GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
Maryland 94, Michigan State 85
Associated Press
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Diamond Miller scored 25 points to lead five in double figures and No. 13 Maryland used a 17-point third quarter run to open up a tight game on the way to a 94-85 victory over Michigan State.
Shyanne Sellers added 19 points and eight rebounds for Maryland (13-3, 4-1 Big Ten). Lavender Briggs scored 15, Faith Masonius 12 and Abby Meyers 11.
Kamaria McDaniel hit an early third quarter 3-pointer to give the Spartans their last lead, 43-42. Maryland held Michigan State scoreless for the next 4 1/2 minutes and took control with the 17-0 run in which the first eight points came at the free throw line. The Terrapins shot 58% in the third quarter while scoring 30 points to take a 70-51 lead into the fourth.
The Spartans made seven 3-pointers in the fourth quarter, the last make by Matilda Ekh drawing them within 87-79 with 40 seconds remaining. They had to foul four times to send Maryland to the free throw line, where Sellers made one of two. Moira Joiner's three-point play got the Spartans within 88-82 with 23 seconds left before Maryland closed it out with six free throws in six attempts.
Ekh led Michigan State (10-6, 2-3) with 20 points and Joiner had 19 points, eight rebounds and five assists. McDaniel added 11 points. Ekh and Joiner made five 3-pointers each and Michigan State hit 19 of 44 3-pointers for the game.
Eight made 3-pointers in 18 attempts helped the Wolverines keep pace in the first half. Maryland shot 50% in the first half with Miller scoring 12 points and Meyers 11.
January 7, 2023
| Michigan State | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| I. Alexander | F | 11 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| D. Hagemann | G | 33 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 3-7 | 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| M. Ekh | G | 30 | 7-16 | 1-1 | 5-14 | 0-5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 20 |
| K. McDaniel | G | 28 | 5-18 | 2-2 | 3-7 | 3-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| T. Ozment | G | 24 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 1-5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| M. Joiner | 29 | 6-10 | 2-3 | 5-8 | 5-8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 19 | |
| T. Parks | 28 | 3-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 6-12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | |
| J. Ayrault | 7 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| T. Hallock | 5 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| A. Kimball | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| S. Visscher | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 30-76 (.395) |
6-12 (.500) |
19-44 (.432) |
20-41 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 85 | |
| Maryland | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| F. Masonius | F | 29 | 4-6 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| D. Miller | G | 36 | 10-17 | 5-7 | 0-2 | 2-8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 25 |
| A. Meyers | G | 35 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 1-5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| S. Sellers | G | 30 | 7-13 | 5-6 | 0-1 | 0-6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 19 |
| E. Pinzan | G | 15 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| L. Briggs | 30 | 5-10 | 4-4 | 1-4 | 3-7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15 | |
| B. Alexander | 18 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| B. McDaniel | 7 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Totals | 200 | 34-63 (.540) |
20-23 (.870) |
6-14 (.429) |
9-37 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 94 | |
Officials: Jesse Dickerson, Maggie Tieman, Tiara Cruse
