Maryland Bench Nearly Outscores Greyhounds in Blowout

For the second time this season, Maryland's first half point total was enough to win the game. Against Delaware they scored 46, while the Blue Hens tallied 43 for the game and tonight versus Loyola, the Terps had 51 at the break and the Greyhounds finished with 50.

The story wasn't the starters though as for the first time since the Miami game last year, the leading scorers for Maryland were bench players. It's also the first time since Feb. 13, 2006 that two freshmen have led the team in scoring as Emery Wallace had 18 points and Drey Mingo had 16 points this evening.

Overall, I think we played a great game. We blew Loyola out early and gave some confidence to the bench players who haven't played in the last few games. Kat had 8 assists and made her first two 3-pointers. I think we need to work on our press as Loyola passed right over it each time we employed it. That's my only complaint though. I did like how it seems we have added new wrinkles to our existing plays.

Player of the Game: Emery Wallace - first real action in two years and she scores 18 points, shooting 3-for-3 from behind the arc. Who knows if this leads to more playing time for her, but maybe it will give her the confidence she needs when she does play. Now she just needs to work on her chest bumps.

Next Up: A cross-country flight to California for games against UC Santa Barbara and UCLA.