The No. 17 Terrapins, playing without standout Diamond Miller, trailed by only six at halftime but had no answer for the reigning national champs in the second half.
Boston, buoyed by a vocal contingent of Gamecocks fans in College Park, scored six of South Carolina’s first nine points and never relented, finishing with 16 points, 13 rebounds, two assists and a block. She made seven of her eight shots from the field.The No. 17 Terrapins , though they never led, only trailed by six at halftime after holding South Carolina to 13 points in the second quarter. But things got away from them in a second half in which Maryland was outscored 49-30.
Abby Meyers had a game-high 21 points to pace Maryland. She was the only Terrapin in double figures. Shyanne Sellers, who suffered a late ankle injury, had nine. Zia Cooke scored 18 points to lead South Carolina, Kamilla Cardoso added 13, and Laeticia Amihere finished with 10.Here’s what else to know about Maryland’s loss:Meyers was a one-woman scoring crew early, but she didn’t get much help from her teammates. The Terps shot just 30.3 percent from the field as a team, and Meyers took 13 more shots than any other Terrapin.
“Basketball’s definitely a streaky game,” Meyers said. “Give credit to South Carolina; their defense is amazing. Their players are really active. They’re long. I definitely dried up a little bit. That’s a personal thing I’ve got to work on. But credit South Carolina. They played great defense in that second half.”Frese expected her team would have its hands full with South Carolina’s size. She wasn’t wrong. At one point, the Gamecocks had Cardoso , Boston and Amihere on the floor together.
McDaniel and Fletcher were given technical fouls, and Cardoso was called for an intentional foul. Maryland had crept within single digits, but the extracurriculars seemed to energize the Gamecocks, who upped their aggression and soon pushed their lead back to 17.“Yeah, I think so,” Boston said. “We were just saying that the energy’s high for both sides. The crowd was feeding into it, but we just needed to understand that we needed to open up the game. We just figured it out.
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