01/15/26 10:24:00
Printable Page
01/15 22:23 CST Garzon's clutch 3-pointer lifts No. 12 Maryland women over USC
62-55
Garzon's clutch 3-pointer lifts No. 12 Maryland women over USC 62-55
By BETH HARRIS
AP Sports Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) --- Yarden Garzon hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 2:38 remaining
and No. 12 Maryland defeated Southern California 62-55 on Thursday night.
Addi Mack led the Terrapins with 12 points. Garzon finished with 10 points.
Isimenme Ozzy-Momodu added 10 points, nine rebounds and had a key block of
Maria Samuels with 33 seconds remaining. After Garzon's 3-pointer, the
Terrapins got two offensive rebounds before Ozzy-Momodu scored for a 59-55
lead. Those were the only two field goals in the fourth for Maryland.
The Terrapins (17-2, 5-2 Big Ten) bounced back from an 89-76 loss to No. 19
Ohio State to earn their fourth win in five games.
Kara Dunn led USC with 21 points. Star freshman Jazzy Davidson shot 5 of 23,
including 0 for 14 over the final three quarters, while picking up her third
and fourth fouls in the fourth quarter. She scored 12 of the Trojans' first 20
points, helping them to a 20-16 lead.
The Trojans (10-7, 2-4) have lost four in a row --- more games than they
dropped all of last season, their first in the Big Ten. They're playing this
season without JuJu Watkins, who is rehabbing a torn ACL suffered in the NCAA
Tournament last March. Kennedy Smith has also been out lately with a lower leg
injury.
Neither team led by more than eight points after the first quarter.
Both schools shot poorly from 3-point range, with the Trojans just 5 of 32
while Maryland was 4 of 16.
Up next
Maryland: Visits No. 3 UCLA on Sunday.
USC: Hosts Purdue on Sunday.
____
Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up
here. AP women's college basketball:
https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-womens-college-basketball-poll and
https://apnews.com/hub/womens-college-basketball
|
