Maryland women’s basketball fell to 1-1 Friday night, with No. 1 South Carolina proving to be too much with senior guard Diamond Miller absent with a knee injury. The Gamecocks began to pull away in the second half and ultimately took the top 20 matchup, 81-56.
Here are three takeaways from Friday’s game.
South Carolina’s size was too much to handle.
Coming into Friday’s contest, the storylines were the battle between Aliyah Boston and Diamond Miller and how the Terps would be able to withstand the Gamecocks’ tremendous size advantage.
With Miller’s absence announced just prior to tip-off, South Carolina had its way early and often against a Maryland lineup without a player taller than six-foot-three in its rotation.