COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Rutgers women's basketball (7-13, 0-8) travels to No. 17/15 Maryland (13-6, 5-3) at the XFinity Center on Thu., Jan. 27 at 7 p.m. ET live on B1G+. The game is a rematch of the Terps' 73-59 win in Piscataway earlier this season on Dec. 5.

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The 5 Things to Know

1. THE SCOUT

• Maryland is riding a hot hand after hitting 18 three-point field goals in an 87-59 victory over Northwestern on Sunday. It was their most in a game since their Big Ten-record 21 vs. Towson last season.
• Angel Reese still leads the offense with 17.4 points per game, one of five Terps averaging double-figures. Reese averages a double-double, adding 10.6 rebounds per contest, ranking 10th in the country with 11 double-doubles.
• The Terps are ranked in the nation's Top 10 in assist-to-turnover ratio (9th - 1.35), free throws made (7th - 285), and scoring offense (7th - 82.0).
• The Northwestern win  snapped a two-game slide against ranked teams after losses to No. 11 Michigan (69-49) and No. 25 Ohio State (95-89).

2. THE HEAD-TO-HEAD

3. 55 ALIVE & WELL

Rutgers has second best scoring defense in the Big Ten at 58.2 points allowed per game, trying to finish the season leading that conference category for a third consecutive year. The Scarlet Knights' pressure up front has led to a No. 3 conference ranking with 9.6 steals per game and the presence down low has RU ranked No. 4 in the B1G in blocked shots per game at 4.0.
 

4. ALL GLASS, NO BRAKES

Rutgers has equaled or outrebounded opponents in 17 of 20 games this season with an average margin of +6.7, which ranks third in the Big Ten. Osh Brown leads the effort with 9.1 per game, coming in fourth individually in the conference. 
 

5. NEVER OUT

Rutgers erased a 21-point deficit to tie the game at Purdue before a heartbreaking Boilermaker buzzer-beater on Jan. 2, and in the last road game, shrunk a 15-point deficit at Northwestern to one in the final minute of play before Northwestern forced two turnovers to hold on for the win. The Scarlet Knights came back from 18-down in a victory over Harvard on Nov. 19, the second-largest comeback for a win in school history. Rutgers then shrunk an 18-point deficit down to two points in a close loss to DePaul in the Virgin Islands on Thanksgiving Day.

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• Vs. No. RV/25 Ohio State, Tyia Singleton recorded her second double-double of the season, and third of her career with 11 points and 10 boards. Both double-doubles this season have come against ranked opponents (No. 8 Maryland).

• Shug Dickson has recorded 5+ assists in two consecutive games, giving her six such performances in nine games, and the 13th of her 98-game career.

• Osh Brown's 24 points against Ohio State marked a season-high and the third 20+ point game of the season for the grad transfer.

• Rutgers enjoyed its best three-point and free throw shooting performances of the season at Northwestern, connecting on 8-of-19 for 42 percent from beyond the arc and 13-of-14 (.929) from the stripe.

• Shug Dickson's eight assists against Wagner tied her career-high from March of last season when she played for Mizzou against Alabama.

• RU held opponents an average of 12.5 points under their season scoring averages over contests from Dec. 1 to Jan. 6.

• The Rutgers defense has held opponents under their scoring average in 36 of its last 39 games, and 123 of its last 134 dating back to 2017-18.

• Rutgers' 24 assists against Delaware State were the most in a game since 25 vs. Hampton on Dec. 18, 2020.

• Rutgers ranks 22nd in the country in total steals (192) and 38th in total blocks (80). Its per-game marks (4.0 blocks and 9.6 steals are both top-four in the Big Ten).

• Against No. 8 Maryland, Tyia Singleton recorded the second double-double (10pts, 12reb) of her career and the first since the 2020-21 regular-season finale against Ohio State. It was her fifth career game in double-figure scoring and fifth with double-digit rebounds.

• Osh Brown's 20-point, 20-rebound double-double vs. DePaul was Rutgers' first in a game since Betnijah Laney's 24-24 against UNC on Dec. 5, 2014 in a 2OT game (21-20 at the end of regulation). It fell two shy of Brown's career-high of 22 rebounds, set in the 2021 NCAA Tournament last season, a Ball State program record.

• Rutgers passed out 21 assists on its 22 field goals in the St. Peter's victory, setting a school modern-era record (since 2001-02) for the highest percentage of field goals assisted (95%).

• In the St. Peter's win, Rutgers forced its most turnovers by an opponent (34) since 38 against Penn State during the 2014-15 season.

• The nation's fourth-best steals per game team last season, Rutgers grabbed 21 steals in the 2021-22 season opener, the most since 22 at Wisconsin in Game 2 last season on Dec. 11, 2020.
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