Hoosiers Upended At No. 7/6 Maryland

Sunday, January 4

College Park, Md.

6 P.M. ET

Indiana University

11-5,0-4Big Ten

Maryland

15-1,3-1Big Ten

Indiana

Maryland

1/4/2026 8:56:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Freshman forward Maya Makalusky scored a team-high 20 points but Indiana women's basketball couldn't overcome No. 7/6 Maryland on the road on Sunday night.

KEY MOMENTS

Maryland (15-1, 3-1 B1G) took and early 12-5 lead on a 6-0 run with six minutes to play as Indiana (11-5, 0-4 B1G) used a timeout. It would spark a 7-0 run, with junior forward Edessa Noyan was open on the left side of the rim to put IU on top, 14-13.
The lead was short lived for Indiana who fell behind late in the quarter on a 6-0 Terp run but freshman forward Maya Makalusky connected on her second 3-pointer of the evening to make it a 25-20 deficit.
Freshman guard Nevaeh Caffey hit an jumper while Makalusky added her third triple to bring IU within three with 6:22 to go. After that, Maryland's lead grew to as many as nine before Caffey and senior guard Shay Ciezki could get to the line and make it a five-point game.
Out of the break, the Terps used a 12-0 run to find separation as IU fell behind by as many as 21 with just over two minutes to play in the frame. The Hoosiers chipped away to hold Maryland without a field goal in that final stretch including a redshirt sophomore guard Lenée Beaumont's drive to the bucket made it 62-49.
Ciezki scored seven of her 17 points in the fourth quarter as Indiana couldn't make up any ground late in the game.

NOTABLE

Makalusky recorded her second 20-point scoring effort of the season in Sunday's game, tying a season-high six 3-pointers.
Ciezki (17 points) while Beaumont and Caffey each had 11 points. Beaumont had a team-high five rebounds.
Sophomore forward Zania Socka-Nguemen made her return after missing eight games, logging 16 minutes with four points and three rebounds off the bench.

UP NEXT
Indiana is next up at No. 25/20 Nebraska on Thursday night in an 8 p.m. ET tip on B1G+.

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