For the second time in as many years, Maryland women’s basketball’s season is over in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, as the No. 3-seed Terps fell 85-80 to No. 6-seeded UCLA on Monday night in College Park.
The Bruins’ physicality was too much for the Terrapins to handle in the first half, and despite taking a five-point lead heading into the fourth quarter, the Big Ten regular-season champs couldn’t capitalize down the stretch. Maryland scored just nine points in the final frame, and the Bruins made the plays late.
UCLA entered the game as the fifth-best team in the nation in offensive rebounding, averaging 17 boards per game on that end of the court.