All the pieces were in place for Maryland women’s basketball to get a top-two seed in the NCAA Tournament. The Terrapins were riding high on an eight-game winning streak and controlled their own destiny for a Big Ten championship.
Then Iowa happened.
More specifically, Megan Gustafson happened. The nation’s leading scorer scored 31 of Iowa’s 86 points against the Terrapins, and she scored 24 in the second half alone.
Now the Terrapins are in a tie at the top of the conference standings, though the Hawkeyes would have the tiebreaker if both teams win out. In the meantime, the Terrapins need to bounce back.