REACTION - Maryland 82, Drexel 65

First of all, apologies for breaking my promise again. I really need to step my game up. Like the Terps, I suppose I've got a long way to go as well >_>

Second of all, Diandra Tchatchouang has been named the ACC Rookie of the Week so congratulations to her. She's been terrific all year thus far and it's high time she got some recognition for it.

Now, to yesterday's game. Lori Bjork was the leading scorer with 19 on 6/10 shooting including 4/7 of three. She's really found her stroke this past week after I called her out for being a disappointment previously. If she can continue to play like this, it's going to make the Terps just that much better.

The other big game was had by our Rookie of the Week. Tchatchouang had 18 on 6/11 shooting and she was 2/2 from three point range. She continues to be a consistent threat offensively, scoring inside and out. Without a doubt, she's been the biggest surprise of the young season and she's really doing an excellent job of stepping in for Marissa Coleman.

Anjale Barrett had maybe the most complete performance of the lot yesterday. She had 10 points and 6 rebounds, which tied for a team-high. She also had three steals, a game high. She got the start in place of Dara Taylor, who only got 13 minutes and didn't play particularly well yesterday, so perhaps reports of Taylor taking over the PG job were premature. Both should continue to get good minutes from here on out and it seems Frese is going to ride the hot hand, whoever it is. I'd expect her to settle on a solid rotation before ACC play though, but you never know.

Lynetta Kizer ended up playing, though she didn't start, and she poured in 13 on 4/6 shooting. Solid game for someone coming off of an ankle injury. She's now got four days to rest up before Minnesota comes to town on Thursday night.

All in all it was another good performance from the Terps in yet another ho-hum out-of-conference laugher. This one was maybe a bit more of a test than some of the others; Maryland didn't fully pull away until the second half but they did and they're now 6-1. It'll be interesting to see how they perform in their next big test against a major conference team on Thursday when the Gophers come to town. I'll be back then to preview it; might have something on the national landscape of women's basketball before if I've got the time this week.