COLLEGE PARK, Md. --Â Illinois led by as many as 11 points in the first half but ultimately fell to No. 8 Maryland, 82-71, on the road on Sunday afternoon.Â
Four Illini scorers finished in double figures in the defeat as Illinois falls to 19-7 overall and 9-6 in Big Ten games this season.
The Illini made 12 3-pointers and shot 54.5% from deep, while they held the Terrapins without a 3-point field goal, the first time Maryland has not registered at least one this season.Â
Makira Cook recorded a team-high 29 points, including 16 in the fourth quarter, bringing her over 1,000 career points. Cook was dynamic all afternoon, making four 3-pointers, which ties her season-best mark. She also registered six rebounds, a team-high four assists, and two steals.
Jada Peebles knocked down five triples, her second-most in a game this season and her highest total since Nov. 30, en route to 17 points off the bench. Peebles tallied one block and one assist in her seventh double-digit scoring outing this year.
Brynn Shoup-Hill put together an efficient effort on both ends of the floor, hitting three 3-pointers in the first quarter and finishing with 11 points and eight rebounds. Shoup-Hill has now recorded at least three 3-pointers in five games this season.
Adalia McKenzie scored eight of her 10 points in the second half, her third consecutive contest in double figures. McKenzie also grabbed four rebounds, dished out three assists, and notched two steals.
Kendall Bostic finished with a team-high nine rebounds, including five on the offensive glass.
Illinois heads back to Champaign for its final stretch of games at State Farm Center the season, opening up a two-game homestand against Penn State on Feb. 19 at 2 p.m. CT.
POST-GAME NOTES
Player Notes:
- Kendall Bostic scored two points and grabbed nine rebounds.
- Has three-straight games with at least nine boards.
- Adalia McKenzie scored 10 points to go along with four rebounds and three assists.
- Third-straight game scoring in double-digits.
- Makira Cook scored 29 points and added six rebounds and four assists.
- 13th 20-point game of the season.
- Reached 1,000 career points in the fourth quarter.Â
- Most points in a game since scoring 33 on Dec. 4 at Indiana.
- Brynn Shoup-Hill finished with 11 points and eight rebounds.
- Made her first three 3-pointers. It's the fifth time this season she has knocked down at least three shots from behind the arc.
- Seventh game of the season scoring double digits.
- Second time in the last three games with at least eight rebounds.
- Jayla Oden scored two points and totaled three rebounds and three assists.
- Returned to the starting lineup in her home state of Maryland, making her 12th start of the season.
- Jada Peebles scored 17 points on 6-for-10 shooting, including 5-for-9 from deep.
- Season-high in points in Big Ten play this season
- First time scoring in double-digits since Dec. 21, 2021, vs. Florida Atlantic
- Sixth time this season with at least three 3-point field goals.
- Fifth time with at least four 3-pointers.
- Second with at least five.
Team Notes:
- Maryland won the tip and Illinois forced a turnover on the opening possession.
- The Terps opened the scoring in the contest.
- Brynn Shoup-Hill knocked down a 3-pointer for the Illini's first field goal of the game.
- Illinois went a perfect 5-for-5 from behind the arc in the first quarter, with Brynn Shoup-Hill going 3-for-3 and Jada Peebles going 2-for-2.
- Went 8-for-12 from deep in the first half.
- Four players scored in double-figures for the second-straight game and for the third time in the last five overall.
- Scored just eight points in the third quarter, the fewest points scored in any quarter this season.
- Went 12-for-22 on 3-point field goals in the game.
- Fourth time this season with double-digit 3-point makes.
- Maryland went 0-for-17 on 3-point field goals. It's the second time this season that Illinois did not allow an opponent to make a 3-pointer (Nov. 25 vs. Charlotte).
- Out-rebounded Maryland 35-32.
- Scored 14 second-chance points on 13 offensive rebounds.
- The Illinois bench out-scored their Maryland counterparts 17-14.
Misc Notes:
- Starters: Makira Cook, Jayla Oden, Adalia McKenzie, Brynn Shoup-Hill, Kendall Bostic for the first time. Illinois is 0-1 with this unit.
- The Illini moved to 19-7 on the season.Â
- Illinois moves to 9-6 in Big Ten play.
- Shauna Green is now:
- 19-7 at Illinois
- 9-6 in the Big Ten
- 146-57 as a Division I coach
- 175-82 overall
- Against Maryland record: 0-13 (13th meeting)
- 0-7 when playing in College Park
- Shauna Green vs. Maryland: 0-2
- Illinois is now 3-3 when wearing blue uniforms.
- Illinois is now 11-4 in games played before 5 p.m.
