WBB: Terps roll past Mount St. Mary's

[TSR ScottGreene]

COLLEGE PARK, MD — Six players scored in double-figures as the No. 3 Terps (4-0) led wire-to-wire against the Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers, winning 98-57, on Tuesday night at the XFINITY Center.

Angel Reese had another standout performance to start the year, finishing the game with 18 points and a game-high and career-high 15 rebounds, her third game this season with at least 14 rebounds. It was her third double-double in as many games, becoming the first Terp since Brionna Jones in 2016-17 to achieve that feat.

Freshman Shyanne Sellers recorded her first career double-double as a Terp with her 12 point and 11 rebound performance.

Mimi Collins (18 points), Ashley Owusu (16 points), Katie Benzan (14 points) and Chloe Bibby (13 points) all scored in double-figures. Bibby and Collins also grabbed nine rebounds apiece.

Benzan shot 4-of-6 shooting from 3-point range, including her 100th career three-point make as a Terp. She also finished the night with eight assists and four steals.

Maryland's defense forced 17 turnovers and limited the Mountaineers to just 35% shooting on the night.

The Mount (1-2) was led by Aryna Taylor, who scored 21 points.

Brenda Frese's Take
"I loved our start. That's one thing we've been talking about is getting out to a hot start. I loved that first quarter when you talk about holding them to seven points. I thought it was a pretty complete game for us. I love how we're sharing the basketball, our assist/turnover ratio. We did a phenomenal job pounding the glass, when you talk about the rebounding. Just continuing to try to keep improving defensively. We had a lot of different matchups and rotations in there tonight, trying to work everything through. I thought we're building it with so many games here."

Breaking Down The Game

• The Terps scored the first 16 points of the game, not allowing a point until the 2:13 mark of the first quarter. Maryland finished the quarter up 23-7, led by Bibby's eight points and three rebounds.
• Maryland began to extend their lead in the second quarter thanks to two three-pointers from Benzan and one from Collins in the first five minutes of the frame. The Terps dominated in transition in the first half to the tune of 21-0 fast break points en route to a 53-25 lead at the break.
• The Terps managed to open up a 30-point lead (74-44) after the third quarter as Benzan put in a team-high six points in the frame, with Sellers notching five points of her own.
• The Maryland bench kept the scoring coming in the fourth quarter with Taisiya Kozlova (three points) and Emma Chardon (four points) each getting on the score sheet.

Reese's Rare Air

• Angel Reese posted her third double-double in a row with 18 points and 15 rebounds.
• She became the first Terp with double-doubles in three consecutive games since Brionna Jones had four in a row to end her Maryland career to finish the 2016-17 season. Jones had four in a row spanning the Big Ten Championship Game through three NCAA Tournament games (March 5-25, 2017).
• Reese became the first Terp with three consecutive games with 10-plus rebounds since Brionna's sister Stephanie Jones had three games in a row with double-figure rebounds in the final three games of her career to finish the 2019-20 COVID-shorted season. She had 10-plus boards in each of the Big Ten Tournament games (March 6-8, 2020).

100 Treys

• Katie Benzan knocked down the 100th 3-point field goal of her Maryland career on a trey with 6:38 left in the second quarter.
• Benzan now has 103 3-pointers in her two seasons as a Terp in becoming the 17th Maryland player to reach the 100 made 3-pointers milestone.
• Overall, she has 390 triples in her career with 287 coming in her three years at Harvard (2016-19).

Double-Figure Games

• Collins scored in double-figures for the 25th time ever and third this year.
• Reese was in double-figures for the third time this season and the 11th time in her career.
• Owusu had her 46th career game (fourth this season) in double-figures.
• Bibby tallied 10-plus points for the 54th time in her career and second this season.
• Benzan hit double-figures for the 85th time in her career and third this year.
• Sellers hit double-figures for the third time in as many games in her career.

The Mount Series

• Maryland is 8-0 vs. Mount St. Mary's and 6-0 at the XFINITY Center.
• Last year, the Terrapins won 98-45, in the two teams' NCAA Tournament First Round matchup in San Antonio, Texas. Owusu led the way with 22 points for Maryland.
• Brenda Frese is 7-0 vs. Mount St. Mary's.

Up Next

• The Terps will return to the XFINITY Center court on Thursday, Nov. 18 where they will take on the UNC Wilmington Seahawks at 6 p.m.
• The game will be broadcast on B1G+.