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COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) \u2014 In the final seconds of another 40-minute night, Katie Benzan had enough energy left for one more big play.<\/p>\n
Benzan made a floater with 11.8 seconds remaining to put Maryland up by three and the No. 13 Terrapins held on for a 67-64 victory over No. 10 Indiana on Friday night when Nicole Cardano-Hillary missed everything on a shot from the right wing.<\/p>\n
\u201cTheir bigs didn\u2019t help up because Angel (Reese) was killing them all night,\u201d Benzan said. \u201cSo then I just read the defense and floated it right up, and luckily enough it went in.\u201d<\/p>\n
Reese scored 20 points with 16 rebounds for the Terps, who led almost the entire game and finally held off the slumping Hoosiers. Indiana (19-7, 11-5 Big Ten) lost for the fourth time in five games to close the regular season. Maryland (21-7, 13-4) had an eight-game winning streak snapped in a loss to Michigan last weekend, but the Terps rebounded despite the absence of guard Ashley Owusu, who was out with an illness.<\/p>\n
Benzan handled much of the ball-handling in Owusu\u2019s absence, and she finished with 10 points and six assists while playing the entire game. Benzan has played all but 48 seconds of Maryland\u2019s past three games.<\/p>\n
Maryland led by four heading into the fourth quarter, and Indiana couldn\u2019t get the lead lower than that until Cardano-Hillary\u2019s 3-pointer with 34.4 seconds to play \u2014 her first basket of the game after eight misses.<\/p>\n
With the score 65-64, Benzan slipped free in close and scored, meaning the Hoosiers needed a 3 to tie. Maryland did a good job making it tough on Indiana\u2019s final possession, and the Hoosiers were running out of time when Cardano-Hillary tossed up an air ball.<\/p>\n
Grace Berger led Indiana with 16 points. Diamond Miller scored 16 points for Maryland.<\/p>\n
Indiana took a 2-0 lead, and that was the only time the Hoosiers were ahead. Shyanne Sellers made a 3-pointer to put Maryland up 19-8 late in the first quarter.<\/p>\n
\u201cGot off to a really sloppy start,\u201d Indiana coach Teri Moren said. \u201cFirst media timeout in the first quarter, we\u2019d turned it over five times, and you just can\u2019t do that. And I think we had two air balls in that segment as well.\u201d<\/p>\n
A 3 by Chloe Bibby put the Terrapins up 35-23 in the second. Indiana closed the half on a 9-2 run and trailed 37-32, but Maryland returned the favor with an 8-2 run to start the third.<\/p>\n
BIG PICTURE<\/p>\n
Indiana: The Hoosiers are struggling at the wrong time. They certainly had their chances to overtake Maryland in the final quarter, but their offense wasn\u2019t up to the task.<\/p>\n
Maryland: This was a big win for the Terps, who had lost five consecutive games against top-10 opponents. Included in that stretch was an overtime defeat against Indiana on Jan. 2.<\/p>\n
STRETCHED THIN<\/p>\n
Aside from Emma Chardon\u2019s 47 seconds, Maryland only used six players in the game.<\/p>\n
\u201cKatie never came off the floor and hit that game winner at the end. That\u2019s the kind of shape she\u2019s in. That\u2019s why we can play her 40 minutes,\u201d coach Brenda Frese said. \u201cNobody\u2019s feeling sorry for us, where our numbers are at, and neither are we.\u201d<\/p>\n
Indiana only used seven players. The Hoosiers at least had three days off before this game after playing five games in the previous 10 days.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe played a third of our Big Ten schedule in 10 days, if you can imagine that, and we had four one-day preps,\u201d Moren said. \u201cSo we\u2019ve had absolutely no practice time. It\u2019s like an NBA schedule right now we\u2019ve endured.\u201d<\/p>\n
UP NEXT<\/p>\n
Each team awaits its seeding in the Big Ten Tournament.<\/p>\n
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