hit double-digit points for the first time this season. It's the 13th time she's done that as a Terp.

1,000-Point Update

Miller is now 35th in career scoring at Maryland as she now has 1,068 in her career. She passed No. 35 Carla Holmes (1,052) and No. 36 Brene Moseley (1,048). Ahead of her on the list at No. 34 is Jane Zivalich, who scored 1,113 from 1976-79.
Meyers is closing in on 1,000 points as she now has 998, with the first 947 coming at Princeton.
Also nearing the 1,000-point plateau is Lavender Briggs with 981. She netted 961 at Florida.
Elisa Pinzan is also chasing 1,000 points as she has 926 with 916 coming at South Florida.

Notes and Nuggets

Miller set a new career-high in rebounds with 13, topping her previous best of 10.
Miller notched her first double-double of the season and the fourth of her career.

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