STORRS, Conn. — Paige Bueckers had 24 factors and 6 steals as No. 8 UConn rebounded from its first lack of the season with an 80-48 victory Thursday night time over No. 20 Maryland.
Aaliyah Edwards and KK Arnold every scored 12 factors for the Huskies (2-1). Ashlynn Shade added 10 factors and Aubrey Griffin had 9 factors and 13 rebounds.
Shyanne Sellers scored 16 factors and Jakia Brown-Turner added 13 factors for Maryland (1-2). The Huskies held the Terps to simply 15 discipline targets (26% taking pictures) and compelled 27 turnovers, resulting in 29 UConn factors.
The Terps have now misplaced two straight after falling to top-ranked South Carolina on Sunday.
The Terps held UConn with no discipline purpose for greater than 3 1/2 minutes within the second quarter and led by as many as 5 factors.
But Bueckers had 15 first-half factors to guide UConn again. Her steal, layup and free throw left Sellers together with her third foul and gave UConn a 32-25 lead. It was the spotlight of a 20-4 run to shut the second quarter and the Huskies led 42-27 after 20 minutes.
UConn took its first 20-point lead at 52-31 on a steal by Bueckers and layup by Griffin and weren’t critically challenged after that.
The Huskies performed with out beginning guard Azzi Fudd, who suffered a knee damage in follow this week.
BIG PICTURE
Maryland: The loss might drop Maryland out of the Top 25 for the primary time after being in 251 straight polls, relationship to the beginning of the 2010-11 season. That streak is second behind Connecticut’s report of 566 weeks.
UConn: The Huskies’ schedule doesn’t get any simpler. UConn has video games within the subsequent month in opposition to No. 3 UCLA, No. 11 Texas, No. 17 North Carolina and No. 19 Louisville
UP NEXT
Maryland: The Terrapins host Syracuse on Sunday.
UConn: The Huskies go to Minnesota on Sunday in a homecoming sport for Paige Bueckers, who’s from Hopkins, Minnesota.
