No. 12 Terps Dismantled By No. 3 Ucla

Brenda Frese and her squad knew it would beryllium a steep situation to travel into Los Angeles and sound disconnected nan UCLA Bruins, but nan Bruins proved their position arsenic a apical squad successful nan country, defeating nan Terps 97-67 astatine Pauley Pavilion yesterday afternoon.

The Terps (17-3, 5-3 Big Ten) dropped only their 3rd crippled of nan season, pinch 2 of them coming successful nan past 3 contests against classed programs. Maryland divided their two-game West Coast trip, defeating USC earlier yesterday's crippled against UCLA.

Oluchi Okananwa led nan measurement not only for Maryland but for each scorers, scoring 25 points. Okananwa changeable 9-of-15 from nan floor, 3-of-4 from three, 4-for-6 astatine nan free propulsion statement to spell on pinch 5 rebounds and 2 steals successful 35 minutes of play.

Okananwa has scored 20 aliases much points successful 8 contests this season, including a 34-point outing successful a triumph against Indiana earlier this month. She continues to capable up nan stat expanse successful her first play astatine College Park and leads nan Terps successful scoring.

Saylor Poffenbarger deed a 25-foot three-point jumper to trim nan Bruins' (17-1, 7-0 Big Ten) lead down to 27-22 astatine nan 7:52 people successful nan 2nd quarter. That would beryllium nan closest Maryland would get nan remainder of nan way. As nan Bruins responded pinch a 12-4 tally to widen their lead to 13 points successful nan adjacent 3 minutes, which allowed them to lead 47-35 astatine halftime.

In nan 3rd quarter, Maryland went scoreless for astir nan first 4 minutes, which led to a 10-2 tally for nan Bruins, each but putting nan crippled retired of scope arsenic they held it nan remainder of nan way, pinch Maryland incapable to claw backmost successful nan contest.

The Terps discourtesy struggled; they couldn't get shots to fall, shooting 37% from nan field, 26% from down nan arc, and couldn't extremity nan Bruins from hitting threes.

Poffenbarger vanished pinch 15 points, and Addi Mack added 12 arsenic nan only different double-figure scorers for Maryland. The reserves for Maryland totaled only six points.

Meanwhile, UCLA had 5 double-figure scorers led by Gabriela Jaquez pinch 22 points.

Key Team Stats

• UCLA changeable 63% arsenic a squad (40-of-64) and 57% from 3 (for a season-high 13-of-23)

• Maryland went 9-of-12 astatine nan free-throw statement and held UCLA to only 9 attempts.

• The Bruins outrebounded nan Terps 46-24.

• UCLA had a +14 advantage successful points successful nan overgarment (48-24).

Frese talked to her squad postgame astir nan value of learning and moving guardant successful nan clip below...

Up Next:

Maryland welcomes No. 10 Iowa connected Thursday evening astatine Xfinity Center for a Big Ten showdown. Tipoff starts astatine 6 p.m.

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