WOMENS BASKETBALL
Maryland 85, Duke 80
ASSOCIATED PRESS
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Kaylene Smikle scored 23 points, Shyanne Sellers added 17 and No. 18 Maryland defeated No. 11 Duke 85-80 on Sunday.
Christina Dalce had 12 and 14 rebounds before fouling out, and Bri McDaniel scored 15 points off the bench for Maryland. Sellers had seven rebounds and five assists.
Maryland (3-0) scored the first nine points and led throughout. Each time Duke (2-1) got within three or four points the Terrapins responded with a small run of their own. Duke got withing three points once in the first quarter and once in the second, but Maryland led 40-33 at halftime.
Duke got within four points when Reigan Richardson opened the second half with a 3-pointer, but again the Terrapins responded and their lead was back to 10 after Smikle hit a 3-pointer with a little under seven minutes left in the quarter.
Maryland led 65-52 after the third quarter and a layup by Sellers stretched the lead to 15 to open the fourth. The Blue Devils rallied, shooting 61% in the final period and outscoring their hosts by eight.
Near the halfway mark of the period Duke’s Jadyn Donovan hit a pair from the line to make it 74-65. Sellers responded with a jumper less than a minute later and Maryland led by double digits until Richardson’s 3-pointer got Duke within 82-73 with 1:43 remaining.
Maryland led 85-76 with 14 seconds left before Duke added a couple of late baskets.
Reserve Toby Fournier scored 15, Richardson 13, Donovan 12 and Ashlon Jackson 11 for Duke. Donovan grabbed 10 rebounds and Fournier had nine.
Maryland athletics press release
November 10, 2024