Women’s Top 25: Maryland Terrapins drub Mount St. Mary’s
Brionna Jones had 18 points and 10 rebounds to help Maryland rout Mount St. Mary’s 106-42 on Friday night in College Park, Maryland.
Ieshia Small finished with 14 points for Maryland (3-0). Shatori Walker-Kimbrough, Kaila Charles and Jenna Staiti had 10 points apiece for the Terrapins, who shot 58 percent from the field.
The Mountaineers (1-2) trailed only 18-13 at the end of the first quarter. But the Terrapins used their size to take control. The 6-foot-3 Jones scored 12 points to boost the lead to 34-18 with 3:37 left in the second quarter.
(9) UCLA 95, Southern 47: Jordin Canada had 11 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists to lead UCLA to a win over Southern University in Los Angeles.
It’s the sixth triple-double in school history and Canada also crossed the 1,000-point mark. She grabbed her 10th rebound with 48 seconds left in the game.
Kennedy Burke led the Bruins in scoring with 23 points, including five 3-pointers. UCLA had a school-record 14 3-pointers as a team, breaking the mark of 12 set against Hawaii in 2009.
(14) Syracuse 78, Stony Brook 60: Brittney Sykes scored 19 points and visiting Syracuse forced 34 turnovers in beating Stony Brook.
Sykes scored 12 points and Alexis Peterson 10 of her 16 in the first half when the Orange (3-0) built a 40-30 lead, which they extended to 19 with a 26-point third quarter.
Syracuse came in No. 1 nationally in turnovers forced at 38 per game. They turned the Seawolves’ mistakes into 36 points.
Isabella Slim added 12 points and Briana Day 10 for Syracuse, which was only 6 of 23 from 3-point range but had 16 offensive rebounds in outscoring Stony Brook 38-12 in the paint.
Davion Wingate made all eight of her free throws and scored 16 points with Kori Bayne-Walker adding 15 for the Seawolves (0-3).
(24) Oregon State 62, Portland 45: Marie Gulich scored 14 points and the Oregon State women kept its home-court win streak intact by rolling past Portland in Corvallis, Oregon.