No. 4-seed Maryland women’s basketball survived a surprisingly difficult task in No. 13-seed Norfolk State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament Saturday.
The Terps took down the Spartans, 82-69, but Norfolk State never allowed Maryland to have a comfortable lead and made the first-round win very difficult.
Here are three takeaways from Saturday’s tight contest.
A tale of two halves
Maryland had a bad start on Saturday and was certainly in danger of an upset throughout the first half.
“You saw that in the first half, we had to kind of work through those jitters.