Te-Biasu leads No. 21 Maryland against Northwestern after 21-point game
Maryland Terrapins (20-6, 10-5 Big Ten) at Northwestern Wildcats (9-15, 2-11 Big Ten)
Evanston, Illinois; Thursday, 7:30 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: No. 21 Maryland plays Northwestern after Sarah Te-Biasu scored 21 points in Maryland’s 85-77 win against the Michigan Wolverines.
The Wildcats are 6-9 in home games. Northwestern allows 73.4 points and has been outscored by 6.0 points per game.
The Terrapins are 10-5 against Big Ten opponents. Maryland ranks third in the Big Ten with 37.1 rebounds per game led by Saylor Poffenbarger averaging 8.0.
Northwestern’s average of 3.9 made 3-pointers per game is 2.8 fewer made shots on average than the 6.7 per game Maryland allows. Maryland has shot at a 46.8% clip from the field this season, 4.9 percentage points higher than the 41.9% shooting opponents of Northwestern have averaged.
The Wildcats and Terrapins face off Thursday for the first time in conference play this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Casey Harter is shooting 38.9% from beyond the arc with 1.2 made 3-pointers per game for the Wildcats, while averaging 7.3 points. Caileigh Walsh is shooting 37.9% and averaging 12.0 points over the past 10 games.
Kaylene Smikle is averaging 17.5 points and 1.6 steals for the Terrapins. Te-Biasu is averaging 12.0 points over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Wildcats: 2-8, averaging 68.1 points, 31.0 rebounds, 17.1 assists, 7.3 steals and 4.0 blocks per game while shooting 43.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 77.6 points per game.
Terrapins: 5-5, averaging 74.6 points, 31.3 rebounds, 12.9 assists, 4.7 steals and 3.6 blocks per game while shooting 47.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 77.8 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.