Laurin Mincy scored 24 points, and No. 5 Maryland rolled to its 12th consecutive victory, remaining unbeaten in Big Ten play with a 91-65 win over Michigan on Thursday night.
The Terps scored the first 11 points and never trailed. Shatori Walker-Kimbrough had 20 points for Maryland, and Lexie Brown had 14 points and eight assists.
Maryland (18-2, 9-0) looks like the class of the Big Ten in its first season in the league. The Terps have won all but two of their conference games by double digits. They'll start the second half of their league schedule Sunday against No. 20 Iowa, which is only a game behind Maryland.
"It hasn't been easy, and it's not going to be easy these remaining nine," Maryland coach Brenda Frese said. "Every team competes and battles, but I like the way that we've been able to handle the challenge."
The Terps shot 52 percent from the field Thursday and went 16-for-21 on free throws.
Cyesha Goree led Michigan (13-7, 5-4) with 14 points.
"You come to the Big Ten, we're not familiar," Mincy said. "It's just coming in and playing hard every night. We know every team in the Big Ten is going to give us their best punch, and hopefully every time we come to play we can punch back."
Maryland overwhelmed Michigan at the start, racing out to a 9-0 lead on a 3-pointer by Walker-Kimbrough and layups by Brown, Brionna Jones (Aberdeen) and Walker-Kimbrough. After the Wolverines called a timeout, Michigan turned the ball over right away, and Walker-Kimbrough added another layup.
"Our game is to defend, rebound and run," Walker-Kimbrough said. "I know with the great passers that we have, they'll find me on the break. Our game is transition."
The Wolverines recovered from that poor start and cut the margin to 17-16 but could never take the lead. Maryland went on an 11-2 run later in the half to take a 34-22 advantage, and it was 48-36 at halftime.
Katelynn Flaherty scored 13 points for Michigan, and Shannon Smith added 13 points and five assists.
Maryland outscored Michigan 46-26 in the paint — 24-6 in the second half.
The Wolverines scored eight straight points and trailed 57-48 after a 3-pointer by Flaherty, but Maryland answered with a layup and eventually turned the game into a rout.
"I think the end score wasn't really an indication of the game," Michigan coach Kim Barnes Arico said. "I think it was like a 12-to-15 point game most of the game, and what we talked about at halftime — we don't start down 11-0, we're kind of right there in the mix."
Mincy finished 9-for-12 from the field, and Walker-Kimbrough was 9-for-14. Maryland had 17 offensive rebounds to Michigan's eight.
Jones had 13 points and 13 rebounds for the Terps.
"I felt like in the second half, they did look a little fatigued in terms of us being able to stay in an attack mentality," Frese said.
Loyola Maryland 57, Holy Cross 51: Colleen Marshall scored a game-high 21 points and the visiting Greyhounds (6-14, 4-5 Patriot League) broke a two-game slide.
The Crusaders fell to 8-14 and 4-5.
Delaware 72, Towson 54: LaTorri Hines-Allen had 17 points as the Tigers (8-13, 4-5 Colonial Athletic Association) fell to the host Blue Hens (9-11, 4-5).
Men
Towson 74, College of Charleston 70: Four McGlynn scored 20 points and freshman Mike Morsell had a career-best 15 as the host Tigers (10-12, 3-6 CAA) held off a rally by the Cougars (6-16, 1-8).
McGlynn was 12-for-13 from the free-throw line. Eddie Keith II went 4-for-5 and Morsell 6-for-9.
Charleston fell behind by 16 points early in the second half before battling all the way to pull within 52-51 with 6:34 left to play.
Towson did not get rattled and McGlynn knocked down a 3-pointer on the next possession. Timajh Parker-Rivera then forced a steal that resulted in a foul at the other end. As the foul happened, the Cougars bench was hit with a technical foul. McGlynn made all four free throws and the lead was quickly back to eight points with just under five minutes remaining.
Loyola Maryland 64, Holy Cross 54: Andre Walker scored 14, and Tyler Hubbard hit three 3-pointers and had 13 points to lead the host Greyhounds (8-12, 4-5 Patriot) past the Crusaders (8-11, 3-6).
Malcolm Miller hit a 3-pointer, Eric Green made a layup and Miller converted a pair of free throws to pull Holy Cross within three with 2:16 left.
Cam Gregory scored four and Denzel Brito made six-straight free throws during a 10-1 run that gave Loyola a 64-52 lead with nine seconds left.
Eric Laster added 11 points and Gregory pulled down 10 rebounds for the Greyhounds, who outrebounded the Crusaders 43-25.
Holy Cross made just six of 26 field goals (23.1 percent), including one of 13 from 3-point range, in the first half and trailed 26-18 at the break.
The game was scheduled for Wednesday, but was postponed because of the recent winter storm.
St. Francis (N.Y.) 73, Mount St. Mary's 67, OT: In the extra period, Brent Jones made six free throws and Jalen Cannon added four points, including the go-ahead basket with 49 seconds left, to lift the host Terriers (13-9, 7-2 Northeast Conference) over the Mount (9-11, 5-4).
Cannon finished with a game-high 26 points. Junior Robinson (22 points) made two free throws to give the Mount a 63-60 lead, but St. Francis answered with a 3-pointer by Glenn Sanabria with 24 second left in regulation to force overtime.
NO. 5 MARYLAND WOMEN 91, MICHIGAN 65