Pat Eaton-Robb

Updated: Sat, Mar 30, 2013

Terps' season ends in the region semifinals BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- Breanna Stewart and Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis each scored 17 points, leading top-seeded Connecticut over Maryland 76-50 on Saturday in the Bridgeport regional semifinals. Stewart got help from fellow freshmen Moriah Jefferson (10...

associated press

Updated: Tue, Mar 26, 2013

Victory sends Terps to MSG for NIT semifinals TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Alex Len finished with 15 points and 13 rebounds and had a key block in the final seconds to help Maryland escape with a 58-57 victory over Alabama on Tuesday night in the NIT quarterfinals. Len's fifth block came on Rodney...

Kevin Dunleavy

Updated: Mon, Mar 25, 2013

Freshman breaks bone in left hand in practice Early this year, Maryland coach Mark Turgeon joked in his typical glass-half-empty way that injuries only happen when you can least afford them. Sure enough, in a season in which he has used 10 players in his rotation, the Terrapins have remained...

Kevin Dunleavy

Updated: Sun, Mar 24, 2013

Terrapins and Spartans plagued by a rash of torn ACLs Much has been written about the susceptibility of female athletes to knee injuries. Few basketball teams can speak to the trend with as much experience as Maryland and Michigan State. While the Terrapins lost three players in the fall to...

Kevin Dunleavy

Updated: Sat, Mar 23, 2013

Terrapins get physical, beat up on the Bobcats Less than three minutes into its NCAA opener Saturday at Comcast Center, Quinnipiac ran five fresh players to the scorer's table. The Bobcats call it "Gold Rush." For a while, it looked like the prescription to handle depth-challenged Maryland,...

Kevin Dunleavy

Published: Thu, Mar 21, 2013

Small lineup jolts Maryland to NIT win Maryland didn't want its season to end this way: In a mostly empty Comcast Center, playing a height-challenged team from the lowly Western Athletic Conference which was running the infuriating Princeton offense. So down midway through the second half,...

Kevin Dunleavy

Updated: Wed, Mar 20, 2013

Some teams make a half-hearted trip to the NIT, disappointed in failing to get to the NCAA. Maryland was guilty in 2006 when it lost in humbling fashion to Manhattan of the lowly Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. But Tuesday night in their NIT opener against another MAAC team, the Terrapins...

Kevin Dunleavy

Published: Tue, Mar 19, 2013

Backcourt takes over in win over Niagara Last weekend in Greensboro, Maryland played like it belonged in the NCAA tournament, not the NIT. Tuesday night in College Park in its NIT opener, it took the Terrapins 20 minutes to rediscover what they found down south. When they did, visiting...

Kevin Dunleavy

Updated: Mon, Mar 18, 2013

Playing in the NIT is a great opportunity for the young Maryland basketball team to learn and bond. But coach Mark Turgeon doesn't want to make it an annual affair. As the coach at Wichita State, Turgeon went to the NIT three straight years (2003-05), going 2-3. "The first year was exciting,"...

Kevin Dunleavy

Updated: Mon, Mar 18, 2013

Bobcats are mystery for Terps so far Students in College Park are out of class this week for spring break. But after Monday's night's NCAA tournament selection show, it was time to quiz the players on the Maryland women's basketball team. So what state is the Terrapins' first round foe,...