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Morsell, who for years has been referred to as a do-it-all “glue guy,” has grown into what Turgeon and teammates say is the “heart and soul” of a Terps team that, up until Tuesday night’s setback at Northwestern, had won five straight games to turn around its season and cement itself as a legitimate NCAA tournament team.
- Five Terps scored in double figures as No. 8 Maryland captured its sixth Big Ten regular season title outright since joining the conference in 2014-15 and beat Penn State 88-61.
- Sophomore goalie Logan McNaney has recorded 22 saves and a .579 save percentage in No. 3 Maryland’s two victories, including a career-high 16 stops last week in a 13-7 win against Penn State.
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‘The Injured Athletes Club’: How Maryland women’s lacrosse players bonded and got back on their feet
Eight Terps players dealing with serious, season-ending injuries met every other week to discuss personal triumphs and frustrating challenges and provide mental and emotional support to each other. - Diamond Miller scored eight of her 17 points in the first quarter to help No. 8 Maryland start strong and Ashley Owusu had 22 points in an 88-63 victory over No. 12 Michigan that clinched a share of the Big Ten title
- From the return of rampant defensive miscues to the importance of the regular-season finale, here are three takeaways from the Maryland men’s basketball team’s 60-55 loss at Northwestern on Wednesday night.
- The Blue Jays will see a familiar face on the Terps sideline on Saturday. Also, Grace Griffin is proving her value for the Maryland women, and the Loyola Maryland men could rely on three faceoff specialists again if injured senior Bailey Savio sits out a second straight game.
- The Terps, whose five-game winning streak was snapped, went 0-for-7 to close the game and scoreless over the final 2:32.
- Maryland women’s basketball coach Brenda Frese was named a Werner Ladder Naismith Women’s Coach of the Year semifinalist Wednesday by the Atlanta Tipoff Club.
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- AJ Swann is the No. 27 pro-style quarterback in the Class of 2022, according to the 247Sports Composite rankings. He’s the seventh commit for the Terps, whose class currently ranks fifth in the Big Ten Conference and 19th in the country.
- From a second-year player’s jump to a performance that possibly clinched a bid to the NCAA tournament, here are three takeaways from the Maryland men’s basketball team's 73-55 win over Michigan State on Sunday.
- Mimi Collins had 18 points and 10 rebounds to help the No. 8 Maryland women’s basketball team beat Northwestern, 62-50, on Sunday, moving one game closer to clinching a share of its third consecutive Big Ten regular-season title.
- The Terps, who never trailed, picked up their fifth straight win after falling to 10-10 overall in early February, further bolstering their NCAA tournament resume.
- When the offense went scoreless over the final 15:03, the Terps relied on their defense to keep the Wolverines off the scoreboard and ensure their second win in a row.
- Making only her second collegiate start, the sophomore attacker scored seven goals on nine shots to propel the Terps to their first win of the season.
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- With coronavirus restrictions keeping Maryland players and coaches separated last spring, what started as frequent check-ins turned into sometimes emotional, but necessary, dialogue on the state of affairs in the country.
- Angel Reese, a freshman from St. Frances in Baltimore, had 17 points and nine rebounds to lead the No. 8 Maryland women's basketball team to a rout of host Purdue on Thursday night.
- Senior Katie Benzan set the program record with nine 3-pointers as No. 8 Maryland overwhelmed star freshman Caitlin Clark and Iowa, 111-93.
- After Maryland lost to Ohio State for a second straight defeat, coach Mark Turgeon told his players, "The best is yet to come." After Maryland’s fourth straight victory in eight days, Turgeon’s declaration may be correct.
- The No. 8 Maryland women’s lacrosse team suffered its first Big Ten regular-season loss since joining the conference in 2015, falling 15-13 to No. 16 Penn State on Sunday in its season opener.
- The Terps’ entire starting five scored in double figures, led by junior guard Eric Ayala’s 14 points, as Maryland (14-10, 8-9) won its fourth straight game.
- Emails obtained by The Washington Post through public records requests revealed Big Ten officials tried to keep their discussions about resuming athletics last fall from entering public view.
- Under a rule change that has been proposed by the Ravens, teams playing in overtime would not only have the choice of deciding whether to start on offense or defense but where to spot the ball on the opening drive.
- UMBC squandered a pair of 16-point leads and were denied their third appearance in four years in the conference’s tournament championship final by a UMass Lowell team that has won its first three postseason games in the past eight days.
- Félix Hernández, 34, appeared to be throwing a heavy diet of fastballs in the 84-86 mph range for the Orioles in a spring training start against the Detroit Tigers on Saturday night.
- Maryland steps it up in second half to pull away from Johns Hopkins in Big Ten men's lacrosse
- Maryland steps it up in second half to pull away from Johns Hopkins in Big Ten men's lacrosse