Maryland scores rout of Penn State

Meyers, Miller spur surge in first quarter to lead the Terps

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Abby Meyers scored 24 points and Diamond Miller added 14 as No. 8 Maryland began a busy week with an 87-66 rout of Penn State on Monday night.

The Terrapins (18-4, 9-2 Big Ten) face No. 6 Iowa on Thursday and No. 10 Ohio State on Sunday, but they made short work of the Nittany Lions (12-10, 3-8), holding them to 18 points in the first half.

Maryland closed the opening quarter with a 20-2 run and made its final nine shots of the period. The Terps have won 11 of 12.

Maryland, which trails Big Ten-leading Indiana by a game in the loss column, led 9-7 before blitzing Penn State over the latter half of the first quarter. Meyers and Miller scored six points each during the run, and the Terps were up 29-9 after one.

A 3-pointer by Meyers in the final seconds of the half put Maryland up 41-18. The Princeton transfer finished with her highest point total since joining the Terps before this season. Her career high is 29 from a win over Kentucky in last year’s NCAA Tournament.

Makenna Marisa scored 23 points for Penn State, which has dropped five of six.

Shyanne Sellers scored 15 points for Maryland, which shot 13 of 17 in the first quarter and finished at 53 percent for the game.

Polls: Purdue became this season’s first unanimous No. 1 team in the AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll after wins over Michigan and Michigan State last week as chaos ensued behind the Boilermakers among other ranked teams. More than half of Top 25 teams lost, including secondranked Alabama, which was routed by Oklahoma in the Big 12-SEC Challenge. That allowed Purdue to grab the remaining No. 1 votes . ... It was a rough week for Ohio State, which lost all three of its games and tumbled down the AP Top 25 as a result. The previously unbeaten Buckeyes fell from second to 10th in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll after losing to Iowa and Indiana, two top 10 teams, as well as Purdue. South Carolina remained No. 1 for the 32nd consecutive week.