After Jakia Brown-Turner finished a layup through contact and earned an and-one opportunity late in the first quarter Sunday afternoon, the roar she unleashed wasn’t just celebratory. It was cathartic.
The graduate student forward was on her way to her best performance since transferring to Maryland from North Carolina State in the offseason, and her relief was palpable. Behind 18 points from Brown-Turner and a game-high 25 from sophomore guard Bri McDaniel, the Terrapins cruised to an 88-66 win over Purdue at Xfinity Center that Coach Brenda Frese called one of her team’s most complete victories of the season.