While she scored over 2,000 points for her Manasquan’s basketball team in Spring Lake, New Jersey, during her high school career, she did so surrounded by others rattling off triple-figure career points. At home, Masonius is the middle child of 10, sister to a half-dozen athletes, daughter of two athletes.
Now, the Terps sophomore’s the fierce competitor in a locker room of fierce competitors. She’s exactly what a team like Maryland wants, and needs, as the second-seeded Terps face No. 6 Texas in the Sweet 16.
“She’s kind of been that unsung hero,” Maryland coach Brenda Frese said.