No. 2 seed Maryland rolls over Alabama; Louisville moves on

The Maryland Terrapins are ruthless and relentless on offense and rolling once again into the Sweet 16.

Angel Reese scored 19 points, leading a wave of scoring off the bench, as No. 2 seed Maryland and its offensive juggernaut overwhelmed No. 7 Alabama 10064 on Wednesday in the second round of the women’s NCAA Tournament.

The Terrapins (27-2) came into the tournament with the nation’s highest-scoring offense and have yet to take their foot off the gas. The Terps are averaging 99 points in their two wins.

Jasmine Walker led Alabama (17-10) with 23 points.

■ Kianna Smith scored 16 points and No. 2 seed Louisville advanced to the Sweet 16 by rallying from an early 18-point deficit to beat seventh-seeded Northwestern 62-53.

The Cardinals (25-3) got off to another rough start, trailing the Wildcats (16-9) 25-7 late in the first quarter. Louisville slowly started to chip away on offense and played stellar defense. The deficit was 40-28 midway through the third quarter before the Cardinals scored 17 straight points.

■ Grace Berger scored 17 points and Indiana used another suffocating defensive effort to beat Belmont 70-48 on Wednesday, sending the fourth-seeded Hoosiers (17-9) to the program’s first women’s Sweet 16.

■ Elle Ruffridge had a career-high 20 points with five 3-pointers, Jasmine Franklin had a double-double and fifthseeded Missouri State (23-2) is going to its second consecutive Sweet 16 after knocking off 13th-seeded Wright State 64-39.