INDIANAPOLIS — Jordan Hobbs scored 23 points and Michigan women’s basketball used a 25-0 first-half run and a dominant second half to crush No. 15 Maryland, 98-71, in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals on Friday.
Freshmen Syla Swords and Olivia Olson added 22 and 20 points, respectively.
The fifth-seeded Wolverines face league champion and second-ranked Southern California in the semifinals on Saturday. The Trojans won the first meeting, 78-58, on Dec. 29.
Hobbs and Olson both had 10 points in the big run that pushed the Wolverines to a 31-6 lead. After the Terps had a 16-0 run to close within one late in the first half, Michigan outscored Maryland 57-34 in the second half.
The Wolverines shot 61% from the field, making 12 of 23 3-pointers, to score the most points of any Maryland opponent this season.
Sarah Te-Biasu scored 25 points for the fourth-seeded Terps (23-7), which won the first meeting, 85-77, on Feb. 17. Christina Dalce added 19 points, Mir McLean chipped in 10 points and five rebounds off the bench and Kaylene Smikle scored 10 points while grabbing five rebounds. Dalce and Smikle each committed four fouls.
First-team All-Big Ten guard Shyanne Sellers finished with just two points in 19 minutes on 1-for-3 shooting.
