EUGENE, Ore. — Sarah Te-Biasu scored a season-high 26 points, Kaylene Smikle added 21 points and nine rebounds and No. 16 Maryland women’s basketball beat Oregon, 79-61, on Thursday night.
Saylor Poffenbarger scored 13 and grabbed 11 rebounds and Allie Kubek scored 11 points for Maryland (18-5, 8-4 Big Ten), which bounced back from a 66-65 last-second loss to Illinois.
Brenda Frese earned her 600th win as Terps coach and had her mother and brother on hand at Matthew Knight Arena after making a cross-country trek.
“I’m just really grateful and thankful. This is a really tough team, and you know the body of work,” Frese said in a postgame interview on Fox Sports 1. “There’s so many great players and coaches and support staff who have been with me. It’s all them that made this possible.”
Kubek made a layup early in the first quarter that gave Maryland the lead for good and sparked a 13-3 run that made it 19-9 at the end of the first quarter. The Terps led by double figures the rest of the way.
Te-Biasu — the Atlantic 10 Player of the Year last season at VCU — hit three 3-pointers and scored 17 points on 7-of-8 shooting in the first half to help the Terps take a 39-22 lead into halftime.
Maryland shot 54% (25 of 46), hit 9 of 20 (45%) attempts from 3-point range and made 20 of 23 (87%) from the free-throw line and limited Oregon to 32% (19 of 59) shooting from the field.
“I loved our response,” said Frese, who is now 600-166 (.783) in her career at Maryland. “We were disappointed we let possessions get away from us against a really good Illinois team. This is what you wanted to see, the heart and character of your team to bounce back. I’ve always said this is a really competitive locker room, and I think you can see tonight by their response.”
Ehis Etute scored 14 points with seven rebounds and Ari Long added 11 points for Oregon (16-7, 7-5). The Ducks had a four-game win streak snapped last time out when they scored a season-low 48 in a 32-point loss at Michigan.
Peyton Scott, Oregon’s leading scorer (10.3 per game) this season, left the game with an apparent leg injury in the second quarter and did not return. The graduate transfer from Miami (Ohio) finished with four points on 1 of 4 shooting.
Maryland plays Sunday at Washington. The Ducks also play Sunday when No. 1 UCLA visits for Oregon’s second of three consecutive home games.
No. 16 Maryland at Washington
Sunday, 4 p.m.
Stream: Big Ten Plus
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