Finding itself in its third-straight close game entering the fourth quarter, No. 8 Maryland women’s basketball was searching for the answer in its Big Ten home opener.
With exactly six minutes to play and only leading by six, the Terps needed one last push to run away with the game. It all started with graduate student forward/guard Chloe Bibby.
Redshirt junior forward Mimi Collins had possession on the right side of the basket, finding a cutting Bibby for the layup plus the foul. Bibby sunk the free throw, extending the Maryland lead to nine. Junior guard Ashley Owusu stole the ball from Purdue senior guard Brooke Moore on the next defensive set but missed the jumper.