Northwestern Wildcats at Maryland Terrapins
· NCAA Women's Basketball
Oluchi Okananwa scores 25 points and No. 14 Maryland women topple Northwestern 79-57
Okananwa, one of four 1,000-point scorers on Maryland's roster, now has 1,213 career points. The 17.4 points per game scorer has 51 points in the past two games.
Northwestern was within eight points in the middle of the third quarter before Okananwa and Kyndal Walker each scored six points in a 12-2 run that gave the Terrapins a 63-45 lead heading to the final period.
The lead reached 24 points four times in the fourth quarter.
Maryland (23-6, 11-6 Big Ten) turned Northwestern’s 21 turnovers into 24 points. The Terps committed only six turnovers, leading to two points for Northwestern.
Among Maryland's starters, Yarden Garzon scored 11 points, Addi Mack added 10 points and Saylor Poffenbarger grabbed 13 rebounds to reach 1,000 for her career. Walker scored 10 points off the bench.
Grace Sullivan scored 23 points for Northwestern (8-20, 2-15).
Okananwa scored eight points in the first quarter and Maryland led 20-14 after one. A 12-3 run in the second quarter helped push the lead to 15 points and the Terrapins went on to lead 44-31 at halftime.
Maryland leads the series with Northwestern 16-1 and has won the last eight games.
Northwestern: The regular season ends at home against Purdue on Sunday.
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Recent Plays
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End of Game | 57 - 79 |
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End of 4th Quarter | 57 - 79 |
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Marya Boiko Defensive Rebound. | 57 - 79 |
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Xamiya Walton misses 24-foot three point jumper | 57 - 79 |
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Kat Righeimer subbing in for Northwestern | 57 - 79 |
Statistics
 NU |
MD |
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|---|---|---|
| 23-53 | FG | 34-77 |
| 43 | Field Goal % | 44 |
| 2-10 | 3PT | 3-21 |
| 20 | Three Point % | 14 |
| 9-13 | FT | 8-14 |
| 69 | Free Throw % | 57 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 9 | Offensive Rebounds | 20 |
| 26 | Defensive Rebounds | 23 |
| 14 | Assists | 13 |
| 0 | Steals | 11 |
| 1 | Blocks | 3 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 21 | Total Turnovers | 6 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 2 | Points Off Turnovers | 24 |
| 9 | Fast Break Points | 13 |
| 38 | Points in Paint | 54 |
| 13 | Fouls | 14 |
| 0 | Largest Lead | 24 |
| 0 | Lead Changes | 0 |
| 0 | Percent Led | 99 |
Game Information
Location: College Park, MD
Attendance: 7,025 | Capacity:
2025-26 Big Ten Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| UCLA | 18-0 | - | 31-1 |
| Iowa | 15-3 | 3 | 26-6 |
| Michigan | 15-3 | 3 | 25-6 |
| Ohio State | 13-5 | 5 | 26-7 |
| Minnesota | 13-5 | 5 | 22-8 |
| Maryland | 11-7 | 7 | 23-8 |
| Michigan State | 11-7 | 7 | 22-8 |
| Washington | 10-8 | 8 | 21-10 |
| Illinois | 9-9 | 9 | 21-11 |
| USC | 9-9 | 9 | 17-13 |
| Oregon | 8-10 | 10 | 22-12 |
| Nebraska | 7-11 | 11 | 19-12 |
| Indiana | 6-12 | 12 | 18-14 |
| Wisconsin | 5-13 | 13 | 14-17 |
| Purdue | 5-13 | 13 | 13-17 |
| Penn State | 4-14 | 14 | 11-18 |
| Northwestern | 2-16 | 16 | 8-21 |
| Rutgers | 1-17 | 17 | 9-20 |