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Maryland Women’s Basketball Falls to No. 1 UConn, 97-72

By Anthony Brown

DALLAS, TX - MARCH 31: Jonathan the Husky, mascot for the Connecticut Huskies, performs in the second half against the Mississippi State Lady Bulldogs during the semifinal round of the 2017 NCAA Women's Final Four at American Airlines Center on March 31, 2017 in Dallas, Texas. The Mississippi State Lady Bulldogs won 66-64 in overtime. (Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images)
DALLAS, TX - MARCH 31: Jonathan the Husky, mascot for the Connecticut Huskies, performs in the second half against the Mississippi State Lady Bulldogs during the semifinal round of the 2017 NCAA Women's Final Four at American Airlines Center on March 31, 2017 in Dallas, Texas. The Mississippi State Lady Bulldogs won 66-64 in overtime. (Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images) /
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 Maryland women’s basketball suffered their second loss of the season on the road against the Connecticut Huskies, 97-72.

Maryland women’s basketball could not outlast Geno Auriemma’s Connecticut Huskies (3-0) as they never gained the lead once in the game.

Maryland women’s basketball (2-2) dropped to 0-7 against the Huskies in a game where all five of UConn’s starters had double-figure point totals. Kia Nurse led the way for Connecticut with 21 points four rebounds, two assists and shot 62% from the three-point line (5-8).

Kaila Charles had another big game once again as she put up 29 points and 12 rebounds. She played all 40 minutes.

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This game had a lot of steals, rebounds, and turnovers. UConn outrebounded the Terps 57-35, Maryland had the edge in steals 16-10 and both teams combined for a whopping 45 turnovers. That is something that both Brenda Frese and Geno Auriemma will not be happy with

Was this bad loss for the Terps? not necessarily. They were just playing against the best team in the nation. It’s going to be tough. More times than not, things aren’t going to go the other teams’ way.

These two early matchups (South Carolina, UConn) against top talent, despite being losses, will only prepare them for what they have to face in the Big Ten. One thing that needs to be squared away is the turnovers. You can’t turn the ball over 20+ times a game no matter who your playing.

The good thing about this, however,  the turnover discrepancy wasn’t that large. Connecticut had 25 turnovers. Maryland’s defense when it comes to taking the ball away is solid.

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Maryland’s next opponent is the Howard Bison (0-3) at the Xfinity Center Tuesday night at six. After this quick trip at home, they will play Kennesaw State (Nov. 24) and the winner of Maine and Miami (Nov.26)  in the Miami Thanksgiving Tournament.

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