College basketball season starts in College Park!

The first tip in men's or women's college basketball is taken by the Terrapins! #ncaaW | @umdwbb pic.twitter.com/FiIUf6IOxD

— BASKETBALL IS BACK!! (@ncaawbb) November 5, 2019

• Records: Wagner 0-1 (0-0 NEC / No. 4/5 University of Maryland 1-0 (0-0 Big Ten)
• Series History: the University of Maryland now leads the all-time series, 4-0

• A 7-0 run put the Terrapins ahead before Khaleah Edwards' layup put the Seahawks on the board at the 8:19 mark. 
• A second run, this time of the 7-2 variety, doubled up the lead for the Terps. 
• The Seahawks went on a mini 5-2 spurt of their own, cutting the lead to 16-9, as Krista Grava was able to hit on the baseline jumper. 
• Wagner went without a basket over the next four minutes before newcomer Alex Cowan made one-of-two from the free throw to end the quarter. 

• Maryland didn't allow a Seahawk field goal for over four minutes in sparking a 17-5 run that saw the Terps lead elevate to 55-14 as Cowan was able to hit on her first three-pointer of the contest. 
• Maryland closed out the frame on a 13-0 run in pulling away tp a 68-17 lead. 

🏀 is BACK!!!

Some first half shots of this morning's contest at #4/5 Maryland

📷: Mitchell Layton pic.twitter.com/gWHPTahcF2

— Wagner WBB (@WagnerWHoops) November 5, 2019

• Wagner started to find its rhythm in the third quarter as the visitors scored ten of the 19 points over the first five minutes of the frame, by going 4-of-7 from the field as Krista Grava scored eight-point during the burst. 
• Maryland concluded the third quarter outscoring the Green & White, 12-10, as the Terps went 5-of-6 shooting from the floor while Wagner 4-of-6 and led by Heyward, who had half of the team's points, which included a nifty runner in the paint. 

• Cowan connected on another long-range shot 15 seconds into the final frame, which gave her 15 at the point before UMD responded with an 8-0 run, capped by a Faith Masonius layup.
• Maryland closed the contest outscoring Wagner 22-16 down-the-stretch in concluding the first game of the 2019-20 season.

Game one in the books... Freshman guard Alex Cowan and sophomore Emilija Krista Grava each go over the 20-point plateau with Cowan, in her first career game, scoring a team-best 25 points while Krista Grava goes for 20.

Next Up - 11/9 at Butler

📷: Mitchell Layton pic.twitter.com/qbU4BVAjAD

— Wagner WBB (@WagnerWHoops) November 5, 2019

• The 25 point outburst from Cowan to go along with Krista Grava's 20 points marks the first time since November 14, 2014, that a Seahawk has scored 20 or more points in a season opener as former Seahawk standout, Jasmine Nwajei, netted 32 at Virginia Commonwealth.
• Dating back to the 1999-00 season, this marks the first time that a pair of Seahawks have gone for 20 or more points in the same game. 
• Cowan, Heyward, and freshman forward Katrice Jackson all made their debuts against the Terrapins. 
• Morgan Lenahan, who sat out the 2018-19 season due to injury, returned to the court and started for the first time since March 4, 2018, on the road at Saint Francis U. Lenahan dished out a team-best five assists.
• Junior Khaleah Edwards, who played 24 minutes, tied Cowan for the team lead in rebounding this morning, also pulling down five caroms.

• The Seahawks will close out the first week of the 2019-20 season with a trip to Indianapolis, IN as they will square off against Big East member, Butler, at noon from Hinkle Fieldhouse.