More than two hours before Maryland hosted Iowa, the line to enter Xfinity Center stretched to the parking lot. Some fans carried signs; others wore black-and-gold shirts and jerseys with No. 22 on them.
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Maryland can’t derail the Caitlin Clark show in a 93-85 loss to No. 3 Iowa
Maryland’s first sellout crowd since 2016 gasped, screamed and shouted as Clark poured in 38 points during a 93-85 victory for No. 3 Iowa in front of 17,950.
“Caitlin did natural Caitlin things, which are spectacular,” Hawkeyes Coach Lisa Bluder said.
It took all of 16 seconds for Clark to give the people what they came to see: She buried a three-pointer from four steps behind the arc on her first touch during the first possession. That was, quite literally, just the beginning. She closed the quarter with a buzzer-beating, sidestep triple in front of the Maryland bench and grinned. She had 14 points but was just getting started.
Clark closed the second quarter with Iowa’s last nine points, including a play in which she turned in a behind-the-back dribble before spinning away from her defender and banking in a runner while being fouled. Naturally, she hit the free throw for the three-point play. The Hawkeyes (21-2, 10-1 Big Ten) went into halftime with a 52-38 lead.
Maryland (12-10, 4-7) seemed to feed off the energy in the building during an initial burst in which it took an 11-3 lead following Clark’s game-opening triple. At that point, Bluder called a timeout and the Hawkeyes took over for the rest of the half.
“We knew they were going to make another run,” Clark said. “That’s just what their teams do. I think at times Maryland’s record doesn’t show how good Maryland is.”
Maryland trailed by 18 early in the third quarter before its best run of the night got the home crowd roaring. The Terps ripped off a 25-5 stretch as Bri McDaniel heated up and they got out in transition for a 63-61 lead. Iowa regrouped to take a 73-66 advantage into the fourth quarter.
McDaniel pushed hard in transition to help Maryland tie the score at 76 as Iowa seemed to be on its heels defensively. It wasn’t quite enough: Clark’s three-pointer put the Hawkeyes ahead for good, clinching a fourth straight loss for the Terps.
“I think it just shows our maturity,” Clark said. “We go to Ohio State, and we have a nice lead there. We blow it, can’t really ever gain the momentum back. But here I think we kind of took another step forward.”
Clark, who made 7 of 17 three-point tries, added 12 assists and six rebounds. As she nears the NCAA scoring record, she has notched 20-plus points in 108 of 123 career games. Molly Davis added 17 points and Kate Martin had 15 as Iowa shot 46.2 percent.
“We wanted to pick our poison,” Maryland Coach Brenda Frese said. “We wanted to make [Clark’s] shots difficult, but we also wanted to kind of keep everybody else down below their average. For the most part, we were able to do that, minus the game that Molly Davis had. She kind of was that X-factor. I thought the zone kind of really slowed [Clark] up. Still had seven threes, but I thought it kind of forced her out of rhythm when we went to the zone in the second half.”
Jakia Brown-Turner led Maryland with 25 points and nine rebounds. McDaniel added 22 points. Shyanne Sellers had 14 points, eight assists and seven rebounds.
Sellers was back after a one-game absence with a knee injury. She told her teammates earlier in the week that she was determined to play. She practiced Friday, went through shoot-around Saturday and was declared good to go. She wore a bulky brace on her left knee but took her normal spot in the starting lineup, though some of her quickness and cutting ability seemed to be affected.
“We had a lot of intensity,” Sellers said of the second half. “We were attacking them really hard and making it tough to guard and then getting the ball out quicker. I thought that was one of our best games of just getting the ball out quick and trying to run it down their throat and trying to take advantage of the mismatches.”
A rough week and a half has Maryland being viewed as an NCAA tournament bubble team and in danger of missing out for the first time since 2010. That’s the only time the Terps have missed the tournament since 2003. ESPN’s latest bracket projection has Maryland as a No. 12 seed and the last team in the field, but that was before Saturday’s loss to Iowa (which is projected as a No. 1 seed).
“There’s no doubt that we’re an NCAA tournament team,” Frese said. “Our record doesn’t indicate [that, but] we have the number two strength of schedule in the country. … Our NET rating’s still in the top 30s, and we still have four games in our conference against top-50 teams.”
The state said the five recently traveled together to “a location in the U.S. experiencing an active measles outbreak.”
Maryland health officials confirmed five more measles cases, all in Carroll County.
“These individuals recently traveled together to a location in the U.S. experiencing an active measles outbreak,” the state Department of Health said in a release.
The agency said others may have been exposed on the afternoon of July 13 in the emergency department waiting room at Carroll Hospital Center in Westminster.
Another measles case recently prompted warnings from health officials in Maryland, Virginia and the District. On June 17, a Maryland resident traveled through Dulles International Airport and visited a D.C. urgent care clinic.
Measles is highly contagious. It can spread through the air through coughs, breathing, and sneezes. Early symptoms can include fevers of over 101 degrees, coughs, runny noses, watery eyes and face or body rashes.
It can take up to 21 days after exposure for the first symptoms to appear, and those who are not fully vaccinated or otherwise immune to measles are especially vulnerable.
The five new measles cases in Maryland bring the state’s year-to-date total to nine. The state health department confirmed three cases in 2025, and one in each of the previous two years.
“All Marylanders should review potential exposure times, watch for symptoms, and confirm they are up to date on their measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccinations,” the health department said.
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Baltimore may be under an extreme heat alert, but residents can dream about autumn, as tickets are now on sale for the Maryland Fall Home & Garden + Craft Show returning to the Maryland State Fairgrounds in October.
This three-day celebration of home and garden takes place from Friday, Oct. 16 through Sunday, Oct. 18 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day. Expect hundreds of exhibitors, local makers, home improvement experts, family-friendly experiences and celebrity guests. The show offers everyone the chance to explore the very latest in home improvement, landscaping, outdoor living and decor, the chance to take part in hands-on experiences, and do some holiday shopping all under one roof.
This year’s show will have more than 300 exhibitors, including more than 100 crafters from around Maryland in the Makers Market. There will be unique exhibits, stage presentations and a special appearance by Chase Morrill, Ashley Morrill-Eldridge and Ryan Eldridge from Magnolia Network’s hit series “Maine Cabin Masters.” The three will have two Main Stage appearances, one on Friday, Oct. 16 at 4 p.m. and the second on Saturday, Oct. 17 at 12 p.m.
“As temperatures start to drop and the holiday season comes into view, the Maryland Fall Home & Garden + Craft Show is a place to gather ideas, meet local experts and get inspired before the busy season begins,” said Dave Paul, show manager, in a statement. “Whether attendees are planning a home project, looking for outdoor living ideas or getting a head start on holiday shopping, the show brings together resources and experiences for every kind of homeowner, maker and DIY enthusiast.”
In addition to the Makers Market and stars of “Maine Cabin Masters”, the Maryland Fall Home & Garden + Craft Show will have a petting zoo, a Kids Market where attendees can shop from local children, and much more.
Tickets are available online and at the door. Prices are as follows:
Online:
- Adults: $8
- Senior Citizens (60+): $6
- Children (ages 6-12): $4
- 4-Pack Online: $30 for four tickets, valid for one admission each and one day only
At the door:
- Adults: $10
- Senior Citizens (60+): $8
- Children (ages 6-12): $4
- Friday & Saturday: $4 after 4 p.m. at the door only
Special Offers:
- Active and retired military personnel, veterans, firefighters and police officers receive free admission all weekend, along with one guest, with valid ID at the box office.
- Attendees who show a CharmPass app, Light RailLink ticket or eligible transit pass at the box office receive free admission any day of the show. One admission is available per pass.
The Maryland State Fairgrounds is located at 2200 York Road in Lutherville-Timonium.
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Maryland police arrest alleged bank robber wielding stolen cat: ‘Tried to use her as an accessory’
Law enforcement agencies are accustomed to dealing with cat burglars – but now a Maryland police department is saying it grappled with a cat-wielding bank robber.
The Prince George’s county police department said its officers arrested a man suspected of stealing a cat and then taking the animal with him to a PNC bank branch in the local community of Beltsville to rob the establishment on Monday morning.
“The cat was returned” after the suspect was arrested, the police department said in a statement to the Guardian on Tuesday. The agency said no injuries were reported, and it declined to name the suspect or release additional details, saying the case – bound for a spot in the annals of bizarre reported US crimes – remained under investigation.
Nonetheless, a social media post from rescue shelter Beltsville Community Cats provided more information.
A Beltsville Community Cats Facebook page post on Monday identified the cat at the center of the alleged botched caper as Magnolia, a three-and-a-half-month-old tuxedo kitten. The shelter recounted how the suspect first snatched Magnolia from her “adoption habitat” at Beltsville’s Pet Supplies Plus store, took her across the parking lot to a PNC branch, and “tried to use her as an accessory in [an] attempted robbery”.
“He asked the bank manager to hold the kitten while he wrote a note, then handed the note to a teller demanding all the cash,” the post continued. “Thankfully, the robbery was unsuccessful, the suspect was arrested, and Magnolia was found safe and sound in the bank manager’s office, where the two had bonded over their shared ordeal.”
Pet Supplies Plus store employees told the NBC affiliate in nearby Washington DC that Magnolia’s cat napper had come in daily for about two weeks and focused on the kitten each time.
Finally, on Monday, he managed to use a key to open a cat adoption area and whisked Magnolia away, store employees said to the outlet, WRC.
Store manager Aaron Kurkowski told WRC that Magnolia’s thief “came in and saw none of my team was nearby the front – and he just went right to her and ran right on out”.
According to WRC, Stephanie Stullich of Beltsville Community Cats then received a call from a pet store employee who alerted her to Magnolia’s plight.
That prompted Stullich to run over to the store, where she said to WRC that she “immediately saw all of these police cars and … thought, ‘Wow, that’s a heck of a response for a stolen cat’.”
“But then I realized they all were going down to the bank,” Stullich recalled to WRC. “They came back out a few minutes later and said, ‘Yes, there is a cat inside the bank.’”
Two days before her catnapping, Magnolia was the subject of a Beltsville Community Cats Facebook post inviting people to see her at Pet Supplies Plus and consider adopting her.
Magnolia as of Monday was still waiting to be adopted, Beltsville Community Cats said in its post detailing the bank robbery.
The non-profit organization offered members of the public the opportunity to apply to adopt Magnolia by emailing rescue@beltsvillecats.net.
Beltsville Community Cats’ post also joked that Magnolia’s “brief ‘life of crime’ is behind her” – except for undoubtedly “stealing” hearts, treats, toys and cuddles wherever her forever home may be.
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