It couldn’t have been a worse start for Arizona in the second round of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament. The seventh-seeded Wildcats were behind 12-2 in the first quarter and ended the period with almost as many turnovers (7) as points (8). A run in the second quarter wasn’t enough, as the second-seeded Maryland Terrapins controlled the second half to defeat the Wildcats 77-64 at the XFINITY Center in College Park on Sunday afternoon.
“They outplayed us, especially the first couple minutes of the game and the third quarter and made some things really difficult for us,” said Arizona head coach Adia Barnes.