COLLEGE PARK, MD – No. 13 Maryland secured a top-four seed in the Big Ten Tournament, with a 67-64 victory over No. 10 Indiana on Friday night before an enthusiastic crowd of 7,532 at the XFINITY Center on Red Out Night. 

The Terps conclude the regular season with a 21-7 overall record and a 13-4 Big Ten record and will be seeded second through fourth in the Big Ten Tournament, which starts next week in Indianapolis. 

Angel Reese led Maryland with 20 points and a career-high tying 16 rebounds as she posted her 16th double-double of the season. Diamond Miller scored 16 points. She also had a clutch block and steal in the final minutes of the game to help preserve the win. 

Katie Benzan (10 points) hit a baby jumper in the lane with 11.8 seconds left to seal the win. 

With 35 second left, Indiana got within one point at 65-64 on a three-pointer by Nicole Cardano-Hillary, her first points of the game, but Benzan hit that floater for the exclamation point on the victory. 

Shyanne Sellers tallied 12 points, handed out three assists and came away with three steals – her seventh time in nine games with three or more steals. 

The Terps took control of the game early, leading 16-6 less then eight minutes into the game. Maryland held the lead for the remainder of the game.

The victory over the 10th-ranked Hoosiers provides a measure of revenge as Indiana beat Maryland for the first time ever earlier this season, 70-63 in overtime on Jan. 2. Maryland now has four wins over ranked teams this season with victories over then-No. 6 Baylor, No. 18 Ohio State and No. 22 Iowa. This was Brenda Frese's 25th win over a Top-10 team in her 20 years of leading the Terrapins. 

Indiana (19-7, 11-5) was led by Grace Berger (16 points and 10 rebounds) and Ali Patberg (13 points) as the Hoosiers, who were ranked as high as No. 5 in the country this season, have lost three in a row.  
 
Brenda Frese's Take
"First of all, I can't thank our crowd enough tonight for being our sixth man. We talked about it before the game, what an empty feeling last year was not playing in front of fans and we really wanted to feed off their energy and they brought all of that tonight. I can't say enough for the students that showed up. They really gave us a ton of energy.
 
"This game is going to be one we'll always remember. A really special one when that really kind of sums up our season. When you talk about the adversity we had to play through in this game, I thought we set the tone early with our defense, with our rebounding and really taking care of the basketball and we had to do all of that. You saw that late, we ended up being one basket better but we had the stops on the defensive end and locked it up with our rebounding. To lock up the double bye is huge, just given the fact that we don't have the depth that we've had in the past, to have that extra day for your legs is going to make a big difference. Again, when you talk about how we're playing, we've won 9 of our last 10, we were 14-1 this year at home. All of our losses this year, 6 out of 7 seven were on the road, and all against top 30 teams. This team is battle-tested. They didn't even flinch when the game was close."



Breaking Down The Action

• The Terps raced out to a 16-6 lead as Reese and Miller combined for 11 points in that opening burst. Maryland led 19-10 after the first quarter with Reese leading the way with six points and four rebounds. 
• Indiana outscored the Terps 22-17 in the second quarter to draw within five points at halftime, 37-32. Reese led all players with 13 points and six rebounds over the first 20 minutes. 
• Maryland continued to maintain the lead in the third quarter as the Hoosiers held a narrow edge, 19-18 in the stanza. Indiana cut its deficit to four points (53-49) on a Chloe Moore-McNeil three-pointer with 1:24 left in the period. The Terps led 55-51 after three quarters. 
• The Terps extended their lead to eight on a Sellers jumper with 5:30 left in the game at 61-53. Indiana scored six of the next eight points to close the gap to four at 63-59 with under four minutes to go. The Terps' defense buckled down and Benzan's clincher sealed the win. 

Reese's Pieces

• Reese added to her national 14th-best total of double-doubles with 20 points and career-high tying 16 rebounds. 
• It was Reese's 12th game this season with 20-plus points. 
• It was her 17th game with double-figure rebounds this season. 
• She grabbed eight offensive rebounds to add to her average of 5.4 o-boards per game, which is second in the nation. 

Double-Figure Update

• Reese (20 points) has scored in double-figures in 24 of 28 games – seven of the last eight – this season and now has 32 career games in double-figures. 
• Miller (16 points) scored in double-figures for the 14th time this season – eighth in a row – and 54th time in her career.
• Sellers (12 points) scored in double-figures for the 12th time this season. 
• Benzan (10 points) hit double-figures for the 94th time in her career and 12th time this season.

Sellers For The Steal

• For the 10th time this season, Sellers had three or more steals as she finished with three. 
• She has three or more steals in seven of her last nine games. 
• Overall, Sellers now has 52 in her freshman season. That total ranks seventh all-time among all freshmen at Maryland. Next on the list with 55 is No. 6 Edna Campbell in 1987. 

Beating Top 10/Ranked Teams

• Under Frese, Maryland now has 25 wins over AP top 10 teams with this victory over No. 10 Indiana. Prior to this game, most recently, the Terps posted a 79-76 win over No. 6 Baylor on Nov. 21.
• Since Brenda Frese took over in 2002-03, Maryland has 84 wins over Associated Press top 25 teams, including 11 in the 2014-15 season, which set a new school record.
• In addition to the win over No. 6 Baylor, Maryland won at No. 22 Iowa, 81-69 on Feb. 14, then beat No. 18 Ohio State, 77-72, on Feb. 17

B1G Time Dominance

• The Terps have a record of 141-19 (.829) in Big Ten play.
• They are 152-23 (.869) against Big Ten opponents in the 20 years under Brenda Frese.
• Since joining the league in 2014, Maryland is 64-5 (.928) against Big Ten teams in the XFINITY Center

Series History

• This was the 12th all-time between Maryland and Indiana, with the Terrapins 11 of the 12 matchups. 
• The Hoosiers took this year's earlier meeting, 70- 63, in overtime in Bloomington on Jan. 2. 
• Brenda Frese is now 12-3 vs. Indiana in her career.

Up Next

• Maryland will learn its Big Ten Tournament seed and opponent on Sunday evening. Stay turned to umterps.com and @TerpsWBB for updates.