Sellers Scores Career-High As No. 8 Terps Rally, But Lose At No. 6 Iowa, 96-82

Thursday, February 2

Iowa City, IA

8:30 PM

Maryland

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Iowa

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Team	1	2	3	4	F
Maryland	18	20	22	22	82
Iowa	29	27	18	22	96

Sellers Scores Career-High As No. 8 Terps Rally, But Lose At No. 6 Iowa, 96-82

2/2/2023 9:25:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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IOWA CITY, IA -- No. 8 Maryland cut a 20-point deficit into just 10 points in both the third and fourth quarters, but could not stop Caitlin Clark and the potent Iowa offense down the stretch, ultimately falling 96-82.

Diamond Miller (27), Shyanne Sellers (career-high 26), and Abby Meyers (15) combined for 68 points to lead the Terps. Sellers also added six boards and three steals while Meyers grabbed seven rebounds.

Elisa Pinzan scored the 1,000th point of her career on a layup in the third quarter. Faith Masonius turned in a solid all-around assist with six points, nine rebounds, five assists and four steals.

It was the first time this season Maryland had two players score 20-plus points.

Clark was lights-out for the Hawkeyes all night, totaling 42 points on 13-of-19 shooting, including six triples. Monika Czinano also had a huge night, making 14-of-18 attempts from the floor for a total of 28 points to go along with six rebounds.

With the loss, the Terps are now 18-5 on the season, including a 9-3 mark in the Big Ten. Iowa is 18-4 overall and 10-1 in conference play.

Maryland is tied with Ohio State for third in the Big Ten and the teams will face each other on Sunday, Feb. 5 at 4 p.m. The game will be the annual "Pink Game" with Play4Kay as well as celebrating Black History Month and National Girls and Women's and Sports Day.

Brenda's Take

"A really rough, uncharacteristic start in the first quarter, which obviously impacted the results of the game. Going 1-for-9 in that first quarter is really unlike us. Diamond's foul with 40 seconds really impacted our team and they came out and were really aggressive. They came out and were on fire in the first half which was difficult for us in every regard...Proud of the second half; we won the second half. I loved our bounce-back in the locker room, just a little bit too much of a gap. You can't spot a team like Iowa the amount of points we did in the first half."

Breaking Down The Action

Caitlin Clark (24) and Monika Czinano (18) combined for 42 first-half points as the Hawkeyes stormed out to a 56-38 halftime lead.
Led by six quick points from Miller, including a successful three-point play, the Terps cut the Hawkeyes' lead to 62-52 with five minutes remaining in the third quarter. Maryland outscored Iowa 22-18 in the third quarter.
In the fourth quarter, the Terps once again got within 10 points on a three-point play by Sellers with 4:17 left in the game, making it 85-75.

1,000 Point Update

With a layup in the third quarter, Pinzan hit 1,000 career points as she has exactly 1,000 points after scoring four, for her career. She had 916 points at South Florida.
Miller moved to 17th all-time in career scoring with 1,453 as she passed Marché Strickland (1,450 from 1999-2002). Next up on the list at No. 16 is Deedee Warley, who had 1,512 in the same years from 1999-02.
Meyers now has 1,265 points in her career with 947 in her three seasons of action at Princeton before joining the Terps this season.
Lavender Briggs, who surpassed the 1,000-point mark in Maryland's game against Notre Dame, now has 1,108 overall. She netted 961 at Florida.
Brinae Alexander, who crossed the 1,000-point threshold against Rutgers, now has 1,040 career points, with 841 coming at Vanderbilt

Double-Figures Update

With 27 points, Miller reached double-figures for the 21st time in 22 games played this season. She's recorded 10 points or more 76 times in her career of 105 games.
Sellers' 26-point-performance was the 20th time in 23 games that she has reached double-digit scoring this season. She has done that 32 times overall in her career.
Meyers hit double-digit scoring for the 18th time this season and 70th in her career, notching 15 points.

20-Plus Terps

This was the first time in 2022-23 the Terps had a pair of 20-point scorers.
The last time it occurred was when three Terps scored 20 or more against FGCU in the 2022 NCAA Tournament.
Miller has scored 20 or more points for the eighth time this season and 20th time in her career.
Sellers had her fourth 20-point game this season with three of them in the Terps' last five games.

Up Next

The Terps will face another Top-10 opponent when they welcome No. 10 Ohio State to College Park on Sunday, Feb. 5 at 4 pm. The game will air on ESPN2 and the Maryland Sports Radio Network.