Maryland
No. 8 Maryland women’s basketball picks up statement road victory over No. 23 Iowa, 74-66
No. 8 Maryland women’s basketball walked into a sold out Carver-Hawkeye Arena and made a statement against No. 23 Iowa. It led by 25 points less than a minute before halftime.
But the Terps had to survive a fighting comeback effort after a big first-half lead in order to take a 74-66 win over the Hawkeyes, whose 20-game home win streak dating back to last season ended Sunday.
“Really impressed with this group’s poise and composure,” head coach Brenda Frese said. “This group just found different ways to win. I loved our first half. We knew Iowa was going to come back in that second half.”
After Iowa scored first, Maryland went on a 13-0 run and didn’t let up from there, beginning the contest 5-of-7 from 3-point range.
But as great as a start Maryland put together, momentum flipped in the latter end of the first quarter. Iowa inserted a freshman-heavy lineup and went on a 7-0 run that cut Maryland’s lead to seven points after the first quarter. The Terps led by as much as 14 points in the frame, but kept missing shots despite an abundance of offensive rebounds. Five of Christina Dalce’s six rebounds in the first 10 minutes were on the offensive end.
Maryland was dominant to start the second quarter, putting together an 18-1 run to extend its lead to 24 points. The Terps outmatched Iowa on the boards, forced turnovers at will and moved the ball fluidly.
The Terps headed to the break up by 21 points after a small Iowa push, but the Terps made a statement in their biggest road test to this point.
Maryland was 9-of-17 from deep in the first half. It hadn’t converted more than 11 3-pointers in any of its previous 13 games.
Shyanne Sellers and Kaylene Smikle both scored 14 points in the first half, and Maryland’s defense did a masterful job containing Iowa. No Hawkeye scored more than four points except Lucy Olsen with 11.
Iowa came out of the half with some life. After Saylor Poffenbarger started the period with a triple, the Hawkeyes went on a 12-0 run and the crowd erupted.
“I think Iowa came out with punches [in the] second half,” Smikle said. “But we know how to play through that. We aren’t going to crumble from teams going on runs, because that’s just how basketball is.”
The Terps were held scoreless for more than four minutes before Smikle went 1-of-2 from the charity stripe. Maryland made its first field goal of the half before missing its next seven — a Bri McDaniel fadeaway jumper ended the shooting drought.
The Terps held Hannah Stuelke, who entered the game averaging 13.6 point per game, to one point through three quarters, and she was in foul trouble with four fouls.
After scoring 48 in the first half, the Terps only scored 11 points in the third period. Although they still led by 16 points, Iowa stole some of the momentum.
The Hawkeyes started the fourth on a 5-0 run to cut Maryland’s lead to 11, but a steal and finish by Smikle silenced the Iowa crowd.
The Hawkeyes brought the deficit to single-digits, as their comeback effort was in full force. It became a two-possession game halfway through the fourth quarter, and the Terps were in severe danger, succumbing to poor shot selection.
The Terps made a few clutch shots down the stretch and connected when necessary, but a late Iowa run cut the deficit to five points with 44 seconds remaining.
Once again, the Terps came through when they needed to, making free throws and playing strong defense to hold on to the win.
Three things to know
1. Big Ten road win. Maryland survived its toughest road test thus far Sunday, improving to 14-0 on the season. It could easily serve as the most difficult road environment the Terps will see all season, and they held strong.
“This is a tough place to play, and I think we played really hard and we pulled it out,” Sellers said.
2. Smikle shows off. Smikle scored a season-high 26 points Sunday. She went 4-of-5 from three, 8-of-17 from the field and 6-of-8 from the free-throw line.
3. Less turnovers, but less rebounds. For the first time this season, Maryland was out-rebounded, 44-41, after a big second half on the boards for Iowa. Maryland won the turnover margin, though, with 15 steals and 22 forced turnovers.
Maryland
Maryland voters approve of Gov. Wes Moore, oppose raising taxes to improve deficit, Gonzales poll shows
BALTIMORE — More than 60% of Marylanders surveyed approve of the job Gov. Wes Moore is doing in office, while they are strongly against raising taxes to improve the state’s deficit, according to the latest Gonzales poll.
Maryland’s General Assembly is set to resume another legislative session on Wednesday, January 8.
The Gonzales poll was conducted between December 27 to January 4. The poll questioned 811 registered voters in Maryland, who indicated they are likely to vote in the next election.
The margin of error (MOE), per accepted statistical standards, is a range of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points, according to the Gonzales poll, and if the entire population was surveyed, there is a 95% probability that the true numbers would fall within this range.
Gov. Moore’s approval
According to the Gonzales poll, 61% of Maryland voters approve of the job Gov. Wes Moore is doing, while 28% disapprove. The poll shows that 79% of Democrats and 75% of Black voters polled support Moore’s performance.
The poll also shows that 76% of voters polled in Maryland approve of the current governor.
“Governor Moore’s overall job rating among Maryland voters (61% approval) is more than satisfactory, but within the number a softness of intensity (only 29% strong approval) is present that might pose issues in the future,” the Gonzales poll said.
Wes Moore vs. Larry Hogan
Fifty-two percent of voters polled said they would vote for Gov. Wes Moore if he were to run against former Gov. Larry Hogan, according to the Gonzales poll.
According to the poll, 38% would vote for Hogan and 10% are undecided.
“These poll numbers are very similar to the election results two months ago, when former Governor Hogan vied for the open senate seat in Maryland,” the Gonzales poll states. “Former Governor Hogan has enjoyed a very distinguished career in politics, but his neither fish nor fowl style that served him so well during his tenure in office has become a touch passé in the current day political gestalt. His prospects next year, should he decide to run, will be determined largely by events beyond his control.”
Raising taxes to improve state deficit?
Maryland voters surveyed by the Gonzales poll strongly oppose raised taxes to deal with the state deficit.
Maryland lawmakers face a budget outlook worse than during the Great Recession in 2008-2009, with a $2.7B budget deficit for the next budget year, which begins July 1, 2025.
Only 17% said they support the state income tax increase, while 60% are against the motion. Fifty-five percent of voters polled strongly oppose a sales tax hike, while 65% strongly oppose an increase in the state property tax.
“Voters constantly express a willingness to pay taxes for needed services like transportation and public safety, but not for a problem they believe their elected representatives created,” the Gonzales poll said.
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Sydney Affolter, Lucy Olsen on Iowa women’s basketball loss to Maryland
Hear from Sydney Affolter, Lucy Olsen after Iowa women’s basketball falls to Maryland
Following Sunday’s loss to then-No. 7 Maryland, Iowa women’s basketball could’ve taken a tumble in the latest Associated Press top 25. However, the Hawkeyes are still ranked.
Iowa (12-3, 2-2 Big Ten Conference) remained at No. 23 after the 74-66 home loss to the Terrapins that snapped the Hawkeyes’ 21-game Big Ten home winning streak. It was a game in which Iowa fell behind by as much as 25 points before rallying to make things respectable in the second half.
Iowa will look to rebound Thursday night at Illinois. The Hawkeyes are 1-1 in conference road games, having stumbled at Michigan State in mid-December before pulling out an 80-68 win at Penn State on New Year’s Day. Tipoff at Illinois is set for 6 p.m. on BTN+.
Latest Associated Press top 25
- UCLA (15-0)
- South Carolina (14-1)
- Notre Dame (12-2)
- USC (14-1)
- Texas (15-1)
- LSU (17-0)
- UConn (13-2)
- Maryland (14-0)
- Ohio State (14-0)
- Oklahoma (13-2)
- TCU (15-1)
- Kansas State (15-1)
- Georgia Tech (16-0)
- Duke (12-3)
- Kentucky (13-1)
- Tennessee (13-1)
- West Virginia (12-2)
- Alabama (15-1)
- North Carolina (13-3)
- Michigan State (12-2)
- North Carolina State (11-3)
- Utah (12-2)
- Iowa (12-3)
- California (14-2)
- Michigan (10-4)
Dargan Southard is a sports trending reporter and covers Iowa athletics for the Des Moines Register and HawkCentral.com. Email him at msouthard@gannett.com or follow him on Twitter at @Dargan_Southard.
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