Box Score STATE COLLEGE, PA --Â Maryland women's basketball was defeated by Penn State, 112-76, on Sunday at Bryce Jordan Center.Â
The Terps (12-8, 4-5 B1G) trailed by as many as 14 points in the first half before briefly closing the gap to four points early in the second quarter. However, Maryland was unable to complete the comeback as the Penn State (15-5, 6-3 B1G) offense remained hot throughout and extended its lead as the game went on.
Maryland's leading scorer Shyanne Sellers suffered an injury in the second quarter that ruled her out for the remaining contest. The Terps struggled to bounce back after their star point guard went down.  Â
Ranked No. 26 in the latest NCAA NET rankings, Maryland was led by Jakia Brown-Turner who matched her Maryland career-high in her last outing. Brown-Turner notched 21 points to eclipse the 1,500Â mark in her career and added six rebounds.
Bri McDaniel scored 12 to tally double-digits in five out of her last six games and
Brinae Alexander netted 10 points. Â
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McDaniel knocked down three straight shots from the floor, including back-to-back three-pointers to ignite her own 8-0 run in the second quarter. Brown-Turner joined the run with a layup that brought the score to 23-19. It was the closest Maryland trailed since Penn State mounted its double-digit lead.Â
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Penn State was ranked No. 28 in the NCAA NET rankings and extended its conference win streak to five games as four players tallied double-digit scoring. Makenna Marisa led all Lions scorers with 24 points.
Breaking Down The Action
- Penn State started 3-3 from the floor, but Jakia Brown-Turner got the Terps on the scoreboard with a left-handed layup. Maryland settled in and held Penn State to 1-of last-9 from the floor out of the first media timeout.Â
- Maryland trailed 18-9 at the end of the first quarter after Makenna Marisa scored a layup as time expired. She led all scorers with nine points while the Terps struggled to get going on offense.
- Bri McDaniel knocked down back-to-back three-pointers and a deep two-pointer to ignite the Terrapins offense. It was a solo eight-point run and Brown-Turner added a layup to key a 10-0 run as the Terps trailed by only four.
- Maryland connected on five straight shots from the floor, including a three-pointer by Lavender Briggs. The Terps entered halftime with a 45-32 advantage.Â
- The Terps began the third quarter red-hot on offense but couldn't get a stop on defense. Late in the third quarter, the Lions connected on 10 straight shots from the floor to outdo its previous 14-point lead. They led by as many as 20 points during the quarter and escaped with a 79-60 lead after Chanaya Pinto drilled a three-pointer as time ran out. Â
- Maryland was unable to close the gap and Penn State cruised to its fifth straight conference victory.
Frese's Take
"You saw that fatigue take place with their depth and the pressing that they were able to do," Brenda Frese said. "The amount of turnovers they were able to force us into really impacted us through their depth and our lack thereof."
Double-Figure Factors
- Brown-Turner hit the double-figures mark for the 12th time this season, her first with the Terps, scoring 21Â points. Overall, she has 79 double-figure scoring games in her career with 67 coming at NC State. Brown-Turner also recorded 15-plus points for the fifth game in a row. She matched her Maryland career high during the contest.Â
- McDaniel tallied 12Â points for her 10th game this season and 13th of her career in double-figures. She has scored double digits in five of her last six games.Â
- Alexander netted 10Â points for her seventh game this season in double-digits. She scored in double-figures for the 62nd time in her career. Â
Records & MilestonesÂ
- Brinae Alexander has made 115Â three-pointers in her two years as a Terrapin, which ranks No. 16 in Maryland's program history. She's six away from passing Lexie Brown who made 120 from 2014-15Â
- Maryland has four 1,000-point scorers on its roster. (Brown-Turner - 1,504; Briggs - 1,352;Â Alexander - 1,335; Sellers - 1,041).
- Â Shyanne Sellers' career free-throw percentage of 81.8% is second all-time in program history behind Kristi Toliver's 86.6% from (2006-09).Â
- Entering the matchup, Bri McDaniel's career three-point percentage was 47.4%, tied with Katie Benzan for No. 1 in the Maryland record books. Brinae Alexander's Maryland career three-point percentage is 42.8%, which is No. 4 in Maryland history, behind just McDaniel, Shatori Walker-Kimbrough (45.9%) and Benzan (47.4%). Lavender Briggs' three-point percentage in her Maryland career is 39.3%, which is No. 10.
Brown-Turner Continues Hot StreakÂ
- Jakia Brown-Turner recorded 1,500 career points. With 21Â points today, she now has 1,504Â in her five-year career.Â
- Brown-Turner's 21 points in the contest marked her fifth game in a row scoring over 15 points. She's now averaging 19.2 points over that stretch.Â
- She's also averaging 7.8 rebounds over her last five games and recorded a double-double over that stretch. Â
- She set a Maryland career-high against Purdue (18) at home and broke that mark six days later against Illinois (20). Brown-Turner shattered her mark again with 21 points against Michigan in the Terps' last outing. She matched that Maryland career-high on Sunday.Â
Numbers To Know
- 2: Shyanne Sellers' career free-throw percentage of 81.8% is second all-time in program history.
- 3: Maryland has a strength of schedule of No. 3 in the nation, per Massey Ratings.
- 10: Entering the matchup, the Terps were No. 10 in the country and No. 2 in the Big Ten in free throws made per game.
- 26: Maryland is No. 26 in the latest NCAA NET rankings (Jan. 27). Â
- 19.2: Jakia Brown-Turner is averaging 19.2 points per game over her last five games.Â
- 1,500: Brown-Turner eclipsed the 1,500 career scoring mark during the contest. Â
Up Next
- Maryland returns to XFINITY Center for a two-game homestand starting with No. 14 Indiana on Jan. 31. The matchup will tip-off at 7 p.m. and be streamed on Peacock.
