Brinae Alexander and Lavender Briggs were stars in the SEC. It was a big deal when each of them decided to transfer to Maryland. Yet, somehow, we forgot about them because they sacrificed their own scoring for the betterment of the No. 7 Maryland Terrapins.
On Tuesday night at XFINITY Center in College Park, Alexander went 6-of-9 from three with 24 points and Briggs went 3-of-3 with 19 points, as the Terps used a 22-2 run in the second quarter to set the tone for the rest of their game against the No. 6 Iowa Hawkeyes en route to a 96-68 victory.
The 28-point win coupled with a 36-point win over now-No. 16 Ohio State on Feb. 5 has everyone fearing the Terps (23-5, 14-3 Big Ten) right now. We’ve seen this before from Brenda Frese’s crew; they were arguably the hottest team in the country down the stretch of both the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons. With No. 4 UConn’s loss to unranked St. John’s Tuesday night, Maryland’s chances of moving up to the 1 line in the NCAA Tournament are increasing.
The Terps put all their defensive focus on shutting down National Player of the Year candidate Caitlin Clark and her co-star Monika Czinano, who scored 42 and 28 points, respectively, in a 96-82 Iowa win over Maryland on Feb. 2. The plan was effective as Czinano (four points)…
