In its first road contest of the season, No. 4 Maryland women’s basketball wasted no time delivering the first punch.
Leading by 19 early in the second quarter, not much changed for Maryland. Junior guard Ashley Owusu got to the charity stripe in the first couple of minutes, draining both free throws. She followed up those makes with a steal and beautiful cross-court dish to graduate student guard Katie Benzan. Benzan’s three rimmed out, but there for the putback layup was sophomore forward/guard Angel Reese. The Terps led 33-10, and James Madison head coach Sean O’Regan had to burn the third of his four timeouts before the eight-minute mark of the second quarter.