{"id":3474,"date":"2026-02-13T14:43:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T14:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/?p=3474"},"modified":"2026-02-13T14:47:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T14:47:40","slug":"second-half-surge-powers-terps-to-third-straight-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/13\/second-half-surge-powers-terps-to-third-straight-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Second-Half Surge Powers Terps to Third Straight Victory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Maryland (No. 20) used a dominant third quarter to pull away from Penn State, 81\u201362, at the XFINITY Center on Thursday night. A 16\u20132 run coming out of halftime flipped the game and gave the Terps the separation they needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maryland placed five players in double figures in the win. Yarden Garzon led the way with 19 points, knocking down five three-pointers and continuing her strong season from beyond the arc. Oluchi Okananwa added 15 points, six assists, and five rebounds, while Addi Mack finished with 13. Saylor Poffenbarger recorded her 21st career double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds, and Mir McLean chipped in 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#x1f3a5; Highlights from tonight&#39;s win over Penn State! &#x1f422; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XW9HDLQ94M\">pic.twitter.com\/XW9HDLQ94M<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Maryland Women\u2019s Basketball (@TerpsWBB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TerpsWBB\/status\/2022145842686148827?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 13, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>The Terps acknowledged it wasn\u2019t their sharpest start. \u201cWe had a slow start, we weren\u2019t playing Maryland basketball. We had to get back to our identity,\u201d Okananwa said postgame. The halftime message was direct. \u201cCoach was mad \u2014 rightfully so. She told us don\u2019t get lax, get back to who we are.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maryland responded immediately in the third quarter, tightening defensively and turning stops into rhythm offense. The surge secured their third straight win and another 20-win season under head coach Brenda Frese as the Terps continue to <a href=\"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/04\/maryland-routs-mount-st-marys-to-stay-unbeaten\/\" title=\"\">build momentum in conference play<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A dominant third quarter changed everything for Maryland who turned a tight game into an 81\u201362 win over Penn State, and kept its momentum rolling in conference play.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":3475,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"A dominant third quarter changed everything for Maryland who turned a tight game into an 81\u201362 win over Penn State, and kept its momentum rolling in conference play.\n\n#GoTerps ","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[33],"tags":[232,195,231],"class_list":["post-3474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","tag-addi-mack","tag-oluchi-okananwa","tag-yarden-garzon"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC1702-Enhanced-NR-scaled-e1770993777144.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3474"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3476,"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3474\/revisions\/3476"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}