Maryland
Ehis Etute and Sofia Bell lead Ducks women to win at No. 16 Maryland
Oregon forward Ehis Etute scored a career-high 26 points to lead the Ducks’ women’s basketball team to their biggest win of the season, a 68-61 victory at No. 16 Maryland on Saturday afternoon.
Etute and guard Sofia Bell combined for 19 points in the final quarter as Oregon outscored Maryland 24-11.
The Ducks trailed 54-50 with 6:31 remaining. Bell then made three three-point baskets to spark an 11-0 run that gave Oregon a 61-54 lead with 2:39 on the clock.
Maryland drew to within 63-61 with 27 seconds to go, but Oregon’s defense held up, allowing the Ducks to close out the win.
WHAT IT MEANS
The Ducks (17-7, 5-6) earned their second victory over a ranked team. The first came 71-66 at USC on Jan. 6, when the Trojans were ranked No. 21. USC has lost six of eight games and has fallen out of the rankings.
Maryland (17-6, 5-6) has now lost four consecutive games and five out of its last six. Four of those losses came against ranked teams.
TOP PERFORMERS
Etute earned her points by making 10 of 15 field goal attempts. She also had 11 rebounds, three steals and three assists.
Bell shot 4 of 6 from three-point range to finish with 16 points. The rest of the team shot 3 of 15 (20%) from beyond the arc.
Oluchi Okananwa led Maryland with 27 points on 11-of-17 shooting. The rest of the Terps shot 12 of 46 (26%) from the field.
Maryland shot 36.5% from the field and 13.3% from three-point range.
SLOW START
Oregon’s offense struggled in the first half, generating just 30 points on 33.3% shooting. Fortunately for the Ducks, the Terrapins were unable to take a large lead despite shooting 48% in the first half and scoring 24 points in the paint.
Mia Jacobs and Katie Fiso combined to make three of 15 shot attempts in the first half. They finished the game with 14 combined points on 5 of 18 shooting.
NEXT UP
The Ducks host Illinois (15-6, 5-5) at 4 p.m. on Wednesday.
A University of Maryland (UMD) football player was arrested for harassment, according to the Harford County Sheriff’s Office.
Dontay Joyner, a defensive back and rising senior at UMD, was charged with telephone misuse for making repeated calls, electronic communications harassment, and violating release conditions, a misdemeanor offense, according to court records.
Joyner’s attorney is calling the ordeal “outrageous,” saying “[Joyner] has been locked in a cage in Harford County for seven nights after being charged with a misdemeanor for telephone misuse for texting his longtime girlfriend during an argument. This is simply outrageous.”
Joyner’s attorney, Former Attorney General Douglas Gansler, said the 21-year-old has never been in trouble with the law and does not own a handgun. According to Gansler, Joyner’s girlfriend is “fully supportive of him and does not want to press charges.”
According to the UMD Terps website, Joyner is a Lakeland, Florida, native who previously attended Arkansas State. In the spring, Joyner was given the Nick Cross Defensive Back Award in a tradition that honors “past terrapin greats.”
According to court records, Joyner was held without bond.
WJZ has reached out to UMD officials for comment.
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