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Brown-Turner Scores Career-High In 77-62 Win Over Penn State On Senior Day

Box Score COLLEGE PARK, MD  – Jakia Brown-Turner's career-high 32 points led Maryland women's basketball to avenge its loss to Penn State earlier in the season, thwarting Penn State,77-62, on Senior Day Sunday at XFINITY Center. The win was Maryland's fourth Quad 1 win of the season and it held Penn State to a season-low in points. 
  Maryland (15-10, 7-7 B1G) honored seniors Brinae Alexander, Lavender Briggs, Faith Masonius and Brown-Turner during its pre-game. Each player was met at center court with the love and presence of family members and accompanied by the scent of a bouquet of flowers. 

The Terps facilitated a 23-4 third-quarter scoring run from 7:02 to the end of the quarter. They also outscored the Nittany Lions 47-26 from that point to the end of the game. The run began with a three-pointer by Brown-Turner to take a lead that Maryland never vanquished. The game featured 11 lead changes before that point. 

Brown-Turner scored 28 of her points in the second half and grabbed seven total rebounds. She recorded a career-high with her second-half scoring alone and nearly outscored Penn State's entire offense in the second half. Shyanne Sellers pitched in with an all-around performance. She scored 17 points, nine rebounds and nine assists. 

Penn State (16-10, 7-8 B1G) was led by Ali Brigham and Makenna Marissa who scored 14 and 13 points respectively. The Terps held Penn State's leading per-game scorer, Ashley Owusu, to just seven points in her return to XFINITY Center. 

The Terps previously lost at Penn State 112-76 on Jan. 28. Maryland flipped the script and has now won three straight games as it looks to make an end-of-season NCAA Tournament push. The game was also the Terps' annual Red Rush game where fans were encouraged to wear red.
 
Coach Frese's Take
"Senior Day is always a really special day, a day that's really important to us as a program. Getting to honor these guys that have chose to be here and their commitment is really special to us. Watching them grow during their time here whether it's a long time or just for a year, we don't take it for granted. Today was a really important game for us as we continue to trend in the right direction. We are grateful to come home for these two games and a Top 30 win is really important as we make this push for March."

From The Girls
"Definitely a game I will never forget for the rest of my life - It was senior day and I had a career-high. It's very special and I am very grateful that Coach B took me back here and I'm at home." - Jakia Brown-Turner on her career performance. 

"This game was a lot more personal. We feed off our defense so we needed to get those defensive stops to get our offense going. This game was a lot more personal considering what happened last time. We have a really great strength coach so we're all really strong, too" - Faith Masonius on their defensive game plan.

Breaking Down The Action
  • Maryland led 9-7 at the first media timeout. Lavender Briggs made her first two shots from the floor and Brinae Alexander knocked down a three-pointer. 
  • The Terps keyed a 7-0 run to end the first quarter with a 19-13 advantage. They made three straight shots from the floor, including a second-chance three-pointer by Alexander. 
  • The Terrapins entered the locker room with a 28-26 lead. Seven different players scored on offense with Shyanne Sellers leading the way with seven. Defensively, the Terps forced 11 turnovers. 
  • Makenna Marisa broke a tie at 7:54 with a three-pointer and knocked down another a minute later in the third. Jakia Brown-Turner responded with a three of her own as the Terps trailed 36-33. 
  • The Terrapins facilitated another scoring run midway through the quarter. This time it was a 12-0 run heading into the media break. Brown-Turner scored 10 of the points and gave Maryland a 42-36 lead. 
  • Allie Kubek gave Maryland its first double-digit lead after converting an and-one. Maryland went on a huge run the rest of the way to knock off Penn State. 
Double-Figure Factors
  • ​​Jakia Brown-Turner hit the double-figures mark for the 17th time this season, her first with the Terps, scoring 32 points. Overall, she has 84 double-figure scoring games in her career with 67 coming at NC State. Brown-Turner has scored in double-figures in each of her last 10 games. 
  • Shyanne Sellers (17 points) has scored double-figures in 19 of 24 games she has played this season. It was also the 60th in her career.
Honoring The Seniors
  • Sunday's game was part of Maryland's Senior Day celebration where it honored seniors Brinae Alexander, Lavender Briggs, Jakia Brown-Turner and Faith Masonius before tip-off.
  • Alexander has been a Terp for the last two seasons after transferring from Vanderbilt. She has become one of the best three-point shooters in Maryland history since then. 
  • Briggs transferred from Florida at the end of the 2021-22 season and has also been a Terp for the last two seasons. She became a 1,000-point scorer last season and is second on the team in career points. 
  • Brown-Turner transferred from NC State in the offseason to play for her hometown state school. She was named to the Cheryl Miller Award Watch List and is having one of her best seasons playing in front of her family. 
  • Masonius is the only senior to spend her entire college career with the Terps. In five seasons from 2019-24, she's been a key player fitting many different roles. She has totals of 765 points, 548 rebounds and 258 assists in her career. 
  • She received honors such as the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award (2023), Big Ten Outstanding Sportsmanship Award (2023), Academic All-Big Ten (2021) and Fort Myers Tip-Off All-Tournament Team (2022)
Records & Milestones 
  • With two made three-pointers, Brinae Alexander has made 125 in her two years as a Terrapin. She passed Ashleigh Newman for No. 13 in program history. She's only three away from passing Katie Rutan (2013-14) who made 127 in her career.  
  • Maryland has four 1,000-point scorers on its roster. (Brown-Turner - 1,605; Briggs - 1,394, Alexander - 1,371; Sellers - 1,106).
Home Sweet Home 
  • Maryland has been a dominant home team, especially over the last decade. The Terps are 605-142 all-time in College Park, dating back to the inaugural 1971-72 season.
  • Maryland is also 311-47 at home under Brenda Frese. whose first season in College Park was the inaugural season of XFINITY Center. 
Terps In The Big Ten
  • The Terps are 206-61 all-time against their Big Ten opponents.
  • Since joining the Big Ten in 2014-15, the Terrapins are 164-31 against their conference opponents, including their 20-4 record in the Big Ten Tournament.
  • In the 22 years under Frese, the Terps are 175-35 against their Big Ten opponents.
  • Frese is 189-40 all-time vs. Big Ten opponents, which includes her time at Minnesota and Ball State.
The Series Vs. Penn State
  • Sunday's matchup was the 37th all-time between Maryland and Penn State. Maryland owns the series at 22-15.
  • Penn State took the first meeting this year - 112-76 on Jan. 28 in State College.
  • Brenda Frese is 14-4 against Penn State in her career.
Numbers To Know 
  • 5: Maryland has a strength of schedule of No. 5 in the country according to Massey Ratings and WarrenNolan.com.
  • 4: The win was Maryland's fourth Quad one win of the season.
  • 9: Entering the matchup, the Terps were No. 9 in the country and led the Big Ten in free throws made per game.
  • 12: Maryland has played 13 Quad 1 games, which is second only to UConn, who has played 14.
  • 32: Jakia Brown-Turner scored a career-high 32 points. 
  • 34: Maryland is currently ranked No. 34 in the latest NCAA NET rankings.
Up Next
  • Maryland remains in College Park for a game against Rutgers on Feb. 21. The game will tip-off at 7 p.m. from XFINITY Center and will be streamed on Big Ten Plus.
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Players Mentioned

Brinae Alexander

#5 Brinae Alexander

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Graduate Student
Lavender Briggs

#3 Lavender Briggs

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Allie Kubek

#14 Allie Kubek

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Faith Masonius

#13 Faith Masonius

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Graduate Student
Shyanne Sellers

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Jakia Brown-Turner

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Players Mentioned

Brinae Alexander

#5 Brinae Alexander

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Lavender Briggs

#3 Lavender Briggs

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Allie Kubek

#14 Allie Kubek

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Redshirt Junior
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Faith Masonius

#13 Faith Masonius

6' 1"
Graduate Student
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Shyanne Sellers

#0 Shyanne Sellers

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Junior
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Jakia Brown-Turner

#11 Jakia Brown-Turner

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Graduate Student
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