Fans packed into XFINITY Center more than an hour before tip to watch Iowa’s Caitlin Clark, one of the best players in all of college basketball. But Maryland women’s basketball nearly matched her step for step.
Things looked dismal at times, no doubt. But the Terps’ fight and will to persevere kept them in the game far longer against the No. 3 Hawkeyes than many anticipated. In the end, Maryland fell to the reigning national runners-up, 93-85, marking the Terps’ fourth straight loss.
“I’ve never seen that many people in a gym,” Maryland guard Jakia Brown-Turner said.